Episode 0546 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, XLIX (Vāseṭṭha Sutta)
(Click on the above link, or here, for audio.)
Reading & commentary on the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (to Vāseṭṭha, the Brahmin),
translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Gautama's teaching on what constitutes a true
Brahmin, proper classification of human being, and various qualities of awakened
mind & path-completion.
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
* Vāseṭṭha Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp3_9.html
* Vāseṭṭha (back-story): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vasettha#theravada
* Vāseṭṭha Sutta (back-story): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vasettha-sutta#theravada
* "Effluents" (Asava): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asava
* Talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi on Sutta Nipata (with PDF synopses): https://bodhimonastery.org/sutta-nipata.html
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