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SN 46:14 Maha Kassapatthera Bojjhanga Sutta, Discourse on Enlightenment Factors Preached to Arahant Kassapa
The Supreme Buddha recites the Enlightenment Factors to Arahant Mahā Kassapa to help him overcome illness.
Buddhanussati: Verses of Recollection on the Buddha
A wise monk meditates on the Buddha’s infinite and pervasive virtues as his first contemplation.
Contemplation of Impermanence in the Sense Bases
Because the eye arises due to causes, changes quickly, and ceases , the eye is impermanent.
AN 4:68 Khandha Paritta, Loving Kindness towards Royal Tribes of Snakes
The Supreme Buddha teaches us how to practice loving-kindness towards all living beings and get protection against creeping creatures.
Ja 159 Mora Paritta, The Bodhisatta-Peacock’s Prayer for Protection
The verses of protection chanted by Bodhisatta-Peacock which protected him from all dangers.
MN 12 The Similes of the Five Destinations and Nibbana
The following similes that explain the Supreme Buddha’s lokavidū quality are found in the Maha Siha Nada sutta. You can read the whole sutta here. There are these five destinations. What five? Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods. I understand hell, and the path and practice that leads to hell….
SN 56:31 Simsapa Forest
How can we understand the vast knowledge of a Supreme Buddha? Of that vast knowledge, what did he share with us? At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in a siṁsapā forest. Then the Buddha picked up a few siṁsapā leaves in his hand and addressed the mendicants: “What do you think, mendicants?…
AN 9.20 About Velama
How does the Buddha want us to give a gift so that it is of the greatest benefit? How should we think about the merit of giving? How should we think about the merit of virtue and meditation? At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then the householder…
MN 8 Sallekha Sutta, Self-Effacement
In this discourse we learn ways of removing our defilements. So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Mahācunda came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the…
AN 5:162 Dutiya Aghatapativinaya Sutta, Getting Rid of Resentment
The chief disciple Arahant Sariputta gives us five methods to remove resentments we have towards people. Which one do you want to use? At Savatthi … There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!” “Reverend,” they replied. Sāriputta said this: “Reverends, a mendicant should use these five methods to completely get rid of resentment when…
Meditate after Work: Oct 16 Teachings Recap
We learned how to see good in others using similes from an amazing discourse taught by Arahant Sariputta, Dutiyaāghātapaṭivinaya Sutta. Then the devotees were reminded to control the internal sense faculties rather controlling external sense faculties from the Chacakka Sutta A new meditation technique was taught to overcome lust, anger and delusion. That was the…
SN 7.2 Akkosaka the Abuser
How does a Buddha react to someone filled with anger? Listen to a sermon on this sutta on Monks in the Morning. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. The brahmin Bharadvāja the Rude heard a rumor that a brahmin of the Bharadvāja clan had…