Gilānasutta untranslated

Gilānasutta 01. There are three types of sick men – those who will not, in any case, recover; those who recover whether looked after or not; those who recover only if properly looked after. Even so, there are three kinds of men – those who will never, whether they hear the Dhamma or not, enter into an assurance of perfection, etc. AN.i.120f.

Gilānasutta 02. The Buddha visits a sick novice of no reputation and talks to him. The novice, pondering on the Buddha’s words, recovers. SN.iv.46; cf. SN.iii.119.

Gilānasutta 03. The same as the above, except that the topic is final emancipation without grasping (anupādāparinibbāna). SN.iv.47.

Gilānasutta 04. The Buddha visits Mahā Kassapa lying ill in the Pippalīguhā, and talks to him of the seven bojjhaṅgas. Delighted with the talk, Kassapa recovers. SN.v.79.

Gilānasutta 05. Describes a similar visit to Mahā Moggallāna at Gijjhakūṭa. SN.iv.80.

Gilānasutta 06. The Buddha lies ill in the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana; Mahā Cunda visits him, and they talk of the seven bojjhaṅgas. The Buddha immediately recovers. SN.v.81.

Gilānasutta 07. Once, shortly before his death, the Buddha spent the rainy season in Beluva, where he became seriously ill. By great effort of will he overcame the sickness. Ānanda expresses his admiration for the Buddha’s strength of mind, but adds his conviction that the Buddha would not die without having made some pronouncement concerning the Saṅgha. Then follows the Buddha’s famous injunction to his followers that they should take no other guide or refuge but the Dhamma and their own selves. SN.v.152f.; the Sutta is found almost verbatim in DN.ii.98f.

Gilānasutta 08. The Buddha visits the sick ward in the Kūṭāgārasāla in Vesālī and talks to a sick monk, telling him that by practising five things during illness one can be sure of the speedy destruction of the āsavas, these things being asubhānupassanā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, sabbasaṅkhāresu aniccānupassanā and maraṇasaññā. AN.iii.142; cf. Girisutta.