 
A DISCOURSE ON
SØLAVANTA SUTTA
CONTENTS
PART I
1. Foreword
2.
Introduction
3. Mahæ
Ko¿¿hika’s question
4. The Round
of Suffering
5.
Særiputtaræ Thera’s Answer
6. Two Main
Upædænas
7. Self-love
8. Five
Aggregates of Clinging
9. Clinging
to Visible Objects
10. Clinging
to Sound Objects
11. Clinging
to Smell Objects
12. Clinging
to Taste Objects
13. Clinging
to Tangible Objects
14.
Development of Insight
15. Rise and
Fall of the Belly
16. Clinging
to Mental Objects
17.
Meditation on Anicca
18.
Anicca
19. Its
Characteristics
20. Insight
into Anicca
PART II
1. Knowledge
Defined
2. Insight
cannot be Gained through mere Learning
3. Dependent
Origination
4. Meditating
on Rþpa as an Aggregate of
Clinging
5. Change due
to Cold
6. Change due
to Heat
7. Change due
to Hunger and Starvation
8. Change due
to Insect-bite etc
9. Not Every
Rþpa is Ever-changing
10. How
Upædænakkhandhæs Arise
11.
Meditating on Dukkha
12.
Rþpa as a Disease of Wound
13. The State
of a Stream-winner
PART III
1. The
Doctrine of Atta
2. Meditation
on the Three Marks
3. Seize the
Moment of Occurrence
4. The Four
Postures Conceal Dukkha
5. Apparent
Solidity Covers up Anatta
6. Santati
Ghæ¤a
7. Samþha Ghæ¤a
8. Kicca Ghæ¤a
9. Æramma¤a
Ghæ¤a
10.
Anatta, Real and Apparent
11.
Advantages of Meditation
PART IV
1. Jhæna
Sutta
2. Anicca
Sutta
3. It is
Imperative that Disgust must be Developed
4. Ignorance
of Upædænakkhandhæs
5. Sense of
Disgust Motivated by Insight knowledge
6. The
Fisherman and his catch
7. Meditation
leading to the State of a Sotæpanna
8. What
Milinda Pañhæ Says
9. To Smash
the Core of Kilesæ
10. Virtues
of Sotæpatti Magga
11. The Path
dries up the Ocean of SaºsærA
12. The
Wealth of the Noble Ones
13. The Story
of Suppabuddha
14. Why
Suppabuddha became a Deva
15. GotrabhÞ
Cetanæ
16. A
Sotæpanna is Nobler than a Brahmæ
PART V
1. Right
versus wrong
2. A
Sotæpanna Knows no Enmity and Fear
3. True
Progeny of Buddha
4. Blessings
5.
Paccavekkha¤æ Ñæ¤a
6. The first
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
7. The Second
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
8. The Third
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
9. The Fourth
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
10. The Fifth
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
11. The Sixth
Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
12. The
Seventh Mahæpaccavekkha¤æ
PART VI
1. Three
Types
2.
Va¿¿ajjhæsaya Sotæpanna
3. Counting
Existences
4. Fruition
of the Path
5. Method of
Practice to Realize Sakadægæmi-Fruition
6. The story
of Mahænæma
7. What
Sakadægæmis Reject
8. Towards
Anægæmi state
9. What
Anægæmis Reject
10. The
Example of Ugga
11. The
Example of Visækhæ
12. The
Example of a Woman Yogø
13. Tobacco
and Betel
14. Jhæna
Anægæmis
PART VII
1. Kilesæs
that Attack Anægæmis
2. Ashin
Khemaka and Sixty Elder Monks
3. The
Exposition
4.
Distraction and Ignorance
5. Dhammaraga
Hampers Progress to Arahatta Path and its Fruition
6.
Paccavekkha¤æ for the Arahat
7. The First
Strength of an Arahat
8. The Second
Strength
9. The Third
Strength
10. The
Fourth Strength
11. Cultivate
Mindfulness from the Time One Embraces the Sæsanæ
12. Threefold
Vedanæs
13.
Cittænupassanæ
14.
Dhammænupassanæ
15. Sekkhas
also Practise Satipa¿¿hæna
16. Arahats
also Practise Satipa¿¿hæna
17.
Practising Satipa¿¿hæna on Upædænakkhandhæs
PART VIII
1. Benefits
Accruing to Arahats in meditation
2.
Achievement of Happiness
3. Constant
Mindfulness
4. The Fifth
Strength
5. The Sixth
Strength
6. The
Seventh Strength
7. The Eighth
Strength
8. The Ninth
Strength
9. Sati
Sambojjha£ga
10.
Dhammavicaya Sambojjha£ga
11. VØriya
Sambojjha£ga
12. PØti
Sambojjha£ga
13. Passadhi
Sambojjha£ga
14. Samædhi
Sambojjha£ga
15. Upekkhæ
Sambojjha£ga
PART IX
1. The Tenth
Strength
2. Khemaka
Sutta
3. Sona
Thera’s Avowal
4.
Særiputtaræ’s Avowal
5. Ariyas are
Unknowable
6. A Brief Resume
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