The Itivuttaka contains teachings in brief, always followed by a verse. It is a good collection to read one sutta a day.Get the printed book | Download a reading checklist
For different numbering systems of the Itivuttaka, use this chart.
- Itv 1 Lobha Sutta: GreedThe Buddha taught us specific qualities in the mind to abandon.
- Itv 2 Dosa Sutta: HatredThe Buddha explains how abandoning hatred will guarantee you non-returning.
- Itv 3 Moha Sutta: DelusionThe Buddha explains how beings whose minds are clouded by delusion will be reborn in the plane of misery.
- Itv 4 Kodha Sutta: AngerThe Buddha explains how abandoning anger can lead to non-returning.
- Itv 5 Makkha Sutta: ContemptAbandoning contempt can bring much happiness and lead to non-returning.
- Itv 6 Māna Sutta: ConceitAbandoning conceit will lead to non-returning along with much happiness.
- Itv 7 Sabbapariññā Sutta: Fully Understanding the AllOne who has understood the “all” and are cleansed of passion for the “all” will put an end to suffering.
- Itv 8 Mānapariññā Sutta: Fully Understanding ConceitOne who fully knows and fully understands conceit is capable of putting an end to suffering.
- Itv 9 Lobhapariññā Sutta: Fully Understanding GreedOne who fully knows and fully understands greed can put an end to suffering.
- Itv 10 Dosapariññā Sutta: Fully Understanding HatredOne who fully knows and fully understands hatred can put an end to suffering.
- Itv 11 Mohapariñña Sutta: Fully Understanding DelusionOne who has fully knows and fully understands delusion can put an end to suffering.
- Itv 12 Kodhapariñña Sutta: Fully Understanding AngerOne who has fully knows and fully understands anger can put an end to suffering.
- Itv 13 Makkhapariñña Sutta: Fully Understanding ContemptOne who fully knows and understands contempt is capable of putting an end to suffering.
- Itv 14 Avijjāhīvarana Sutta: IgnoranceThe Buddha explains how ignorance leads one to wonder in the journey of rebirth.
- Itv 15 Taṇha Saṁyojuna Sutta: CravingThe Buddha explains the fetter of craving, which leads one to wander in the journey of rebirth.
- Itv 16 Paṭhama Sekha Sutta: The TraineeWise consideration is the most helpful factor for a trainee who has not yet attained liberation.
- Itv 17 Dutiya Sekha Sutta: The Noble FriendThe Buddha explains the importance of noble friendship for one who has not yet attained liberation.
- Itv 18 Saṅghabheda Sutta: Disunity in the Community of MonksWhen the community of monks are divided, it gives way to the downfall of gods and humans.
- Itv 19 Saṅghasāmaggi Sutta: Unity in the Community of MonksUnity in the community of monks leads to the benefit of many humans and gods.
- Itv 20 Paduṭṭhapuggala Sutta: A Corrupt PersonHaving a corrupt mind can lead one to the plane of misery after death.
- Itv 21 Pasannacitta Sutta: The Confident MindHaving a pleasant mind at the time of death will lead one to be born in a heavenly world.
- Itv 22 Māpuññabhāyi Sutta: Do Not Fear MeritThe Buddha explains the results of developing a mind of loving kindness for seven years.
- Itv 23 Ubho-attha Sutta: Both Kinds of WelfareOne who is diligence in developing wholesome deeds will enjoy much happiness in this life and others.
- Itv 24 Aṭṭhipuñja Sutta: The Heap of BonesThe Buddha explains how the bones of a single person, when accumulated in a single eon, would make a huge mountain.
- Itv 25 Sampajāna Musāvāda Sutta: LyingThe Buddha explains how a person who isn’t truthful has no evil deed they cannot do.
- Itv 26 Dānasaṁvibhāga Sutta: Giving and SharingThe Buddha explains the benefits of giving and the results that one gains after death.
- Itv 27 Mettācetovimutti Sutta: The Development of Loving-kindnessThe Buddha explains how developing loving kindness even towards just one being will bring a huge amount of merit.
