The Book of the Elevens

Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation.

A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on.

The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow.

Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the same answer.

Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists.

The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state.

Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.

Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives.

Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives.

Nandiya the Sakiyan moves to Sāvatthī to be near the Buddha. At the end of the rains, he asks the Buddha’s advice on how to live.

Venerable Subhūti brings the young monk Saddha to meet the Buddha. The Buddha goes on to teach the manifestations of faith.

The meditation on love has eleven benefits.

Asked by a householder to teach a path to freedom, Venerable Ānanda explains no less than eleven meditative states that may serve as doors to the deathless.

A cowherd with eleven qualities is competent to look after a herd of cattle. Likewise, a mendicant with eleven qualities can grow in the Dhamma.

The Buddha is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.

The Buddha teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.

Sāriputta is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.

Sāriputta teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.