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The Majjhima Nikaya

The Middle Length Discourses

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 The Majjhima Nikaya, or "Middle-length Discourses" of the Buddha, is the second of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka of the Tipitaka.

This nikaya consists of 152 discourses by the Buddha and his chief disciples, which together constitute a comprehensive body of teaching concerning all aspects of the Buddha's teachings.

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Selected suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya

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MN 1

Mulapariyaya Sutta (MN 1) -- The Root Sequence

MN 2

Sabbasava Sutta (MN 2) -- All the Fermentations  

MN 4

Bhaya-bherava Sutta (MN 4) -- Fear & Terror

MN 7

Vatthupama Sutta (MN 7) -- The Simile of the Cloth

MN 8

Sallekha Sutta (MN 8) -- The Discourse on Effacement

MN 9

Sammaditthi Sutta (MN 9) -- The Discourse on Right View

MN 10

Satipatthana Sutta (MN 10) -- Frames of Reference/Foundations of Mindfulness  

MN 11

Cula-Sihanada Sutta (MN 11) -- The Shorter Discourse on the Lion's Roar  

MN 12

Maha-Sihanada Sutta (MN 12) -- The Great Discourse on the Lion's Roar  

MN 13

Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta (MN 13) -- The Greater Discourse on the Mass of Suffering  

MN 18

Madhupindika Sutta (MN 18) -- The Ball of Honey  

MN 19

Dvedhavitakka Sutta (MN 19) -- Two Sorts of Thinking  

MN 20

Vitakkasanthana Sutta (MN 20) -- The Relaxation of Thoughts 

MN 21

Kakacupama Sutta (MN 21) -- The Simile of the Saw

MN 24

Ratha-vinita Sutta (MN 24) -- Relay Chariots  

MN 36

Maha-Saccaka Sutta (MN 36) -- The Greater Discourse to Saccaka  

MN 41

Saleyyaka Sutta (MN 41) -- The Brahmans of Sala  

MN 44

Cula-Vedalla Sutta (MN 44) -- The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers

MN 45

Cula-Dhammasamadana Sutta (MN 45) -- The Shorter Discourse on Taking on Practices  

MN 57

Kukkuravatika Sutta (MN 57) -- The Dog-duty Ascetic

MN 58

Abhaya Sutta (MN 58) -- To Prince Abhaya (On Right Speech)

MN 59

Bahuvedaniya Sutta (MN 59) -- The Many Kinds of Feeling 

MN 61

Ambalatthikarahulovada Sutta (MN 61) -- Advice to Rahula at Amballatthika  

MN 63

Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta (MN 63) -- The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya  

MN 72

Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta (MN 72) -- To Vacchagotta on Fire  

MN 75

Magandiya Sutta (MN 75) -- To Magandiya   

MN 82

Ratthapala Sutta (MN 82) -- About Ratthapala 

MN 87

Piyajatika Sutta (MN 87) -- From One Who Is Dear  

MN 95

Canki Sutta (MN 95) -- With Canki  

MN 105

Sunakkhatta Sutta (MN 105) -- To Sunakkhatta  

MN 107

Ganaka-Moggallana Sutta (MN 107) -- The Discourse to Ganaka-Moggallana  

MN 108

Gopaka-Moggallana Sutta (MN 108) -- Moggallana the Guardsman 

MN 110

Cula-Punnama Sutta (MN 110) -- The Shorter Discourse on the Full-moon Night  

MN 117

Maha-Cattarisaka Sutta (MN 117) -- The Great Forty  

MN 118

Anapanasati Sutta (MN 118) -- Mindfulness of Breathing

MN 119

Kayagata-sati Sutta (MN 119) -- Mindfulness Immersed in the Body  

MN 121

Cula-Suññata Sutta (MN 121) -- The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness 

MN 125

Dantabhumi Sutta (MN 125) -- The Discourse on the "Tamed Stage"  

MN 126

Bhumija Sutta (MN 126) -- To Bhumija  

MN 131

Bhaddekaratta Sutta (MN 131) -- An Auspicious Day  

MN 135

Cula-Kammavibhanga Sutta (MN 135) -- The Shorter Exposition of Kamma 

MN 136

Maha-Kammavibhanga Sutta (MN 136) -- The Greater Exposition of Kamma  

MN 138

Uddesa-vibhanga Sutta (MN 138) -- An Analysis of the Statement  

MN 140

Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta (MN 140) -- An Analysis of the Properties  

MN 148

Chachakka Sutta (MN 148) -- The Six Sextets 

MN 149

Maha-Salayatanika Sutta (MN 149) -- The Great Six Sense-media Discourse  

MN 152

Indriya-bhavana Sutta (MN 152) -- The Development of the Faculties

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Majjhima Nikaya| 1 | 2 |  4 | 78 9 10| 1112 13| 18

192021 24 36  | 41 44 45 | 57 | 58 |  59 | 61 | 63 

| 7275 82 | 87 | 95 | 105|107| 108 | 110 | 117 |118 |119 

|121 125 |126 |131 |135 |136 |138 |140 |148 |149 |152

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