Sutta Meditation Series

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With wisdom developed through the bojjhangas, Nibbāna is our only goal.

For the FULL Dhamma session - video (https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz) or audio (https://tinyurl.com/yv79kzxh)

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

A short extract from the FULL Dhamma session on "The progressive development of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment" based on the Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3) on 31 August 2023.This extract is on "WHAT NOURISHES THE BOJJHANGAS?" referencing the Kundaliya Sutta (SN 46.6). This is very helpful for establishing a good foundation in order to develop the seven factors of enlightenment, as well as diagnosing where we can have problems or challenges with our development.For the FULL Dhamma session - video (https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz) or audio (https://tinyurl.com/yv79kzxh)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the people who requested the bojjhaṅgas.

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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In Part II of our Bojjhaṅga Series, we examine the Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3) and the Buddha’s progressive pathway for developing the seven factors of enlightenment.

In this session we look at:

• — Overview of the Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3)
• — What nourishes the bojjhaṅgas?
• — “Deep dive” into how to arouse and develop each bojjhaṅga
• — Summary of the progressive development of the bojjhaṅgas
• — Fruit and benefits of cultivating the bojjhaṅgas in this way

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Bojjhaṅgā Saṁyutta (SN 46)
• — Kuṇḍaliya Sutta (SN 46.6)
• — Nālanda Sutta (SN 47.12)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Sīlalakkhaṇapañha (Mil 3.1.9)
• — Pīti Sutta (AN 5.176)
• — Upaḍḍha Sutta (SN 45.2)
• — Mahākassapasaddhivihārikavatthu
• — Paṭhamasūriyūpama Sutta (SN 46. 12)
• — Yonisomanasikāra Sutta (SN 46.35)
• — Ajjhattikaṅga Sutta (SN 46.49)
• — Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51)
• — Āsāduppajahavagga (AN 2.126)
• — Mahāvedalla Sutta (MN 43)
• — Dutiyavagga (AN 1.311)
• — Desanāhāravibhaṅga (Ne 4)
• — Micchatta Sutta (AN 10.103)
• — Ānanda Sutta (SN 22.159)
• — Cūḷarāhulovāda Sutta (MN 147)
• — Pariyesana Sutta (AN 4.255)
• — Cunda Sutta (SN 47.13)
• — Vidhā Sutta (SN 46.41)
• — Hāravibhaṅgapañcamabhūmi (Pe 5)
• — Bojjhaṅgapañha (Mil 3.7.6)
• — Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Anumāna Sutta (MN 15)
• — Anaṅgaṇa Sutta (MN 5)
• — Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19)
• — Saḷāyatana-vibhaṅga Sutta (MN 137)
• — Passaddhi Sutta (AN 9.58)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the people who requested the bojjhaṅgas.

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We begin our Bojjhaṅga Series with Part I : An Introduction to the Factors of Enlightenment.

In this session we look at:

• — Understanding ”bhāvanā“
• — What makes the factors of enlightenment unique?
• — Why are they called factors of enlightenment ?
• — The Buddha’s simile of the rafters of a peaked roof
• — Hindrances vs factors of enlightenment
• — Important attributes and application of the factors of enlightenment

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Bojjhaṅgā Saṁyutta (SN 46)
• — Kimatthiya Sutta (SN 45.5)
• — Paṭhamauppāda Sutta (SN 45.14)
• — Paṭhamaparisuddha Sutta (SN 45.16)
• — Viraddha Sutta (SN 45.33)
• — Saṁvara Sutta (AN 4.14)
• — Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2)
• — Pancasatabhikkhu Vatthu (Dhp 274)
• — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 7)
• — Pancangika Sutta (AN 5.18)
• — Udumbarika Sutta (DN 25)
• — Cūḷasaccaka Sutta (MN 35)
• — Kosambiya Sutta (MN 48)
• — Avijjā Sutta (AN 10.61)
• — Uttiya Sutta (AN 10.95)
• — Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6.63)
• — Āsava Sutta (AN 6.58)
• — Khīṇāsava Sutta (AN 10.90)
• — Pāraṅgama Sutta (SN 45.34)
• — Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu (Dhp 87-89)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the people who requested the bojjhaṅgas.

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/ymcveve4

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

In this Dhamma session, we examine a selection of the Buddha's teachings on walking meditation and its benefits, including the Caṅkama Sutta (AN 5.29) .

In this session we look at:

• — Evidence of walking meditation being practised by the Buddha(s) and noble disciples
• — How it connects with wakefulness and helps to overcome the hindrance of dullness and drowsiness
• — Buddha’s instructions on walking meditation in the suttas
• — What are the five benefits of walking meditation?

