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Back to SearchMN 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 absorp…
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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…
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MN 11 The Shorter Discourse on the Lion's Roar
The Buddha declares that only those following his path can genuinely experience the four stages of awakening. This is because, while much is shared w…
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MN 10 Satipatthāna sutta
The Satipaṭṭhāna sutta is a most highly revered sutta setting out mindfulness as the one way to overcome suffering.
The Buddha sets out in clear terms…
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MN 9 Right View
In this sutta the Venerable Sāriputta explains how right view can be understood in a number of different ways.
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MN 8 Self Effacement
The Buddha differentiates between peaceful meditation and spiritual practices that encompass the whole of life. He lists forty-four aspects, which he…
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MN 7 The Simile of the Cloth
"Dirty stained cloth takes dye badly, like a dirty stained mind takes one to low states of birth full of suffering. New cloth well washed, on the oth…
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MN 6 If a Bhikkhu should wish
In this discourse the Buddha teaches how, by keeping the precepts, devotion to internal serenity of mind, meditation, insight and seclusion various w…
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MN 5 Unblemished
The Buddha’s chief disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, use a simile of a tarnished bowl to illustrate the blemishes of the mind and conduct. They em…
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