0531- TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXXXI (Sundarika Bhāradvāja Sutta, IV)

Episode 0531- TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XXXXI (Sundarika Bhāradvāja Sutta, IV)

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Part IV of extended commentary on the Sundarika Bharadvaja Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu -- with comparison between Theravadan Pali Buddha-Dhamma and Vedantic-Upanishadic principles of theory, practice & the goal of spiritual path transformation.

Pali Canon teachings on nibbana, "the all," and non-manifest consciousness in relation to comparable doctrines in Pre-Buddhistic Upanishads. Additional perspectives from the Law of One (L/L Ra Material). 

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

* Sundarika Bharadvaja Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp3_4.html

* Moneyya Sutta: On Sagacity (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_123.html

* Sabba Sutta: The All (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN35_23.html

* "Consciousness without Surface" (Viññanam Anidassanam): https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=12510

* "Existence and the All" (Dhammawheel.com comments): https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27488

* "Nibbana is not viññāṇa" (Ajahn Sujato): https://sujato.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/vinnaṇa-is-not-nibbana-really-it-just-isn’t/

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