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Cara Sutta (AN 4.11), (Iti 110)
• — Caṅkama Sutta (AN 5.29)
• — Āmaṇḍaphaladāyakattheraapadāna (Tha Ap 531)
• — Kesarapupphiyattheraapadāna (Tha Ap 366)
• — Maggadattikattheraapadāna (Tha Ap 178)
• — Sudatta Sutta (SN 10.8)
• — Supati Sutta (SN 4.7)
• — Sekha-patipada Sutta (MN 53)
• — Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
• — Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10)
• — Māratajjanīya Sutta (MN 50)
• — Dhammacetiya Sutta (MN 89)
• — Aparihāniya Sutta (AN 4.37)
• — Apaṇṇaka Sutta (AN 3.16)
• — Pacalāyamāna Sutta (AN 7.61)
• — Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51)
• — Pamādavihāri Sutta (SN 35.97)
• — Samādhi-bhāvana Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Karaniyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)
• — Kosambhiya Sutta (MN 48)
• — Sīla Sutta (AN 4.12)
• — Anuruddhamahāvitakka Sutta (AN 8.30)
• — Padhāna Suttas (AN 4.13), (AN 4.69)
• — Saṁvara Sutta (AN 4.14)
• — Samaya Sutta (AN 5.54)
• — Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Kd 6.11)
• — Khuddakavatthukkhandhaka (Kd 15)
• — Padhāniyaṅga Sutta (AN 5.53)
• — Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta (MN 90)
• — Paṭhamapatthanā Sutta (AN 5.135)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who requested this talk. Apologies for the delay

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/2p9pfpt9

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.In this Dhamma session, we examine the Vammika Sutta (MN 23) and how to contemplate the riddle given to Venerable Kumārakassapa and the teaching he received from the Buddha, which eventually culminated in this noble disciple of the Buddha realising nibbāna.

It's a powerful teaching and we will be drawing on some of the meditations we have practised before. These earlier sessions are helpful as pre-requisites to this meditation:

• — Exposition of the Elements - Part 1 (https://tinyurl.com/38jeuxe5)
• — Q&A on how to contemplate the elements (https://tinyurl.com/4fea3s6j)
• — Arising and passing away of the five aggregates (https://tinyurl.com/43ardjy4)
• — Understanding the simile of the fruits on a tree in the Potaliya Sutta (https://tinyurl.com/s4hv8kwr)
• — The medicine for the five hindrances (https://tinyurl.com/bdhvpmf2)

In this session we look at:

• — Overview of the Vammika Sutta (MN 23)
• — Who is Venerable Kumārakassapa?
• — The deity’s riddle for Venerable Kumārakassapa
• — “Deep dive” into the Buddha’s explanation of how to understand the meaning the deity’s riddle
• — Summary of how to contemplate the Buddha’s words towards complete liberation

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Mahāsamaya Sutta (DN 20)
• — Kevaddha Sutta (DN 11)
• — Sammāsambuddha Sutta (SN 22.58)
• — Dhātuvibhanga Sutta (MN 140)
• — Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5)
• — Puggala Sutta (AN 9.9)
• — Avijja Sutta (SN 45.1)
• — Potaliya Sutta (MN 54)
• — Anusaya Sutta (SN 45.175)
• — Avijja Sutta (AN 10.61)
• — Āvaraṇanīvaraṇa Sutta (SN 46.37)
• — Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51)
• — Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106)
• — Karanīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)
• — Pacalāyamāna Sutta (AN 7.61)
• — Samādhi-bhāvana Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Mahāsaḷāyatanika Sutta (MN 149)
• — Pathamasukha Sutta (AN 10.65)
• — Nandikkhaya Sutta (SN 22.51)
• — Sekha-patipada Sutta (MN53)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who requested this talk.

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/yjhs4f4f

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Role models play an important part in all of our lives, whether we seek them out or not. And whether we walk the Buddhist Path or not, they can have the power to shape the direction we take and the ability to influence the decisions that follow on from there.  For Buddhist practitioners, the Buddha is our most eminent role model, teacher and the Perfectly Enlightened One. And there are also many noble and great disciples of the Buddha.  

In this session we delve into the story of Venerable Kumārakassapa Thera, who was born to a young bhikkhuni. After being brought up under the care of King Pasenadī of Kosala, he took novice ordination at seven years old. Later on, after taking full ordination, he was given a riddle from a non-returner deity from the Pure Abodes and asked the Buddha to explain its meaning and instruction on how to contemplate it (Vammika Sutta, MN 23). He subsequently realised the fruit of arahantship by contemplating it and penetrating the Dhamma.

We will study the Vammika Sutta (MN 23) in an upcoming Dhamma session.

