KN Dhp 07 Arahantavagga: The Arahant or Perfected One 2.8 MB

 Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu Kh. in 2011

• KN Dhp 07 Arahantavagga: The Arahant or Perfected One 2.8 MB

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SN 56.011 Dhammacakkappavattana: The Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Truth

SN 56.011 Dhammacakkappavattana: The Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Truth
Translator:  Piya Tan,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  12min 23s  11.3MB Download
recorded on april 14,  2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2002 Piya Tan


This is the Buddha's first discourse, giving an overview of the four noble truths, to be penetrated in all 12 aspects.

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SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Fire Sermon

SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Fire Sermon
Translator:  Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  5min 08s  4.7MB Download
This is the 3rd sermon given by the Buddha. 1000 disciples became Arahants after listening to this.

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MN 014 Cūḷa-dukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Lesser Mass of Stress

MN 014 Cūḷa-dukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Lesser Mass of Stress

Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  23min 9s  19.0MB Download
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Buddha: "I myself, before my Awakening, when I was still an unawakened bodhisatta, saw as it actually was with right discernment that sensuality is of much stress, much despair, & greater drawbacks, but as long as I had not attained a rapture & pleasure apart from sensuality, apart from unskillful mental qualities, or something more peaceful than that, I did not claim that I could not be tempted by sensuality. But when I saw as it actually was with right discernment that sensuality is of much stress, much despair, & greater drawbacks, and I had attained a rapture & pleasure apart from sensuality, apart from unskillful mental qualities, or something more peaceful than that, that was when I claimed that I could not be tempted by sensuality. (excerpt from Thanissaro's sutta text )

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KN Dhp 06 Paṇḍitavagga: The Wise

KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 6
KN Dhp 06 Paṇḍitavagga: The Wise 3.3 MB

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KN Dhp 05 Bālavagga: The Fool

KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 5
KN Dhp 05 Bālavagga: The Fool 4 MB

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KN Dhp 04 Pupphavagga: Flowers

KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 4
KN Dhp 04 Pupphavagga: Flowers 4 MB

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KN Dhp 03 Cittavagga: The Mind

KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 3
KN Dhp 03 Cittavagga: The Mind 3 MB

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AN 07.0083 [7.80/79] Satthusasana Sutta: The Teacher's Instruction

AN 07.0083 [7.80/79] Satthusasana Sutta: The Teacher's Instruction
 Read by Bhikkhu Kh,  1min 40s  1.5MB Download

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KN Dhp 02 Appamādavagga: Heedfulness

‎KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 2
KN Dhp 02 Appamādavagga: Heedfulness 3 MB

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SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Discourse on the Exposition on Burning

SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Discourse on the Exposition on Burning [The Fire Sermon]
Translator:  Piya Tan,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  7min 40s  7.0MB Download
This is the 3rd sermon given by the Buddha. 1000 disciples became Arahants after listening to this.

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KN Dhp 01 Yamakavagga: Pairs

KN Dhp: Dhammapada  > Dhammapada (English) read by Bhikkhu K. in 2011

Dhammapada Chapter 1
KN Dhp 01 Yamakavagga: Pairs 5 MB

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SN 17.005 Pilahaka: The Dung Beetle

SN 17.005 Pilahaka: The Dung Beetle
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  2min 44s  2.51MB Download
recorded on april 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

"Monks, gains, offerings, & fame are a cruel thing, a harsh, bitter obstacle to the attainment of the unexcelled rest from bondage. Suppose there were a beetle, a dung-eater... (excerpt from  sutta text )

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SN 17.008 Sigāla: The Jackal

SN 17.008 Sigāla: The Jackal
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  1min 43s  1.57 MB Download
recorded on april 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.


"Monks, gains, offerings, & fame are a cruel thing, a harsh, bitter obstacle to the attainment of the unexcelled rest from bondage.

"Have you heard the jackal howling in the last hours of the night?" ... (quoted from sutta text )

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AN 05.0254-0259 Macchariya: Stinginess

AN 05.0254-0259 Macchariya: Stinginess
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  6min 35s  6.0 MB Download
recorded on march 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2004 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
This group of suttas deals with the theme of how stinginess prevents the attainment of Jhāna.

