The Madhyama Agama

A Message on the Publication of the English Tripi?aka     NUMATA Yehan    v
Editorial Foreword    MAYEDA Sengaku    vii
Publisher’s Foreword A.    Charles Muller    ix
Introduction    Marcus Bingenheimer    xv
Abbreviations    xxviii

Division 1. On Sets of Seven
Translated by Bhikkhu Analayo

1. The Discourse on Wholesome Qualities 3
2. The Discourse on the Coral Tree 8
3. The Discourse with the Parable of the [Border] Town 10
4. The Discourse with the Water Parable 17
5. The Discourse with the Parable of the Heap of Wood 23
6. The Discourse on the Destination of a Good Person 33
7. The Discourse on [Sources of] Worldly Merit 38
8. The Discourse on Seven Suns 41
9. The Discourse on Seven Chariots 47
10. The Discourse on the Cessation of Taints 56

Division 2. On Karma
Translated by Kin-Tung Yit

11. The Discourse with the Parable [of the Ounce] of Salt 63
12. The Discourse to Vappa 68
13. The Discourse on [Tenets to Be] Transcended 73
14. The Discourse to Rahula 78
15. The Discourse on Intention 84
16. The Discourse to the Kalamas 89
17. The Discourse to Gama?i 96
18. The Discourse to Siha 101
19. The Discourse to the Niga??has 108
20. The Discourse to Pa?aliya 122

Division 3. Sariputta
Translated by William Chu

21. The Discourse on an Even Mind 141
22. The Discourse on Perfecting the Precepts 146
23. The Discourse on Wisdom 152
24. The Discourse on the “Lion’s Roar” of Sariputta 160
25. The Discourse with Parables Relating to Water 166
26. The Discourse to the Gulissani 170
27. The Discourse to Dhananjani 176
28. The Discourse on Teaching the Ill [Anathapi??ika] 188
29. The Discourse by Maha Ko??hita 201
30. The Discourse with the Parable of the Elephant’s Footprint 218
31. The Discourse on Discerning the Noble Truths 234

Division 4. On Extraordinary Qualities
Translated by Teng Weijen

32. The Discourse on Extraordinary Qualities [of the Buddha] 247
33. The Discourse on [How Ananda Became] the Attendant 257
34. The Discourse by Bakkula 271
35. The Discourse to the Asura 275
36. The Discourse on Earthquakes 281
37. The Discourse at Campa 286
38. The [First] Discourse to the Householder Ugga 292
39. The [Second] Discourse to the Householder Ugga 300
40. The Discourse to the Householder Hatthaka 306
41. The Discourse on the Householder Hatthaka 316

Division 5. On Conditions
Translated by Marcus Bingenheimer

42. The Discourse on “What is the Purpose?” 319
43. The Discourse on No [Need for] Thought 321
44. The Discourse on Mindfulness 322
45. The [First] Discourse on Shame and Scruples 323
46. The [Second] Discourse on Shame and Scruples 324
47. The [First] Discourse on the Precepts 326
48. The [Second] Discourse on the Precepts 326
49. The [First] Discourse on Respect 327
50. The [Second] Discourse on Respect 328
51. The Discourse on the Beginning 329
52. The [First] Discourse on Nutriments 332
53. The [Second] Discourse on Nutriments 339
54. The Discourse on [Attaining the] Wisdom of Cessation [of the Taints] 343
55. The Discourse on Nirvana 346
56. The Discourse to Meghiya 349
57. The Discourse Spoken for the Monks 354

Division 6. On Kings
Translated by Shi Chunyin (Fascicles 11–13) and Kuan Tse-fu (Fascicles 14–16)

58. The Discourse on the Seven Treasures 359
59. The Discourse on the Thirty-two Marks 360
60. The Discourse on the Four Continents 365
61. The Discourse with the Cow Dung Parable 373
62. The Discourse on King Bimbisara Meeting the Buddha 379
63. The Discourse at Vebha?i?ga 387
64. The Discourse on the Divine Messengers 407
65. The Discourse with the Raven Parable 422
66. The Discourse on Origins 432
67. The Discourse on Mahadeva’s Mango Grove 447
68. The Discourse on Mahasudassana 462
69. The Discourse with the Thirty Analogies 477
70. The Discourse on the Wheel-turning Monarch 483
71. The Discourse to Payasi 505

Notes 541
Bibliography 557
Index 565
A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripi?aka (First Series) 589