- Itv 28 Pathama Bhikku Sutta: The Monk 1When a monk is not careful guarding their sense faculties and are immoderate in eating, it leads to suffering.
- Itv 29 Dutiya Bhikkhu Sutta: The Monk 2A monk who guards their sense faculties and are moderate in eating will live happily.
- Itv 30 Tapanīya Sutta: RemorseThe Buddha explains the remorse felt when one hasn’t done what is good and wholesome.
- Itv 31 Atapanīya Sutta: Non-RemorseThe Buddha explains the two things that cause no remorse.
- Itv 32 Pāpakasīla Sutta: Evil BehaviourWhen a being is endowed with evil behavior and evil view, they are born in hell after death.
- Itv 33 Bhaddakasīla Sutta: Good BehaviorA person with good behaviour and good views will be reborn in heaven.
- Itv 34 Anātāpī Sutta: ArdencyA monk who is not ardent and who has no fear of wrongdoing is incapable of attaining enlightenment.
- Itv 35 Pathama Janakuhana Sutta: Deceiving People 1The holy life is lived for the sake of restraint and eradication of all defilements.
- Itv 36 Dutiya Janakuhana Sutta: Deceiving People 2The holy life is lived for the sake of realizing special knowledge and attaining full understanding.
- Itv 37 Somanassa Sutta: Living JoyfullyInsightful and ardent monks investigate the true nature of life.
- Itv 38 Vitakka Sutta: ThinkingWhat are the two thoughts that often occur to the Buddha?
- Itv 39 Desanā Sutta: TeachingSee evil as evil; and having seen evil as evil, become disenchanted with it!
- Itv 40 Vijjā Sutta: True KnowledgeThe monk who gives rise to true knowledge that discards desire, greed, and ignorance abandons all bad destinations
- Itv 41 Paññāparihāni Sutta: Decline of WisdomBeings who develop noble wisdom grows in worldly and spiritual prosperity.
- Itv 42 Sukkadhamma Sutta: The Bright ProtectorsThe Buddha explains two wholesome qualities that control the world.
- Itv 43 Ajāta Sutta: The UnbornThe Buddha explains Nibbāna; how it is the ultimate freedom and the cessation of all suffering.
- Itv 44 Nibbānadhātu Sutta: The Nibbāna ElementThe Buddha explains the two Nibbāna elements.
- Itv 45 Patisallāna Sutta: Living in SeclusionThe Buddha explains the benefits of devoting to seclusion, delighting in seclusion and more.
- Itv 46 Sikkhānisaṁsa Sutta: Benefits of TrainingThe Buddha explains how a monk should live experiencing the Triple Training called virtue, concentration, and wisdom.
- Itv 47 Jāgariya Sutta: WakefulnessThe Buddha explains if the benefits gained if a monk meditates reducing sleep, lives mindfully and with wise awareness.
- Itv 48 Āpāyika Sutta: Plane of MiseryThe Buddha explains the consequences of lying and accusing falsely those who are virtuous.
- Itv 49 Diṭṭhigata Sutta: Overcome by ViewsThe Buddha explains how some humans and gods adhere and overreach but only the wise see the true nature of life.
- Itv 50 Mūla Sutta: Roots of UnwholesomeThe Buddha explains the three unwholesome roots.
- Itv 51 Dhātu Sutta: ElementsThe Buddha explains the three types of elements: form element, the formless element, and the element of cessation.
- Itv 52 Paṭhama Vedanā Sutta: Feelings 1The Buddha explains the three types of feelings: Pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, and neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant feeling.
- Itv 53 Duttiya Vedanā Sutta: Feelings 2The Buddha explains how one should think of the three types of feelings we encounter in life.
- Itv 54 Paṭhama Esanā Sutta: Search 1The Buddha explains the three kinds of search: the search for sensuality, the search for existence, and the search for a holy life
- Itv 55 Dutiya Esanā Sutta: Search 2The Buddha explains the three types of searches and how a liberated monk has relinquished those searches.