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KN Thag 02-04:0145-0306x Selections Chapter Two through Four

KN Thag 02-04:0145-0306x Selections Chapter Two through Four
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by  Bhikkhu K,  12min 13s  11.1MB Download
recorded in June 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2004 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 17.003 Kumma: The Turtle

SN 17.003 Kumma: The Turtle
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  2min 34s  2.36 MB Download
recorded on april 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

"Once, monks, a large family of turtles had lived for a long time in a certain freshwater lake. Then one turtle said to another, 'My dear turtle, don't go to that area.' But the turtle went to that area... (excerpt from sutta text)

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KN Thag 01:0001 to 0120x Ekakanipāto: Chapter One Selections

KN Thag 01:0001 to 0120x Ekakanipāto: Chapter One Selections
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by  Bhikkhu K,  11min 25s  10.4MB Download
recorded in June 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2004 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 023 Vammika Sutta: The Discourse on the Ant-hill

MN 023 Vammika Sutta: The Discourse on the Ant-hill
Translator:  Piya Tan,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  15min 50s  14.5 MB Download
recorded on june 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2009 Piya Tan



Once when Kumāra Kassapa is meditating in Andha,vana, a non-returner brahma, who was his companion in the time of Kassapa Buddha, appears before him, and tells him a riddle of ten questions, which only the Buddha could answer... After reflecting
on its teachings, Kumāra Kassapa becomes an arhat.
... [some interesting background info not in the sutta text itself]
 During the time of Kassapa Buddha (the Buddha just before ours), when his teaching was declining, Kumāra Kassapa, together with six other monks, vowed to live a life of rigorous asceticism on a mountain-top to attain liberation. On reaching the summit with the help of a ladder, they threw it off, and began to meditate. The eldest attained arhathood in three days, and the second attained non-return, but the re-
maining five died of starvation on the seventh day without any attainment.
These five companions were Pukkusāti, Bāhiya Dārucīriya, Dabba Malla,putta, the wanderer Sabhiya and Kumāra Kassapa. It was the non-returner brahma who appeared before Kumāra Kassapa and gave him the riddle. This same brahma also suggested to the wanderer Bāhiya to meet the Buddha.

(excerpted from Piya Tan's comy. here )

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MN 012 Mahā-sīhanāda Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

MN 012 Mahā-sīhanāda Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
Translator: Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  54min 43s  50.1 MB download
recorded on june 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1993 BPS.
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One of the most impressive of these rare disclosures is the Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar. Spoken as a rebuttal to the charges of a renegade disciple who, in the midst of the populous city of Vesālī, had been denouncing the Buddha and attempting to dissuade others from following his teaching, the sutta recapitulates the various distinguished qualities of the Blessed One, with special emphasis upon his “ten Tathāgata powers” (tathāgatabala) and “four intrepidities” (vesārajja). The sutta also affords us a glimpse of the demanding ordeal he underwent over many past aeons seeking the path to deliverance. When it was first spoken, the sutta had such a powerful impact on one monk in the assembly that his bodily hairs stood on end, and thus, during an early period, the sutta was known by the alternative title “The Hair-raising Discourse.” Even today, centuries later, the Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar can continue to serve as a fecund source of inspiration. (excerpt from B.Bodhi's intro sutta text )

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SN 22.089 Khemaka Sutta: The Khemaka Discourse

SN 22.089 Khemaka Sutta: The Khemaka Discourse
Translator:  Piya Tan,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  22min 11s  17.7 MB Download
recorded on june 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2003 Piya Tan
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                         excerpt from 14m:30s (the 2 similes) 7min 38s  7 MB

