Anukampā ("sympathy") 179 Sutta Links **
Anukampā & Karunā ("sympathy" or "compassion") 224 Sutta Links *

Aṭṭhakavagga ("Chapter of the Eights") 2 Suttas & 1 book ***

Awakening Factors ("awakening factor") 126 Sutta Links ***
  (the individual factor words are used in so many different contexts that linking them would be useless)

Āsava ("defilement") 464 Sutta Links **

Body
  Final Body 33 Suttas ***
  Mind-Made Body 13 Suttas ***
  Mindfulness of the Body ("mindfulness of the body" or "observing an aspect of the body") 129 Suttas ***

Brahma Viharas - All ("love" and "compassion" and "rejoicing" and "equanimity") 38 Sutta Links ***
  Mettā ("love") 214 Sutta Links ***
  Karunā ("compassion" and not anukampā) 53 Suttas ****
  Muditā ("rejoicing") 42 Sutta Links ***
    Muditā, but not all 4 Brahma Viharas 3 Suttas ****
  Upekkhā ("equanimity") 220 Sutta Links **

Cessation of Perception and Feeling ("Cessation of Perception and Feeling" + DN 9) 56 Suttas **

Clinging ("grasping") 296 Sutta Links ***

Consciousness (includes dependent origination, as meaning "mind", as aggregate, as sense consciousness, as 6th element, infinite consciousness, etc.) 506 Sutta Links ***
  Cessation of Consciousness 8 Suttas ****
  Dimension of Infinite Consciousness 74 Suttas **
  Sense Consciousness ("eye consciousness" or "ear ..." or "nose ..." or "tounge ..." or "body ..." or "mind ...") 87 Sutta links ***

Craving 335 Sutta Links ***
  Origin of Suffering117 Suttas ****
  Craving OR Origin of Suffering 428 Suttas ***
  Craving AND Origin of Suffering 23 Suttas ****

Concentration ("immersion") 767 Sutta Links ***

Dependent Origination ("dependent origination" or "is a condition for" or "SN 12." or [individual suttas]) 135 Sutta Links **
"Dependent Origination" 25 Suttas * (clearly this phrase misses many, many suttas!)

Desire & Lust or Desire & Greed 83 Suttas ***

Dhamma in brief 44 Suttas ****

Diligent or Diligence 242 Sutta Links ***

Elements ("element" or ("earth" & "water" & "air" & "fire")) 252 Suttas **
  4 Elements ("primary element" or ("earth" & "water" & "air" & "fire")) 101 Suttas **
  5 Elements 1 Sutta **
  6 Elements 12 Suttas ***
  18 Elements [also includes "skilled in the elements"] 1 Sutta ***
  2 Elements 3 Suttas ***
  3 Elements 5 Suttas ***
  7 Elements 1 Sutta ***
  Fire Element Only 6 Suttas **
  Mindfulness of the Elements 3 Suttas ***
  Elements of Beauty & Ugliness 2 Suttas **
  Many and Diverse Elements 6 Suttas ***
  Diversity of Elements 14 Suttas ***
  Elements Of Sensuality, Malice & Cruelty; Renunciation, Good Will & Harmlessness 2 Suttas **
  Element of Ignorance 2 Suttas **
  Elements Of Initiative, Persistence, and Exertion 4 Suttas **
  Skill in the Elements 2 Suttas **
  Converge Because of an Element 17 Suttas ***
  Aggregates as Elements 6 Suttas ***
  Elements of Escape 6 Suttas ***
  Element Free of Death 4 Suttas ***
  Element of Awakening ("element of extinguishment") 11 Suttas ***

Emptiness ("emptiness" or "empty" - with "empty hut", "empty bowl", etc removed) 31 Sutta Links ****
"Emptiness" 17 Sutta Links * (this word misses over 40% of the suttas on the subject)

Ethics 274 Sutta Links ***

Ethics, Concentration, Wisdom ("ethics" and "immersion" and "wisdom") 95 Suttas ***

Fetters 200 Sutta Links ***

Formless States (aka Immaterial States) ("formless states" or "dimension of ..." X 4) 107 Suttas ***
  Dimension of Infinite Space 73 Suttas **
  Dimension of Infinite Consciousness 74 Suttas **
  Dimension of Nothingness 81 Suttas **
  Neither Perception nor Non-Perception 93 Suttas ****

Gradual Training 32 Suttas ****

Jhāna ("jhāna" or "absorption" or "absorbed") 292 Sutta Links ***
  Jhānas: any of J1-J4 ("first absorption" or "second absorption" or "third absorption" or "fourth absorption") 160 Sutta Links ***
  Jhānas: all of J1-J4 ("first absorption" & "second absorption" & "third absorption" & "fourth absorption") 118 Sutta Links ***
  Jhānas: all of J1-J4 plus Formless States ("first ... fourth absorption" & "dimension of ..." X 3) 40 Suttas ***
  4 Jhānas vs 4 Formless States - Diff of Jhānas: any of J1-J4 vs Formless States

Jhāna Summary ("joy" & "rapture" & "tranquil" & "bliss" & "immersed") 32 Suttas ****

