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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.... more
FAQs about Pali audio:How many episodes does Pali audio have?The podcast currently has 383 episodes available.
January 10, 2025AN 7.615 - 7.1124 Abbreviated Texts beginning with GreedAN 7.615 Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors.AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with ugliness.AN 7.618 - 7.1124 Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed....more26minPlay
January 08, 2025AN 7.95 - 7.614 Worthy of OfferingsAN 7.95 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye.AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc....more36minPlay
January 06, 2025AN 7.85 - 7.94 On AsceticsAN 7.85 A mendicant destroys seven defilements.AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements.AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements.AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements.AN 7.89 A bathed initiate destroys seven defilements.AN 7.90 A knowledge master destroys seven defilements.AN 7.91 A noble-one destroys seven defilementsAN 7.92 A perfected one destroys seven defilements.AN 7.93 Seven bad qualities starting with faithlessness.AN 7.94 Seven good qualities starting with faith....more6minPlay
December 03, 2024AN 7.75 - 7.84 On the Monastic LawAN 7.75 - 7.78An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short summary of the teaching.AN 7.84 Seven principles for settling issues and disputes that have arisen in the community....more11minPlay
December 02, 2024DN 16 Mahaparanibbana sutta Part 6The 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....more28minPlay
May 10, 2024AN 7.69 - 7.74 the Great Chapter Part 2AN 7.69 The blossoming of the Shady Orchid Tree delights the gods of the Thirty-Three, and in the same way, the renunciation of a Buddhist ascetic is delightful.AN 7.70 Sāriputta reflects on what a mendicant should revere in order to develop the wholesome. He reports to the Buddha that these things are indeed found in himself.AN 7.71 Liberation doesn’t happen because you wish for it, but because you develop the path.AN 7.72 It would be better for a monk to embrace a blazing fire than to lie with a maiden.AN 7.73 There have been many great teachers in the past, who should not be reviled. But reviling a single noble disciple is even more serious.AN 7.74 Araka was a famous teacher long ago, when the life span was much greater than today. Nevertheless, he still taught impermanence; how much more is it relevant today!...more37minPlay
May 03, 2024AN 7.65 - 7.68 The Great Chapter Part 1AN 7.65 A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation.AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up.AN 7.67 When a king’s fortress is well supplied with seven things and has four kinds of food supplies it is impregnable. Similarly, a noble disciple with seven qualities and the four absorptions is impregnable.AN 7.68 A mendicant who has seven qualities is worthy, with a special emphasis on listening to and learning the teaching....more34minPlay
May 01, 2024AN 7.59 - 7.64 Undeclared Points Part 2AN 7.59 Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise.AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship.AN 7.61 Before his awakening, Moggallāna is struggling with sleepiness in meditation. The Buddha visits him and gives seven ways to dispel drowsiness, and other important teachings.AN 7.62 The incalculable benefits of merit that last for many aeons.AN 7.63 Anāthapiṇḍika’s home was in an uproar due to the badly behaved Sujātā, newly wedded to one of his sons. The Buddha speaks to her on the different kinds of wives.AN 7.64 When someone is angry, they wish ill upon their enemy, and are disappointed if they do well. This sutta includes a powerful set of verses....more24minPlay
March 22, 2024AN 7.54 - 7.58 Undeclared Points Part 1AN 7.54 The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points.AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping.AN 7.56 Two gods come to the Buddha on Vulture’s Peak and declare that the nuns are liberated. Moggallāna interrogates one of the deities on what he means, and the Buddha adds further explanation.AN 7.57 The Buddha explains the benefits of giving that are visible in the present life, and one that is only apparent in the next.AN 7.58 Four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide, and three ways he is irreproachable....more28minPlay
March 19, 2024AN 7.44 - 7.53 A Great SacrificeAN 7.44 Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn.AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion.AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological.AN 7.47 The brahmin Uggatasarīra has arranged a great sacrifice. On Ānanda’s advice, he asks the Buddha how to make a sacrifice beneficial.AN 7.48 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in brief.AN 7.49 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in detail.AN 7.50 The brahmin Jāṇussoṇī asks the Buddha about behaviors that are a blemish to the celibate life.AN 7.51 By focusing on their own gendered attributes, a man or woman becomes attached to them and develops lust for the opposite sex.AN 7.52 The lay followers of Campā seek a teaching from the Buddha. Together with Sāriputta, they ask the Buddha about what makes a gift fruitful.AN 7.53 Sāriputta and Moggallāna are on tour in the southern hills. A deity informs the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī that they are approaching. When Sāriputta expresses his amazement that she speaks with the gods, she goes on to list many other of her own amazing qualities....more44minPlay
FAQs about Pali audio:How many episodes does Pali audio have?The podcast currently has 383 episodes available.