A discourse in which the Licchavi Oṭṭhaddha, called Mahāli, questions the Buddha about heavenly perception and the path to Arahantship, ending with the Buddha declining to answer whether soul and body are identical.

A discourse in which Mahāli asks the Buddha whether he has seen Sakka, and the Buddha confirms he knows the path by which one is reborn as Sakka.

A discourse in which Mahāli questions the Buddha about Pūraṇa Kassapa’s doctrine that beings’ impurity has no cause, which the Buddha refutes by explaining that delight in the body is the cause of impurity.

A discourse in which the Buddha tells Mahāli that greed, ill-will, and delusion perpetuate evil action, while right reflection and a balanced mind perpetuate good.