Related Discourses (CSA)

The Related Discourses (Ch. 雜阿含經, Skt. Saṃyukta Āgama, P. Saṃyutta Nikāya), sometimes also called the Linked or Connected Discourses in English, is a large collection of short sūtras arranged by subject. There are two complete versions of the Related Discourses that are extant: The Theravāda version preserved in Pali and the Sarvâstivāda version preserved in classical Chinese translation. This article covers the Chinese version of this sūtra collection as found in the Taisho Daizokyo (T99) and revised by Chinese scholar Yinshun in his Combined Edition of the Saṃyukta Āgama and Commentary (CSA, 雜阿含經論會編).

The main differences between the Taisho edition and Yinshun's CSA are organizational. The Taisho edition's numbering (1,362 sūtras) doesn't match Yinshun's numbering in CSA (13,412 sūtras) because the Taisho often fails to count variant sūtras described in notes throughout the translation. Yinshun also corrected the order of the fascicles in the Taisho edition, which were jumbled at some point in the past and copied out of order afterward. This confusion likely stemmed from the fact that the translation lacked any division headings. The saṃyukta divisions found in CSA are derived from detailed descriptions of the Sarvâstivāda Saṃyukta Āgama in other Chinese sources like Asaṅga's Yogâcārabhūmi. In addition to these organizational changes, Yinshun also critically edited the Taisho edition's text.

Table of Contents and Parallels

Below is a table of the contents of the Related Discourses as found in Yinshun's CSA. Clicking the saṃyukta links will jump to a table of individual sutras found in that division (these tables are currently a work-in-progress).

CSA Varga	CSA Saṃyukta	Primary Pali Parallel
I. The Five Aggregates	1. Aggregates	SN 22
II. The Six Sense Fields	2. Sense Fields	SN 35
III. Various Causes	3. Causation	SN 12
	4. Truths	SN 56
	5. Elements	SN 14
	6. Feelings	SN 36
IV. The Path	7. Abodes of Mindfulness	SN 47
	8. Right Effort (lost)	SN 49
	9. Miraculous Abilities (lost)	SN 51
	10. Faculties	SN 48
	11. Powers	AN
	12. Factors of Awakening	SN 46
	13. Factors of the Noble Path	SN 45
	14. Mindfulness of Breathing	SN 54
	15. Trainees	AN 3
	16. Unbroken Purity	SN 55
V. The Eight Assemblies	17. Monks	SN 21
	18. Māra	SN 4
	19. Indra	SN 11
	20. Nobility	SN 3
	21. Priests	SN 7
	22. Brahmā	SN 6
	23. Nuns	SN 5
	24. [Vaṅgisa]	SN 8
	25. Gods	SN 1
	26. Yakṣas	SN 10
	27. Forests	SN 9
VI. Teachings by Disciples	28. Śāriputra	SN 28
	29. Maudgalyāyana	SN 40
	30. Aniruddha	SN 52
	31. Mahākātyāyana
	32. Ānanda
	33. Citra	SN 41
VII. Teachings by the Tathāgata	34. Radha	SN 23
	35. Views	SN 24
	36. Elimination
	37. Heavens
	38. Realization
	39. Senses, Elements, and Aggregates
	40. Unbroken Purity (2)	SN 55
	41. Mahākāśyapa	SN 16
	42. Village Leaders	SN 42
	43. Horses
	44. Mahānāma	SN 55
	45. Without Beginning	SN 15
	46. Vatsagotra the Wanderer	SN 33, SN 44
	47. Heretical Wanderers
	48. Sundry Defilements
	49. Analogies	SN 20
	50. Illness
	51. Actions