January 26, 2020

0480 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, part 15 (Amagandha Sutta)

Episode 0480 - Sutta Nipata, part 15 (Amagandha Sutta)
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Extended review & commentary on the Amagandha Sutta using the translation of Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Yogic views of Vegan-asceticism  diet as necessary for self-purification, vs. a Buddhist understanding that immorality is the true "rotting flesh stench" (amagandha).

* Sutta Nipata (Overview): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/index.html

* Amagandha Sutta (Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp2_2.html

* Amagandha (etymology): https://suttacentral.net/define/amagandha

* Amagandha Sutta (backstory): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/amagandha#theravada

* Talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi on Sutta Nipata: https://bodhimonastery.org/sutta-nipata.html


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