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- AN 1.1-1.10: Sights, etc. The Supreme Buddha taught that desire is the cause of suffering. What did he say that people desire? 2 minutes
- AN 1.11-1.20: Removing Completely the Hindrances What can cause and end the five hindrances? 4 minutes
- AN 1.21-1.30: Inefficient The mind can help us or hurt us. 2 minutes
- AN 1.31-1.40: Wild Take care of your mind to take care of your life. 2 minutes
- AN 1.41-1.50: A Spike The mind even determines our rebirth. 4 minutes
- AN 1.51–1.60: Radiant The mind is radiant. 3 minutes
- AN 1.61–1.70: Arousing Energy Good and bad qualities to develop in the mind. 2 minutes
- AN 1.71–1.81: Noble Friends What is the best thing? 2 minutes
- AN 1.82–1.97: Negligence Avoid the harmful. 3 minutes
- AN 1.98–1.139: Internal Factors How can the Dhamma last a long time? 7 minutes
- AN 1.140–1.149: Wrong Teaching Teaching the Dhamma. 2 minutes
- AN 1.150–1.169: Non-Offense Explaining the Vinaya 2 minutes
- AN 1.170–1.187: One Person What is the position of the Supreme Buddha in the world. 3 minutes
- AN 1.188-1.234: Foremost Monks Top arahant monks. 4 minutes
- AN 1.235–1.247: Foremost Nuns Top arahant nuns. 1 minute
- AN 1.248–257: Foremost Male Lay Disciples Top male lay disciples. 1 minute
- AN 1.258–267: Foremost Female Lay Disciples Top female disciples. 1 minute
- AN 1.268–1.295: Impossible What can and can’t happen in the world. 5 minutes
- AN 1.296–1.377: One Thing Some things in life are very powerful. 12 minutes
- AN 1.378–393: Inspirational It is great to experience some things. 1 minute
- AN 1.394–1.574: Finger Snap Even a small amount of meditation… 7 minutes
- AN 1.575–615: Mindfulness of the Body The power of mindfulness of the body. 4 minutes
- AN 1.616–1.627: The Deathless Realizing the Deathless. 2 minutes
- AN 3.100 Loṇakapalla Sutta: A Lump of Salt What affects the way the results of actions come to us? 5 minutes
- AN 4.67 Ahimetta Sutta: Loving-Kindness towards Royal Tribes of Snakes Also known as the Khandha Paritta, this teaches us how to practice loving-kindness towards all living beings. 2 minutes
- AN 4.111 Kesi Sutta: To the Horse Trainer Kesi How does the Buddha train his disciples? 4 minutes
- AN 4.197 Mallikā Sutta: With Queen Mallikā As we do many different good and bad actions, so too we get many kinds of good and bad results. 6 minutes
- AN 5.31 Sumanā Sutta: With Princess Sumanā 4 minutes
- AN 5.162 Dutiya Aghatapativinaya Sutta: Getting Rid of Hate Removing hate using five similes taught by Arahant Sāriputta. 6 minutes
- AN 5.180 Gavesīsutta: About Gavesī Inspiration from others leads us upwards 5 minutes
- AN 5.199 Kula Sutta: Families The Supreme Buddha explains five ways of collecting merit when monks visit a household. 2 minutes
- AN 5.235 Anukampa: A Monk with Compassion The Supreme Buddha designed the monk life so they could be of benefit to themselves as well as others. This sutta shows the ways that monks can help lay people. 1 minute
- AN 6.45 Iṇa Sutta: Debt The Supreme Buddha compares ordinary debt to spiritual debt. 5 minutes
- AN 7.67 Nagarūpama Sutta: Well Protected Kingdom A grand simile to explain the qualities of a noble disciple. 9 minutes
- AN 7.74 Araka Sutta: The Teacher Araka 5 minutes
- AN 8.40 Apāyasaṁvattanika Sutta: The Cause for a Birth in Hell The Buddha told us very specifically about the results we can expect from bad action. 3 minutes
- AN 8.41 Saṅkhittūposatha Sutta: The Uposatha With Eight Factors, in Brief The proper way to think when observing the eight precepts. 4 minutes
- AN 9.3 Meghiya Sutta: The Monk Meghiya The Blessed One explained to Monk Meghiya about five qualities that help to bring an immature mind to maturity. 8 minutes
- AN 9.7 Sutavā: With the Wanderer Sutavā Because of the purity of their minds, there are some things impossible for an Arahant to do. 2 minutes
- AN 9.20 Velāma Sutta: About Velāma the Brāhmin What is the most powerful merit? 6 minutes
- AN 10.46 Sakka Sutta: To the Sakyans What are the benefits of living diligently? 3 minutes
- AN 10.60 Girimānanda Sutta: Discourse to Girimānanda Thera The monk Girimānanda listens to a teaching that helps him overcome his illness. 13 minutes
- AN 11.15 Mettānisaṁsa Sutta: Discourse on the Benefits of Spreading Loving Kindness 2 minutes