The Book of Tens

From Buddhist Encyclopedia

10. Book of the Tens [go up]

• AN 10.6: Samadhi Sutta — Concentration {A v 7}
• AN 10.7: Sariputta Sutta — With Sariputta {A v 8}
• [Thanissaro]. Two descriptions of the concentration in which the mind is inclined toward the Deathless.
• AN 10.13: Sanyojana Sutta — Fetters {A v 17} [Thanissaro].

The ten fetters that bind us to the cycle of birth and death.

• AN 10.15: Appamada Sutta — Heedfulness {A v 21} [Thanissaro]. Ten similes to illustrate the point that heedfulness is the foremost of all skillful qualities.
• AN 10.17: Natha Sutta — Protectors {A v 23} [Thanissaro]. Ten qualities that provide protection for the mind.
• AN 10.20: Ariyavasa Sutta — Dwellings of the Noble Ones {A v 30} [Thanissaro]. Qualities of mind in which noble ones are at home.
• AN 10.29: Kosala Sutta — The Kosalan {A v 59} [Thanissaro]. Like supremacy in the human and deva worlds, exalted states of mind — even experiences of all-encompassing white light and non-dual consciousness — are all subject to change and aberration. Some people criticized the Buddha for showing the way to freedom from this change and aberration. In this sutta the Buddha offers a series of contemplations for inducing disenchantment and dispassion for even the most supreme things in the cosmos.
• AN 10.24: Cunda Sutta — Cunda {A v 41} [Thanissaro]. Anyone who claims to know the Dhamma, and yet still has a mind overcome by defilement, is like a person who talks about wealth but can produce none when it's needed.
• AN 10.27: Mahapañha Sutta — The Great Questions (excerpt) {A v 48} [Nyanaponika]. One thing to become dispassionate towards.
• AN 10.46: Sakka Sutta — To the Sakyans (on the Uposatha) {A v 86} [Thanissaro]. Money can't buy you happiness, but practicing Dhamma can.
• AN 10.48: Dasa Dhamma Sutta — Ten Things {A v 87} [Piyadassi | Thanissaro]. Ten things that an ordained monk must reflect on often.
• AN 10.51: Sacitta Sutta — One's Own Mind {A v 92} [Thanissaro]. How to read your own mind.
• AN 10.58: Mula Sutta — Rooted {A v 106} [Thanissaro]. What is the root of all phenomena (sabbe dhamma)? Is Nibbana itself a phenomenon, or is it the end of all phenomena?
• AN 10.60: Girimananda Sutta — To Girimananda {A v 108} [Piyadassi | Thanissaro]. The Buddha instructs Ven. Girimananda, who is ill, on the ten themes of meditation that can heal both mind and body.
• AN 10.69: Kathavatthu Sutta — Topics of Conversation (1) {A v 128} [Thanissaro]. Ten wholesome topics of conversation as an alternative to gossip.
• AN 10.70: Kathavatthu Sutta — Topics of Conversation (2) {A v 129} [Thanissaro]. Right speech is most praiseworthy when you embody the good things you talk about.
• AN 10.71: Akankha Sutta — Wishes {A v 131} [Thanissaro]. This discourse lists ten reasons, of ascending worth, for perfecting the precepts and being committed to the development of calm (samatha) and insight (vipassana). An interesting feature of this discussion is that the Buddha does not separate insight and jhana into separate paths of practice, and actually cites insight, together with tranquillity, as a prerequisite for mastering the four jhanas.
• AN 10.80: Aghata Sutta — Hatred {A v 150} [Thanissaro]. When hatred arises in the mind what do you do? Here are ten possible antidotes.
• AN 10.81: Bahuna Sutta — To Bahuna {A v 151} [Thanissaro]. Of what is an Awakened being freed?
• AN 10.92: Vera Sutta — Animosity {A v 182} [Thanissaro]. What it takes for a lay person to become a stream-winner.
• AN 10.93: Ditthi Sutta — Views {A v 185} [Thanissaro]. The householder Anathapindika instructs a group of non-Buddhist wanderers on the nature of Right View.
• AN 10.94: Vajjiya Sutta — About Vajjiya {A v 189} [Thanissaro]. A lay disciple answers the charge that the Buddha doesn't have any straightforward teachings.
• AN 10.95: Uttiya Sutta — To Uttiya {A v 193} [Thanissaro]. Is the goal of the Buddha's teachings to liberate all beings?
• AN 10.96: Kokanuda Sutta — To Kokanuda (On Viewpoints) {A v 196} [Thanissaro]. Ven. Ananda explains that wisdom is not based on subscribing to this or that point of view.
• AN 10.103: Micchatta Sutta — Wrongness {A v 211} Success or failure on the Path hinges on the extent to which one has right view.
• AN 10.104: Bija Sutta — The Seed {A v 212} [Thanissaro]. Two similes illustrate how success or failure on the Path hinges on right view.
• AN 10.108: Virecana Sutta — A Purgative {A v 218} [Thanissaro]. Sometimes even the best medicines for the body don't work. Here, the Buddha offers a "noble purgative" for the mind that never fails.
• AN 10.176: Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta — To Cunda the Silversmith {A v 263} [Thanissaro]. The Buddha explains to Cunda that genuine self-purification comes about not from performing sacred rites, but by cultivating skillfulness in one's thoughts, words, and deeds.
• AN 10.177: Janussonin Sutta — To Janussonin (On Offerings to the Dead) {A v 269} [Thanissaro]. Who stands to benefit most from a gift given in another's honor?
• AN 10.208: Brahmavihara Sutta — The Sublime Attitudes {A v 300} [Thanissaro]. The Buddha's instructions on the practice and rewards of the four sublime attitudes: metta (goodwill, loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (appreciative joy), and upekkha (equanimity).