The Sutta Weekly

The Buddha tells us about the ‘footprints’ which lead us to the ultimate truth, that until we reach the real destination, we must not totally believe in the ‘footprints’. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN27.html

In this discourse, the Buddha talks of two kinds of ‘searches’: ignoble and noble. Also, he mentions his own spiritual journey and speaks of the drawbacks of falling for the strings of sensuality. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN26.html

In the MN 25, the Buddha uses the analogy of a poison-grass sower to show how we might be derailed from the right path and make mistakes. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN25.html Twitter: @thesuttaweekly

This sutta highlights the point that the sole purpose of Buddhism is to end our suffering, not anything else. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN24.html

In this sutta, the Buddha reminds us strongly of the dangers of grasping his teachings wrongly. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN22.html

In this sutta, the Buddha reiterates to us to practice kindness and compassion even when other people are being bad to us. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN21.html

In this sutta, the Buddha gives us tips to drive the unskilful away. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN20.html

The Buddha sorts thinking into two types - thinking imbued with sensuality, ill will and harmfulness, and thinking imbued with renunciation, non-ill will and harmlessness. We must follow the latter and abandon the former for the benefit of us and the world.

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about papañca, the mental tendencies that erupt into outer violence.

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about the importance of experiencing meditative bliss in order to escape sensuality, the drawbacks of sensuality, and also the futility of practising asceticism.