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AN 10.25 - 10.27 The Great Chapter Part 2

AN 10.25 Ten universal dimensions of meditation, or kasiṇas.
AN 10.26 The female lay follower Kāḷī of Kuraraghara in Avantī asks Venerable Mahākaccāna about a verse spoken by the Buddha in “The Maide…

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AN 10.21 - 10.24 The Great Chapter Part 1

AN 10.21 Like a lion, a Realized One roars his preeminence based on ten powers. AN 10.22 The Buddha claims to be assured regarding the various different doctrinal hypotheses, based on the ten powers.…

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AN 10.11 - 10.20 A Protector

AN 10.11 Five factors that a mendicant should have, and five factors of a lodging that they should occupy. AN 10.12 A mendicant should abandon the five hindrances and possess the five factors of the …

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AN 10.01 - 10.10 Benefits

AN 10.01 The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation.
AN 10.02 There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there.
AN 10.03 The Buddha…

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AN 9.93 - 9.432 Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

Episode 2

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AN 9.83 - 9.92 Bases of Psychic Power

Episode 1

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AN 9.73 - 9.82 Right Efforts

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AN 9.63 - 9.72 Mindfulness Meditation

Episode 7

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AN 9.52 - 9.62 A Safe Place

Episode 6

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AN 9.42 - 9.51 Similarity

AN 9.42 At Udāyī’s request, Ānanda explains an obscure verse spoken (in SN 2.7) by a deity. The nine progressive meditations are the escape from confinement.
AN 9.43 The Buddha speaks of a “direct wi…

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