0552 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, LII (Nalaka Sutta)

Episode 0552 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, LII (Nalaka Sutta)

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Reading & commentary on Nalaka Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Cosmic praise at Siddhartha Gautama's birth, and his later teaching to Nalaka, nephew of Atisa. Essentials of the recluse life, the 'highest-gradient' path to complete release, and 4 modes of patipada.

 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

* Nalaka Sutta (trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.3.11.than.html

* Nalaka Sutta (back-story): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nalaka-sutta#theravada

* Nalaka: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nalaka#theravada

* Patipada ('modes of progress'): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/patipada#theravada

* 4 Ways of Patipada (from Wings of Awakening, II; Thanissaro Bhikkhu): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings/part2.html#passage-84

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