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AN 10.84 When a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.AN 10.85 Venerable Mahācunda teaches that when a mendicant boasts about spiritual attainments, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.AN 10.86 Venerable Mahākassapa teaches that when a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.AN 10.87 The Buddha, speaking in reference to the monk Kalandaka, explains ten qualities that lead to discord or unity.AN 10.88 A mendicant who insults their spiritual companions incurs ten disasters.AN 10.89 The monk Kokālika accuses Sāriputta and Moggallāna of having evil wishes. The Buddha defends them. Later, Kokālika suffers calamity and is reborn in hell.AN 10.90 Ten powers by which a mendicant knows that they have ended the defilements.

AN 10.71 If a mendicant wishes to attain spiritual heights, they should begin by practicing the code of training rules.AN 10.72 When the Buddha receives noisy visitors, several monks withdraw to a nearby forest to meditate. The Buddha praises them, saying that noise is a thorn to absorption.AN 10.73 Ten desirable things that are hard to get.AN 10.74 Ten aspects of prosperity.AN 10.75 The female lay disciple Migasālā questions Ānanda how the Buddha could have declared her father and her uncle had the same level of spiritual attainment, when one was much more strict than the other. Ānanda conveys this to the Buddha, who responds that only such as he can pass judgment, since the spiritual faculties of individuals are complex and hard to understand.AN 10.76 Without rebirth, old age, and death, there would be no teaching of Dhamma. The Buddha teaches a series of sets of three things leading to liberation.AN 10.77 A bad monk has ten bad qualities, like a crow.AN 10.78 Jain ascetics have ten bad qualities.AN 10.79 Ten ground for resentment.AN 10.80 Ten ways of removing resentment.

AN 10.61 Even though ignorance has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.AN 10.62 Even though craving has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.

10.41 Ten reasons for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.42 Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.43 Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.44 A mendicant who wishes to admonish another should first reflect on five things in themselves and establish a further five.10.45 Ten dangers for a monk who enters a royal harem.10.46 The Sakyans say that they don’t always observe the eight precepts on the sabbath. The Buddha strongly admonishes them to be more consistent.10.47 Mahāli the Licchavi asks the Buddha for the causes of bad deeds.10.48 Topics for frequent reflection by one gone forth.10.49 Ten things that depend on the body.10.50 Some monks are arguing, so the Buddha teaches them ten warm-hearted principles.

AN 10.28 Some lay people ask the nun from Kajaṅgalā regarding the ten “Great Questions”. Though she has not heard this teaching herself, she explains from her own understanding, and is praised by the Buddha.AN 10.29 Starting with a comparison with the King of Kosala, the Buddha teaches a series of ten advanced teachings. He culminates by affirming that he teaches the full understanding of sensual pleasures, forms, and feelings.AN 10.30 King Pasenadi returns victorious from battle and immediately goes to see the Buddha, bowing reverentially to his feet, and declaring ten reasons for his love and devotion to the Buddha.

AN 10.21 Like a lion, a Realized One roars his preeminence based on ten powers. AN 10.22 The Buddha claims to be assured regarding the various different doctrinal hypotheses, based on the ten powers. AN 10.23 Some things are to be given by body, others by speech, and still others by wisdom. AN 10.24 Venerable Mahācunda teaches that, though a mendicant might claim to be free of greed, hate, and delusion, this is not always the case.

AN 10.01 The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation.AN 10.02 There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there.AN 10.03 The Buddha teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.AN 10.04 Sāriputta teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.AN 10.05 Ānanda teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.AN 10.06 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious.AN 10.07 Ānanda asks Sāriputta about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious. Sāriputta confirms that there is, and claims to have attained it.AN 10.08 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.AN 10.09 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.AN 10.10 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.