Podcast Episodes

Ignorance

Season 1 Episode 52

Ignorance. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, it is said, ‘ignorance, ignorance.’ …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Benefits of Training

Season 1 Episode 51

The Benefits of Training. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

“Mendicants, this spiritual life is lived with training as its benefit, with wisdom as its over…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Three failures and three accomplishments

Season 1 Episode 50

Three failures and three accomplishments. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

“Mendicants, there are three failures. What three? Failure in ethics, mind, and…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Depopulation

Season 1 Episode 49

Palokasutta, Depopulation. Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.56. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Then a certain affluent brahmin approached the Blessed One … and said to…

6 months ago

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Diligence

Season 1 Episode 48

Diligence, Appamādasutta

AN 6.53. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.

When the …

6 months ago

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Worldly Conditions

Season 1 Episode 47

Paṭhamalokadhammasutta AN 8.5 Worldly Conditions. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

“Bhikkhus, these eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and …

6 months, 1 week ago

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Three Kinds of Suffering

Season 1 Episode 46

Dukkhatāsutta SN 45.165, Suffering. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

“Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of suffering. What three? Suffering due to pain…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall

Season 1 Episode 45

Devadattasutta AN 4.68 Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after …

6 months, 1 week ago

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Inner Stains

Season 1 Episode 44

Antarāmalasutta Iti 88, Inner Stains. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, t…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Good Will

Season 1 Episode 43

Mettāsutta AN 11.15, Good Will. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

“Monks, for one whose awareness-release through good will is cultivated, developed, p…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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