The Buddha addressing the mendicants (by cross-reference)
Form
A single explicit editorial instruction standing in for twenty-four separate sutta-numbers
Length
Under a minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — trivial on its own, meaningful only in relation to this vagga's own bracketing pair
Why this discourse
This saṃyutta's second twenty-four-topic merged block, matching SN 24.46–69's own scale but pointing to a differently worded instruction: "tell in full as in the 24 discourses of the second chapter," rather than naming exact discourse numbers — a looser cross-reference than SN 24.46–69's own precisely numbered one, appropriate to a round whose actual treatment (established by SN 24.71 and confirmed at SN 24.96) differs from what the second chapter's own discourses actually contained.
Reading guide
A less precise pointer than its third-round counterpart
"Tell in full as in the 24 discourses of the second chapter" — where SN 24.46–69 named exact discourse numbers ("discourses 20 through 43"), this instruction simply names a count. The difference is small but consistent with this round's own looser relationship to its stated source: the twenty-four middle topics are the same twenty-four subjects Dutiyagamanavagga covered, but the treatment SN 24.71 and SN 24.96 actually demonstrate — the universal self-view catechism and full liberation — is not what Dutiyagamanavagga's own discourses contained.
What the pointer names versus what the vagga delivers
This is worth stating plainly: the instruction's wording asks the reader to model this vagga's middle block on the second chapter's own twenty-four discourses, but the two bracketing discourses actually written out in full (SN 24.71 and SN 24.96) do not use the second chapter's stream-entry template at all. The cross-reference is best read as naming which twenty-four subjects to cover, not which exact wording or conclusion to reuse.
The same unified-prefix encoding, a third time
As with SN 24.20–35 and SN 24.46–69, this file uses a single unified key prefix for its entire four-key content — the third and final instance of this particular compression pattern in this saṃyutta.
One discourse remains in the entire saṃyutta
SN 24.96 will close both this merged block and Diṭṭhisaṃyutta itself — all ninety-six discourses, four vaggas, and the saṃyutta's own confirmed colophon, the very last page in this book's fourth saṃyutta.
Key terms
catuvīsati suttantā dutiyapariyāyassa — "the 24 discourses of the second chapter" — this instruction's own looser count-based cross-reference, unlike SN 24.46–69's precisely numbered one
catutthagamana — the fourth round — this vagga's own name, whose actual treatment departs from what its own cross-reference might suggest
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing twenty-four sutta-numbers for the third time at this scale in this saṃyutta
vitthāretabbāni — "should be told in full" — the instruction's own directive, though this reading guide notes the actual template it points to is ambiguous
etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā — "this is mine, I am this, this is my self" — the universal formula SN 24.71 and 24.96 actually apply, presumably to each of these twenty-four topics as well
The text
The complete merged file: a single editorial instruction standing in for twenty-four sutta-numbers. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in the 24 discourses of the second chapter.)
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Self-check quiz
Ten questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 10
What does this merged file's single line of content say?
Correct: A. A count-based cross-reference, less precise than SN 24.46–69's own numbered one.
Question 2 of 10
How does this instruction's wording differ from SN 24.46–69's own?
Correct: A. A small but consistent difference, appropriate to this round's own looser relationship to its stated source.
Question 3 of 10
Does this vagga's actual treatment (shown at SN 24.71 and 24.96) match what the second chapter's own discourses contained?
Correct: A. The cross-reference is best read as naming which subjects to cover, not which conclusion to reuse.
Question 4 of 10
How should this instruction's cross-reference best be understood, according to this reading guide?
Correct: A. A subject-matter pointer, given what SN 24.71 and SN 24.96 actually demonstrate.
Question 5 of 10
What encoding convention does this file share with SN 24.20–35 and SN 24.46–69?
Correct: A. The third and final instance of this compression pattern in this saṃyutta.
Question 6 of 10
What discourses bracket this merged file?
Correct: A. This vagga's own first and ninety-sixth topics.
Question 7 of 10
What will SN 24.96 close, following this merged block?
Correct: A. The very last page in this book's fourth saṃyutta, carrying its own confirmed colophon.
Question 8 of 10
Where is this file's content nominally set, by cross-reference?
Correct: A. Matching this saṃyutta's own setting, inherited by cross-reference.
Question 9 of 10
How many total content keys does this merged file's translation contain?
Correct: A. The same minimal shape as this saṃyutta's two earlier large merged files.
Question 10 of 10
What formula does SN 24.71 and SN 24.96 actually apply, which this merged block's twenty-four topics presumably share?
Correct: A. The genuine pivot this vagga's bracketing discourses establish.
