Sakuludāyī marvels at the profound respect the Buddha receives. The Buddha explains this reverence stems not from strict asceticism—as some disciples are stricter than he is—but from his supreme virtue, exceptional knowledge, higher wisdom, mastery of the Four Noble Truths, and teachings leading to ultimate liberation.

The Buddha details a comprehensive training in mindfulness of the body—from breath and postures to anatomical reflection and charnel-ground contemplations. He explains how this cultivation steadies the mind and leads to ten benefits culminating in the four jhānas and final liberation.

What determines a complete spiritual path? When the wanderer Vacchagotta asks the Buddha to explain wholesome and unwholesome actions, he discovers the remarkable spiritual success spanning the Buddha's entire fourfold assembly.

The Buddha travels to the Brahmā world to correct Baka the Brahmā’s delusion of eternal existence.

The Buddha teaches Sakka that liberation comes from realizing “nothing is worth holding on to.” To cure Sakka's divine negligence, Mahāmoggallāna shakes Sakka's heavenly mansion with his toe, prompting the deity to correctly recall the teaching.

After Ānanda misses the sign to request the Buddha to remain, Māra reminds the Buddha of his promise to pass away now that the Dhamma and spiritual life are well established. The Buddha relinquishes the life force after weighing the incomparable and continued existence.

Should one aspire for the higher spiritual attainments, one should practice fully in virtue, be devoted to tranquility of mind, not neglect meditation, be endowed with penetrative vision, and practice in an empty dwelling.

After Ānanda misses the sign to request the Buddha to remain, Māra reminds the Buddha of his promise to pass away now that the Dhamma and spiritual life are well established. The Buddha relinquishes the life force after weighing the incomparable and continued existence.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhu disciples in various categories.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhu disciples in various categories.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhunī disciples in various categories.

Ānanda asks the Buddha how far his voice can reach. The Buddha explains the cosmological scale of minor, middling, and great three-thousandfold world systems, revealing he can project his voice across a billion worlds by first suffusing them with light.

Seeing the venerable Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya being treated with contempt by the bhikkhus for his stunted appearance, the Blessed One reveals his great psychic power and attainment of Arahantship with an inspired verse.