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Dhamma teachings from the tradition of Ajahn Brahm and the Western Australian Buddhist Sangha for those looking for something deeper.
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Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 from the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness. "The Buddha discusses with a wanderer the nature of perception and how it evolves through deeper states of meditation. None of these, however, should be identified with a self or soul", Sutta Central.
Click here to read DN9 on Sutta Central.
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Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
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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Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses suttas the following four suttas from the Satipatthana Samyutta section of the Samyutta Nikaya – Establishment of Mindfulness.
Read SN47 - Satipatthana Samyutta.
Click here to read SN47.10 Bhikkhunupassaya Sutta - The Nuns’ Quarters on Sutta Central
Click here to read SN47.8 Suda Sutta - Cooks on Sutta Central
Click here to read SN47.42 Samudaya Sutta - Origin on Sutta Central
Click here to read SN47.9 Gilana Sutta - Sick on Sutta Central
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Venerable Hasapanna discusses sutta 46.6 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Kundaliya Sutta. Click here to read SN46.6 on Sutta Central.
"The wanderer Kuṇḍaliya points out that some ascetics argue for the sake of winning debates. But the Buddha says his path is for the sake of liberation. Kuṇḍaliya asks what leads to liberation, and the Buddha traces a sequence of conditions back to sense restraint", Sutta Central.
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Friday Jun 15, 2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Ajahn Dhiravamso discusses sutta 3.65 from the Anguttara Nikaya, the Kalama Sutta.
"How to navigate among different spiritual opinions," Sutta Central.
Click here to read AN3.65 on Sutta Central.
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Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
These teachings were given to novices, anagarikas and lay guests at Bodhinyana Monastery during the Rains Retreat of 2010. It is based on the Teachings of the Buddha compiled by Venerable Nyanatiloka.
Track 9 of 9: Anapanasati & Right Samadhi (part 2 of 2 and final episode)
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Ajahn Sujato discusses sutta 3.36 from the Anguttara Nikaya: Messengers. "The god of death questions us, but we are punished by our own deeds", Sutta Central.
Click here to read AN3.36 on Sutta Central.
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Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 from the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness (part 1 of 2).
"The Buddha discusses with a wanderer the nature of perception and how it evolves through deeper states of meditation. None of these, however, should be identified with a self or soul", Sutta Central.
Click here to read DN9 on Sutta Central.
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Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
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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Friday Jun 08, 2018
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 22.89 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Khemaka Sutta.
Click here to read sn22.89 on Sutta Central.
"Venerable Khemaka is ill, and some senior mendicants ask Dāsaka to convey their concern to him. There follows a series of exchanges mediated by Dāsaka until eventually Khemaka, despite his illness, goes to see the other mendicants himself. The seniors are asking to determine Khemaka’s understanding of the Dhamma, and he says that although he has let go of the five lower fetters, he still has a residual attachment to the five aggregates", Sutta Central.
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Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 23 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Vammika Sutta - The Ant Hill. Click here to read MN23 on Sutta Central.
"In a curious discourse laden with evocative imagery, a deity presents a riddle to a mendicant, who seeks an answer from the Buddha", Sutta Central.
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Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Ajahn Appichato discusses from "In the Buddha's Words - Shining the Light of Wisdom".
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Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 61 from Majjhima Nikaya: Ambalatthikarahulovada Sutta, "Advice to Rahula at Ambalatthika".
"Using the “object lesson” of a cup of water, the Buddha explains to his son, Rāhula, the importance of telling the truth and reflecting on one’s motives," Sutta Central.
Read MN61 on Sutta Central here.
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Thursday May 31, 2018
Thursday May 31, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 from the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness (part 2 of 2).
"The Buddha discusses with a wanderer the nature of perception and how it evolves through deeper states of meditation. None of these, however, should be identified with a self or soul", Sutta Central.
Click here to read DN9 on Sutta Central.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 from the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness (part 1 of 2).
"The Buddha discusses with a wanderer the nature of perception and how it evolves through deeper states of meditation. None of these, however, should be identified with a self or soul", Sutta Central.
Click here to read DN9 on Sutta Central.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Venerable Ekagatta discusses sutta 12.23 from the Samyutta Nikaya: Upanisa Sutta - Proximate Cause. Read SN12.23 here on Sutta Central.
"The ending of defilements comes only when the truth is seen. But seeing the truth comes about due to a vital condition. In this way, twelve factors leading to freedom are united with the twelve factors leading to suffering", Sutta Central.
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Monday May 28, 2018
Monday May 28, 2018
Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta 90 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Kannakatthala Sutta- At Kannakatthala. Read MN90 here on Sutta Central.
"King Pasenadi questions the Buddha on miscellaneous matters: caste, omniscience, and the gods among them", Sutta Central.
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Friday May 25, 2018
Friday May 25, 2018
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 May 25, 2018
Friday May 25, 2018
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 May 24, 2018
Thursday May 24, 2018
Ajahn Appichato discusses from SN16 and AN2.
Click link below to read the English translations:
SN16
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