Here you’ll find detailed explorations of key discourses (suttas) from the Pāli Canon. These writings aim to bring out the directness and clarity of the Buddha’s original message.
The Threefold Training for Discipline and Wisdom
The relationship between discipline, meditation, and wisdom forms the core of the Buddha “Threefold Training” (tisso sikkhā). They act as…
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🐒 The Simile of the Monkey and the Fleeting Mind
SN12.61 – AssutavāsuttaSummaryThis sutta highlights the instability of the human mind by comparing it to a monkey swinging through trees,…
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Six Pillars of Impossibility for Sotapanna
Based on this sutta, a person with ‘right view’ (referred to in the Pali text as a diṭṭhisampanno puggalo, meaning…
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The Practice for One in Training
The steps for a disciple in training, as taught by Venerable Ananda at the Buddha’s request, are divided into two…
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Nibbedhika Sutta: Penetrative Exposition of the Dhamma
The “Nibbedhika Sutta” presents a systematic framework known as the penetrative exposition of the Dhamma (nibbedhikapariyāyo dhammapariyāyo). It outlines six…
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Practice of Samathā and Vipassanā
Search Previous Next Clear Within the Majjhima Nikāya, two discourses—Dīghanakha Sutta and Mahāsakuludāyi Sutta—offer a particularly insightful foundation for understanding…
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What should I practice and preach?
During my understanding of dhamma, found that there are two paths to perfection. One through saddha wherein one starts to…
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The Destruction of Wrong Views and Self-Clinging
What is a view (diṭṭhi)? How many bases of views (diṭṭhiṭṭhānāni) are there? How many causes of obsession with views…
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The Discourse on Rebirth by will
This is a detailed analysis of the Saṅkhārupapatti Sutta (MN 120): The Discourse on Rebirth by Volitional Formation.This sutta explains…
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Aspirations and the Practice of Virtue
This discourse details the path required for a monastic practitioner to achieve any desired outcome, beginning with the foundational mandate…
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Partial and full extinguishment
We are now taking up AN7.55 Purisagatisutta, seven destinies of beings (satta purisagatiyo) as found in the Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN…
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Chariot relay of purification
Let us go over Path to Purification and how the gradual training works in Buddha’s dispensation. The sutta which is…
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