 Remarkable Sutta. 60 disciples became Arahants at the end of the discourse.
Excerpt from Piya Tan's translation sutta text :  
Avuso, it is just like the scent of a blue lotus, a red-white lotus, or a white lotus. Would one be
speaking rightly if one were to say, "The scent belongs to the petals,‟ or "The scent belongs to the stalk,‟

or "The scent belongs to the pistils‟  ?”
      “No, avuso.”
      “And, how, avuso, should one answer rightly?”
      “Avuso, one should answer rightly thus: "The scent belongs to the flower.‟”
 “Yes, avuso, 
I do not say "I am‟ form,                    nor do I say "I am‟ apart from form.
I do not say "I am‟ feelings,              nor do I say "I am‟ apart from feelings.
I do not say "I am‟ perception,         nor do I say "I am‟ apart from perception.
I do not say "I am‟ formations,         nor do I say "I am‟ apart from formations.
I do not say "I am‟ consciousness,  nor do I say "I am‟ apart from consciousness.
      However, avuso, although the notion "I am‟ in regards to the five aggregates of clinging has come to
me, I do not regard any of them as "This I am.‟
      Avuso, even though a noble disciple has abandoned the five lower fetters,
 yet in regards to the
five aggregates of clinging, there still lingers in him a residual
 conceit "I am,‟ a desire "I am,‟ a latent
tendency "I am‟ that has not yet been uprooted.

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AN 10.0060 Girimānanda Sutta: Discourse to Girimānanda Thera

AN 10.0060 Girimānanda Sutta: Discourse to Girimānanda Thera
Translator:  Piyadassi, Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by Bhikkhu K,  15min 41s  14.4 MB Download

excerpt of sutta from Piyadassi translation sutta text:
"Should you, Ananda, visit the monk Girimananda and recite to him the ten contemplations, then that monk Girimananda having heard them, will be immediately cured of his disease.
"What are the ten?

Contemplation of impermanence.
Contemplation of anatta (absence of a permanent self or soul).
Contemplation of foulness (asubha).
Contemplation of disadvantage (danger).
Contemplation of abandonment.
Contemplation of detachment.
Contemplation of cessation.
Contemplation of distaste for the whole world.
Contemplation of impermanence of all component things.
Mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing. 

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MN 013 Mahādukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Great Mass of Stress

MN 013 Mahādukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Great Mass of Stress
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  26min 13s  18.0MB Download
recorded on June 14, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2005 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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"Monks, when the wanderers of other persuasions say this, they are to be told, 'What, friends, with regard to sensuality, is the allure, what the drawback, what the escape? What, with regard to forms, is the allure, what the drawback, what the escape? What, with regard to feelings, is the allure, what the drawback, what the escape?' When asked this, they will not manage an answer and, what is more, will get themselves into trouble. Why is that? Because it lies outside their range. Monks, in this world with its devas, maras, and brahmas, in this people with its contemplatives & priests, its royalty & commonfolk, I do not see anyone who can satisfy the mind with an answer to these questions, aside from a Tathagata, a Tathagata's disciples, or someone who has heard it from them. (excerpt from MN 13 translated by Than.)

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MN 009 Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta: The Discourse on Right View

MN 009 Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta: The Discourse on Right View
Translator: Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi,  sutta text 
Read by frank_k,  38min 12s  35.0 MB Download
recorded on may 16,  2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text © Buddhist Publication Society

The Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta, the Discourse on Right View, is the ninth sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya, the Collection of Middle Length Discourses. Its expositor is the Venerable Sāriputta Thera, the Buddha’s chief disciple and the foremost of the Master’s bhikkhu disciples in the exercise of the faculty of wisdom. The Buddha declared that, next to himself, it was the Venerable Sāriputta who excelled in turning the incomparable Wheel of the Dhamma, in expounding in depth and in detail the Four Noble Truths realized with the attainment of enlightenment. In the Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta the great disciple bears ample testimony to the Buddha’s words of praise, bequeathing upon us a discourse that has served as a primer of Buddhist doctrine for generations of monks in the monasteries of South and Southeast Asia. (1st paragraph of Intro by B.Bodhi in wheel booklet 377  )

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MN 011 Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

MN 011 Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
Translator: Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi,  sutta text (2)  
Read by frank_k,  16min 26s  15.0 MB Download
recorded on may 24, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1993 BPS

