0537 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XLIV (Sabhiya Sutta #1)

Episode 0537 - Sutta Nipata, XLIV (Sabhiya Sutta #1)

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Part 1 of reading & commentary on the Sabhiya Sutta (to the Brahmin Sabhiya), translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. 20 questions to Gautama on the nature of one perfectly spiritually attained. Qualities of final awakening and the goal of the Buddhist path.

Additional perspectives from Vedantic Brahminism, and the Law of One (L/L Ra Material) -- with various implications for personal life.

* Sutta Nipata (Overview): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit... * Sabhiya Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): * Sabhiya Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu):
* Sabhiya Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN...

* Mahavastu (trans., J.J. Jones, 1949): https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/bo...

* Mahavastu, Chapter XXXVIII, Questions of Sabhika (J.J. Jones):     

        https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/bo...

* "The Such One" (Tathāgata; Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tathāgata

* Talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi on Sutta Nipata (with PDF synopses):

        https://bodhimonastery.org/sutta-nipa...