Suttas Given To Lay People that mention Contentment

24 Suttas ***

DN 2 [DN I 47-86] Samaññaphala (Fruits of the Homeless Life): to King Ajatasattu of Magadha – the fruits, visible here and now (in this life) of the life of renunciation, plus the higher benefits and true liberation.
DN 3 [DN I 87-110] Ambattha (To Ambattha: Pride Humbled): to the brahmin Ambattha, a pupil of Pokharasati – the 'thirty-two marks of a great man', humbling of arrogance.
DN 4 [DN I 111-126] Sonadanda (To Sonadanda: Qualities of a True brahmin): to the brahmin Sonadanda – the qualities of a true brahmin: wisdom and morality.
DN 5 [DN I 127-149] Kutadanta (To Kutadanta: A Bloodless Sacrifice): to the brahmin Kutadanta – sacrifices more profitable than the slaughter of animals.
DN 6 [DN I 150-158] Mahali (To Mahali: Heavenly Sights, Soul and Body): to Otthaddha Mahali, the Licchavi ruler – one-sided samadhi and useless questions.
DN 9 [DN I 178-203] Potthapada (To Potthapada: States of Consciousness): to the wanderer Potthapada, and later to Citta the elephant trainer's son – on states of consciousness and unanswerable questions; parable of the most beautiful girl in the country.
DN 10 [DN I 204-210] Subha (To Subha: Morality, Concentration, Wisdom): Ven. Ananda to the brahmin youth Subha – the noble path, morality, concentration, wisdom.
DN 11 [DN I 211-223] Kevaddha [Kevatta] (To Kevaddha: What Brahma Didn't Know): to the brahmin Kevaddha [Kevatta] – what Brahma didn't know: where the four great elements cease without remainder.
DN 12 [DN I 224-234] Lohicca (To Lohicca: Good and Bad Teachers): to the brahmin Lohicca – the difference between good and bad teachers.
DN 13 [DN I 235-253] Tevijja (The Threefold Knowledge: The Way to Brahma): to the brahmin youths Vasettha and Bharadvaja – the path of morality and concentration, instruction in the Brahmaviharas.
DN 28 [DN III 99-116] Sampasadaniya (Serene Faith): to Ven. Sariputta – on the course leading to unsurpassed supreme enlightenment –Schäfer writes: '… at the end of the discourse the Buddhas tells Sariputta that it should always be told to householders…'.
MN 27 [MN I 175-184] Culahatthipadopama (The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant's Footprint): to the brahmin Janussoni – explanation of how a disciple arrives at complete certainty of the truth of the doctrine.
MN 51 [MN I 339-349] Kandaraka (To Kandaraka): to the wanderer Kandaraka and Pessa the elephant driver's son – accomplishments in concentration and the four establishments of mindfulness, plus four kinds of persons in the world.
MN 60 [MN I 400-413] Apannaka (The Incontrovertible Teaching): to the brahmin householders of Sala – the wrong views of sectarians contrasted with the right views of the Buddha; the disadvantages and advantages of both.
MN 94 [MN II 157-163] Ghotamukha (To Ghotamukha): Ven. Udena to the brahmin Ghotamukha – the renunciant life; four kinds of persons engaged in ascetic practice.
MN 114 [MN III 45-61] Sevitabbasevitabba (To Be Cultivated and Not to Be Cultivated): the Buddha (in brief) and Ven. Sariputta (in detail) to the bhikkhus – on actions and practices that a bhikkhu or layperson should and should not resort to.
AN 3.65 [AN I 188-193] Kesaputti [Kalama] (Those of Kesaputta [Kalama]): to the Kalamas of Kesaputta – the origins of the unwholesome: greed, hatred, delusion.
AN 3.66 [AN I 193-197] Salha (Salha): Ven. Nandaka to Salha, Migara's grandson, and Rohana, Pekhuniya's grandson – the origins of the unwholesome: greed, hatred, delusion.
AN 4.193 [AN II 190-194] Bhaddiya (Bhaddiya): to the Licchavi Bhaddiya – abandoning of unprofitable things: greed, hatred, delusion, and aggressiveness.
AN 8.53 [AN IV 280-281] Sankhitta gotamiyovada (Brief Exhortation to Gotami): to Mahapajapati Gotami – eight things to which the Dhamma leads.
AN 10.30 [AN V 65-70] Dutiyakosala (Kosala 2): King Pasenadi of Kosala to the Buddha – ten praises of the Buddha.
AN 10.47 [AN V 86-88] Mahali (Mahali): to the Licchavi Mahali – five causes for the doing of an evil action (greed, hatred, delusion, careless attention, an undirected mind) and five causes for the doing of a good action (the opposites).
AN 10.169  [AN V 252-253] Sangarava (Sangarava): to the brahmin Sangarava – the near shore and the far shore (ten unwholesome/wholesome courses of action).
Snp 2.4 (vv. 258-269) [Snp 46-47] Mahamangala (Great Good Fortune): to a deity – a catalogue of the highest blessings (targeted to lay people).


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