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13. The Factors of the Noble Path

This group of sūtras has the common theme of describing the eight factors of the noble path, also known as the noble eightfold path. These factors are right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi. These eight factors serve as an overall guide to Buddhist practice, and this eightfold path is the definition of the fourth noble truth.

The Factors of the Path group consists of 114 sūtras (46 full sūtras and 68 abbreviated variants). The material covers fascicles 28 and 29 in Taisho No. 99. Below is a list of the English translations currently available.

See the notes listed in the introduction to the Aggregates regarding conventions followed in the list below.

The English translation of this saṃyukta is incomplete and remains a work in progress. Please feel free to send any feedback or corrections.

Table of Contents

Sūtra Taisho Title Pali Parallel(s)
1. (748) The First Sign SN 45.55
2. (749) Forerunners SN 45.1
3. (750) The Roots of Good and Bad ?
4. (751) The Right Tasks SN 45.24
5. (752) Desire SN 45.30
6. (753) Immortality SN 45.7
7. (754) Requirements SN 45.28
8. (755) Desire (2) SN 45.30
9. (756) Immortality (2) SN 45.7
10. (757) Requirements (2) SN 45.28
11. (758) Fear of Losing Mother or Son AN 3.62
12. (759) Feeling SN 45.29, (169)
13. (760) Disagreeable Things AN 10.76
14-15. (761) Trainees and Adepts SN 45.13
16. (762) The Noble End of Contaminants ?
17. (763) The Factors of the Noble Path (SN 45.8), (46.22)
18. (764) Cultivation of the Noble Path SN 45.69
19. (765) Past and Future Cultivation ?
20-21. (766) The Arising of the Noble Path SN 45.16-17
22. (767) Wholesome and Unwholesome Aggregates SN 47.5
23. (768) Good Friends SN 45.2
24. (769) The Brahmin’s Chariot SN 45.4
25. (770) Wrong and Right ?
26. (771) The Other Shore SN 45.34, AN 10.117
27. (772) The Other Shore (2) (SN 45.34), (AN 10.117)
28. (773) The Other Shore (3) (SN 45.34), (AN 10.117)
29. (774) The Other Shore (4) (SN 45.34), (AN 10.117)
30. (775) What’s Rightly Considered SN 45.83, 90
31. (776) ? SN 45.83, 90
32. (777) ? SN 45.83, 90
33. (778) ? SN 45.77, 84
34. (779) ? SN 45.77, 84
35. (780) ? SN 45.77, 84
36-51. (781) ? SN 45.83, 90
52-62. (782) ? AN 10.135-151
63-73. (783) ? SN 45.5
74. (784) The Eightfold Path SN 45.21
75. (785) The Eightfold Path (2) MN 117
76. (786) ? AN 10.103
77. (787) ? AN 10.104
78-81. (788) ? AN 10.104
82-89. (789) ? ?
90. (790) ? SN 45.23
91. (791) ? ?
92. (792) ? ?
93-96. (793) ? ?
97. (794) ? ?
98. (795) ? SN 45.36
99. (796) ? SN 45.35
100. (797) ? ?
101. (798) ? ?
102. (799) ? ?
103-114. (800) ? ?

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