Saññā Sutta

1. Saññā Sutta. The thought of foulness, death, peril, cloying of food, distaste these, if cultivated, are of great advantage. A.iii.79.

2. Saññā Sutta. The thoughts of impermanence, of not self, death the cloying of food, distaste these, if developed, lead to great profit. A.iii.79.

3. Saññā Sutta. To get rid of thoughts of sense desire, ill will and harm, their opposites must be cultivated. A.iii.446.

4. Saññā Sutta. Thoughts of impermanence, not self, unlovely things, peril, renunciation, dispassion, ending these lead to growth and not to decline. A.iv.24.

5. Saññā Sutta. Thoughts of the unattractive, death, cloying of food, all world discontent, impermanence, of all therein, of no self in ill are of great advantage. A.iv.46.

6. Saññā Sutta. The same as (5), in greater detail. A.iv.47.

7. Saññā Sutta. Same as (5), with the addition of thoughts of abandoning, fading, and ending. A.v.105.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from