In this session, Ven Candā leads a sutta discussion with participants on the first two suttas in the Bhikkhuni Samyutta, verses given by fully enlightened nuns in response to Mara, the evil one, when he disrupts their meditation.

Discussion on the first sutta focuses around our experiences of sensual pleasures, while the second focuses on experiences of gender discrimination.

[0:00] Background

[6:38] Sutta reading and reflections

[13:00] Sensual pleasures as swords

[21:34] Subtle and coarse pleasures

[34:30] Confronting Mara through creative means

[40:26] Seeking solitude

[50:48] Gender discrimination

[54:31] Second sutta reading