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Here's yet another point of entry into the Pali Canon, with topics arranged according to number of items.

1 - One

Quality leading to benefits in this life and the next: Iti 23
Quality to be abandoned: Iti 1, Iti 2, Iti 3, Iti 4, Iti 5, Iti 6,
Taste: Ud V.5
Transgression that leads to evil: Iti 25

2 - Two

Assistance, kinds of: Iti 98, Iti 100
Bodily conduct, kinds of: DN 21
Dhamma discourses given in sequence: Iti 39
Ease, causes of living with: Iti 29
Equanimity, kinds of: DN 21
Extremes: SN XII.15, SN LVI.11, Ud VI.8
Feelings: SN XXXVI.22
Fermentations (asava), qualities that lead to the ending of: Iti 37
Forms, kinds of: DN 21
Gifts, kinds of: Iti 98, Iti 100
Grief, kinds of: DN 21
Heaven, causes of rebirth in: Iti 33
Hell, causes of rebirth in: Iti 32, Iti 48
Joy, kinds of: DN 21
Mass-donations, kinds of: Iti 100
Nibbana, aspects of: Iti 44
Pains: SN XXXVI.6
People who slander the Tathagata: AN II.23, AN II.25
Remorse, causes of: Iti 30
Remorse, causes of no: Iti 31
Safeguards of the world: Iti 42
Searching, kinds of: DN 21
Sharing, kinds of: Iti 98, Iti 100
Stress, causes of: Iti 28
Thinking, sorts of: MN 19
Trains of thought that often occur to the Tathagata: Iti 38
Unbinding property, forms of: Iti 44
Verbal conduct, kinds of: DN 21
Views: MN 11

3 - Three

Actions, kinds of: AN III.15
Becoming, kinds of: SN XII.2
Bliss, kinds of: Iti 76
Causes for the origination of actions: AN III.34
Cleanliness, kinds of: Iti 66
Cravings: Iti 58
Defilements: SN III.23, AN III.65
Dhamma, properties of: AN III.137
Divine sounds: Iti 82
Dukkha, kinds of: SN XXXVIII.14
Escape, properties of: Iti 72
Eyes: Iti 61
Fabrications, kinds of: SN XII.2
Faculties: Iti 62
False Dhamma, forms of: Iti 89
Falling away of a monk, things that lead to the: Iti 79
Feeling, kinds of: DN 15, SN XXXVI.19, SN XXXVI.22, Iti 52, Iti 53
Fermentations: Iti 56, Iti 57
Fires (passion, aversion, delusion): Iti 93
Fool, qualities of: AN III.2
Gems
Good conduct, kinds of: Iti 65
Governing principles: AN III.40
Grounds for meritorious action: Iti 60
Internal stains/enemies/murderers: Iti 88
Intoxication, forms of: AN III.39
Investigation, modes of: SN XXII.57
Miracles: DN 11
Misconduct, kinds of: Iti 64
Palaces of the Buddha: AN III.39
People, types of: AN III.22, Iti 75
Persons appearing in the world for the benefit of many: Iti 84
Refuges
Properties: Iti 51
Qualities a successful monk is endowed with: Iti 59
Roots of unskillful action: Iti 50
Sagacity, forms of: AN III.123, Iti 67
Searches: Iti 54, Iti 55
Sectarian guilds: AN III.61
Sensual pleasures, ways of obtaining: Iti 95
Thoughts, skillful: Iti 87
Thoughts, unskillful: Iti 80, Iti 87
Sons and daughters, types of: Iti 74
Stressfulness, kinds of: SN XXXVIII.14
Supreme objects of confidence: Iti 90
Teacher, sorts of: DN 12
Themes: AN III.103
Times: Iti 63
Trainings: AN III.90, AN III.91
Sick people, types of: AN III.22
Uposathas: AN III.70
Urgent duties of a farming householder: AN III.93
Urgent duties of a monk: AN III.93
Wise person, qualities of a: AN III.2
Worldly and harmful qualities: SN III.23

