0499 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, part 25 (Utthana Sutta)

Episode 0499 - Sutta Nipata, part 25 (Utthana Sutta)
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Review & commentary on Utthana Sutta with translations by John D. Ireland and Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The importance of attentiveness, vigilance & initiative on the spiritual path -- heedfulness, balanced activity, and effort.

From right view & understanding to a personal scale of values in harmony with universal law -- leading to wise attentiveness, detachment, and respect for personal essentials. The agreement between Gautama's last words and Ra's teaching on the primacy of will and proper direction.

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

* Utthana Sutta (backstory): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/utthana-sutta#theravada

* Utthana (definitions from Dhammapada verse 280): http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/DLMBS/lesson/pali/reading/gatha280.htm

* Utthana Sutta (John D. Ireland): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.2.10.irel.html

* Utthana Sutta (Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp2_10.html

* Appamada (defnition & usage): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/appamada#theravada

* "Direction of the Will" (Ra Material, Session 57): https://www.lawofone.info/results.php?q=direction+of+the+will&st=phrase&sc=1

* Appamada Sutta (On Heedfulness; Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn03/sn03.017.than.html

* Talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi on Sutta Nipata (with PDF synopses):  https://bodhimonastery.org/sutta-nipata.html



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