Simple|Suttas Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Once Nigantha Nataputta, a spiritual teacher and leader of the Niganthas, hatched a plan to embarrass the Buddha. He said to Prince Abhaya, “Prince, I have a plan to make you famous far and wide as...
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I was a spoiled youth. My father had lotus ponds dug for me with lotuses of all colors. My clothes and sandalwood were imported from Kāsī. A servant held a white umbrella over my head day and night...
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Once while staying at Anathapindika’s Forest Park, the Buddha was visited by a beautiful deva whose radiance lit up the forest grove. The deva asked, “How did you ford the raging river?” The Buddha...
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Stand like a guard, vigilantly watching the doors of the 6 senses. When you see something, do not become entranced by it. If you have no control over where you look, you can easily be overwhelmed by...
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If you long for a devoted crowd of disciples, it corrupts your heart and makes deep meditation difficult. Respect can be a dart, difficult to remove. -KN Thag 18.1 Sāriputtattheragāthā While this...
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There is a place that is uncreated, unborn, and unsupported. If there were not such a place, there would be no escape. -KN Udana 8.4 Catutthanibbana Sutta You cannot reach the end of the world by...
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There is nothing you could see, hear, smell, taste, touch, or think that could adequately describe the state of the Buddhas of the past, those who were fully Awakened, never to be born again, free...
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Would a fully enlightened arahant say things like, “I do this” or “They do that”? Yes, an arahant might well say, “I do this” or “They do that.” But they would only say such things as a manner of...
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You should take time to be alone. If you spend time alone you will come to understand: this is suffering, this is the cause of suffering, this is the end of suffering, this is the way to end...
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If you tie a dog to a post, it will keep running in circles all day. In the same way, a person who hasn’t learned the Dhamma will keep running in circles, obsessed with things, with feelings, with...
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Once Vacchagotta the Wanderer said to the Buddha, “I hear that you teach that people should only give alms to you and your monks, nobody else. That giving to others doesn’t make merit. Is that true?”...
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As a Buddhist monk, I went to a graveyard. There I saw the body of a dead woman, Covered in worms. Although most people would find it disgusting, I was filled with lust. I fled faster than The time...
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When going and coming, a monk should be fully aware and mindful. When looking here and there, a monk should be fully aware and mindful. When moving the arms and legs, be fully aware and mindful. When...
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When training, the mind persistent, distracting thoughts sometimes arise. Distracting thoughts are thoughts of desire, or hate, or confusion. Here are five tools for dealing with distracting...
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If you learn to practice self-control over the things you see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and think, then you will keep your mind pure. When your mind is pure, joy arises. When you are joyful, the...
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Once Ānanda asked the Buddha, “Is it possible to achieve a state of meditation where you no longer experience any physical sensation, any space, any consciousness, nothingness, perception, anything...
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What are the five things that are the hallmarks of deep meditation, of jhana? When a spiritual seeker completely withdraws from sense pleasures they enter the first stage of jhana. They are filled...
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I know of nothing that can arouse desire more than a thing of beauty. If you fixate on such a thing without wisdom, your desire will only grow. The best way to overcome desire is to focus your...
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There are these subconscious habits: a desire for pleasure disgust opinions doubt arrogance a desire to be reborn* ignorance -AN 7.2.11 As if you have been struck by a sword, as if your hair is...
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Like fish in a rapidly drying pond wildly attacking each other, driven mad by fear, violence is all around. Once, I wished only for some small sanctuary in this world of conflict, but this world is...
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Hatred never brings an end to hatred. Only by love can it end. This is the truth of ages. -KN Dhammapada 5 All beings fear cruelty. All beings fear death. Knowing that all beings suffer just like...
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Don’t overeat. A monk should live mindfully, without a stuffed belly. Several mouthfuls before you are full, stop and drink some water. That is enough. -Theragatha, 17.2 Sāriputta Don’t eat too...
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A follower of the Dhamma should not engage in certain kinds of business. For example, you should not buy or sell weapons, human beings, animals, meat, alcohol, or poison. -AN 5.177 Once Mahānāma,...
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There are many good reasons to practice mindfulness of breathing meditation. For example, when I was still working toward Liberation, I regularly practiced this way. When I did this I never got tired...
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A wise person has let go of all forms of identification. They do not think, “I am this” or “I am that.” They do not think, “My body is my true self” or “something immaterial is my true self.” They do...
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The cycle of death and rebirth has no beginning. If you gathered up the bones from one person who lived, died, and was reborn for an eon, the pile would be as big as Mount Vepulla. -SN 15.10 Most...
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Over the next few weeks this site will return to its original mission: to provide simple, plain English renderings of the suttas as posts and podcasts. Please let me know if you want more of this...
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https://suttacentral.net/en/mn2 http://awake.kiev.ua/dhamma/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima1/002-sabbasava-sutta-e1.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.002.than.html...
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SN 12.2 – https://suttacentral.net/en/sn12.2 DN 15 Mahānidāna – https://suttacentral.net/en/dn15 MN 9 Sammādiṭṭhi – https://suttacentral.net/en/mn9
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Kamma: A Study Guide by Thanissaro Bhikkhu – http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/kamma.html
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Links suttacentral.net SN 12.2 – https://suttacentral.net/en/sn12.2 Nibbana Sermons – http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf SN 12.38 Cetanā 1 –...
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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.
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Part 2 (of 3) of my conversation with David Trelles on Anatta.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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