The "Connected Discourses on the Unconditioned" contains discourses focusing on the unconditioned, the ultimate reality beyond conditioned phenomena. These teachings explore the nature of the unconditioned, its relationship to the conditioned, and the path to realizing the unconditioned. By examining the nature of ultimate reality, these discourses offer insights into the nature of liberation and the conditions for spiritual awakening.
Asaṅkhatasaṁyutta - Connected Discourses on the Unconditioned
Paṭhama vagga - The First Chapter
The first chapter of the Connected Discourses on the Unconditioned, containing discourses 1–11.
The Buddha teaches about the unconditioned and the path leading to it.
PTS 4.359Dutiya vagga - The Second Chapter
The second chapter of the Connected Discourses on the Unconditioned, containing discourses 12–44.
The unconditioned is the ending of desire, aversion, and delusion. The 37 factors leading to the unconditioned are described in brief.
PTS 4.362–4.367The uninclined is the ending of desire, aversion, and delusion. The 37 factors leading to the uninclined are described in brief.
PTS 4.368Several synonyms for Nibbāna are described - such as, the taintless, the truth, the far shore, the subtle, the hard to see, the unaging, the stable, the non-disintegrating, the signless, the non-proliferation, the peaceful, the deathless, the excellent, the auspicious, the safe, the wearing away of craving, the wonderful, the marvelous, the freedom from calamity, the state free from calamity, Nibbāna, the blameless, dispassion, purity, freedom, the non-clinging, the island, the security, the protection, and the shelter.
PTS 4.369–4.372The Buddha describes the ultimate goal and the way of practice leading to the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is a synonym for Nibbāna.
PTS 4.373