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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 371
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
MN 131 One Fine Night
This discourse opens with a short but powerful set of verses extolling the benefits of insight into the here and now, followed by an explanation.
00:06:34 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
MN 130 Messengers of the Gods
Expanding on the previous sutta, this discourse contains the most detailed descriptions of the horrors of hell.
00:20:05 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
MN 129 The Foolish and the Astute
A fool suffers both in this life and the next, while the astute benefits in both respects.
00:30:26 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
MN 128 On Defilements
A second discourse set at the quarrel of Kosambi, this depicts the Buddha, having failed to achieve reconciliation between the disputing mendicants, leaving the monastery. He spends time in the wilde…
00:36:41 |
Sat 03 Oct 2020
MN 127 With Anuruddha
A lay person becomes confused when encouraged to develop the “limitless” and “expansive” liberations, and asks Venerable Anuruddha to explain whether they are the same or different.
00:13:11 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
MN 125 The Discourse on the Tamed Stage
A young monk is unable to persuade a prince of the blessings of peace of mind. The Buddha offers similes based on training an elephant that would have been successful, as this was a field the prince …
00:32:29 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
MN 124 With Bakkula
Venerable Bakkula, regarded as the healthiest of the mendicants, explains to an old friend his strict and austere practice. The unusual form of this discourse suggests it was added to the canon some …
00:05:10 |
Sun 20 Sep 2020
MN 123 Incredible and Amazing
Venerable Ānanda is invited by the Buddha to speak on the Buddha’s amazing qualities, and proceeds to list a series of apparently miraculous events accompanying his birth. The Buddha caps it off by e…
00:12:30 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
MN 122 The Longer Discourse on Emptiness
A group of mendicants have taken to socializing too much, so the Buddha teaches on the importance of seclusion in order to enter fully into emptiness.
00:19:08 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
MN 121 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness
The Buddha describes his own practice of the meditation on emptiness.
00:16:49 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
MN 120 Rebirth by Choice
The Buddha explains how one can make a wish to be reborn in different realms.
00:09:53 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
MN 119 Mindfulness of Body
This focuses on the first aspect of mindfulness meditation, the observation of the body. This set of practices, simple as they seem, have far-reaching benefits.
00:29:24 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
MN 118 Minfulness of Breathing
Surrounded by many well-practiced mendicants, the Buddha teaches mindfulness of breathing in detail, showing how they relate to the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
00:18:21 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
MN 117 The Great Forty
A discourse on the prerequisites of right samādhi that emphasizes the interrelationship and mutual support of all the factors of the eightfold path.
00:19:35 |
Sat 29 Aug 2020
MN 116 At Isigili
Reflecting on the changes that even geographical features undergo, the Buddha then recounts the names of sages of the past who have lived in Mount Isigili near Rājagaha.
00:05:38 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
MN 115 Many Elements
Beginning by praising a wise person, the Buddha goes on to explain that one becomes wise by inquiring into the elements, sense fields, dependent origination, and what is possible and impossible.
00:12:46 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
MN 114 What Should and Should Not be Cultivated
The Buddha sets up a framework on things to be cultivated or avoided, and Venerable Sāriputta volunteers to elaborate.
00:26:52 |
Sun 23 Aug 2020
MN 113 A Good Person
The Buddha explains that a truly good person does not disparage others or feel superior because of their attainment.
00:10:43 |
Sat 22 Aug 2020
MN 112 The Sixfold Purification
If someone claims to be awakened, their claim should be interrogated with a detailed series of detailed questions. Only if they can answer them clearly should the claim be accepted.
00:19:45 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
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