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
AN 8.61 - 8.70 Earthquakes
AN 8.61 The Buddha describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.
AN 8.62 Eight sets of…
AN 8.62 Eight sets of…
00:39:41 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
AN 8.51 - 8.60 With Gotami
AN 8.51 Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the Buddha’s foster mother, requests ordination from the Buddha. He declines, until urged to relent by Ānanda. He allows Mahāpajāpatī to go forth on eight conditions.
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00:38:22 |
Sat 22 Mar 2025
AN 8.41 - 8.50 The Sabbath (excludes 8.43,8.45)
AN 8.41 When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Such a sabbath is glorious.
AN 8.42 When the sabbath is observed by following the…
AN 8.42 When the sabbath is observed by following the…
00:35:07 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
AN 8.31 - 8.40 Giving
AN 8.31 Eight ways of giving a gift.
AN 8.32 This verse on qualities of a good person appears to be a fragment of text, perhaps originally part of the previous sutta.
AN 8.33 Eight grounds for giving…
AN 8.32 This verse on qualities of a good person appears to be a fragment of text, perhaps originally part of the previous sutta.
AN 8.33 Eight grounds for giving…
00:22:13 |
Sat 15 Mar 2025
AN 8.27 - 8.30 Householders Part 2
AN 8.27 Eight very different kinds of powers.
AN 8.28 Eight powers of a perfected one.
AN 8.29 Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.
AN 8.30 Venerable Anuruddha reflects that the teachings…
AN 8.28 Eight powers of a perfected one.
AN 8.29 Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.
AN 8.30 Venerable Anuruddha reflects that the teachings…
00:21:54 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
AN 8.21 - 8.26 Householders Part 1
AN 8.21 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Vesālī. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities.
AN 8.22 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the h…
AN 8.22 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the h…
00:23:54 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
AN 8.13 - 8.20 The Great Chapter Part 2
AN 8.13 With eight qualities a royal thoroughbred is worthy of a king. Likewise, with eight qualities a mendicant is worthy.
AN 8.14 Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants.
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AN 8.14 Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants.
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00:25:48 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
AN 8.11 - 8.12 The Great Chapter
AN 8.11 The brahmin Verañja rebukes the Buddha for his lack of respect for senior brahmins. He levels a series of criticisms, each of which the Buddha deflects by redefining terms. The Buddha affirms…
00:27:54 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
AN 8.01 - 8.10 Love
AN 8.01 The eight benefits of practicing the meditation on love.
AN 8.02 Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection.
AN 8.03 - 04 Due to eight qualities, a mendica…
AN 8.02 Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection.
AN 8.03 - 04 Due to eight qualities, a mendica…
00:36:53 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
AN 7.615 - 7.1124 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed
AN 7.615 Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors.
AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.
AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed throug…
AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.
AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed throug…
00:25:34 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
AN 7.95 - 7.614 Worthy of Offerings
AN 7.95 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye.
AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.
AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.
00:35:37 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
AN 7.85 - 7.94 On Ascetics
AN 7.85 A mendicant destroys seven defilements.
AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements.
AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements.
AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements.
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AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements.
AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements.
AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements.
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00:05:19 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
AN 7.75 - 7.84 On the Monastic Law
AN 7.75 - 7.78An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.
AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short su…
AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short su…
00:10:49 |
Tue 03 Dec 2024
DN 16 Mahaparanibbana sutta Part 6
The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a pe…
00:27:21 |
Mon 02 Dec 2024
AN 7.69 - 7.74 the Great Chapter Part 2
AN 7.69 The blossoming of the Shady Orchid Tree delights the gods of the Thirty-Three, and in the same way, the renunciation of a Buddhist ascetic is delightful.
AN 7.70 Sāriputta reflects on what a …
AN 7.70 Sāriputta reflects on what a …
00:36:41 |
Fri 10 May 2024
AN 7.65 - 7.68 The Great Chapter Part 1
AN 7.65 A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation.
AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and h…
AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and h…
00:33:09 |
Fri 03 May 2024
AN 7.59 - 7.64 Undeclared Points Part 2
AN 7.59 Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise.
AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship.
AN 7.61 Before his awakening, Moggallāna …
AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship.
AN 7.61 Before his awakening, Moggallāna …
00:23:23 |
Wed 01 May 2024
AN 7.54 - 7.58 Undeclared Points Part 1
AN 7.54 The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points.
AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping.
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AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping.
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00:27:36 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
AN 7.44 - 7.53 A Great Sacrifice
AN 7.44 Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn.
AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion.
AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological.
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AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion.
AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological.
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00:43:44 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
AN 7.32 - 7.43 Deities
AN 7.32 A god speaks of the the seven principles of non-decline to the Buddha, who repeats it to the mendicants.
AN 7.33 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.
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AN 7.33 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.
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00:19:20 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
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