Some of the suttas referred to in this Dhamma talk:

• — Mahākhandhaka (Kd 1)
• — Etadaggavagga (AN 1.217)
• — Vammika Sutta (MN 23)
• — Pāyāsi Sutta (DN 23)
• — Nigrodhamigajātaka (Ja 12)
• — Kumārakassapattheraapadāna (Tha Ap 537)
• — Kumārakassapattheragāthā (Thag 2.41)
• — (Uttara) Pāyāsivimānavatthu (Vv 74 or Vv 6.1)
• — Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu (Dhp 160)

In learning about such noble beings, we can delight in their lives and accomplishments; recognise the importance of seeing them as worthy role models; and use it as inspiration towards progress on the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path.The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/2xj3rj7y

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

In this Dhamma session, we look at a question that has been asked by one of our kalyāṇamittas:

“I was wondering if you could do a teaching on the four jhāna similes as found in the Samādhaṅga (Pañcaṅgika) Sutta among many others and how they relate to the development of jhana. The bath attendant, lake, lotuses and white cloth.”

In answering this question, we take the opportunity to go through the whole sutta, which has a total of 8 similes given by the Buddha.

This is a very powerful teaching from the Buddha on developing the noble five-factored right concentration. It emphasises:

• how we direct the mind to develop the jhāna concentrations, using the Buddha's jhāna similes as skillful means;
• having attained the jhāna concentrations, by reviewing we "know" we possess certain important attributes (including the noble eightfold path, the enlightenment factors); and
• with the noble five-factored right concentration, we now have the basis or foundation to direct the mind towards the special knowledges or supernormal powers, and are capable of realising them.

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19)
• — Pāsarāsi Sutta (MN 26)
• — Vicayahārasampāta (Ne 21)
• — Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106)
• — Kāya Sutta (SN 46.2)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Culapanthakavatthu (Dhp 25)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who asked this question.

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/2s3vumw5

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Following on from our Dhamma session on the Second Doorway to Nibbana - Painful Practice with Quick Realisation, we examine why envy is a block to developing Immeasurable Compassion.This is a good example of the power of abandoning defilements or mental stains, as we have been practiing with the Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) and Anumāna Sutta (MN 15).

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who asked this question.

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 14 May 2023.

This was based on the Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163) and Petakopadesa.

** Please note, it's helpful if you have already practised the insight pathway meditation for the First Doorway to Nibbāna — Painful practice with slow realisation (https://bit.ly/3GzEkpy), as well as being able to develop loving kindness (mettā). And to be familiar with the Potaliya Sutta (MN 54) via the recent sessions on noble retirement **

The format for this livestream:

1. Recap of the Four Modes of Practice
2. What kind of spiritual faculties and powers are associated with this mode of practice?
3. Venerable MahāMoggallāna
4. What underpins this 2nd Doorway to Nibbāna?
5. "Deep dive" into the insight pathway for painful practice with quick realisation
6. Meditation instructions

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

• — Paṭipadāvagga, (AN 4.161-70)

• — Kīṭāgiri Sutta (MN 70)
• — Pahārāda Sutta (AN 8.19)
• — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63)
• — Mahāmoggallāna Sutta (AN 4.167)
• — Pacalāyamāna Sutta (AN 7.61)
• — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33),
• — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
• — Potaliya Sutta (MN 54)
• — Vitthata Sutta (AN 5.2)
• — Kūṭa Sutta (AN 5.12)
• — Paṭhamavibhaṅga Sutta (SN 48.9)
• — Āsavakkhaya Sutta (SN 48.20)
• — Dutiyasaññā Sutta (AN 7.49)
• — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10)
• — Gandha Sutta (AN 9.15)
• — Vijaya Sutta (Snp 1.11)
• — Girimananda Sutta (AN 10.60)
• — Hāliddakāni Sutta (SN 22.3)
• — Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5)
• — Pheṇapiṇḍūpama Sutta (SN 22.95)
• — Khajjanīya Sutta (SN 22.79)
• — Dutiyajhānapañhā Sutta (SN 40.2)
• — Samādhibhāvanā Sutta (AN 4.41)
• — Samādhibhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Abhinandana Sutta (SN 22.29)
• — Paññā Sutta (AN 8.2)
• — Venāgapura Sutta (AN 3.63)
• — Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140)
• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)
• — Padhāna Sutta (AN 4.13)
• — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)
• — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)
• — Tathāgata Sutta (SN 56.12)
• — Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa (Cnd 8)
• — Chandasamādhi Sutta (SN 51.13)
• — Apāra Sutta (SN 51.1)
• — Dutiyamettā Sutta (AN 4.126)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who requested this insight pathway meditation

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3IuDrj3

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]