Samyutta Nikaya
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
Web links
- Samyutta Nikaya in German Almost complete translation by Wilhelm Geiger.