Suttas for the Householder

[bodom]

In my personal opinion the Buddhas teachings to the laity are indespensible for any serious householders practice in daily life.

DN 31: Sigalovada Sutta — To Sigala/The Layperson's Code of Discipline
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn31

MN 14: Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta — The Lesser Mass of Stress
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 41: Saleyyaka Sutta — The Brahmans of Sala
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn41

MN 52: Atthakanagara Sutta — To the Man from Atthakanagara
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn52

MN 53: Sekha-patipada Sutta — The Practice for One in Training
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 54: Potaliya Sutta — To Potaliya
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn54

MN 56. Upāli, the Householder
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn56

MN 57: Kukkuravatika Sutta — The Dog-duty Ascetic
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn57

MN 58: Abhaya Sutta — To Prince Abhaya (On Right Speech)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 59: Bahuvedaniya Sutta — Many Things to be Experienced/The Many Kinds of Feeling
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nypo.html

MN 60: Apannaka Sutta — A Safe Bet
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn60

MN 97: Dhanañjani Sutta — To Dhanañjani
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 99: To the Brahmin Subha
http://awake.kiev.ua/dhamma/tipitaka/2S ... ha-e1.html

MN 143: Anathapindikovada Sutta — Instructions to Anathapindika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 3.19: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (1)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 3.20: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (2)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 22.1: Nakulapita Sutta — To Nakulapita
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.1

SN 22.3: Haliddakani Sutta — To Haliddakani
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.3

SN 22.80: Pindolya Sutta — Almsgoers
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.80

SN 41.3: Isidatta Sutta — About Isidatta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.4: Mahaka Sutta — About Mahaka
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.6: Kamabhu Sutta — With Kamabhu (On the Cessation of Perception & Feeling)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.7: Godatta Sutta — To Godatta (On Awareness-release)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.10: Gilana Sutta — Sick (Citta the Householder's Last Hours)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 47.29: Sirivaddha
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn47.29

SN 47.30: Manadinna
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn47.30

SN 55.30: Licchavi Sutta — To the Licchavi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

107. [Discourse to a Householder
https://suttacentral.net/en/sa107

AN 3.65: Kalama Sutta — To the Kalamas/The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry
https://suttacentral.net/en/an3.65

AN 3.66: Salha Sutta — To Salha
https://suttacentral.net/en/an3.66

AN 3.70: Muluposatha Sutta — The Roots of the Uposatha
https://suttacentral.net/en/an3.70

AN 3.92: Urgent
https://suttacentral.net/en/an3.92" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

AN 4.32: Sangaha Sutta — The Bonds of Fellowship
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.32

AN 4.55: Samajivina Sutta — Living in Tune
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.55

AN 4.60: The Layperson’s Proper Practice
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.60" http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

AN 4.62: Anana Sutta — Debtless
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.62

AN 4.258: Kula Sutta — On Families
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.258

AN 5.38: Saddha Sutta — Conviction
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.38

AN 5.41: Adiya Sutta — Benefits to be Obtained (from Wealth)
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.41

AN 5.43: Wished for
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.43

AN 5.57: Upajjhatthana Sutta — Subjects for Contemplation
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.57

AN 5.175: Candala Sutta — The Outcaste
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.175

AN 5.176: Piti Sutta — Rapture
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.176

AN 5.177: Vanijja Sutta — Business (Wrong Livelihood)
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.177

AN 5.179: Gihi Sutta — The Householder
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.179

AN 5.180: Gavesin Sutta — About Gavesin
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.180

AN 6.16: Nakula’s Parents
https://suttacentral.net/en/an6.16" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

AN 8.25: Mahanama Sutta — Being a Lay Buddhist
https://suttacentral.net/en/an8.25

AN 8.26: Jivaka Sutta — To Jivaka (On Being a Lay Follower)
https://suttacentral.net/en/an8.26

AN 8.43: Visakhuposatha Sutta — The Discourse to Visakha on the Uposatha with the Eight Practices
https://suttacentral.net/en/an8.43

AN 8.54: Vyagghapajja (Dighajanu) Sutta — Conditions of Welfare/ To Dighajanu
https://suttacentral.net/en/an8.54

AN 10.92: Vera Sutta — Animosity
https://suttacentral.net/en/an10.92

AN 10.93: Ditthi Sutta — Views
https://suttacentral.net/en/an10.93

AN 10.94: Vajjiya Sutta — About Vajjiya
https://suttacentral.net/en/an10.94

AN 11.11: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (1)
https://suttacentral.net/en/an11.11

AN 11.12: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (2)
https://suttacentral.net/en/an11.12

Dhammapada — The Path of Dhamma
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... index.html"

