AN 6.31 - 6.42 Deities

AN 6.31 Things leading to decline or non-decline.AN 6.32 A god speaks on things leading to decline or non-decline.AN 6.33 The Buddha recounts the events of the previous discourse.AN 6.34 Mahāmoggallāna is visited by a Brahmā god who had formerly been a mendicant, and they discuss which of the gods are stream-enterers.AN 6.35 Six kinds of perception that lead to wisdom.AN 6.36 If a mendicant nurses six kinds of defilements it leads to bitterness and disputes in the Saṅgha.AN 6.37 Seeing the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī preparing a meal for the Saṅgha, the Buddha celebrated by saying that giving is of great benefit when the donor and the recipient each possess three qualities.AN 6.38 The Buddha rebuts a brahmin’s claim that there is no such thing as actions initiated by oneself.AN 6.39 Greed, hate, and delusion are the roots of deeds.AN 6.40 The Buddha explains to Venerable Kimbila the reasons why Buddhism lasts long after the Buddha’s demise.AN 6.41 Even a simple block of wood can be perceived in different ways by a mendicant with advanced meditation.AN 6.42 When visited by a noisy crowd, the Buddha speaks to his attendant Nāgita of his love of seclusion and solitude, and of his regard for forest mendicants.