The Related Discourses

1. The Aggregates

This group of sūtras has the common theme of describing the five aggregates and how they relate to Buddhist practice. These aggregates are form, feeling, perception, intention, and consciousness. The five aggregates represent the things that people can identify with as a self, and they are the basic constituents of everyday experience and identity. When they come together, they form sentient beings, which in Buddhist thought includes animals, humans, and other beings like spirits, demons, and gods.

The Aggregates group consists of 110 full sūtras plus 68 abbreviated sūtra variants for a total of 178. The material spans fascicles 1, 10, 3, 2, and 5 of Taisho No. 99, which have been reordered according to Yinshun’s reconstruction.

For a table of parallels with other Buddhist sources, see the Dharma Pearls Wiki. Below is a list of the English translations currently available.

Please note that:

• Titles for SĀ sūtras are supplied by the translator; the originals were neither titled nor numbered.
• Sūtra numbering follows Yinshun’s reconstruction, which is substantially different than the Taisho numbering. I’ve placed Taisho sūtra numbers in () throughout. For example, “1-4 (1)” means “sūtras 1-4 in Yinshun’s edition (sūtra 1 in the Taisho edition)”.
• When a sūtra variant is described by the Chinese translator, I’ve reconstituted it whenever possible and placed the resulting sūtras after the original abbreviated sūtra in the table below.
• Existing public domain translations are included as external links to SuttaCentral until a Dharma Pearls translation is released. I indicate the translator in ().
• Wiki icons () link to discussion and analysis of individual sūtras at Dharma Pearls Wiki.

• i.
• 1-4 (1). Impermanent, Painful, Empty, and Not Self
• 5 (2). Correctly Contemplated
• 6 (3). Not Knowing
• 7 (4). Not Knowing (2)
• 8 (5). Not Knowing (3)
• 9 (6). Not Knowing (4)
• 10 (7). Delighting in Form
• ii.
• 11-14 (8). The Past Is Impermanent, Painful, Empty, and Not Self
• 15 (9). Disillusionment
• 16 (10). Liberation
• 17 (11). Causes and Conditions
• 18 (12). Causes and Conditions (2)
• 19 (13). Enjoyment
• 20 (14). Enjoyment (2)
• iii.
• 21 (15). Tendencies
• 22 (16). Increasing Numbers
• 23 (17). Not Mine
• 24 (18). Not Another’s
• 25 (19). Tying Bonds
• 26 (20). What Affects
• 27 (21). Shaken
• 28 (22). Kappa’s Question
• 29 (23). Rāhula’s Question
• 30 (24). Rāhula’s Question (2)
• iv.
• 31 (25). Well Versed
• 32 (26). The Well Taught Dharma
• 33 (27). Going from One Principle to the Next
• 34 (28). Nirvāṇa
• 35 (29). Samṛddhi’s Question
• v.
• 36 (30). Śroṇa
• 37 (31). Śroṇa (2)
• 38 (32). Śroṇa (3)
• 39 (256). Ignorance
• 40 (257). Ignorance (2)
• 41 (258). Ignorance (3)
• 42 (259). Direct Realization
• 43 (260). Cessation
• 44 (261). Pūrṇa
• 45 (262). Chandaka
• vi.
• 46 (263). Should Be Taught
• 47 (264). A Clod of Dirt
• 48 (265). Bubbles and Foam
• 49 (266). Lack of Knowledge
• 50 (267). Lack of Knowledge (2)
• 51 (268). The River Torrent
• 52 (269). Jeta’s Grove
• 53 (270). The Concept of Impermanence
• 54 (271). Scolding Tiṣya
• 55 (272). Concepts
• vii.
• 56 (59). Arising and Ceasing
• 57 (60). Delight
• 58 (61). Discernment
• 59 (62). Discourse on Lustful Attachment (Anālayo)
• 60 (63). Discourse on Types of Contemplation (Anālayo)
• 61 (64). Discourse on an Inspired Utterance (Anālayo)
• viii.
• 62-73 (65). Discourse on Feeling (Anālayo)
• 74-85 (66). Discourse on Arising (Anālayo)
• 86-97 (67). Discourse on Delighting (Anālayo)
• 98-109 (68). Discourse on the Six Sense-spheres (Anālayo)
• 110-112 (69). Discourse on the Path (Anālayo)
• 113-115 (70). Discourse on True Realization (Anālayo)
• 116-125 (71). Discourse on Identity (Anālayo)
• ix.
• 126 (72). Discourse on Understanding Things (Anālayo)
• 127 (73). Discourse on the Heavy Burden (Anālayo)
• 128 (74). Discourse on Approaching (Anālayo)
• 129 (75). Discourse on Contemplation (Anālayo)
• 130 (76). Discourse on Desire (Anālayo)
• 131 (77). Discourse on Greed (Anālayo)
• 132 (78). Discourse on Arising (Anālayo)
• 133-136 (79). Discourse on Brief Teaching (Anālayo)
• 137 (80). Discourse on the Seal of Dharma (Anālayo)
• 138 (81). Pūraṇa
• x.
• 139 (82). Discourse at the Bamboo Park (Anālayo)
• 140 (83). Discourse at Vesalī (Anālayo)
• 141 (84). Discourse on Purification (Anālayo)
• 142 (85). Discourse on Pūraṇa (Anālayo)
• 143 (86). Impermanent
• 144 (87). Discourse on Dukkha (Anālayo)
• 145 (33). Not Self
• 146 (34). Five Monks
• 147 (35). Three Gentlemen
• 148 (36). Sixteen Who Were Liberated
• xi.
• 149 (37). I Myself
• 150 (38). Lowly
• 151 (39). Seeds
• 152 (40). Involvement
• 153-156 (41). Five Turns
• 157 (45). Considering Self (Smith)
• 158 (46). Worldly Food
• xii.
• 159 (47). Faithful
• 160 (48). Faithful (2)
• 161 (49). Ānanda
• 163 (51). What’s Destroyed
• xiii.
• 171 (103). Discourse to Khemaka (Anālayo)
• 172 (104). Yamaka
• 173 (105). Discourse to Seniya (Anālayo)
• 174 (106). Discourse to Anurādha (Anālayo)
• 175 (107). Discourse to a Householder (Anālayo)
• 176 (108). Discourse on the West (Anālayo)
• 177 (109). Discourse on the Tip of a Hair (Anālayo)
• 178 (110). Discourse to Satyaka