0550 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, LI (Kokālika Sutta, II)

Episode 0550 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, LI (Kokālika Sutta, II)

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Completion of the reading & commentary on 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 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

* Anantarika ("Non-interval") Karma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantarika-karma

* Naraka (Hell realms, Early Buddhist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)

* Diyu (Hell realms, Chinese): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyu

* 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