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 5.77 - 5.80 A Warrior Part 2
AN 5.77 The dangers of living in a wilderness among wild beasts and so on.
AN 5.78 The uncertainties of life may prevent your practice.
AN 5.79 When the teachers and leaders of the Saṅgha are not wel…
AN 5.78 The uncertainties of life may prevent your practice.
AN 5.79 When the teachers and leaders of the Saṅgha are not wel…
00:15:28 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
AN 5.71 - 5.76 A Warrior part 1
AN 5.71 Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five similes, which subtly illustrate five aspects of awakening.
AN 5.72 Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five simil…
AN 5.72 Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five simil…
00:31:12 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
AN 5.61 - 5.70 Perceptions
AN 5.61 Five meditations are very beneficial.
AN 5.62 Five meditations lead to the deathless.
AN 5.63 Noble growth for a male disciple.
AN 5.64 Noble growth for a female disciple.
AN 5.65 Qualificat…
AN 5.62 Five meditations lead to the deathless.
AN 5.63 Noble growth for a male disciple.
AN 5.64 Noble growth for a female disciple.
AN 5.65 Qualificat…
00:09:24 |
Thu 10 Nov 2022
AN 5.51 - 5.60 Hindrances
AN 5.51 The five hindrances weaken wisdom like side-channels weaken a river’s flow.
AN 5.52 The five hindrances are entirely unwholesome.
AN 5.53 Conditions that help meditation progress smoothly.
AN…
AN 5.52 The five hindrances are entirely unwholesome.
AN 5.53 Conditions that help meditation progress smoothly.
AN…
00:29:59 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
AN 5.41 - 5.50 With King Munda
AN 5.41 The legitimate purposes of wealth.
AN 5.42 A good person brings many blessings to their family.
AN 5.43 You don’t get good things by praying for them, but by how you live.
AN 5.44 If you give…
AN 5.42 A good person brings many blessings to their family.
AN 5.43 You don’t get good things by praying for them, but by how you live.
AN 5.44 If you give…
00:35:23 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
AN 5.31 - 5.40 With Sumanā
AN 5.31 Princess Sumanā asks the Buddha about the karmic results of generosity, when other qualities are equal.
AN 5.32 Princess Cundī asks the Buddha about the best kind of confidence.
AN 5.33 Uggah…
AN 5.32 Princess Cundī asks the Buddha about the best kind of confidence.
AN 5.33 Uggah…
00:23:34 |
Sat 22 Oct 2022
AN 5.21 - 5.30 On Five Factors
AN 5.21 If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
AN 5.22 If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
AN 5.23 The hindrances are like the corruptions in gold.
AN 5.24 Dh…
AN 5.22 If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
AN 5.23 The hindrances are like the corruptions in gold.
AN 5.24 Dh…
00:34:44 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
AN 5.11 - 5.20 Powers
AN 5.11 The five powers of a Realized One.
AN 5.12 Of the five powers, wisdom is chief.
AN 5.13 The five powers in brief.
AN 5.14 The five powers explained in detail.
AN 5.15 Where to look for the fi…
AN 5.12 Of the five powers, wisdom is chief.
AN 5.13 The five powers in brief.
AN 5.14 The five powers explained in detail.
AN 5.15 Where to look for the fi…
00:09:33 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
AN 5.01 - 5.10 Powers of a Trainee
AN 5.01 Five powers of a trainee.
AN 5.02 Five powers of a trainee, explained.
AN 5.03 Suffering in this life and the next.
AN 5.04 Five qualities determine rebirth.
AN 5.05 Reasons to criticize a me…
AN 5.02 Five powers of a trainee, explained.
AN 5.03 Suffering in this life and the next.
AN 5.04 Five qualities determine rebirth.
AN 5.05 Reasons to criticize a me…
00:13:27 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
AN 4.274 - 4.783 Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Part 2
Develop insight into stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, t…
00:24:43 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
AN 4.274 - 4.783 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed Part 1
Develop insight into greed hate … delusion … anger … hostility … disdain … contempt … jealousy through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic pow…
00:23:03 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
AN 4.264 - 4.273 Ways of Performing Deeds
4.264 Killing leads to hell, not killing leads to heaven.
4.265 Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven.
4.266 Sexual misconduct leads to hell, not committing sexual misconduct leads to …
4.265 Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven.
4.266 Sexual misconduct leads to hell, not committing sexual misconduct leads to …
00:07:39 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
AN 4.254 - 4.263 Insight
4.254 Things that are to be fully known, given up, developed, and realized through insight.
4.255 Noble and ignoble searches.
4.256 How to gather and sustain a community.
4.257 An old monk asks for a…
4.255 Noble and ignoble searches.
4.256 How to gather and sustain a community.
4.257 An old monk asks for a…
00:14:17 |
Sun 11 Sep 2022
AN 4.243 - 4.253 Perils of Offenses
4.243 A bad monk enjoys schism in the Saṅgha.
4.244 A mendicant fears offenses just as someone would fear punishment.
4.245 How training benefits, wisdom oversees, freedom is the heart, and mindfulne…
4.244 A mendicant fears offenses just as someone would fear punishment.
4.245 How training benefits, wisdom oversees, freedom is the heart, and mindfulne…
00:14:41 |
Sat 10 Sep 2022
AN 4.232 - 4.242 Deeds
4.232-233 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither.
4.234 A brahmin accuses the Buddha of being an annihilationist.
4.235 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the precepts…
4.234 A brahmin accuses the Buddha of being an annihilationist.
4.235 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the precepts…
00:19:16 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
AN 4.211 -4.220 Assembly
AN 4.211 Good people light up an assembly.
AN 4.212 Conduct and view determine rebirth.
AN 4.213 Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth.
AN 4.214 Precepts determine rebirth.
AN 4.215 Initial path fa…
AN 4.212 Conduct and view determine rebirth.
AN 4.213 Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth.
AN 4.214 Precepts determine rebirth.
AN 4.215 Initial path fa…
00:05:13 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
AN 4.201 - 4.210 A Good Person
AN 4.201 A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding alcohol—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.202 A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a be…
AN 4.202 A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a be…
00:15:48 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
AN 4.198 - 4.200 The Great Chapter Part 3
AN 4.198 Those who torture themselves and others, and those who do not.
AN 4.199 The web of craving that wraps around the self.
AN 4.200 How love and hate give rise to love and hate; and how one does…
AN 4.199 The web of craving that wraps around the self.
AN 4.200 How love and hate give rise to love and hate; and how one does…
00:26:48 |
Mon 11 Jul 2022
AN 4.194 - 4.197 The Great Chapter Part 2
4.194 Making an effort to be pure in morality, mind, view, and freedom.
4.195 A discussion with a Jain on whether someone with purified understanding can experience the results of bad karma in the ne…
4.195 A discussion with a Jain on whether someone with purified understanding can experience the results of bad karma in the ne…
00:24:49 |
Sat 09 Jul 2022
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