1. Moggallána Sutta. Vangísa sings the praises of Mahá Moggallána before the Buddha and a company of five hundred Arahants. S.i.194f.; cf. Thag.1249 51.
2. Moggallána Sutta. Another name for the Pásádakampana Sutta.
3. Moggallána Sutta. The Buddha holds up Mahá Moggallána as an example of a monk who, by cultivating the four iddhi-pádas, obtained magic power and majesty. S.v.288.
4. Moggallána or Ayatana Sutta. Vacchagotta asks Mahá Moggallána a series of questions as to whether the world is eternal or finite, and Moggallána replies that these matters have not been revealed by the Buddha because the Buddha's point of view is different from that of other teachers. Vacchagotta seeks the Buddha, asks the same questions, and receives the same answers and the same explanation. S.iv.291.
5. Moggallána Sutta. Mahá Moggallána wonders how many devas have become sotápannas and are assured of Nibbána. In order to discover this, he visits Tissa Brahmá, who had once been a monk. Tissa welcomes him and tells him that only those devas who have faith in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha have such assurance. A.iii.331f.