The "Connected Discourses with Vacchagotta" features dialogues between the Buddha and Vacchagotta, a wanderer who engages the Buddha in philosophical debates. Vacchagotta is known for his skepticism and challenging questions, which the Buddha skillfully addresses with wisdom and compassion. These discourses explore a wide range of topics, including the nature of the self, the nature of the world, and the path to liberation. The Buddha's responses to Vacchagotta's inquiries offer profound insights into the core teachings of the Dhamma and the path to awakening.
Vacchagottasaṁyutta - Connected Discourses with Vacchagotta
Vacchagotta vagga - The Chapter with Vacchagotta
The chapter of the Connected Discourses with Vacchagotta, containing discourses 1–55.
Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not knowing form, the arising of form, the cessation of form, and the practice leading to the cessation of form.
PTS 3.257Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not knowing feeling, the arising of feeling, the cessation of feeling, and the practice leading to the cessation of feeling.
PTS 3.258Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not knowing perception, the arising of perception, the cessation of perception, and the practice leading to the cessation of perception.
PTS 3.258Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not knowing intentional constructs, the arising of intentional constructs, the cessation of intentional constructs, and the practice leading to the cessation of intentional constructs.
PTS 3.259Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not knowing consciousness, the arising of consciousness, the cessation of consciousness, and the practice leading to the cessation of consciousness.
PTS 3.259SN 33.6–10 Rūpaadassanādisutta pañcaka - The Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form and Other Aggregates
Various kinds of views arise in the world due to not seeing the aggregates, the arising of the aggregates, the cessation of the aggregates, and the practice leading to the cessation of the aggregates.
PTS 3.260