The Sutta Weekly

The Buddha tells us about the ‘footprints' which lead us to the ultimate truth, that until we reach the real destination, we must not totally believe in the ‘footprints'. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN27.html

In this discourse, the Buddha talks of two kinds of ‘searches': ignoble and noble. Also, he mentions his own spiritual journey and speaks of the drawbacks of falling for the strings of sensuality. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN26.html

In the MN 25, the Buddha uses the analogy of a poison-grass sower to show how we might be derailed from the right path and make mistakes. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN25.html Twitter: @thesuttaweekly

This sutta highlights the point that the sole purpose of Buddhism is to end our suffering, not anything else. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN24.html

In this sutta, the Buddha reminds us strongly of the dangers of grasping his teachings wrongly. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN22.html

In this sutta, the Buddha reiterates to us to practice kindness and compassion even when other people are being bad to us. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN21.html

In this sutta, the Buddha gives us tips to drive the unskilful away. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN20.html

The Buddha sorts thinking into two types - thinking imbued with sensuality, ill will and harmfulness, and thinking imbued with renunciation, non-ill will and harmlessness. We must follow the latter and abandon the former for the benefit of us and the world.

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about papañca, the mental tendencies that erupt into outer violence.

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about the importance of experiencing meditative bliss in order to escape sensuality, the drawbacks of sensuality, and also the futility of practising asceticism.

In this sutta, the Buddha speaks about the allure, drawbacks and escape from sensuality, forms and feeling. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN13.html

In this sutta, the Buddha speaks of his various faculties that rightly make him the Tathagata. His teachings aren't hammered out of logical reasoning but from direct penetration of the ultimate truths. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN12.html

In the MN 11, the Buddha highlights the importance of perfectly comprehending clinging, for failing to understand it leads us to the unskilful views of either becoming of non-becoming. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN11.html

A very important discourse in which the Buddha provides us instructions on how to practice mindfulness. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN10.html

In this sutta, Venerable Sariputta explains the different aspects of right view. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN9.html

In this discourse, the Buddha speaks about the importance of doing away with the defilements. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN7.html

In this sutta, the Buddha lists the importance and merits of maintaining the precepts. Although, the precepts in discussion are those for the monks, patimokhha, I think, the Buddha also indirectly tells us lay folks of the advantages of following our five precepts. References: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN6.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pāṭimokkha https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-five-precepts/

In this discourse that takes place between Ven. Sariputta and Ven. Mahamogallana, we learn about the importance of self-awareness. Even if we are doing the right thing, we need to be aware of it and keep it up. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN5.html

The Buddha speaks about the qualities we need to be able to live and meditate in the wilderness. Also, he recalls his way to unbinding, the three knowledges he attained. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN4.html

Effluents, or ‘asavas' as they are called in Pali, generate karma and bind us to more suffering. To be completely free from the clutches of suffering, we have to do away with the effluents. So, the Buddha gives us seven ways in which we can abandon effluents. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN2.html

In this sutta, the Buddha explains why it's not appropriate to apply the root principle to the Dhamma. They lead us to clinging to views, which is one of the reasons behind our suffering. Check out https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN1.html for the full sutta.

I've decided to revamp the podcast, changing the podcast title and style of episodes. Starting from now, I'll be making summaries of the suttas from the Pali Tipitaka every week. The source of my references will be the https://www.dhammatalks.org Bhante Thanissaro is the best monk I've ever heard. You can find his sutta translations, articles and lectures there in the link.