Miscellaneous Suttas

Suttas posted on BuddhaDust that do not fall into any convenient category and which deserve special notice, suttas moved off "What's New on BuddhaDust" that shouldn't fall off the radar screen, etc.

The Discourse Called Atanatiya

(£Â¤n¤Âiya D¨gha Nik¤ya 32: £Â¤n¤Âiya Sutta)

Reprinted from

Sept Suttas P¤lis

Tirés du D¨gha-Nik¤ya
par
M.P. Grimblot
Àncien Consul de France à Ceylan et en Birmanie

Traductions Diverses Anglaises et Françaises

Paris, L'imprimerie nationale
1876

Public Domain
This work has been reformatted for presentation on BuddhaDust
Thanks to J.B. Hare's Internet Sacred Text Archives for originally posting this material
Digitized and formatted for Internet Sacred Text Archives by Cristopher M. Weimer

References for this sutta:

Digha Nikaya:32. Atanatiya Sutta, (PTS) III.194
PTS: The Ward Rune of Atanata, III.188
WP: The Atanata Protective Verses, 471

This is one for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (who think her methods could be somewhat less violent). The reader will need to decide for himself whether this fits in with his conception of Buddhism. What it is is an example of a Protective Spell. The genuine article.

Available here: The Discourse Called Atanatiya

The Madhura Sutta

Majjhima Nik¤ya, Sutta 84

Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society London, The Royal Asiatic Society 1894
Article XIV The Madhura Sutta Concerning Caste

Translated By Robert Chalmers

This is one that will be of interest to anyone concerned about race relations. Although not a dialog with the Buddha, but with one of his chief disciples, it clearly deliniates the Buddha's position that it is the nature of a man's behavior that differentiates him from other men, not the color of his skin, or the class into which he is born.

Available here: The Madhura Sutta

The Ratthapala Sutta

Majjhima Nik¤ya, Sutta 82
Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society London, The Royal Asiatic Society 1894
Article XXIII The RaÂÂhap¤la Sutta
By Walter Lupton, I.C.S.

An inspirational sutta. How far would you go to follow your beliefs?

The Four Teachings of Gotama that inspired Ratthapala:

The World is an ending thing that does not last.
In the World there is no refuge or protection.
In the world there is nothing that is one's own, passing from the world all is left behind.
The World is never satisfied, always wanting more it is the slave of desire.

Read The Ratthapala Sutta