Anguttara-Nikaya

The Anguttara-Nikaya ( Collection of Affiliations ) is the fourth of the five Nikayas ( collections ) that make up the Suttapitaka .

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The Anguttara-Nikaya contains a total of 9557 quite short suttas, which are divided into eleven "Nipata" ( books ).

The content of the individual books relates to the respective book title. The “Book of Two” contains, for example, suttas such as “Two Kinds of Happiness”, or the sutta about the two people to whom one “can hardly reward the good” (one's parents). The suttas from the “Book of Three” deal with “three things”, such as “The Three Motives for Good” or “Three Kinds of Speech” etc.

Nipatas

1. "Eka-Nipata" - one book
2. "Duka-Nipata" - book of two
3. "Tika-Nipata" - book of three
4. "Catukka-Nipata" - book of four
5. "Pañcaka-Nipata" - book of five
6. "Cakka-Nipata" - book of six
7. “Sattaka-Nipata” - Book of Seven
8. "Atthaka-Nipata" - book of eight
9. "Navaka-Nipata" - book of nine
10. "Dasaka-Nipata" - Book of Ten
11. "Ekadasaka-Nipata" - Elfer book

German-language editions

• Nyânatiloka Mahâthera (transl.), Nyânaponika (Ed. & Ed.): The Discourses of the Buddha from the Listed Collection. Beyerlein-Steinschulte, Stammbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-931095-88-8 .

Web links

• Excerpts from the original text of the Anguttara-Nikaya in German after the translation by Nyanatiloka , revised by Nyanaponika
• Excerpts from the Anguttara-Nikaya zugangzureinsicht.org (German / English) collection of various translators from the Pali (Bhikkhu Boddhi, Bhikkhu Thanissaro ...) in Accesstoinsight.org format (German / English)
• Translation of Bhikkhu Thanissaro's collection Anguttara-Nikaya translated by a lay follower (German)