Among the hordes of animals that roam the wild, whether the jungle, the mountains or the plain, the lion is universally recognised to be their chief. The living embodiment of self-possessed power, he is the most regal in manner and deportment, the mightiest, the foremost with respect to speed, courage and dominion. The expression of the lion’s supremacy is its roar—a roar which reduces to silence the cries, howls, bellows, shrieks, barks and growls of lesser creatures. When the lion steps forth from his den and sounds his roar, all the other animals stop and listen. On such an occasion none dares even to sound its own cry, let alone to come into the open and challenge the fearless, unsurpassable roar of the golden-maned king of beasts...  (from B.Bodhi's intro in wheel booklet 390-391

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KN Thig 06.0133-0138 [6.2] Vasitthi: Vasitthi the Madwoman

KN Thig 06.0133-0138 [6.2] Vasitthi: Vasitthi the Madwoman
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by  Bhikkhuni Su,  1min 46s  1.6MB Download
recorded in July 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1995 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

A mother conquers her grief over her son's death.

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MN 002 Sabbāsava: All the Fermentations

MN 002  Sabbāsava: All the Fermentations
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  17min 0s  15.5 MB Download
recorded on april 17, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
backup copy at archive.org-mn 

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MN 003 Dhammadāyāda:The Discourse on Heirs to the Dharma

MN 003  Dhammadāyāda:The Discourse on Heirs to the Dharma
Translator:  Piya Tan,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  18min 44s  17.1 MB Download

In this sutta, the Buddha asks his disciples to be his heirs in the Dhamma, not heirs to material things. He cites an interesting example of 2 monks, one who eats the Buddha's leftover meal (material heir), and the one who declines the leftover food and goes hungry for the day (heir in dhamma practice). The 2nd monk is praised.  

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MN 008 Sallekha: The Discourse on Effacement

MN 008  Sallekha: The Discourse on Effacement
Translator:  Nyanaponika Thera,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  22min 36s  18.1 MB Download
recorded on may 14,  2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1998 Buddhist Publication Society
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SN 12.023 Upanisā: Prerequisites

SN 12.023 Upanisā: Prerequisites
Read by frank_k,  6min 48s  6.2MB Download

Translated by Ajahn Thanissaro

This particular sutta stands out from most of the suttas in this Samyutta because in addition to the 12 typical links, there is also a sequence given of the conditioned path that leads out of the suffering.

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MN 007 Vatthūpama [Vattha] : Simile of the Cloth

 MN 007 Vatthūpama [Vattha] : Simile of the Cloth

Translator: Nyanaponika Thera,  sutta text,
Read by frank_k,  12min 33s  11.5 MB Download
recorded on May  2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1998  Nyanaponika Thera.

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SN 12.15 Kaccāyanagotto Sutta: Kaccāyana

SN 12.15 Kaccāyanagotto Sutta: Kaccāyana
Translator:  Maurice Walshe,  sutta text derived from ATI
Read by  Bhikkhu K,  4min 29s  4.1 MB Download
recorded on april 11, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1985 Buddhist Publication Society 

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SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Fire Sermon

SN 35.028 Ādittapariyāya: The Fire Sermon
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  4min 36s  4.21MB Download
This is the 3rd sermon given by the Buddha. 1000 disciples became Arahants after listening to this.

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SN 56.011 Dhammacakkappavattana: Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion

SN 56.011 Dhammacakkappavattana: Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  9min 48s  9.0MB Download
recorded on April 14,  2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1993 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

This is the Buddha's first discourse, giving an overview of the four noble truths, to be penetrated in all 12 aspects.

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KN Snp 1.03 Khaggavisāṇa: A Rhinoceros

KN Snp 1.03 Khaggavisāṇa: A Rhinoceros
Read by frank_k,  10min 24s  9.53 MB Download
Beautiful verses on how one should develop self-reliance and enjoy the fruits of it, wandering alone like a rhinoceros.

