0548 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, L (Kokālika Sutta)

Episode 0548 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, L (Kokālika Sutta)

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Reading & commentary on the Kokālika Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Gautama's teaching to Kokālika, follower of Devadatta, regarding conduct that leads to the hell realms (Niraya), and conditions of experience therein.

Additional perspectives from Hindu Yoga & Vedanta, the Law of One (L/L Ra Material), and personal experience -- with implications for our spiritual path.

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

* Kokālika Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp3_10.html

* Sutta backstory: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kokalika-sutta#theravada

* Kokalika backstory: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kokalika#theravada

* Dhammapada, IX: Evil (trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Dhp/Ch09.html#dhp125

* Dhammapada, XII: Hell (trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Dhp/Ch22.html#dhp306

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