4 - Four

Amazing qualities of Ananda: DN 16
Amazing qualities of a universal monarch: DN 16
Archers: SN XX.6
Answering questions, ways of: AN IV.42
Assurances: AN III.65
Attainments, specific: DN 16
Bases of power (iddhi): SN LI.20, also: "The Four Bases of Power" in The Wings to Awakening
Birthplaces of craving: Iti 105
Bliss, kinds of: AN IV.62
Bonds of fellowship, grounds for: AN IV.32
Brahma-viharas: AN III.65
Causes for the body to come into existence: AN IV.159
Clinging, kinds of: SN XII.2
Concentration, developments of: AN IV.41
Courses of action: AN IV.115
Craving, birthplaces of: Iti 105
Determinations: MN 140
Family losing/preserving its wealth, causes of: AN IV.255
Fear of death, ways of overcoming: AN IV.184
Floods:SN XLV.171
Flow, types of individuals who go with or against the: AN IV.5
Frames of reference: SN XLVII.6, SN XLVII.7, SN LII.10, also: "The Four Frames of Reference" in The Wings to Awakening
Generation, kinds of: MN 12
Horse-training, methods of: AN IV.111
Ignoble searches: AN IV.252
Noble Truths: AN III.61
Kamma, kinds of: MN 57
Noble ones, pairs of: MN 118, Sn II.1
Noble searches: AN IV.252
Noble truths: SN LVI.11
Noble understandings: AN IV.1
Nothing, things that are next to: Iti 101
Nutriments: SN XII.64
Off-course, ways of straying ~ in one's practice: AN IV.19
Paths to arahantship: AN IV.170
People, types of (heading for darkness or light): AN IV.85
People, types of (tranquillity & insight): AN IV.94
People, types of (practicing for oneself & others): AN IV.95, AN IV.96
Personal traits that can be gauged by others: AN IV.192
Persons resembling thunderheads, kinds of: AN IV.102
Persons worthy of a stupa (burial mound): DN 16
Perversions of perception: AN IV.49
Pilgrimage sites (places to make merit): DN 16
Pleasant abidings in the here and now: AN V.179
Practices, ways of taking on: MN 45
Qualities that lead one to Nibbana: AN IV.37
References, great: DN 16
Right exertions: "The Four Right Exertions" in The Wings to Awakening
Speech, kinds of right: Sn III.3
Stream-entry, factors of: AN X.92
Thoroughbred horses and persons, kinds of: AN IV.113
Things not to be disparaged for being young: SN III.1
Traditions of the Noble Ones: AN IV.159
Unconjecturables: AN IV.77
Unyokings: AN IV.10
Vices: DN 31
Views about the Tathagata after death: SN XXII.86
Warrior, qualities of: AN IV.181
Wealth and happiness, conditions for: AN VIII.54
Yokes: AN IV.10

5 - Five

Aggregates: SN XXII.48, SN XXII.56, SN XXII.85
Aggregates of one beyond training: SN III.24
Attachments: Dhp 370
Concentration, factors of Noble Right: AN V.28
Concentration, realizations arising from immeasurable: AN V.27
Destinations: MN 12
Dreams that appeared to the Buddha: AN V.196
Escape, mental qualities leading to: AN V.200
Exhortations for new monks: AN V.114
Faculties: SN XLVIII.10, Dhp 370, also: "The Five Faculties" in The Wings to Awakening
Fear and animosity, forms of: AN X.92
Feelings: SN XXXVI.22
Fetters: Dhp 370
Future dangers: AN V.77
Generosity, fruits of: AN V.34
Gifts, great: AN VIII.39
Gifts, timely: AN V.36
Giving a meal, things given when: AN V.37
Grave deeds: AN V.129
Hindrances: SN III.24, SN XLVI.51
Lay-follower, qualities that make one a good/bad: AN V.175
Listening to Dhamma, rewards of: AN V.202
Omens of a deva's imminent death: Iti 83
Pleasant things that are hard to obtain: AN V.43
Possibilities that don't exist during meditation: AN V.176
Precepts
Rewards a lay person can expect for having conviction: AN V.38
Sensuality, strands of: MN 105 SN XLVII.6, SN XLVII.7
Sick, contemplations to maintain when one is: AN V.121
Speech, aspects of suitable: MN 21
Speech, factors of well-spoken: AN V.198
Strengths: AN V.2, also: "The Five Strengths" in The Wings to Awakening
Subjects for frequent recollection: AN V.57. See also "Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection" in A Chanting Guide.
Teaching, qualities required for: AN V.159
Warriors, types of: AN V.75
Wealth, benefits to be obtained from: AN V.41
Wings to awakening, prerequisites for: AN IX.1
Wishes that can never come true: AN V.49
Worthy qualities of a king's elephant: AN V.139, AN V.140
Worthy qualities of a monk: AN V.139 AN V.140

