0509 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXX (Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, II)

Episode 0509 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXX (Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, II)
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Part II of commentary on Samma Paribbajaniya Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The Mahasamaya sutta backstory from Great Chronicle of the Buddhas (Ven. Mingun Sayadaw),with additional overview from Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.

Core elements and teachings of the Buddhist Eightfold Noble Path, from clarification of right view to the way of Sila-Samadhi-Prajna.

* 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

* Taiwan Beauty Snake (Google images):  https://www.google.com/search?q=taiwan+beauty+snake&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitsdXJ8p7pAhWPwpQKHVQEDksQ_AUoAXoECBYQAw&biw=1093&bih=548&dpr=1.67

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

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