0521 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXXVI (Padhana Sutta, IV)

Episode 0521 - Sutta Nipata, XXXVI (Padhana Sutta, IV)
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Part IV commentary and final remarks on the Padhana Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Mara approaches Gautama to prevent his efforts toward complete and perfectenlightenment.

4 forms of Right Effort (exertion) and use of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment for excess/deficiency conditions. Review of the "10 Armies of Mara" & their defeat by development of the 5 Faculties (5 Powers) as a critical portion of the 37 factors ("Bodhipakkhiyā Dhammā").

* 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

* 10 Armies of Mara (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): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Factors_of_Awakening

* Bodhipakkhiyā Dhammā ("Qualities Conducive to Enlightenment"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhipakkhiyādhammā

* The Five Faculties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indriya

* The Five Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Strengths

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

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