We've now reached Sutra 18 in the Majjhima Nikaya, and this is called the Honey Cake Sutta. And I'd say it certainly is a honey cake for all students of Buddhist psychology: there are some important Buddhist psychological prin
In this podcast, I'd like to deal with the next two sutras in the Majjhima Nikaya, numbers 16 and 17, the Cetakila and the Vanapata. These two sutras are about making progress on the spiritual path. In differe
The Anumana Sutta is spoken by Moggallana, one of the leading disciples of the Buddha. It's sometimes also called the Bhikshu Pratimoksha Sutra. Pratimoksha is the name given to the rules for Buddhist monastics.
We've now reached the Maha Sihanada Sutta, which is number 12 in the Majjhima Nikaya. This is the larger Lion's Roar Sutra. This sutra includes the Buddha talking about his supernatural powers and also about his past practic
The eleventh Majjhima Nikaya Sutta is the Culasihanada Sutta, the shorter lion's roar discourse. This sutra is quite short, but it's quite complicated. The gist of it is that the Buddha declares that the special and unique f
So in this series we've reached sutta number 10, which is the Satipatthana. Well, we should firstly say something about this title, Satipatthana, because this is the intention of the teaching. Sati,
Sutra number nine is the Sammaditthi, the sutra on right view. It's not given by the Buddha himself, it's a teaching by the Buddha's disciple, Shariputra. Shariputra gives a series of 16 different ways of understanding what
The seventh sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya is the Vatthupama. This is the simile of the cloth. The basic point of this sutta, this teaching given by the Buddha himself, is an analogy with the dyeing of a cloth.
Sutta number six in the Majjhima Nikaya is the Akankhaya, and I can imagine the Buddha giving this talk. One can only try to imagine what may have preceded it.
He talks about the importance of the bhikkhus, the monks in the ord
The fifth sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya is the Anangana sutta. Angana means, or is translated in the Ñanamoli and Bodhi translation of the Majjhima Nikaya as, blemishes. So Anangama means without blemishes.
The third sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya is called Dhammadayada, which we can say is "My Heirs in Dhamma", or "My Followers in Dhamma", and in this sutta, the Buddha makes the strong statement, "My disciples should be heirs in D
The fourth sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya is the Bhayabherava Sutta, the Sutta on Fear and Dread. Now this is an important sutta. It contains a summary of several important aspects of the Buddha's teaching.
The Majjhima Nikaya is a collection of 152 discourses, called middle-length discourses, given by the Buddha, Shakyamuni. The first of these discourses is called the Mula Pariyaya Sutta. This has been translated as meaning “the
In the sutras we read the story of Kisagotami. Kisagotami comes to the Buddha, "Please heal my child," she begs. Clearly in the mind of Kisagotami the child is sick, but not dead. The Buddha, however, can see that the child
Podcast GS54: 23 de noviembre de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
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