June 7, 2020

0515 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXXIII (Padhana Sutta)

Episode 0515 - Sutta Nipata, XXXIII (Padhana Sutta)
(Click on the above link, or here, for audio.)

Commentary on Padhana Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Mara approaches Gautama to prevent his efforts toward complete and perfect enlightenment.

Right effort & the means of working through personal desires toward single-minded spiritual seeking. Backstory to the sutta, and the 7 Factors of Enlightenment as a Buddhist treatment for mental bi-polarity.

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

* Padhana (definitions and the 4 types of exertion): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/padhana

* Padhana Sutta (Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.3.02.than.html

* Backstory to the sutta (Ven. Mingun Sayadaw, from: The Great Chronicle of Buddhas): https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-great-chronicle-of-buddhas/d/doc364445.html

* Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Satta Bojjhaṅgā; Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Factors_of_Awakening

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


Uploaded to YouTube on 5/13/2020

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