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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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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 44th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Culavedalla Sutta, a teaching by the Venerable Dhammadinna an arahat bhikkhuni disciple of the Buddha.
Read MN44 here on Sutta Central.
"The layman Visākha asks the nun Dhammadinnā about various difficult matters, including some of the highest meditation attainments. The Buddha fully endorses her answers", Sutta Central.
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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Ajahn Vayama discusses the 47th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: Vimamsaka Sutta, "The Inquirer".
Click here to read MN47 on Sutta Central.
"While some spiritual teachers prefer to remain in obscurity, the Buddha not only encouraged his followers to closely investigate him, but gave them a detailed and demanding method to do so," Sutta Central.
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Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 18th sutta of Majjhima Nikaya - the Madhupindika Sutta, "the Honey Ball".
"Challenged by a brahmin, the Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccana draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon," Sutta Central.
Click here to read MN18 on Sutta Central.
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Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 73rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Mahavacchagotta Sutta - the Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta.
Click here to read MN73 on Sutta Central.
"In the final installment of the “Vacchagotta trilogy”, Vacchagotta lets go his obsession with meaningless speculation and asks about practice," Sutta Central.
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 14th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Culadukkhakhanda Sutta, "the Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering".
Read MN14 here on Sutta Central.
"A lay person is puzzled at how, despite their long practice, they still have greedy or hateful thoughts. The Buddha explains the importance of absorption meditation for letting go such attachments. But he also criticizes self-mortification and recounts a previous dialog with Jain ascetics", Sutta Central.
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the very entertaining 49th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Brahmanimntinika Sutta, "On the Invitation of Brahma".
Click here to read MN49 on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha ascends to a high heavenly realm where he engages in a cosmic contest with a powerful divinity, who had fallen into the delusion that he was eternal and all-powerful," Sutta Central.
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Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Ajahn Vayama discusses the 123rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Acchariyaabbhuta Sutta - Incredible and Amazing (The Discourse on Wonderful Things).
Read MN123 on Sutta Central here.
"Venerable Ānanda is invited by the Buddha to speak on the Buddha’s amazing qualities and proceeds to list a series of apparently miraculous events accompanying his birth. The Buddha caps it off by explaining what he thinks is really amazing about himself," Sutta Central.
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Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 27th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Culahatthipadopama Sutta, "The Shorter Elephant's Footprint Simile".
Click here to read MN27 on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha cautions against swift conclusions about a teacher’s spiritual accomplishments, comparing it to the care a tracker would use when tracking elephants. He presents the full training of a monastic," Sutta Central.
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Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Ayye Vayama discusses 137th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Salayatanavibhanga Sutta, "The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields".
Click here to read MN137 on Sutta Central.
"A detailed analysis of the six senses and the relation to emotional and cognitive processes", Sutta Central.
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Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Ajahn Khemavaro discusses the 89th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Dhammacetiya Sutta - on Monuments to the Dhamma.
"King Pasenadi, near the end of his life, visits the Buddha, and shows moving devotion and love for his teacher," Sutta Central.
Click here to read MN89 on Sutta Central.
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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 9th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya; the Sammaditthi Sutta, Right View.
Click here to read MN9 on Sutta Central.
"Venerable Sāriputta gives a detailed explanation of right view, the first factor of the noble eightfold path. At the prompting of the other mendicants, he approaches the topic from a wide range of perspectives," Sutta Central.
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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.