0507 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXIX (Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, I)

Episode 0507 - Sutta Nipata, XXIX (Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, I)
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Part I of commentary on the Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, with translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The Mahasamaya backstory to the sutta from Great Chronicle of the Buddhas (Ven. Mingun Sayadaw) with added commentary from Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.

Buddhist cosmology & embellishment; levels of collective mental development past and present (distortion vs. complexity) & the transit from Theravadan to Mahayana to Vajrayana traditions. The Mahasamaya Sutta in 6 parts, attendance of devas & Brahmas, Burmese Buddha-Dhamma and the strict Bhikkhu path to release.

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

* Backstory to the sutta: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sammaparibbajaniya-sutta#theravada

* The Mahasamaya event: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mahasamaya#theravada

* Backstory to Mahasamaya (The Great Chronicle of Buddhas, by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw): https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-great-chronicle-of-buddhas/d/doc364533.html

* Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw on Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta (PDF): http://www.aimwell.org/sammaparibbajaniya.html

* Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta (translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp2_13.html

* Ven. Mingun Sayadaw (Google images): https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mingun+Sayadaw%22&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjtmPbB-froAhWVA5QKHQ_aDK4Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22Mingun+Sayadaw%22&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyBAgAEB4yBAgAEBgyBAgAEBhQ_ixY_ixgxjRoAHAAeACAAUCIAUCSAQExmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=46afXq2bAZWH0ASPtLPwCg&bih=548&biw=1100

* The Man from Earth (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Earth

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

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