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Sutta’s For Lay People

Sutta’s For Lay People

Last updated on: May 23, 2010 at 4:49 pm by Justin Whitaker

Sutta’s For Lay People 2010-05-23T16:49:00-06:00 Justin Whitaker

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Accesstoinsight, now on facebook, is soliciting ideas for improvement. This is a great opportunity to help improve perhaps the best website out there for the study of early Buddhism. One of the suggestions was an index of suttas for lay people and here’s what Bodom, over at the Dhamma Wheel discussion area came up with:

DN 31: Sigalovada Sutta — To Sigala/The Layperson’s Code of Discipline
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nara.html

MN 14: Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta — The Lesser Mass of Stress
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 41: Saleyyaka Sutta — The Brahmans of Sala
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nymo.html

MN 52: Atthakanagara Sutta — To the Man from Atthakanagara
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 53: Sekha-patipada Sutta — The Practice for One in Training
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 54: Potaliya Sutta — To Potaliya
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 57: Kukkuravatika Sutta — The Dog-duty Ascetic
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nymo.html

MN 58: Abhaya Sutta — To Prince Abhaya (On Right Speech)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 59: Bahuvedaniya Sutta — Many Things to be Experienced/The Many Kinds of Feeling
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nypo.html

MN 60: Apannaka Sutta — A Safe Bet
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 97: Dhanañjani Sutta — To Dhanañjani
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

MN 143: Anathapindikovada Sutta — Instructions to Anathapindika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 3.19: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (1)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 3.20: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (2)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 22.1: Nakulapita Sutta — To Nakulapita
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 22.3: Haliddakani Sutta — To Haliddakani
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 22.80: Pindolya Sutta — Almsgoers
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 41.3: Isidatta Sutta — About Isidatta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 41.4: Mahaka Sutta — About Mahaka
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 41.6: Kamabhu Sutta — With Kamabhu (On the Cessation of Perception & Feeling)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 41.7: Godatta Sutta — To Godatta (On Awareness-release)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 41.10: Gilana Sutta — Sick (Citta the Householder’s Last Hours)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

SN 55.30: Licchavi Sutta — To the Licchavi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 3.65: Kalama Sutta — To the Kalamas/The Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 3.66: Salha Sutta — To Salha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 3.70: Muluposatha Sutta — The Roots of the Uposatha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 4.32: Sangaha Sutta — The Bonds of Fellowship
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 4.55: Samajivina Sutta — Living in Tune
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 4.62: Anana Sutta — Debtless
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 4.255: Kula Sutta — On Families
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.38: Saddha Sutta — Conviction
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.41: Adiya Sutta — Benefits to be Obtained (from Wealth)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.57: Upajjhatthana Sutta — Subjects for Contemplation
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.175: Candala Sutta — The Outcaste
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.176: Piti Sutta — Rapture
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.177: Vanijja Sutta — Business (Wrong Livelihood)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.179: Gihi Sutta — The Householder
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 5.180: Gavesin Sutta — About Gavesin
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 6.16: Nakula Sutta — Nakula’s Parents
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 8.25: Mahanama Sutta — Being a Lay Buddhist
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .kuma.html

AN 8.26: Jivaka Sutta — To Jivaka (On Being a Lay Follower)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 8.43: Visakhuposatha Sutta — The Discourse to Visakha on the Uposatha with the Eight Practices
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .khan.html

AN 8.54: Vyagghapajja (Dighajanu) Sutta — Conditions of Welfare/ To Dighajanu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nara.html

AN 10.92: Vera Sutta — Animosity
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 10.93: Ditthi Sutta — Views
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 10.94: Vajjiya Sutta — About Vajjiya
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 11.12: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (1)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

AN 11.13: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (2)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Dhammapada — The Path of Dhamma
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … index.html

Ud 8.8: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Ud 2.5: Upasaka Sutta — The Lay Follower
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Ud 2.6: Gabbhini Sutta — The Pregnant Woman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Ud 2.7: Ekaputta Sutta — The Only Son
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Ud 2.9: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Ud 5.6: Sona Sutta — About Sona
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Sn 1.2: Dhaniya Sutta — Dhaniya the Cattleman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .than.html

Sn 2.1: Ratana Sutta — Treasures
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .piya.html

Sn 2.4: Maha-mangala Sutta — Protection
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .nara.html

Sn 2.14: Dhammika Sutta — Dhammika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka … .irel.html

Further Reading:

Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor, by Hellmuth Hecker
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el334.html

Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … efuge.html

Merit: A Study Guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/merit.html

Going for Refuge/Taking the Precepts, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el282.html

The Buddhist Layman – Four essays by R. Bogoda, Susan Elbaum Jootla, and M.O’C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el294.html

Dana: The Practice of Giving, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el367.html

Buddhism and Sex, by M. O’C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el225.html

The Bhikkhus’ Rules — A Guide for Laypeople: The Theravadin Buddhist Monk’s Rules Compiled and Explained, by Bhikkhu Ariyesako
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … guide.html

Nourishing the Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el259.html

A Simple Guide to Life, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el397.html

Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … bl139.html

A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective, by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … riage.html

Kee Nanayon, Upasika (Kor Khao-suan-luang) (1901-1979)
Upasika Kee Nanayon, who wrote under the penname, K. Khao-suan-luang, was one of the foremost woman teachers of Dhamma in modern Thailand.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/kee/index.html

Lay Buddhist Practice, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el206.html

Dhamma for Everyone, by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai … ryone.html

Everyman’s Ethics, by Narada Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth … el014.html

Practising the Buddha-Dhamma as Laymen by Sayagyi U Chit Tin
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus … yman2.html

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