Sutta Meditation Series

BENEFICIAL TALK (FULL DHAMMA SESSION, Poya)

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. 

This is the FULL DHAMMA SESSION, conducted on NAVAM POYA (17 January 2022) via zoom, on "BENEFICIAL TALK" that comes abandoning wrong speech to enter upon right speech. We examine the 10 beneficial topics of discussion that the Buddha encourages in the Paṭhamakathāvatthu Sutta (AN 10.69). 

As we know, Right Speech is an important factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, that is the way out of suffering, leading to full awakening (nibbāna).   

So, if you wonder why the mind wobbles, why it is unwieldy and non-compliant when you meditate... Why the mind doesn't easily enter concentration or jhāna..., then this Dhamma session on Beneficial Speech may offer some meaningful answers from the Buddha's teachings. 

In this Dhamma session, we cover:  

  • — Right Speech and the Noble Eightfold Path (mundane and supramundane) 
  • — Wrong Speech that arises from Pointless Talk (tiracchānakathā)  
  • — Fourfold Developments and the Profitable Directions  
  • — Right Speech that arises from the ten topics of discussion (dasakathāvatthu)  
  • — Benefits of engaging in Beneficial Talk  — Venerable Mahākassapa, a role model   

    • Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:  

    • — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117)  
    • — Tiracchānakathā Sutta (SN 56.10)  
    • — Viggāhikakathā Sutta (SN 56.9)  
    • — Halidakkani Sutta (SN 22.3)   
    • — Rāja Sutta (Ud 2.2)  
    • — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 7)  
    • — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33)  
    • — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)   
    • — Dutiyasekha Sutta (AN 5.90)  
    • — Mahāsuññata Sutta (MN 122)  
    • — Anumana Sutta (MN 15)  
    • — Sallekha Sutta (MN 8)  
    • — Vatthupama Sutta (MN 7)  
    • — Sambodhi Sutta (AN 9.1)  
    • — Dutiyakosala Sutta (AN 10.30)  
    • — Paṭhamakathāvatthu Sutta (AN 10.69)  
    • — Dutiyakathāvatthu Sutta (AN 10.70)  
    • — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)   
    • — Santuṭṭhitā Sutta (AN 6.114)  
    • — Paṭhamahatthaka Sutta (AN 8.23)  
    • — Santuṭṭha Sutta (SN 16.1)  
    • — Paviveka Sutta (AN 3.93)  
    • — Saṅgaṇikārāma Sutta (AN 6.68)  
    • — Dhātusosaṁsandana Sutta (Iti 78)  
    • — Pacalāyamāna Sutta (AN 7.61)  
    • — Nagaropama Sutta (AN 7.67)  
    • — Ākaṅkheyya Sutta (MN 6)  
    • — Pamādavihārī Sutta (SN 35.97)  
    • — Cūḷavedalla Sutta (MN 44)  
    • — Dutiyavibhaṅga Sutta (SN 48.10)  
    • — Upanisa Sutta (SN 12.23)  
    • — Kimatthiya Sutta (AN 10.1)  
    • — Paṭhamaupanisa Sutta (AN 10.3)  
    • — Jiṇṇa Sutta (SN 16.5)  
    • — Mahāgosiṅga Sutta (MN 32)   

      • Bohoma pin to the person who requested this talk. 

      A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldAwUOXe_kc 

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