{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/iti/index.htm","path":"bud/iti/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/iti/index.htm","text":"Main index\nBuddhism index\nindex\nItivuttaka\nThe \"Thus-saids\" -- Quotations from the Buddha\nThe Itivuttaka, the fourth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, is a collection of 112 short suttas, arranged numerically (like the Anguttara Nikaya) by topic into four nipatas. Each sutta consists of both prose and verse addressing a single well-focused topic of ethical conduct or meditation.\nThe Itivuttaka takes its name from the Pali phrase that introduces each of the suttas: iti vuttam Bhagavata, \"Thus was said by the Blessed One.\"\nSelected suttas from the Itivuttaka\nNote: Unless otherwise indicated, these suttas were translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.\nThe four nipatas of the Ititvuttaka:\n- The Group of Ones\nSuttas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27\n- The Group of Twos\nSuttas 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49\n- The Group of Threes\nSuttas 50, 52-53, 55, 56-61, 62, 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98\n- The Group of Fours\nSuttas 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112\nRevised: Fri 30 October 1998","title":"Itivuttaka","type":"page"}