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 31 The Shorter Discourse at Gosingha
A Sutta which shows the good practice of Vinya and Dhamma by the bhikkhus of those days. Many of the practices here can be compared with present-day bhikkhu life in the forest Wats (monastries) of N.…
00:12:57 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
MN 30 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood
Notice the treatment of the brahmin Pingalakoccha’s question by the Buddha. When this question of “Are there other teachers also enlightened?” was put to him on other occasions, he has answered it in…
00:19:10 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
MN 29 The Longer Simile of the Heartwood
Following the incident with Devadatta, the Buddha cautions the mendicants against becoming complacent with superficial benefits of spiritual life and points to liberation as the true heart of the tea…
00:13:28 |
Thu 12 Dec 2019
MN 28 The Longer Simile of the Elephant's Footprint
Sāriputta gives an elaborate demonstration of how, just as any footprint can fit inside an elephant’s, all the Buddha’s teaching can fit inside the four noble truths. This offers an overall template …
00:20:18 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
MN 27 The Shorter Simile of the Elephant's Footprint
The Buddha cautions against swift conclusions about a teacher’s spiritual accomplishments, comparing it to the care a tracker would use when tracking elephants. He presents the full training of a mon…
00:25:43 |
Fri 06 Dec 2019
MN 26 The Noble Search
This is one of the most important biographical discourses, telling the Buddha’s experiences from leaving home to realizing awakening. Throughout, he was driven by the imperative to fully escape from …
00:38:35 |
Fri 06 Dec 2019
MN 25 Fodder
The Buddha compares getting trapped by Māra with a deer getting caught in a snare, illustrating the ever more complex strategies employed by hunter and hunted.
00:14:20 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
MN 24 Discourse on the Relays of Chariots
Venerable Sāriputta seeks a dialog with an esteemed monk, Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāniputta, and they discuss the stages of purification.
00:23:56 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
MN 23 The Anthill
In a curious discourse laden with evocative imagery, a deity presents a riddle to a mendicant, who seeks an answer from the Buddha.
00:07:39 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
MN 22 The Simile of the Snake
The sutta falls into two parts. The first part concerns the monk Arittha who has wrong views concerning the teaching. The Buddha reprimands Arittha and gives two similes (of the snake and raft) which…
00:40:13 |
Sat 30 Nov 2019
MN 21 The Simile of the Saw
A discourse full of vibrant and memorable similes, on the importance of patience and love even when faced with abuse and criticism. The Buddha finishes with the simile of the saw, one of the most mem…
00:20:08 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
MN 20 The Stilling of Thoughts
This short sutta is one of relatively few that give specific advice on the techniques of meditation practice. The sutta offers five approaches to overcoming distracting thoughts.
00:12:19 |
Sun 24 Nov 2019
MN 19 Two Kinds of Thought
The Buddha describes two kinds of thoughts. Firstly thoughts of sensual desire, ill will and cruelty and secondly thoughts of renunciation, thoughts of non ill will and non cruelty.
00:20:29 |
Sun 17 Nov 2019
MN 18 Discourse of the Honey Ball
The Buddha praises an explanation elucidated by the venerable Mahā Kaccāna on the causal process that gives rise to papanca (mental proliferation) which can easily lead on to conflicts
00:56:08 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
MN 17 Jungle Thickets
Why does a bhikkhu who is developing his mind stay in one place but not in another? In this Sutta the answer is given: he stays where he progresses in Dhamma but does not stay where he makes no progr…
00:07:35 |
Sat 09 Nov 2019
MN 16 Emotional Barrenness
The Buddha explains various ways one can become emotionally cut off from one’s spiritual community.
00:10:28 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
MN 15 Measuring Up
Venerable Moggallāna raises the topic of admonishment, without which healthy community is not possible. He lists a number of qualities that will encourage others to think it worthwhile to admonish yo…
00:20:40 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
MN 14 The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
A lay person is puzzled at how, despite their long practice, they still have greedy or hateful thoughts. The Buddha explains the importance of absorption meditation for letting go such attachments. B…
00:14:38 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
MN 12 The Longer Discourse on the Lion's Roar
A disrobed monk, Sunakkhata, attacks the Buddha’s teaching because it merely leads to the end of suffering. The Buddha counters that this is, in fact, praise, and goes on to enumerate his many profou…
00:41:04 |
Sat 26 Oct 2019
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