0555 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, LIII (Nalaka Sutta, II)

Episode 0555 - Sutta Nipata, LIII (Nalaka Sutta, II)
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Part II conclusion of the reading & commentary on Nalaka Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Cosmic praise at Siddhartha Gautama's birth, and his later teaching to Nalaka, nephew of Asita. Some essentials of the recluse life, and the 'maximal-gradient' path to complete release (the "vertical rock-face ascent"). Moneyya Patipada and the moral perfection of body, speech, and mind.

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

* Muni (definition): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/muni

* Muni ("Saint," Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_(Saint)

* Moneyya Sutta (definition): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/moneyya-sutta#theravada

* Moneyya Patipada (from Great Chronicle of Buddhas, Ven. Mingun Sayadaw; ch. 11): https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/the-great-chronicle-of-buddhas/d/doc364479.html

* 4 Ways of Patipada (from Wings to Awakening, II; §84; 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