6 - Six

Actions of an arahant: AN VI.55
Amiability, conditions leading to: AN VI.12
Calmings: SN XXXVI.11
Conditions to be remembered: DN 16
Consciousness, classes of: MN 148, SN XII.2
Contact, classes of: MN 148, SN XII.2
Contact, spheres of: SN XXXV.88
Craving, classes of: MN 148, SN XII.2
External sense media: MN 148
Feeling, classes of: MN 148, SN XII.2, SN XXII.56, SN XXII.57 SN XXXVI.22
Grave deeds: AN VI.87
Internal sense media: MN 148
Media of sensory contact: AN III.61
Obstructions to realizing the Dhamma: AN VI.86
Perception, kinds of: AN VI.63
Properties: MN 140, AN III.61
Qualities that help one realize the Dhamma: AN VI.88
Sense media: MN 140, SN XII.2, SN XII.15, SN XII.20, SN XII.23, SN XII.65
Sextets: MN 148

7 - Seven

Awakening, factors of: DN 16, SN XLVI.1, SN XLVI.14, SN XLVI.51, also: "The Seven Factors of Awakening" in The Wings to Awakening
Bases: SN XXII.57
Consciousness, stations of: DN 15
Dhamma to last a long time, causes for the: AN VII.56
Drowsiness, things to shake off: AN VII.58
Enemy, things pleasing to your: AN VII.60
Good qualities: DN 16
Perceptions: DN 16
Qualities that make one worthy of gifts: AN VII.64
Sangha's long-term well-being, conditions for the: AN VII.21
Sexual attributes not worth attending to: AN VII.48
Treasures: AN VII.6, AN VII.7

8 - Eight

Assemblies: DN 16, MN 12
Discernment, causes of: AN VIII.2
Earthquakes, causes of: DN 16
Emancipations: DN 15
Happiness in this life and the next, causes of: AN VIII.54
Laziness, excuses for: AN VIII.80
Liberations: DN 16
Mastery, fields of: DN 16
Noble Eightfold Path: SN XII.65, SN XXII.56, SN XXII.57, SN XXXV.145, SN XLV.2, SN XLV.8, SN XLVII.40, SN LVI.11
Noble ones, types of: Ud V.5, Sn II.1
Personal qualities that keep one in harmony with the Dhamma: AN VIII.53
Precepts
Skillful conduct, rewards of: AN VIII.39
Thoughts of a great person: AN VIII.30
Uposatha practices: AN VIII.43, Sn II.14
Worldly conditions: AN VIII.6

9 - Nine

Concentration, attainments of: AN IX.36, AN IX.41, AN IX.43, AN IX.44, AN IX.45
Impossible actions of an arahant: AN IX.7
Nibbana, ways to describe the pleasure of: AN IX.34
Streams: Sn I.11

10 - Ten

Actions (unwholesome): MN 41, MN 136
Actions (wholesome): MN 41, MN 136
Armies of Mara: Sn III.2
Benefits of contemplation of the body: MN 119
Fetters: AN X.13
Inspiring qualities in a monk: MN 108
Perceptions: AN X.60
Precepts
Protective qualities of mind: AN X.17

18 - Eighteen

Explorations for the intellect: AN III.61
Feelings: SN XXXVI.22

20 - Twenty

Factors siding with skillfulness: MN 117
Factors siding with unskillfulness: MN 117

31 - Thirty-one

Planes of existence

32 - Thirty-two

Parts of the body: SN XXXV.127, Khp 3. See also "Contemplation of the Body" in A Chanting Guide.

36 - Thirty-six

Feelings: SN XXXVI.22
Streams: Dhp 339

37 - Thirty-seven

Wings to awakening (bodhipakkhiyadhamma): The Wings to Awakening

108 - One hundred eight

Feelings: SN XXXVI.22

Revised: Sun 8 April 2001

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