1. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached by Ánanda to Vangísa. Once as they were going together for alms to Sávatthi, Vangísa confessed that he was disaffected. Ánanda advised him on how to overcome the disaffection by proper cultivation of the senses. S.i.188.
2. Ánanda Sutta.-Once Ánanda was living in a forest tract in the Kosala country and was much occupied in talking to the laity who came to see him. A deva of the forest, desiring his welfare, came up to him and suggested that he might stop his constant babbling and meditate instead (S.i.199). According to Buddhaghosa (SA.i.225), this was soon after the Buddha's death, shortly before Ánanda became arahant. People, knowing of his close attendance on the Master, were ever asking for details about the Parinibbána and when they mourned he had to admonish them. He used to wander about, taking with him the Buddha's begging bowl and robe. In the Theragáthá (ver.119; ThagA.i.237) the same admonition is put into the mouth of a Vajjiputta monk.
3. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached by the Buddha to Ánanda, who asked how nirodha could be obtained. By the cessation of the five khandhas, answered the Buddha. S.iii.24-5.
4. Ánanda Sutta.-A conversation between the Buddha and Ánanda, at Jetavana. Ánanda is asked in what things one discerns the arising (uppáda), passing away (vaya), and constant change (aññathatta). The answer is "in the five khandhas." The Buddha praises Ánanda for his answer. S.iii.37-8.
5. Ánanda Sutta.-Same as above, except that the discernment is not only with regard to the present, but also to the past and the future. S.iii.38-9.
6. Ánanda Sutta.-Ánanda tells the monks in Jetavana how when he and his colleagues were novices, Punna Mantániputta was very helpful to them and instructed them as to how the conceit of self (asmimána) arose and how it could be overcome. Having heard him, Ánanda says he fully understood the Dhamma. S.iii.105-6.
7. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached at Jetavana. Ánanda asks the Buddha about psychic power (iddhi), its basis and cultivation, and the practice thereof. The Buddha enlightens him. S.v.285-6.
8. Ánanda Sutta.-Same as above, with the addition of Ánanda's declaration that the monks consider the Buddha as their guide, etc. S.v.286.
9. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached at Jetavana. Ánanda is instructed as to how concentration on breathing (ánápánasati) leads to the four satipatthánas and how these, in turn, bring to completion the seven bojjhangas. These last lead to complete knowledge and release (vijjávimutti). The methods of their development are explained in detail. S.v.328-33.
10. Ánanda Sutta.-Same as above, the only difference being the same as between 7 and 8.
11. Ánanda Sutta.-Records a visit paid to Ánanda at Jetavana by Sáriputta, who was also staying there. Sáriputta tells Ánanda that sotápannas are those that have no disloyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. They have no such immorality as is possessed by the uneducated putthujjanas. S.v.362-4.
12. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached at the Ghositáráma in Kosambi. Ánanda asks the Buddha how monks could enjoy ease (phásuvihára) and the Buddha tells him (A.iii.132-4).
13. Ánanda Sutta.-A conversation between Ánanda and Mahá Kotthita with regard to what happens after the passionless, remainder less ending of the six spheres of contact. A.ii.162. The P.T.S. text puts this under Kotthita Sutta, but both the Commentary and the Uddána at the end of the Vagga treat it as a separate sutta.
14. Ánanda Sutta.-Ánanda goes to Sáriputta and asks him how far a monk could learn the Dhamma, remember it, reflect upon it and teach it to others. Sáriputta suggests that Ánanda should answer the question himself, which Ánanda does. At the end of the discourse Sáriputta utters an eulogy on Ánanda and calls him the pattern of the true monk. A.iii.361-2.
15. Ánanda Sutta.-Preached by the Buddha in reply to Ánanda's question as to how notions of "I" and "mine" and the tendency to vain conceit could be completely destroyed (A.i.132f). This sutta refers to the Punnaka-pañha of the Paráyana.
16. Ánanda Sutta.-A conversation between Ánanda and Udáyí on the wonders of a Tathágata's attainment and the nature of perception. In the course of the dialogue Ánanda mentions a visit paid to him by a nun who was a follower of the Jatilas, and her questions on samádhi. A.iv.426.
17. Ánanda Sutta.-A discourse given to the monks by Ánanda on the good man and the wicked man. A.v.6f.
18. Ánanda Sutta.-On the ten qualities that a monk should possess if he would benefit by the practice of the Buddha's teachings. A.v.152ff.
Ánanda or Atthatta Sutta.-The Paribbájaka Vacchagotta visits the Buddha and asks him if there is a self. The Buddha makes no reply even when the question is repeated, and Vacchagotta goes away. The Buddha, later, explains to Ánanda, in reply to his inquiry, that he remained silent because whatever answer he gave to Vacchagotta's question, it would be capable of being misunderstood and misinterpreted. S.iv.400-1.
Ánanda Vagga.-The eighth chapter of the Tíká Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. It consists of ten suttas, the last of which contains a prophecy regarding Ánanda. A.i.215-28.