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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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Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 139 of the Majjhima Nikaya - Aranavibhanga Sutta: The Analysis of Non-Conflict. Ajahn Brahm begins with an introductory talk about suttas.
Read MN139 here on Sutta Central.
"Achieving peace is no simple matter. The Buddha explains how to avoid conflict through contentment, right speech, understanding pleasure and not insisting on local conventions," Sutta Central.
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Saturday May 30, 2020
Saturday May 30, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 56 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Upali Sutta - Discourse with Upali. The date given is unknown.
Read MN56 on Sutta Central here.
"The Buddha disagrees with a Jain ascetic on the question of whether physical or mental deeds are more important. When he hears of this, the Jain disciple Upāli decides to visit the Buddha and refute him, and proceeds despite all warnings," Sutta Central.
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You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral and Access to Insight
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.
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
Ajahn Nissarano discusses suttas:
Anguttara Nikaya: AN1.296 – 305, AN6.10 Mahānāma Sutta - Mahanama. Read AN6.10 here on Sutta Central.
Samyutta Nikaya: SN47.10 Bhikkhunupassaya Sutta - The Bhikkhuni’s Quarters. Read SN47.10 here on Sutta Central.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
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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.
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 22 of the Majjhima Nikaya: Alagagaddupama Sutta - The Simile of the Snake.
Read MN22 here on Sutta Central.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
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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.
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Ajahn Visuddhi discusses the 82nd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Ratthapala Sutta, "To Ratthapala".
"A wealthy young man, Raṭṭhapala, has a strong aspiration to go forth, but has to prevail against the reluctance of his parents. Even after he became a monk, his parents tried to persuade him to disrobe. The discourse ends with a moving series of teachings on the fragility of the world," Sutta Central.
Read MN82 here 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.
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Ajahn Cittapalo discusses sutta 19 from the Majjhima Nikaya; Dvedhāvitakka Sutta, "Two Kinds of Thought".
Click here to read MN19 on Sutta Central.
"Recounting his own experiences in developing meditation, the Buddha explains how to understand harmful and harmless thoughts, and how to go beyond thought altogether," Sutta Central.
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You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
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.
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 66 of the Majjhima Nikaya: Latukikopama Sutta - The Simile of the Quail.
"Again raising the rule regarding eating, but this time as a reflection of gratitude for the Buddha in eliminating things that cause complexity and stress. The Buddha emphasizes how attachment even to little things can be dangerous," Sutta Central.
Read MN66 here 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.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
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. Apologies if this is the incorrect sutta as its say Kesamutti Sutta, but believed to be the right one.
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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.
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta 16 from the Digha Nikaya: Mahaparinibbana Sutta - The Great Discourse on the Buddha's Extinguishment.
Click here to read DN16 on Sutta Central.
"The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a person and understanding how the Buddhist community coped with his passing," Sutta Central.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
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.
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Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 of the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - On the Wanderer Potthapada.
"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.
Read DN9 here on Sutta Central.
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You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want and click on it to open up on our DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel.
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Venerable Hasapanna discusses the 128th sutta from Majjhima Nikaya: Upakkilesa Sutta, "Imperfections" or "Corruptions".
Click here to read MN128 on Sutta Central.
"A second discourse set at the quarrel of Kosambi, this depicts the Buddha, having failed to achieve reconciliation between the disputing mendicants, leaving the monastery. He spends time in the wilderness before encountering an inspiring community of practicing monks. There he discusses in detail obstacles to meditation that he encountered before awakening," Sutta Central.
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Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Ajahn Nissarano discusses sutta 148 of the Majjhima Nikaya: Chachakka Sutta - Six By Six.
Read MN148 here on Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want and click on it to open up on our DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 129 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Balapandita Sutta, 'The Foolish and The Astute'.
Read MN129 here on Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want and click on it to open up on our DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the first sutta from the Digha Nikaya: Brahmajala Sutta, 'The Prime Net'. This is part 2. The sound improves, just hang in there.
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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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
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 118 of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Anapanasati Sutta, 'Mindfulness of Breathing'.
Read MN 118 - Anapanasati Sutta on Sutta Central.
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Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 109 of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Mahapunnama Sutta, 'The Longer Discourse on the Full Moon Night'. Read MN109 here on Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want and click on it to open up on our DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
We apologize that the first 19 minutes was cut off due to audio problems. This is Ajahn Brahm’s 4th 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.
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
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.
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 and click on it to open up on our DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel.
You can read suttas online at SuttaCentral or Access to Insight
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
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