Sāriputtasutta untranslated

Sāriputtasutta 01. The sixteenth Sutta of the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta. Sāriputta asks the Buddha how a monk should conduct himself in order to achieve his goal. The Buddha explains that a monk must avoid the five dangers, endure heat and cold and other discomforts, and must not be guilty of theft, anger, lying or arrogance. He should be guided by wisdom and moderation (Snp. 955-75). The Commentary explains (Snp­a.ii.569f) that the Sutta is also called the Therapañhasutta, and that it was preached on the occasion of the Buddha’s descent from Tāvatiṁsa to Saṅkassa. The Buddha desired that Sāriputta’s wisdom should be adequately recognized, for Moggallāna’s iddhi, Anuruddha’s clairvoyance and Puṇṇa’s eloquence were already famous, but Sāriputta’s skill remained unknown. The Buddha therefore related the Parosahassajātaka (Ja 99) in order to show Sāriputta’s wisdom in a past life. At the end of the story, Sāriputta questioned the Buddha in eight stanzas, and the rest of the Sutta was spoken by the Buddha in answer to these questions.

Sāriputtasutta 02. The Buddha instructs Sāriputta on how to train oneself in order to get rid of notions of “I” and “mine.” The Sutta contains a quotation from the Udayapañha. AN.i.133.

Sāriputtasutta 03. Sāriputta relates to Ānanda how once, when he was in Andhavana, he attained to perfect concentration. AN.v.8.