- Itv 56 Paṭhama Āsava Sutta: Taints 1The Buddha explains the three taints: taint of sensuality, the taint of existence, and the taint of ignorance.
- Itv 57 Dutiya Āsava Sutta: Taints 2The Buddha explains how a liberated monk’s taints are destroyed.
- Itv 58 Tanhā Sutta: CravingThe Buddha explains the three types of craving: Craving for sensuality, craving for existence, and craving for non-existence.
- Itv 59 Māradheyya Sutta: Mara’s DomainThe Buddha explains three qualities a liberated monk has.
- Itv 60 Puññakiriyavatthu Sutta: Grounds for Making MeritsThe Buddha explains the three grounds for making merit.
- Itv 61 Cakkhu Sutta: EyesThe Buddha explains that there are three eyes. What are the three?
- Itv 62 Indriya Sutta: FacultiesThe Buddha explains the three faculties in those following the Noble Eightfold Path.
- Itv 63 Addhā Sutta: TimeThe Buddha explains the three times and how people mistakenly think things are non-decaying.
- Itv 64 Duccarita Sutta: MisconductThe Buddha explains the three kinds of misconduct.
- Itv 65 Sucarita Sutta: Good ConductThe Buddha explains the three kinds of good conduct.
- Itv 66 Soceyya Sutta: CleanlinessThe Buddha explains the three types of cleanliness.
- Itv 67 Moneyya Sutta: SagacityThe Buddha explains the three characteristics of a sage.
- Itv 68 Paṭhamarāga Sutta: Passion 1The Buddha explains how not eradicating passion, hatred and delusion makes a person fall into Māra’s noose.
- Itv 69 Dutiyarāga Sutta: Passion 2When passion, hatred, and delusion is not eradicated, it is as if one is swimming in the ocean without being able to come ashore.
- Itv 70 Micādiṭṭhikammasamādāna Sutta: Wrong ViewsThe Buddha, through his divine eye sees what happens to those who engage in misconduct.
- Itv 71 Sammāditthisamādāna Sutta: Right ViewThe Buddha, through his divine eye sees what happens to those who engage in good conduct.
- Itv 72 Nissaraniya Sutta: EscapeThe Buddha explains the three elements of escape.
- Itv 73 Santatara Sutta: More PeacefulThe Buddha explains how Nibbāna is more peaceful than the formless jhana.
- Itv 74 Putta Sutta: Sons and DaughtersThe Buddha explains the three kinds of sons and daughters in the world.
- Itv 75 Vutthi Sutta: Rainy CloudThe Buddha explains three kinds of people existing in the world.
- Itv 76 Sukhapatthanā Sutta: Hoping for HappinessThe Buddha explains the importance of associating with virtuous friends.
- Itv 77 Bhidura Sutta: Falling ApartThe Buddha explains the reality of the body and it’s impermanence.
- Itv 78 Dhātu Saṁsandana Sutta: Coming TogetherThe Buddha explains how those with similar mind states come together.
- Itv 79 Parihāna Sutta: Falling AwayThe Buddha explains three things that lead to the falling away of a training monk and three things that lead to the non-falling of a training monk.
- Itv 80 Vitakka Sutta: Unwholesome ThoughtsThe Buddha explains three kinds of unwholesome thoughts.
- Itv 81 Sakkāra Sutta: Homage and RespectThe Buddha explains how being obsessed with receiving homage and respect can lead one to the lowest realm.
- Itv 82 Devasadda Sutta: Divine SoundsThe Buddha explains when and why three divine sounds are sound from time to time.
- Itv 83 Pubbanimitta Sutta: OmensThe Buddha explains the signs before a god is about to pass away from heaven, and what other gods say to encourage him.
- Itv 84 Bahujanahita Sutta: For the Happiness of ManyThe Buddha explains the three persons who are born in the world for the welfare of many people.
- Itv 85 Asubhānupassī Sutta: Contemplating on ImpuritiesThe Buddha teaches monks to live contemplating the impurities of the body, mindfulness of in-and-out breathing and contemplating the impermanence of all things.
