1. Gilána Vagga.-The thirteenth chapter of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya (A.iii.142-7).

 

2. Gilána Vagga.-The eighth chapter of the Saláyatana Samyutta. S.iv.46-53.

 

3. Gilána Vagga.-The second chapter of the Bojjhanga Samyutta. S.v.78.83.

 

1. Gilána Sutta.-There are three types of sick men - those who will not, in any case, recover; those who recover whether looked after or not; those who recover only if properly looked after. Even so, there are three kinds of men - those who will never, whether they hear the Dhamma or not, enter into an assurance of perfection, etc. A.i.120f.

 

2. Gilána Sutta.-The Buddha visits a sick novice of no reputation and talks to him. The novice, pondering on the Buddha's words, re-covers. S.iv.46; cf. S.iii.119.

 

3. Gilána Sutta.-The same as the above, except that the topic is final emancipation without grasping (anupádá parinibbána). S.iv.47.

 

4. Gilána Sutta.-The Buddha visits Mahá Kassapa lying ill in the Pippalíguhá, and talks to him of the seven bojjhangas. Delighted with the talk, Kassapa recovers. S.v.79.

 

5. Gilána Sutta.-Describes a similar visit to Mahá Moggallána at Gijjhakúta. S.iv.80.

 

6. Gilána Sutta.-The Buddha lies ill in the Kalandakanivápa in Veluvana; Mahá Cunda visits him, and they talk of the seven bojjhangas. The Buddha immediately recovers. S.v.81.

 

7. Gilána Sutta.-Once, shortly before his death, the Buddha spent the rainy season in Beluva, where he became seriously ill. By great effort of will he overcame the sickness. Ananda expresses his admiration for the Buddha's strength of mind, but adds his conviction that the Buddha would not die without having made some pronouncement concerning the Order. Then follows the Buddha's famous injunction to his followers that they should take no other guide or refuge but the Dhamma and their own selves. S.v.152f.; the sutta is found almost verbatim in D.ii.98f.

 

8. Gilána Sutta.-The Buddha visits the sick ward in the Kútágárasála in Vesáli and talks to a sick monk, telling him that by practising five things during illness one can be sure of the speedy destruction of the ásavas, these things being asubhánupassaná, áhárepatikúlasaññá, sabba-loke anabhiratasaññá, sabbasankháresu aniccánupassaná and marana-saññá. A.iii.142; cf. Giri Sutta.


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