0482 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, part 16 (Hiri Sutta)

Episode 0482 - Sutta Nipata, part 16 (Hiri Sutta)
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Extended review & commentary on the Hiri Sutta with translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Various definitions of the Pali terms "hiri" and "ottappa," and the basis of true friendship by wise restraint.

Moral shame and dread, 'healthy guilt and shame,' and avoidance of what causes shame, regret, remorse, social disgrace & personal embarassment. Qualities of a false friend, mindfulness & the growth of a mature moral sensitivity.

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

* Conscience (Etymology): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conscience

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

* Hiri and Ottappa: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hiri-ottappa

* Hiri Sutta (background): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hiri-sutta#theravada

* Hiri Sutta (S.N. 1:18): http://myweb.ncku.edu.tw/~lsn46/Tipitaka/Sutta/Samyutta/U_Tin_U/hiri.htm

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

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