Pali audio
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 111 One by One
The Buddha describes in technical detail the process of insight of Venerable Sāriputta. Many ideas and terms in this text anticipate the Abhidhamma
00:11:37 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
MN 110 The Shorter Discourse on the Full-Moon Night
A good person is able to understand a bad person, but not vice versa.
00:08:13 |
Mon 10 Aug 2020
MN 109 The Longer Discourse on the Full-Moon Night
On a lovely full moon night, one of the mendicants presents the Buddha with a series of questions that go to the heart of the teaching. But when he hears of the doctrine of not-self, another mendican…
00:15:24 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
MN 108 With Moggallāna the Guardian
Amid rising military tensions after the Buddha’s death, Venerable Ānanda is questioned about how the Saṅgha planned to continue in their teacher’s absence. As the Buddha refused to appoint a successo…
00:18:21 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
MN 107 With Moggallāna the Accountant
The Buddha compares the training of an accountant with the step by step spiritual path of his followers. But even with such a well explained path, the Buddha can only show the way, and it is up to us…
00:13:38 |
Sat 18 Jul 2020
MN 106 Conducive to the Imperturbable
Beginning with profound meditation absorption, the Buddha goes on to deeper and deeper levels, showing how insight on this basis leads to the detaching of consciousness from any form of rebirth.
00:11:23 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
MN 105 With Sunakkhatta
Not all of those who claim to be awakened are genuine. The Buddha teaches how true spiritual progress depends on an irreversible letting go of the forces that lead to suffering.
00:19:29 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
MN 104 At Sāmagāma
Hearing of the death of the Jain leader Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, the Buddha encourages the Saṅgha to swiftly resolve any disputes. He lays down a series of seven methods for resolving disputes. These form…
00:24:29 |
Sun 05 Jul 2020
MN 103 Is This What You Think of Me
The Buddha teaches the monks to not dispute about the fundamental teachings, but to always strive for harmony.
00:11:03 |
Sat 04 Jul 2020
MN 102 The Five and Three
A middle length version of the more famous Brahmajala Sutta (DN1), this surveys a range of speculative views and dismisses them all.
00:18:16 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
MN 101 At Devadaha
The Buddha tackles a group of Jain ascetics, pressing them on their claim to be practicing to end all suffering by self-mortification. He points out a series of fallacies in their logic, and explains…
00:42:42 |
Sun 28 Jun 2020
MN 100 With Saṅgārava
Angered by the devotion of a brahmin lady, a brahmin visits the Buddha. He positions himself against traditionalists and rationalists, as someone whose teaching is based on direct experience.
00:28:48 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
MN 99 With Subbha
Working hard is not valuable in and of itself; what matters is the outcome. And just as in lay life, spiritual practice may or may not lead to fruitful results.
00:25:44 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
MN 98 With Vāseṭṭha
Two brahmin students ask the Buddha about what makes a brahmin: birth or deeds? the Buddha points out that, while the species of animals are determined by birth, for humans what matters is how you ch…
00:13:50 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
MN 97 With Dhanañjāni
A corrupt tax-collector is redeemed by his encounter with Venerable Sāriputta.
00:14:52 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
MN 96 With Esukārī
A brahmin claims that one deserves service and privilege depending on caste, but the Buddha counters that it is conduct, not caste, that show a person’s worth.
00:13:23 |
Sat 13 Jun 2020
MN 95 With Caṅkī
The reputed brahmin Caṅkī goes with a large group to visit the Buddha, despite the reservations of other brahmins. A precocious student challenges the Buddha, affirming the validity of the Vedic scri…
00:33:44 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
MN 94 With Ghoṭamukha
A brahmin denies that there is such a thing as a principled renunciate life, but Venerable Udena persuades him otherwise.
00:24:26 |
Sat 06 Jun 2020
MN 93 With Assalāyana
A precocious brahmin student is encouraged against his wishes to challenge the Buddha on the question of caste. His reluctance turns out to be justified.
00:16:27 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
MN 92 With Sela
A brahmanical ascetic named Keṇiya invites the entire Saṅgha for a meal. When the brahmin Sela sees what is happening, he visits the Buddha and expresses his delight in a moving series of devotional …
00:14:04 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
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