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AN 02.0005 Appativāna: Relentlessly

AN 02.0005 Appativāna: Relentlessly
Translator:  Thanissaro Bhikkhu,  sutta text
Read by frank_k,  2min 25s  2.2 MB Download
recorded on april 26, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2006Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 12.023 Upanisā: Necessary conditions

SN 12.023 Upanisā: Necessary conditions
Read by frank_k,  13min 08s  12.0MB Download
Translated by Piya Tan

This particular sutta stands out from most of the suttas in this Samyutta because in addition to the 12 typical links, there is also a sequence given of the conditioned path that leads out of the suffering.

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AN 03.0065 Kesaputti [Kālāma]: To the Kālāmas

• AN 03.0065 To the Kālāmas
  Read by frank_k,  18min 35s  17.0MB Download

"So, as I said, Kālāmas: 'Don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, "This contemplative is our teacher." When you know for yourselves that, "These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering" — then you should abandon them.' Thus was it said. And in reference to this was it said. (Ven. Thanissaro trans)

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AN 05.0165 Pañhapucchā: On asking questions

AN 05.0165 Pañhapucchā: On asking questions
Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, sutta text
Read by frank_k, 1min 37s 1.5MB Download

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SN 54.013 Ānanda 1: To Ananda

SN 54.013 Ānanda 1: To Ananda
Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, sutta text
Read by frank_k, 16min 43s 15.3 MB Download
recorded on april 9, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 075 Māgandiya: To Māgandiya

The Buddha uses an unforgettable simile about a leper scratching an insatiable itch from a cauterized wound to explain the nature of sensory pleasure and how an end can not be found by satisfying desire. There is also an explanation of what type of pleasure is far superior, and why we should pursue it (but not in Thanissaro's sutta text excerpt, see B.Bodhi version).

Another interesting event in this sutta is how the Buddha scathingly denounces wrong views of certain other Brahmans in a very humorous way.

Sutta text is an excerpt only, missing first portion of sutta
Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, sutta text
Read by frank_k, 17min 2s 15.5 MB Download
recorded on march 26, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 08.0053: Saṅkhitta gotamiyovāda [Saṃkhitta]: To Gotami

AN 08.0053: Saṅkhitta gotamiyovāda [Saṃkhitta]: To Gotami

Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, sutta text
Read by Bhikkhu K, 2min 40s 2,45 MB Download
recorded on march 24, 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 22.059 Pañcavaggiya [Anattalakkhaṇa]: Discourse for first 5 disciples [on not-self characteristic]

SN 22.059 Pañcavaggiya [Anattalakkhaṇa]: Discourse for first 5 disciples [on not-self characteristic]

This is the 2nd sermon given by the Buddha, to his first 5 disciples.

Translator: Piya Tan, sutta text
Read by frank_k, 9min 27s 8.8 MB Download
recorded on march 2011 licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 , sutta text ©2010 Piya Tan
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SN 22.001 Nakulapita Sutta: To Nakulapita

SN 22.001 Nakulapita Sutta: To Nakulapita
Read by Bhikkhu K,  11min 47s  10.0MB Download

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KN Thag 04.0295-0298 [4.8] Rāhula: To Rāhula

This sutta already blogged recently, but I'm testing out my ability to do a podcast, the podcatcher (juice), which seems to need an mp3 hyperlink in the blog title, and our new footer hyperlink. Let's see if it all worked...
-Frank

KN Thag 04: Catukanipāto (Chapter of 4 verses)

KN Thag 04.0295-0298 [4.8] Rāhula: To Rāhula
Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, sutta text
Read by rdrbkh, 1min 20s 1.2MB Download

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AN 05.0159 Udāyī Sutta: About Udāyī

AN 05.0159 Udāyī Sutta: About Udāyī
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AN 04.0001 Anubuddha: Understanding

AN 04.0001 Anubuddha: Understanding Read by rdrbkh,  2min 42s  2.47MB Download

MN 004 Bhayabherava: Fear and Terror

MN 004 Bhayabherava: Fear and Terror Read by frank_k,  18min 0s  16.4MB Download

KN Thag 04.0295-0298 [4.8] Rahula: To Rahula

SN 45.8: Vibhanga: An analysis of the Path

SN 45.8: Vibhaṅga: An analysis of the Path translated by Ajahn Thanissaro. Read by rdrfrn.