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8. Siṅgālakasutta – the Sutta of Siṅgālamāṇava who worshipped the 6

quarters of earth and sky

9. Āṭānāṭiyasutta – the Sutta of praying for safety called Āṭānāṭiya

10. Saṅgītisutta – the Sutta of the Rehearsal (by Venerable Sarīputta)
11. Dasuttarasutta – the Sutta of the Tenfold Series

According to the example of the Translation cited in this manual book, there

is the one from Sutta 1 of Tipiṭaka Book 11, called Pāṭikasutta. It is the Sutta of the
naked ascetic named Pāṭikaputta. He was one of the 3 naked ascetics. The names of

these 3 naked ascetics were korakakhattiya, kaḷaramajjhaka, and Pātikaputta. The

name of the third named ascetic, Pātikaputta was cited to be the Sutta name. He

was the one who cleaned Sabbaññutā (Omniscience) perception and challenge the

Buddha to compete the miracle powering (mystic wonders) with him. The name of
Pāṭikaputta was mentioned by the Buddha to Bhaggava the Wanderer at his

residence, located in Anupiyanikama Town, Malla county. The Buddha had remarked

the question of Bhaggava who asked why his friend Sunakkhatta quit the monkhood.
The Buddha told story of Sunakkhatta’s quitting monhood that he changed to

worship the 3 naked ascetics instead and believe they were Arahants.

Content Existing in the Translated Sutta

The essence of content existed in Pāṭikasutta is about what Venerable
Ānanda told story about the Buddha. It happened that one time the Buddha was

staying at Anupiyanikama Town, before going for alms in the morning, and had spent

the time with Bhaggava the Wanderer at his residence. Bhaggava welcomed and
greeted the Buddha nicely and asked why his friend Sunakkhatta, son of Licchavī who

formerly was ordained as a monk but at the moment had quit monkhood.

Sunakkhatta came to see him and told he quit monkhood, not to serve the Buddha

anymore (who used to express determination to join monkhood in front of the

Buddha that “Bhagavantaṃ Uddissa – the Fortunate One is my Great Teacher. I will
follow the practice advised by the Fortunate One). When Bhaggava asked whether it

was true or not that Sunakkhatta had quit monkhood and would not stay to attend

the Buddha, the answer was it was true. The Buddha explained that Sunakkhatta