Saṃyutta Nikāya

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The Saṃyutta Nikāya ("Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a

samyuttas/saṃyuktas
, or chapters, each of which in turn contains a group of suttas/sūtras on a related topic.

Correspondence with the Saṃyukta Āgama

The Samyutta Nikaya corresponds to the Saṃyukta Āgama found in the Sutra Pitikas of various Sanskritic early Buddhists schools, fragments of which survive in Sanskrit and in Tibetan translation. A complete Chinese translation from the Sarvāstivādin recension appears in the Chinese Buddhist canon, where it is known as the Zá Āhánjīng (雜阿含經); meaning "the mixed agama". A comparison of the Sarvāstivādin, Kāśyapīya, and Theravadin texts reveals a considerable consistency of content, although each recension contains sutras/suttas not found in the others.[2] The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama[3] (《<雜阿含經>校釋》,Chinese version) makes further comparison.

Dating

Bhante Sujato, a contemporary scholar monk, argues that the remarkable congruence of the various recensions suggests that the Samyutta Nikaya/Saṃyukta Āgama was the only collection to be finalized in terms of both structure and content in the pre-sectarian period.[4]

Translations

Full translations

Selections

Divisions

The vaggas contained in this nikaya are (the numbering of chapters [samyuttas] here refers to the PTS and Burmese editions; the Sinhalese[6] and Thai editions divide the text up somewhat differently):

Vagga Name Description Samyutta Number Samyutta Names
Part I. Sagatha-vagga a collection of suttas containing verses (Pali, sagatha), many shared by other parts of the
Jatakas.[7]
 SN 1-11 1.devatāsaṃyuttaṃ

2.devaputtasaṃyuttaṃ

3.kosalasaṃyuttaṃ

4.mārasaṃyuttaṃ

5.bhikkhunīsaṃyuttaṃ

6.brahmasaṃyuttaṃ

7.brāhmaṇasaṃyuttaṃ

8.vaṅgīsasaṃyuttaṃ

9.vanasaṃyuttaṃ

10.yakkhasaṃyuttaṃ

11.sakkasaṃyuttaṃ

Part II. Nidana-vagga a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to causation (Pali, nidana) SN 12-21 12. nidānasaṃyuttaṃ

13.abhisamayasaṃyuttaṃ

14. dhātusaṃyuttaṃ

15.anamataggasaṃyuttaṃ

16. kassapasaṃyuttaṃ

17.lābhasakkārasaṃyuttaṃ

18. rāhulasaṃyuttaṃ

19. lakkhaṇasaṃyuttaṃ

20. opammasaṃyuttaṃ

21. bhikkhusaṃyuttaṃ

Part III. Khandha-vagga a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the five aggregates (Pali, khandha) SN 22-34 22. khandhasaṃyuttaṃ

23. rādhasaṃyuttaṃ

24. diṭṭhisaṃyuttaṃ

25. okkantasaṃyuttaṃ

26. uppādasaṃyuttaṃ

27. kilesasaṃyuttaṃ

28. sāriputtasaṃyuttaṃ

29. nāgasaṃyuttaṃ

30. supaṇṇasaṃyuttaṃ

31.gandhabbakāyasaṃyuttaṃ

32. valāhakasaṃyuttaṃ

33. vacchagottasaṃyuttaṃ

34. jhānasaṃyuttaṃ

Part IV. Salayatana-vagga a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the six
Fire Sermon
" (Adittapariyaya Sutta)		 SN 35-44 35. saḷāyatanasaṃyuttaṃ

36. vedanāsaṃyuttaṃ

37. mātugāmasaṃyuttaṃ

38. jambukhādakasaṃyuttaṃ

39. sāmaṇḍakasaṃyuttaṃ

40. moggallānasaṃyuttaṃ

41. cittasaṃyuttaṃ

42. gāmaṇisaṃyuttaṃ

43. asaṅkhatasaṃyuttaṃ

44. abyākatasaṃyuttaṃ

Part V. Maha-vagga the largest – that is, great (Pali, maha) – collection SN 45. the Noble Eightfold Path 45. maggasaṃyuttaṃ






SN 46. the
Seven Factors of Enlightenment
 46. bojjhaṅgasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 47. the Four Establishment of Mindfulness 47. satipaṭṭhānasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 48. the Faculties 48. indriyasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 49. the Four Right Striving 49.sammappadhānasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 50. the
Five Powers
 50. balasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 51. the Four Bases for Spiritual Power[8] 51. iddhipādasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 52. Anuruddha discourses 52. anuruddhasaṃyuttaṃ
SN h 53. the
Jhanas
 53. jhānasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 54. Mindfulness of Breathing 54. ānāpānasaṃyuttaṃ
SN 55. Factors of
Stream-entry
 55. sotāpattisaṃyuttaṃ
SN 56. the Truths 56. saccasaṃyuttaṃ

See also

Notes

  1. ISBN 9780860134381
    . Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  2. ^ A Dictionary of Buddhism, by Damien Keown, Oxford University Press: 2004
  3. ^ The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama, by Wang Jianwei and Jin Hui, East China Normal University Press: 2014
  4. ISBN 9781921842108
  5. ^ The BPS anthology was published in three parts, edited by John D. Ireland (1981), Bhikkhu Ñanananda (1983) and Maurice O'C. Walshe (1985).
  6. ^ While the PTS Samyutta Nikaya has 56 saṃyuttas (connected collections), the Sinhala Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series (BJT) print edition has 54 saṃyuttas and, based on the BJT edition, the softcopy Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project (SLTP) edition has 55 saṃyuttas. The reason for these differences are that:
    • the BJT and SLTP saṃyutta 12 (Abhisamaya-saṃyutta) combines the PTS saṃyuttas 12 (Nidana-saṃyutta) and 13 (Abhisamaya-saṃyutta), representing the latter saṃyutta as a final vaggo (chapter) in the former saṃyutta.
    • the BJT saṃyutta 34 (Vedanā-saṃyutta) combines the PTS saṃyuttas 35 (Salāyatana-saṃyutta) and 36 (Vedanā-saṃyutta).
  7. ^ Bodhi (2000), p. 69.
  8. qualities conducive to Enlightenment
    .

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