Deeper Dhamma Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Ajahn Brahm discusses the 75th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Magandiya Sutta, "With Magandiya".

Read MN75 here on Sutta Central.

"Accused by a hedonist of being too negative, the Buddha recounts the luxury of his upbringing, and his realization of how little value there was in such things. Through renunciation he found a far greater pleasure," Sutta Central. 

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 138th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Uddesavibhanga Sutta, "The Exposition of a Summary" or "The Analysis of a Recitation Passage." 

Read MN138 here on Sutta Central. 

"The Buddha gives a brief and enigmatic statement on the ways consciousness may become attached. Venerable Mahākaccāna is invited by the mendicants to draw out the implications," Sutta Central.

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Venerable Hasapanna discusses the 16th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Cetokhila Sutta, “Emotional Barrenness” or “Discourse on Mental Barrenness” or “The Wilderness in the Heart.”

Click here to read MN16 on Sutta Central.

“The Buddha explains various ways one can become emotionally cut off from one’s spiritual community,” Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 16th sutta of the Digha Nikaya about the final days of the Lord Buddha - the Mahaparinibbana Sutta - the Discourse on the Great Emancipation. This is the eleventh part dealing with the long and moving sutta.

Click here to read DN16 on Sutta Central.

"The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a person, and understanding how the Buddhist community coped with his passing," Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the 12th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Mahāsīhanāda Sutta, “The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar.”

Click here to read MN12 on Sutta Central.

“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, praise, and goes on to enumerate his many profound and powerful achievements,” Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Appichato discusses the 19th sutta from the Digha Nikaya: Mahāgovinda Sutta, “The Great Steward.”

Click here to read DN19 on Sutta Central.

 "A minor deity informs the Buddha of the conversations and business of the gods," Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 41st sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: Saleyyaka Sutta, “The People of Sala” or “The Brahmans of Sala”.

Click here to read MN41 on Sutta Central.

 “The Buddha explains to a group of brahmins the conduct leading to rebirth in higher or lower states, including detailed explanations of the ten core practices which lay people should undertake, and which also form the basis for liberation,” Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Sabbasava Sutta, "All The Taints" or "All the Defilements." This is part 2 of 2, we apologise part 1 is missing.

Click here to read MN2 on Sutta Central.

 "The diverse problems of the spiritual journey demand a diverse range of responses. Rather than applying the same solution to every problem, the Buddha outlines seven methods of dealing with defilements, each of which works in certain cases," Sutta Central.

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Ayye Vayama discusses 137th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Salayatanavibhanga Sutta, "The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields".

Click here to read MN137 on Sutta Central.

"A detailed analysis of the six senses and the relation to emotional and cognitive processes", Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 83rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Makhadeva Sutta, "About King Makhadeva".

Click here to read MN83 on Sutta Central.

"A rare extended mythic narrative, telling of an ancient kingly lineage and their eventual downfall," Sutta Central. 

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