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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.

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  • September 18 · 29 min

    AN 11.15 - 11.21 Recollection Part 2

    11.15 The meditation on love has eleven benefits. 11.16 Asked by a householder to teach a path to freedom, Venerable Ānanda explains no less than eleven meditative states that may serve as doors to the deathless. 11.17 A cowherd with eleven qualities is competent to look after a herd of cattle. Likewise, a mendicant with eleven qualities can grow in the Dhamma. 11.18 The Buddha is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. 11.19 The Buddha teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. 11.20 Sāriputta is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. 11.21 Sāriputta teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.

  • September 14 · 29 min

    AN 11.11 - 11.14 Recollection Part 1

    11.11 Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives. 11.12 Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives. 11.13 Nandiya the Sakiyan moves to Sāvatthī to be near the Buddha. At the end of the rains, he asks the Buddha’s advice on how to live. 11.14 Venerable Subhūti brings the young monk Saddha to meet the Buddha. The Buddha goes on to teach the manifestations of faith.

  • September 11 · 30 min

    AN 11.01 - 11.10 Dependence

    11.01 Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation. 11.02 A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on. 11.03 The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening. 11.04 Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening. 11.05 Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening. 11.06 When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow. 11.07 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the same answer. 11.08 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. 11.09 The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state. 11.10 Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.

  • September 5 · 22 min

    AN 10.217 - 10.220 The Body Born of Deeds Part 2

    10.217 The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. This statement precedes a long explanation of deeds and their causes. 10.218 The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. This statement precedes a long explanation of deeds and their causes. 10.219 The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. If one develops the heart’s release through love, no bad deeds can persist there. 10.220 The Buddha teaches a brahmin that bad conduct leads to hell, good conduct to heaven.

  • September 5 · 16 min

    AN 10.211 - 10.216 The Body Born of Deeds

    10.211 The ten kinds of bad deeds lead you to hell; the ten good deeds to heaven. 10.216 Those who do the ten kinds of bad deeds are like creepy creatures.

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    April 4 · 28 min

    1: AN 10.113 - 10.122 The Ceremony of Descent

    AN 10.113 One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in brief. AN 10.114 One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in detail. AN 10.115 One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching. After hearing this in brief from the Buddha, the mendicants seek a detailed answer from Ānanda. AN 10.116 The wanderer Ajita informs the Buddha that a philosopher has proposed 500 cases for knowing that and argument has been won or lost. The Buddha asks the mendicants about these. AN 10.117 The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over. AN 10.118 The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over. AN 10.119 The Buddha sees Jāṇussoṇī observing the brahmanical ceremony of “descent”. The Buddha teaches his revised version. AN 10.120 The Buddha teaches his revised version of the brahmanical ceremony of “descent” to the mendicants. AN 10.121 As the dawn is the forerunner of the sunrise, right view is the forerunner of the path. An 10.122 The ten path factors lead to the end of the defilements.

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