Simple Suttas
a podcast on original Buddhism
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 81
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
Conversation About Dependent Origination
Another conversation with David Trelles about dhamma. This time we take on Dependent Origination. Again, let me know if you have a topic you’d like to hear us discuss.
00:33:49 |
Wed 17 Aug 2016
Anatta Part 3 (of 3)
The final part of my talk with David Trelles on Anatta.
00:37:31 |
Sat 13 Aug 2016
Anatta Part 2
Part 2 (of 3) of my conversation with David Trelles on Anatta.
00:13:37 |
Sat 06 Aug 2016
Anatta Part 1 with David Trelles
I am so pleased to welcome David Trelles to the podcast. I had a blast talking dhamma, and I hope you find it helpful as well. Please let me know in the comments if you have any future topics you’d l…
00:26:35 |
Fri 05 Aug 2016
The Satipatthana Sutta
Probably the most influential yet misunderstood sutta in the canon, at least over the last century, has been the Satipatthana Sutta. It is considered the founding document of the mindfulness meditati…
00:16:28 |
Thu 04 Aug 2016
Original Buddhism
Simple Suttas is supposedly “a podcast on original Buddhism.” But does such a thing even exist? At one level it’s just a notion. We can never know exactly what the Buddha said and taught. We are stuc…
00:03:31 |
Sat 26 Sep 2015
How to Speak American Buddhish
Stick to these few simple tips, and soon you too can be a khaki-clad dharma teacher of note. It’s never “my body,” “my mind,” or “my thoughts. It’s “the body,” “the mind,” and “the thoughts.” It is, …
00:03:16 |
Wed 16 Sep 2015
Engaged Buddhists, Not Engaged Buddhism
The theme at our dhamma center for the last few months has been engaged Buddhism. We’ve had a string of well-intentioned teachers coming in to talk about Thich Nhat Hanh, climate change, Eric Garner,…
00:03:57 |
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Mutual Support
This little excerpt from the Bahukara Sutta teaches the relationship of self-reliance the Buddha taught in the suttas. The laypeople support the monks and nuns in their practice and the monks and nun…
00:02:16 |
Sun 07 Jun 2015
Boundless Love
There is no part of the Buddhist path more beautiful, relevant, and underappreciated than loving-kindness. It is not a sidelight but is instead right at the heart of practice. Of all the things that …
00:02:45 |
Thu 28 May 2015
The Buddha and Biphasic Sleep
Most of us moderns sleep monophasically. That is to say, we sleep in one big chunk at night. This is not what the Buddha did and not what the vinaya (the rules for monks and nuns) suggests. The Buddh…
00:04:21 |
Fri 08 May 2015
More Verses from the Theragatha
A final set of short verses from the Theragatha. Each of these tiny poems is just a little inspiring gem. Consider printing them out and posting them around the house or office as just a reminder of …
00:01:47 |
Wed 29 Apr 2015
Verses from the Theragatha
These verses give an all too human side to monks that learn at the foot of the Buddha. One cautions against laziness, another deals with the biggest hindrance to anyone meditating outside in the jung…
00:01:58 |
Sun 19 Apr 2015
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