Jhāna Factors
  Vitakka ("think" or "thought" and Not "they think:") 979 Sutta Links *
  "Placing the Mind" with no mention of Vicara ("placing the mind" and Not "keeping it connected") 4 Suttas ****
  Vitakka ("placing the mind" and Not "keeping it connected" and Not "first absorption" and Not "second absorption") 0 Suttas ****

  Vicara ("keeping it connected") 110 Suttas **
  Vicara ("keeping it connected" and Not "placing the mind" and Not "first absorption" and Not "second absorption") 0 Suttas ****
  Vitakka and Vacara are verbal processes 2 Suttas ****

  Piti ("rapture") (includes pitī as both a jhāna factor and a 7 Factors of Awakening factor) 229 Sutta Links **
  Piti as a Jhāna factor ("raplure" and "first absorption" or "second absorption") 104 Sutta Links **

  Sukha ("bliss") (includes "bliss" in other contexts beside the Jhānas) 226 Sutta Links **
  Sukha as a Jhāna factor ("bliss" and "first absorption" or "second absorption") 104 Sutta Links **

  Ekaggatā ("unification of mind") 14 Suttas ***

Karma ("deed" or "deeds") 338 Sutta Links ***

Mindfulness ("mindful") 919 Sutta links ***
  Mindfulness of the Body ("mindfulness of the body" or "observing an aspect of the body") 129 Suttas ***
    Mindfulness of Breathing 38 Sutta Links **
    Mindfulness of Postures 4 Suttas ****
    Mindfulness and Situational Awareness (aka Clear Comprehension) 44 Suttas **
    Mindfulness of the Parts of the Body ("In this body there is head hair") 8 Suttas *
    Mindfulness of the Elements 3 Suttas ***
  Mindfulness of Vedana ("observing an aspect of feeling") 78 Sutta Links ***
  Mindfulness of the Mind ("observing an aspect of the mind") 22 Suttas **
  Mindfulness of Dhammas ("observing an aspect of principles") 26 Suttas **

NāmaRūpa ("name and form") 76 Suttas ***

Nibbāna ("extinguishment") 268 Sutta Links ***

Perception ("perception" and not "neither perception nor non-perception" plus "DN 1") 418 Sutta Links ***
"Perception" (includes "neither perception nor non-perception") 510 Sutta Links ***
  Neither Perception nor Non-Perception 93 Suttas ****

Renunciation 71 Suttas **

Self
  My Self 87 Suttas ***
  Not My Self 58 Suttas ***

Vedanā ("feelings" or "feeling is a condition for") 220 Sutta Links **

Way to the Far Shore 6 Suttas & 1 Book ****

Wisdom 695 Sutta Links ***

Topics   People   Places

Ambapālī 2 Suttas ****

Anāthapiṇḍika - All (includes both suttas where he appears and suttas given at his monastery) 268 Sutta Links ****
  Anāthapiṇḍika ("Anāthapiṇḍika " or "Anāthapiṇḍika." or "Anāthapiṇḍika,") 25 Sutta Links ***
  "Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery" 246 Suttas ****

Anuruddha 41 Suttas ****

Ānanda 199 Suttas ****

Citta, the elephant trainer's son 2 Suttas ****

Jīvaka 7 Suttas ****

Kassapa - all people with that name 79 Suttas ****
  Mahākassapa 27 Suttas ***
  Naked Ascetic Kassapa 5 Suttas ****
  Kumāra-Kassapa ("Kassapa the Prince") 4 Suttas ****
  Purana Kassapa 13 Suttas ****

Khemā 6 Suttas ****

King Ajātasattu 11 Suttas ****

King Bimbisāra 10 Suttas ****

King Pasenadi 52 Suttas ****

Kondañña 7 Suttas ****

Mahākaccāna 20 Suttas ****

MahāMoggallāna 71 Suttas ****

Mahāpajāpati Gotamī 7 Suttas ****

Queen Mallikā 10 Suttas ****

Rādha 51 Suttas ****

Rāhula 32 Suttas ****

Sāriputta 215 Suttas ****

Vacchagotta 66 Suttas ***

Visākhā, Migāra’s mother 8 Suttas ****

Wheel Turning Monarch 39 Suttas ***

Topics   People   Places

Ambapālī’s Mango Grove 6 Suttas ****

"Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery" 246 Suttas ****

Jīvaka’s Mango Grove 7 Suttas ****

Kosambi 38 Suttas ****

Land of the Kurus (" Kuru") 15 Suttas ****
The Kuru town named "Kammasadamma" 8 Suttas ****

Nāḷandā 12 Suttas ****

Rajagaha 162 Suttas ****

Sāvatthī 962 Sutta Links ****
To compare 2 lists of suttas, use DiffChecker. Click on the 1st link above and select the entire file and Copy, go to DiffChecker and Paste into the "Original text" box. Then return to this page and click on the 2nd link above and again select the entire file and Copy. Return to DiffChecker and Paste into the "Changed text" box. Click the green "Find difference" button. To see a sample of what the output looks, like you can click here to see the output from using the two Emptiness indexes above.

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