SN 24 · 35 texts · 35 in English
Linked Discourses on Views
Diṭṭhisaṁyutta
The “Linked Discourses on Views” contains 96 discourses on views, methodically analyzed through the lens of the aggregates. A wide variety of views is assessed, most of which are familiar from elsewhere in the canon, although the first one is unique.
The Chapter on Stream-Entry
Sotāpattivagga-
SN 24.1
WindsVātasutta
The Buddha mentions a strange view to the effect that all changing phenomena of the world are really still and motionless. Such a view arises from grasping to the five aggregates. But by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent, such a view is given up and one becomes a stream-enterer.
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SN 24.2
This is MineEtaṁmamasutta
The view of me and mine is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.3
This is My SelfSoattāsutta
The view that the self is identical with the cosmos is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.4
It Might Not Be MineNocamesiyāsutta
The view that “I might not be” is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.5
There’s No Meaning in GivingNatthidinnasutta
The view of annihilationism is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.6
ActingKarotosutta
The view of moral nihilism is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.7
CauseHetusutta
The view that denies causality is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.8
The Extensive ViewMahādiṭṭhisutta
The view that transmigration is fixed is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.9
The Cosmos is EternalSassatadiṭṭhisutta
The view that the cosmos is eternal is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.10
The Cosmos is Not EternalAsassatadiṭṭhisutta
The view that the cosmos is not eternal is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.11
The Cosmos is FiniteAntavāsutta
The view that the cosmos is finite is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.12
The Cosmos is InfiniteAnantavāsutta
The view that the cosmos is infinite is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.13
The Soul and the Body are One and the SameTaṁjīvaṁtaṁsarīraṁsutta
The view that the soul is the same thing as the body is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.14
The Soul is One Thing, the Body AnotherAññaṁjīvaṁaññaṁsarīraṁsutta
The view that the soul and the body are different things is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.15
A Realized One Still ExistsHotitathāgatosutta
The view that a realized one still exists after death is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.16
A Realized One No Longer ExistsNahotitathāgatosutta
The view that a realized one no longer exists after death is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.17
A Realized One Both Still Exists and No Longer ExistsHoticanacahotitathāgatosutta
The view that a realized one both still exists and no longer exists after death is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.
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SN 24.18
A Realized One Neither Still Exists Nor No Longer ExistsNevahotinanahotitathāgatosutta
The view that a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.