Saturday, April 30, 2011

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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Monday, April 25, 2011

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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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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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