Parayana Vagga - The Way to the Beyond | Suttanipata #1038 ff | Ajahn Moneyyo | Buddhist Pali Chanting

Ajahn Moneyyo recites the Pārāyana Vagga in the Sutta Nipāta (Verses 1038 ff), one of the oldest parts of the Pali Canon. 16 Brahmin spiritual seekers visit the Buddha and ask him profound questions in verse about bondage  and liberation.  

The unifying theme is going beyond, or crossing over – Crossing the  floods (of sensuality, becoming, views and ignorance), crossing over  birth and old age, crossing over attachment to the world – With the  purpose to instruct and inspire us to do the same.  

The Pārāyana Vagga – “The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond” already existed as collection during the time of the Buddha and was memorized  and chanted by monastics and laypeople, for eg. by Nandamātā, the Buddha's foremost female lay disciple in deep meditation.

See for eg. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN7_50.html  

Sometimes monks would discuss the meaning of the Verses, give different  interpretations and then go to ask the Buddha about it:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN6_61.html

Sometimes the Buddha would quote some of the Verses and give a detailed explanation himself:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_32.html

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN4_41.html

A free translation of the whole Sutta Nipāta is available here:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/ebook_index.html#suttanipata

https://www.dhammagiri.net

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJw

https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive

https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834

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