Samyutta Nikaya

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The Saṃyutta Nikāya (" The Grouped Collection", abbreviation: S or SN ) is a collection of texts in Buddhism ; it is the third of the five Nikayas ("collections") that make up the Suttapitaka .

This collection contains a total of 2,889 suttas grouped into five vaggas ( sections ). Each vagga is in turn subdivided into samyuttas ( chapters ), which contain the mostly shorter discourses organized by topic.

  • Section 1: Sagatha-Vagga ( The Book of Verses )
    • Devata-Samyutta - From the Devatas
    • Devaputta Samyutta - From the sons of the gods
    • Kosala-Samyutta - From the Kosala
    • Mara-Samyutta - From the Mara
    • Bhikkhuní-Samyutta - From the bhikkhunis
    • Brahma-Samyutta - From the Brahman
    • Brahmana-Samyutta - From the Brahmanas
    • Vangísathera-Samyutta - From Thera Vangísa
    • Vana-Samyutta - From the forest
    • Yakkha-Samyutta - From the Yakkha
    • Sakka-Samyutta - From Sakka
  • Section 2: Nidana-Vagga ( The Book of Dependent Origination )
    • Nidana-Samyutta - From the causes
    • Abhisamaya Samyutta - From Understanding
    • Dhatu-Samyutta - From the elements
    • Anamatagga-Samyutta - From that which is unknown beginning
    • Kassapa-Samyutta - From Kassapa
    • Labhasakkara Samyutta - gain and honor
    • Rahula samyutta
    • Lakkhana samyutta
    • Opamma Samyutta - Parables
    • Bhikkhu samyutta
  • Section 3: Khandha-Vagga ( The Book of Groups )
    • Khandha-Samyutta - The Groups of Being
    • Radha-Samvutta
    • Ditthi Samyutta Views
    • Occantika Samyutta - Entry into the realm of the noble
    • Uppada Samyutta - Origin
    • Kilesa samyutta - defilements
    • Sariputta samyutta
    • Naga-Samyutta - From the serpent demons
    • Supanna-Samyutta - Of the "griffins"
    • Gandhabbakaya Samyutta - From the "Gandharven crowd"
    • Valaha-Samyutta - Of the "Cloud Spirits"
    • Vacchagotta samyutta
    • Jhana-Samyutta - From the deepening
  • Section 4: Salayatana-Vagga ( The Book of the Sixfold Area )
    • Salayatana samyutta
    • Vedana samyutta
    • Matugama samyutta
    • Jambukhadaka samyutta
    • Samandaka samyutta
    • Moggallano Samyutta
    • Citta-Samyutta: housefather Citto
    • Gamani samyutta
    • Asankhata samyutta
    • Avyakata samyutta
  • 5th Section: Maha-Vagga ( The Big Book )
    • Magga-Samyutta path
    • Bojjhanga samyutta awakening limbs
    • Satipatthana-Samyutta Pillar of Mindfulness
    • Indriya-Samyutta skills
    • Samma-ppadhana-Samyutta right effort (expendable)
    • Bala-Samyutta Powers (Dispensable)
    • Idhipada-Samyutta Power Tracks
    • Anuruddha Samyutta
    • Jhana-Samyutta Visions (Dispensable)
    • Anapana-Samyutta inhalations and exhalations
    • Sotapatti-Samyutta stream entry
    • Sacca-samyutta truth

German-language editions

  • Wilhelm Geiger , Nyanaponika Mahathera, Hellmuth Hecker (transl.): The speeches of the Buddha. Grouped collection. Beyerlein-Steinschulte, Stammbach 1997, ISBN 3-931095-16-9 .

English editions

  • The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, tr Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, 2000. ISBN 0-86171-331-1

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