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Mar 11 2025 347 ep. 21 mins 142
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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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AN 8.27 - 8.30 Householders Part 2

Mar 11 2025 21 mins  
AN 8.27 Eight very different kinds of powers. AN 8.28 Eight powers of a perfected one. AN 8.29 Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice. AN 8.30 Venerable Anuruddha reflects that the teachings is for someone who is of few wishes, content, secluded, energetic, mindful, peaceful, and wise. To these seven thoughts, the Buddha adds an eighth: the teaching is for those who deligh

AN 8.21 - 8.26 Householders Part 1

Mar 07 2025 23 mins  
AN 8.21 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Vesālī. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities. AN 8.22 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Hatthigāma. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities. AN 8.23The Buddha celebrates the seven amazing qualities of the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī. When he hear

AN 8.13 - 8.20 The Great Chapter Part 2

Mar 04 2025 25 mins  
AN 8.13 With eight qualities a royal thoroughbred is worthy of a king. Likewise, with eight qualities a mendicant is worthy. AN 8.14 Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants. AN 8.15 Eight different kinds of stain. AN 8.16 A mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of being sent on a mission. AN 8.17 A woman imprisons a man in eight ways. AN 8.18 A man impri

AN 8.11 - 8.12 The Great Chapter

Feb 28 2025 27 mins  
AN 8.11 The brahmin Verañja rebukes the Buddha for his lack of respect for senior brahmins. He levels a series of criticisms, each of which the Buddha deflects by redefining terms. The Buddha affirms that his claim to superiority is because he was the first to achieve awakening. AN 8.12 General Sīha, a prominent disciple of the Jains, visits the Buddha against the wishes of Mahā

AN 8.01 - 8.10 Love

Feb 25 2025 36 mins  
AN 8.01 The eight benefits of practicing the meditation on love. AN 8.02 Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection. AN 8.03 - 04 Due to eight qualities, a mendicant is displeasing to their fellow monastics, but with the opposite qualities is pleasing AN 8.05 The eight worldly conditions in brief: gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blam

AN 7.615 - 7.1124 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed

Jan 10 2025 25 mins  
AN 7.615 Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors. AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence. AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with ugliness. AN 7.618 - 7.1124 Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.

AN 7.95 - 7.614 Worthy of Offerings

Jan 08 2025 35 mins  
AN 7.95 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye. AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.

AN 7.85 - 7.94 On Ascetics

Jan 06 2025 5 mins  
AN 7.85 A mendicant destroys seven defilements. AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements. AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements. AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements. AN 7.89 A bathed initiate destroys seven defilements. AN 7.90 A knowledge master destroys seven defilements. AN 7.91 A noble-one destroys seven defilements AN 7.92 A perfected one destroys

AN 7.75 - 7.84 On the Monastic Law

Dec 03 2024 10 mins  
AN 7.75 - 7.78An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities. AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities. AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short summary of the teaching. AN 7.84 Seven principles for settling issues and disputes that have arisen in the community.

DN 16 Mahaparanibbana sutta Part 6

Dec 02 2024 27 mins  
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.