一部經，記載離車族人殟陀骨（別名摩訶離）向佛陀請教天眼感知與證阿羅漢之道，末尾佛陀對靈魂與肉身是否同一的問題不作正面回答。

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.

一部經，記載摩訶離詢問佛陀是否見過帝釋天，佛陀確認自己知曉轉生為帝釋天所依循的修行之道。

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.

一部經，記載摩訶離就富蘭那迦葉所主張的「眾生染汙無因論」請教佛陀，佛陀予以反駁，說明貪戀色身正是染汙之因。

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.

一部經，記載佛陀告訴摩訶離，貪、瞋、癡使惡業相續，而正確的省思與平衡的心則使善業相續。

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.