Simple Suttas

When I started seriously reading the suttas, it was immediately clear that while individual suttas are perfect little pristine gems, the collections as a whole were a disorganized mess. After all, this was just a collection of people’s memorized put together in a fairly arbitrary … Continue reading Vinyl Buddha

a podcast on original Buddhism

a podcast on original Buddhism

Belief in Buddhism is a confusing thing. On the one hand, there are dozens of suttas saying that having fixed beliefs is a huge problem that the sage avoids by having no fixed views. Here is a quote form the Attavagga translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: … Continue reading Beliefs

Belief in Buddhism is a confusing thing. On the one hand, there are dozens of suttas saying that having fixed beliefs is a huge problem that the sage avoids by having no fixed views. Here is a quote form the Attavagga translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: … Continue reading Beliefs

Do you know the Buddha’s last words? Seems like something important for a Buddhist to know. The Buddha’s last words as recorded in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16) go like this: “Anda dāni, bhikkhave, āmantayāmi vo, vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethā.” Or according to Ānandajoti Bhikkhu: … Continue reading The Buddha’s Last Words

Do you know the Buddha’s last words? Seems like something important for a Buddhist to know. The Buddha’s last words as recorded in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16) go like this: “Anda dāni, bhikkhave, āmantayāmi vo, vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethā.” Or according to Ānandajoti Bhikkhu: … Continue reading The Buddha’s Last Words

Have you ever taken a vacation and gone to a cabin in the woods? Maybe rented a little place on the north shore? And when the sun is starting to set you come back from a long walk, start a little fire in the stove, … Continue reading Cabin in the Woods

Have you ever taken a vacation and gone to a cabin in the woods? Maybe rented a little place on the north shore? And when the sun is starting to set you come back from a long walk, start a little fire in the stove, … Continue reading Cabin in the Woods

In one of my favorite little suttas, the Buddha shows how leading a good life is the key to deep states of meditation and finally to liberation, not the other way around. As with the Eightfold Path, each step can be strengthened by strengthening the … Continue reading One Things Leads to Another