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Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 58 of the Majjhima Nikaya: Abhayarajakumara Sutta - With Prince Abhaya.
Read MN58 here on Sutta Central.
"The leader of the Jains, Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, gives his disciple Prince Abhaya a dilemma to pose to the Buddha, supposing that this will show his weakness. Things don’t go quite as planned," Sutta Central.
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Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Ajahn Braham discusses three Suttas: SN41.8 Nigantha Nataputta Sutta, SN12.68 Kosambi Sutta and SN12.70 Susima Sutta.
SN41.8 Nigantha Nataputta Sutta:
"The Jain leader Mahāvīra, known as Nigaṇṭha Nātaputa in the Buddhist tradition, is visited by Citta. Mahāvīra asks him whether he believes in a certain state of immersion. When Citta replies that he doesn’t go by faith in the Buddha on this point, Mahāvīra is delighted. But it turns out Citta doesn’t need faith, as he experiences such a state for himself."
SN12.68 Kosambi Sutta:
"Venerable Saviṭṭha questions Venerable Musīla about his attainments, and concludes he is an arahant. But Venerable Nārada offers an explanation showing that it is possible to see the Dhamma without having fully realized arahantship."
SN12.70 Susima Sutta on Sutta:
The wanderer Susı̄ma fraudulently enters the Sangha so that the wanderers can learn the secret to the Buddha’s fame and success. Hearing that some mendicants claimed to be perfected, Susīma approaches and asks them if they have developed psychic powers or the formless states, to which they say no. Perplexed, he asks the Buddha, who explains that awakening follows insight into the principles of impermanence and causality. Eventually Susı̄ma confesses his misdeed.
Click here to read SN41.8 Nigantha Nataputta Sutta on Sutta Central
Click here to read SN12.68 Kosambi Sutta on Sutta Central
Click here to read SN12.70 Susima Sutta on Sutta Central
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Ajahn Sunyo discusses two Itivuttaka suttas from the Khuddaka Nikaya: Iti 43: Ajata Sutta (The Not-born) and Iti 44: Nibbānadhātu Sutta (The Nibbana-element). Khuddaka Nikaya is a collection of 15 small books, one of them being Itivuttaka.
Sutta link mentioned by Venerable Sunyo: https://www.docdroid.net/thE29jY/sutta.pdf
Itivuttaka 43: Ajata Sutta (The Not-born)
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.2.028-049.than.html#iti-043
https://suttacentral.net/iti43
Itivuttaka 44: Nibbānadhātu Sutta (The Nibbana-element)
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.2.028-049.than.html#iti-044
https://suttacentral.net/iti44
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Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses two Suttas with similes of cowherds: MN33: Mahagopalaka Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Cowherd and MN34: Cūḷagopālaka Sutta - Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd.
MN33: Mahāgopālaka Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Cowherd.
"For eleven reasons a cowherd is not able to properly look after a herd. The Buddha compares this to the spiritual growth of a mendicant."
MN34: Cūḷagopālaka Sutta - Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd.
"Drawing parallels with a cowherd guiding his herd across a dangerous river, the Buddha presents the various kinds of enlightened disciples who cross the stream of transmigration."
Click here to read MN:33 Mahāgopālaka Sutta on Sutta Central
Click here to read MN34:Cūḷagopālaka Sutta on Sutta Central
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Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 72 of Majjhima Nikaya: Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on Fire.
Read MN72 here on Sutta Central.
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the first sutta from the Digha Nikaya: Brahmajala Sutta, 'The Prime Net'. In part 1 Ajahn looks at the introductory parts and explains explains ethics and the importance of keeping a cool head when being praised or blamed.
Read DN1 here on Sutta Central.
"While others may praise or criticize the Buddha, they tend to focus on trivial details. The Buddha presents an analysis of 62 kinds of wrong view, seeing through which one becomes detached from meaningless speculations," Sutta Central.
Find the full DN1 series on bswa.org here.
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Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 69 in the Majjhima Nikaya: Gulissani Sutta - With Gulissani.
Read MN69 here on Sutta Central.
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Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Ajahn Vayama discusses the 126th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: - the Bhumija Sutta, "With Bhumija".
Click here to read MN 126 on Sutta Central.
"Success in the spiritual life does not depend on any vows you may or may not make, but on whether you practice well," Sutta Central.
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
This is Ajahn Brahm’s 3rd sutta class working from the book “Word of the Buddha” by Venerable Nyanatiloka. Ajahn Brahm is once again revising the text to bring it up to date with contemporary English language.
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Find the full series on bswa.org here.
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Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 56.11 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta - The Discourse Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma.
Read SN56.11 on Access To Insight.
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Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 88 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Bahitika Sutta - The Cloak.
Read MN88 here on Sutta Central.
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Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 16th sutta of the Digha Nikaya about the final days of the Lord Buddha; the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the Discourse on the Great Emancipation. This is the eighteenth part of this long sutta.
Read DN16 here on Sutta Central.
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Find Ajahn Brahmali's DN16 teachings series on bswa.org here.
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Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 22.59 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Anattalakkhana Sutta - The Discourse on the Characteristic of Non-Self.
Read SN22.59 here on Sutta Central.
"In the Deer Park at Varanasi the Buddha teaches the famous second discourse, on not-self with regard to the aggregates, to the group of five monks. At the conclusion, they become perfected ones." Sutta Central.
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Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Ajahn Ekaggata discusses sutta 12.12 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Moliyaphagguna Sutta. This is page 541 in 'The Connected Discourses of the Buddha', by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
"Venerable Moḷiyaphagguna asks who eats the consciousness food. The Buddha says the question is improper, as it assumes a self as agent. Rather, all the factors of dependent origination are simply natural conditions and have nothing to do with a “self”," Sutta Central.
Click here to read SN12.12 on Sutta Central.
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Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 26 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Ariyapariyesana Sutta - The Noble Search, Part 2 of 2. Read MN26 here on Sutta Central.
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Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 26 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Ariyapariyesana Sutta - The Noble Search, Part 1 of 2. Read MN26 here on Sutta Central.
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Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the fourth sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Bhayabherava Sutta, "Fear and Dread".
Read MN4 here on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha explains the difficulties of living in the wilderness, and how they are overcome by purity of conduct and meditation. He recounts some of the fears and obstacles he faced during his own practice," Sutta Central.
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Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 67th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Catuma Sutta, “At Catuma”.
Read MN67 here on Sutta Central.
"After dismissing some unruly monks, the Buddha is persuaded to relent, and teaches them four dangers for those gone forth," Sutta Central.
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Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Ajahn Santutthi discusses a sutta from Ajahn Brahm's Word of the Buddha, entitled "Will" and then discusses sutta 3.35 from the Anguttara Nikaya: Hatthaka Sutta, "With Hatthaka", which is about good sleep.
Read AN 3.35 here on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha sleeps well, even on the cold, hard ground," Sutta Central.
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Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 10 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Satipatthana Sutta – The Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This is part 3 of 3.
Read MN10 here on Sutta Central.
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Find parts 1-3 on bswa.org here.
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