- Itv 86 Dhammānudhammapaṭipanna Sutta: Practice According to DhammaThe Buddha explains what it means to “practice according to the Dhamma.”
- Itv 87 Andhakaraṇa Sutta: Producing BlindnessWhat are three kinds of unwholesome thoughts that leads towards suffering?
- Itv 88 Antarāmala Sutta: Inner StainsThe Buddha explains three inner stains that cause suffering.
- Itv 89 Devadatta Sutta: On DevadattaThe Buddha explains three reasons why Devadatta went to the planes of misery.
- Itv 90 Aggappasāda Sutta: Supreme ConfidenceThe Buddha explains the three supreme object of confidence.
- Itv 91 Jīvikā Sutta: LivelihoodThe Buddha explains the reasoning behind why monks beg for food.
- Itv 92 Sanghāṭikaṇṇa Sutta: Grabbing Hold of the RobeThe Buddha explains what it really means to be “close to the Buddha.”
- Itv 93 Aggi Sutta: The FiresThe Buddha explains three type of fires; the fire of lust, hate and delusion.
- Itv 94 Upaparikkha Sutta: InvestigatingThe Buddha explains when a monk has eradicated the seven ties of defilements and cut the cord of existence, his wandering in the cycle of rebirths is finished.
- Itv 95 Kāmupapatti Sutta: Sense PleasuresThe Buddha explains three sense pleasures that can be obtained and how one must abandon them by understanding reality.
- Itv 96 Kāmayoga Sutta: The BondsThe Buddha explains how one who is tied by the bond of sense pleasures will continue in this cycle of rebirth.
- Itv 97 Kalyāṇasīla Sutta: Noble VirtueThe Buddha explains how someone has noble virtue, noble qualities, and noble wisdom.
- Itv 98 Dāna Sutta: GivingThe Buddha explains two types of giving and which is the most important.
- Itv 99 Tevijja Sutta: The Triple KnowledgeWhat does it mean to be a brāhmin?
- Itv 100 Brāhmana Sutta: The True BrāhminIn this beautiful sutta, the Buddha explains his compassion and the two types of giving.
- Itv 101 Caturanavajja Sutta: Four Blameless ThingsThe Buddha explains four trifling things, easily obtained and blameless.
- Itv 102 Āsavakkhaya Sutta: The Destruction of the TaintsThe Buddha explains how knowing and seeing the Four Noble Truths lead to the destruction of taints but not for those who do not know or see.
- Itv 103 Samaṇabrāhmaṇa Sutta: Recluses and BrāhminThe Buddha explains how true recluses and Brāhmins understand the Four Noble Truths.
- Itv 104 Sīlasampanna Sutta: Possessing VirtueThe Buddha explains the importance of associating with monks.
- Itv 105 Taṇhuppāda Sutta: Arousing CravingThe Buddha explains four types of craving that arise in a monk.
- Itv 106 Sabrahmaka Sutta: With BrahmaThe Buddha explains the value of children taking care of their parents.
- Itv 107 Bahukāra Sutta: Very HelpfulThe Buddha explains the symbiotic relationship between monks and lay followers.
- Itv 108 Kuha Sutta: DeceitfulMonks who are deceitful, stubborn, desirous of talking, frauds, arrogant, and of a scattered mind are not followers of the Dhamma.
- Itv 109 Purusapiyarupa Sutta: Delightful NatureThe Buddha gives a beautiful simile to describe to abandon lust and to head towards Nibbāna.
- Itv 110 Cara Sutta: While WalkingThe Buddha explains how energy must be roused to get rid of evil thoughts and overcome them.
- Itv 111 Sampannasīla Sutta: Possess VirtueThe Buddha tells monks to live a virtuous life, to live with restraint and with courteous behavior.
- Itv 112 Loka Sutta: The WorldThe Buddha explains who the Tathāgata (The Buddha) is and the qualities of the Buddha.
