0544 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XLVIII (Salla Sutta)

Episode 0544 - Sutta Nipata, XLVIII (Salla Sutta)

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Reading & commentary on the Salla Sutta ("the Arrow"), translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Gautama's teaching on the inevitability of death, and counsel for those grieving the loss of loved ones.

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

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

* Salla Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp3_8.html

* Salla Sutta (back-story): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/salla-sutta

* Patacara Theri (biography): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/patacara#theravada

* Pañcasata Patacara Sutta (Patacara's 500): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig6_1.html

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