Ud 8.8: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

Ud 2.5: Upasaka Sutta — The Lay Follower
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.6: Gabbhini Sutta — The Pregnant Woman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.7: Ekaputta Sutta — The Only Son
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.9: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 5.6: Sona Sutta — About Sona
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Sn 1.2: Dhaniya Sutta — Dhaniya the Cattleman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Sn 2.1: Ratana Sutta — Treasures
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .piya.html"

Sn 2.4: Maha-mangala Sutta — Protection
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nara.html"

Sn 2.14: Dhammika Sutta — Dhammika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html"

Further Reading:


Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor, by Hellmuth Hecker
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el334.html"

Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... efuge.html"

Merit: A Study Guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/merit.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href)

Going for Refuge/Taking the Precepts, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el282.html"

The Buddhist Layman - Four essays by R. Bogoda, Susan Elbaum Jootla, and M.O'C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el294.html"

Dana: The Practice of Giving, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el367.html"

Buddhism and Sex, by M. O'C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el225.html"

The Bhikkhus' Rules — A Guide for Laypeople: The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules Compiled and Explained, by Bhikkhu Ariyesako
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... guide.html"

Nourishing the Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el259.html"

A Simple Guide to Life, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el397.html"

Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... bl139.html"

A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective, by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... riage.html"

Kee Nanayon, Upasika (Kor Khao-suan-luang) (1901-1979)
Upasika Kee Nanayon, who wrote under the penname, K. Khao-suan-luang, was one of the foremost woman teachers of Dhamma in modern Thailand.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/kee/index

Lay Buddhist Practice, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el206.html"

Dhamma for Everyone, by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai ... ryone.html"

Everyman's Ethics, by Narada Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el014.html"

Practising the Buddha-Dhamma as Laymen by Sayagyi U Chit Tin
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus ... yman2.html"

[Dhammanando]

Hi Bodom,

In my personal opinion the Buddhas teachings to the laity are indespensible for any householders practice in daily life.

Thanks for posting these.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

[Jechbi]

from this one:

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.

[Element]

For me, these are important sutta. Not only to they help our life but they help us develop knowledge & vision regarding reality. They dispell ignorance.

Many Western Buddhist students naturally tend towards dependence on 'non-duality' for external harmony because both their cultural upbringing & their knowledge & vision regarding mundane or moral reality is not strongly developed.

When we can see the world clearly like the Buddha did, we lose our dependence on 'non-duality', this notion of 'no good, no bad'. Our mind has harmony.

'Good' & 'bad' exist but are empty & suchness. Emptiness is not empty of 'good' & 'bad'.

"This was the second knowledge I attained in the second watch of the night. Ignorance was destroyed; knowledge arose; darkness was destroyed; light arose — as happens in one who is heedful, ardent, & resolute.

"When the mind was thus concentrated, purified, bright, unblemished, rid of defilement, pliant, malleable, steady, & attained to imperturbability, I directed it to the knowledge of the passing away & reappearance of beings. I saw — by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human — beings passing away & re-appearing, and I discerned how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma: 'These beings — who were endowed with bad conduct of body, speech & mind, who reviled noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views — have re-appeared in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, in hell. But these beings — who were endowed with good conduct of body, speech, & mind, who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views — have re-appeared in the good destinations, in the heavenly world.' Thus — by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human — I saw beings passing away & re-appearing, and I discerned how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma.

MN 4

[mikenz66]

I particularly like this advice from
AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.

"If both husband & wife want to see one another not only in the present life but also in the life to come, they should be in tune [with each other] in conviction, in tune in virtue, in tune in generosity, and in tune in discernment. Then they will see one another not only in the present life but also in the life to come."

Metta
Mike

[Element]

I particularly like this advice from AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.

I like it too. This sutta is timeless wisdom.

[bodom]

Would it be possible to pin this thread. I would like to continue adding to this list and form a comprehensive whole of all the buddhas teachings to householders. Thank you.

[Dhammanando]

Would it be possible to pin this thread.

Pinned.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

[bodom]

Would it be possible to pin this thread.

Pinned.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

Thank you Bhante.

[DNS]

Access to Insight has noticed Bodom's great work here:

http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/acces ... x-lay.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



edit: link is broken. If anyone knows the corrected link, please post it. thx.

[Reductor]

That's awesome!

Bodom's hard work really fills a need.

[bodom]

Thanks David! Thanks thereductor!

I'm glad others have found the list useful.

[bodom]

MN 99 Subha Sutta - To Subha
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www. ... r9bonKitBg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bodom]

Upasaka and Upasika
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... nd_Upasika" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Anandavajri]

Thank you for posting all these links. It certainly helps.