Samyutta Nikaya

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Pali Canon

Vinaya Pitaka


Sutta- vibhanga	Khandhaka	Pari- vara

Sutta Pitaka


Digha Nikaya	Majjhima Nikaya	Samyutta Nikaya

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Anguttara
Nikaya

Khuddaka
Nikaya

Abhidhamma Pitaka


Dhs.	Vbh.	Dhk. Pug.	Kvu.	Yamaka	Patthana

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The Samyutta Nikaya (Saṃyutta Nikāya SN, "Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism. Because of the abbreviated way parts of the text are written, the total number of suttas is unclear. The editior of the Pali Text Society edition of the text made it 2889, Bodhi in his translation has 2904, while the commentaries give 7762. A forthcoming study by Dr Rupert Gethin^[1] gives the totals for the Burmese and Sinhalese editions as 2854 and 7656, respectively, and his own calculation as 6696; he also says the total in the Thai edition is unclear. The suttas are grouped into five vaggas, or sections. Each vagga is further divided into samyuttas, or chapters, each of which in turn contains a group of suttas on a related topic.

A similar collection, apparently translated from an earlier Sanskrit version, appears in the Chinese Buddhist canon. This is known as the Samyuktāgama or Zá Ahánjīng (雜阿含經); the Chinese name means "the mixed agama".

1 Translations
- 1.1 Selections
2 Divisions
3 References

[edit] Translations

The Book of the Kindred Sayings, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids & F. L. Woodward, 1917-30, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society [1], Lancaster
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, tr Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2000, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, ISBN 0-86171-331-1; the Pali Text Society also issues a private edition of this for members only, which is its preferred translation

[edit] Selections

anthology published by Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nidana Samyutta, published in Burma; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi

[edit] Divisions

The vaggas contained in this nikaya are (the numbering of chapters (samyuttas) here refers to the PTS and Burmese editions; the Sinhalese and Thai editions divide the text up somewhat differently):
Part I. Sagatha-vagga (SN chapters 1-11)

a collection of suttas containing verses (Pali, sagatha), many shared by other parts of the Pali canon such as the Theragatha, Therigatha, Suttanipata, Dhammapada and the Jatakas.^[2]

Part II. Nidana-vagga (SN chapters 12-21)

a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to causation (Pali, nidana).

Part III. Khandha-vagga (SN chapters 22-34)

a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the five aggregates (Pali, khanda).

Part IV. Salayatana-vagga (SN chapters 35-44)

a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the six sense bases (Pali, salayatana), including the "Fire Sermon" (Adittapariyaya Sutta).

Part V. Maha-vagga (SN chapters 45-56)

the largest – that is, great (Pali, maha) – collection consists of the following chapters:

Ch 45. the Noble Eightfold Path

Ch 46. the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Ch 47. the Four Establishment of Mindfulness

Ch 48. the Faculties

Ch 49. the Four Right Striving

Ch 50. the Five Powers

Ch 51. the Four Bases for Spiritual Power^[3]

Ch 52. Anuruddha discourses

Ch 53. the Jhanas

Ch 54. Mindfulness of Breathing

Ch 55. Factors of Stream-entry

Ch 56. the Truths

[edit] References

^ Journal of the Pali Text Society, volume XXIX
^ Bodhi (2000), p. 69.
^ Bodhi (2000), pp. 1485-6, points out that the first seven chapters of the Maggavagga-samyutta pertain to the seven sets of qualities conducive to Enlightenment.

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[edit] Notes

^ Journal of the Pali Text Society, volume XXIX
^ Bodhi (2000), p. 69.
^ Bodhi (2000), pp. 1485-6, points out that the first seven chapters of the Maggavagga-samyutta pertain to the seven sets of qualities conducive to Enlightenment.