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May 10 2024 337 ep. 21 mins 132
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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 7.69 - 7.74 the Great Chapter Part 2

May 10 2024 36 mins  
AN 7.69 The blossoming of the Shady Orchid Tree delights the gods of the Thirty-Three, and in the same way, the renunciation of a Buddhist ascetic is delightful. AN 7.70 Sāriputta reflects on what a mendicant should revere in order to develop the wholesome. He reports to the Buddha that these things are indeed found in himself. AN 7.71 Liberation doesn’t happen because you wish

AN 7.65 - 7.68 The Great Chapter Part 1

May 03 2024 33 mins  
AN 7.65 A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation. AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up. AN 7.67 When a king’s fortress is well supplied with seven things and has four kinds of food supplies it is impregnable. Similarly, a noble discip

AN 7.59 - 7.64 Undeclared Points Part 2

May 01 2024 23 mins  
AN 7.59 Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise. AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship. AN 7.61 Before his awakening, Moggallāna is struggling with sleepiness in meditation. The Buddha visits him and gives seven ways to dispel drowsiness, and other important teachings. AN 7.62 The incalculable benefits of meri

AN 7.54 - 7.58 Undeclared Points Part 1

Mar 22 2024 27 mins  
AN 7.54 The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points. AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping. AN 7.56 Two gods come to the Buddha on Vulture’s Peak and declare that the nuns are liberated. Moggallāna interrogates one of the deities on what he means, and the Buddha adds further e

AN 7.44 - 7.53 A Great Sacrifice

Mar 19 2024 43 mins  
AN 7.44 Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn. AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion. AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological. AN 7.47 The brahmin Uggatasarīra has arranged a great sacrifice. On Ānanda’s advice, he asks the Buddha how to make a sacrifice beneficial. AN 7.48 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to

AN 7.32 - 7.43 Deities

Mar 17 2024 19 mins  
AN 7.32 A god speaks of the the seven principles of non-decline to the Buddha, who repeats it to the mendicants. AN 7.33 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. AN 7.34 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. AN 7.35 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. Sāriputta offers a

AN 7.21 - 7.31 The Vajji Seven

Mar 15 2024 23 mins  
AN 7.21 The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the Licchavis at the Sārandada shrine near Vesālī. AN 7.22 King Ajātasattu of Magadha wishes to invade the Vajjians, and sends his minister Vassakāra to tell the Buddha of his intentions. The Buddha recalls the time he taught the seven principles of non-decline to the Vajjians. AN 7.23 The Buddha teaches the sev

AN 7.11 - 7.20 Tendencies

Mar 12 2024 18 mins  
AN 7.11 The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance. AN 7.12 The purpose of the spiritual life is to give up the underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance. AN 7.13 Factors that make a family worth visiting. AN 7.14 Seven persons who are worthy of

AN 7.01 - 7.10 Wealth

Mar 07 2024 15 mins  
AN 7.01 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics. AN 7.02 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics. AN 7.03 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. AN 7.04 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samād

AN 6.140 - 6.649 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed

Jan 19 2024 27 mins