Podcasts about Sutta

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A dharma talk exploring anattā through the five aggregates and the Anattālakkhaṇa Sutta, alongside Anāthapiṇḍika's deathbed teaching from Sāriputta. Weaves impermanence and death contemplation together with not-self - drawing on Thanissaro Bhikkhu's pragmatic (not metaphysical) framing of not-self - and closes with mettā as the natural fruit of a loosened, undefended heart.

* Substack: Wystan Bryant-Scott* Instagram: @wystantbs* Website: https://www.wystantbs.com/* Book a session: savvycal.com/wystantbs* X: WystanTBSI sat down with meditation teacher and phenomenologist Wystan Bryant-Scott to talk about jhana — the deep absorption states the Buddha taught, and why they're far more attainable than most people think. We get into why renunciation isn't about denying yourself pleasure but finding something better than it, how a harsh, adversarial relationship with practice quietly wrecks people (and how to soften it without losing rigor), the role of metta and the brahmaviharas in setting up insight, and the “world is a flame” teaching from the Aditta-pariyaya Sutta. We close on soul-making, why desire itself was never the problem, and the difference between things fading as you see their emptiness versus a fuller freedom that doesn't need anything to fade at all.Timestamps:0:00 — Who Wystan is and his practice background1:13 — Why practice jhana at all3:43 — Renunciation as deeply pleasurable, not deprivation8:26 — Calming the adversarial relationship with your own practice18:31 — Is metta a “lesser” practice than jhana? How it deepens insight26:02 — “The world is still aflame” — the Fire Sermon38:36 — Soul-making, arrows, and Rob Burbea39:25 — Desire isn't the problem — fixation is46:36 — Emptiness, dependent origination, and why things don't have to fade52:36 — What still drives his practice after all this time55:03 — Why awakening matters even for someone in total isolation Get full access to Becoming Conscious at becomeconscious.substack.com/subscribe

In this meaningful talk on the power of forgiveness, Ajahn Brahm tells personal stories that illustrate the enormous importance of offering unconditional forgiveness to ourselves and our loved ones, a practice that can lead to profound healing, trust, and peace. After the 45-minute talk, he dedicates an additional 45 minutes answering questions from the audience. Sutta reference: AN 6.49: Khema Sutta (not better, equal, or worse) https://suttacentral.net/an6.49 This teaching by Ajahn Brahm was given in the UK, at Sheffield on the 19th of November 2025. Teaching retrieved from Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnq7hQtZTfs&t=3143s Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. Donations to Anukampa are welcome, please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/ Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about one of the more challenging teachings of the Buddha: "Grief, pain, sorrow, frustration, depression and despair are born from what is dear to us, they originate from what we love." You can find the sutta Ajahn mentions in his talk at: Majjhima Nikāya / Middle Length Discourses No. 87 'Piyajātika Sutta' / 'Born from What is Dear' https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN87.htmlDhammagiri Forest Hermitage:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our email Newsletter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Latest Photos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://latest-pics.dhammagiri.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Youtube Channel:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724#attachment #clinging #grief #dhamma #dhammatalk #buddhism

Ajahn Brahm discusses the Bahiya Sutta through the lens of various teachings across the Pali Canon, dispelling myths around the apparent ease with which Bahiya achieves Enlightenment by bringing out Bahiya's full story and demonstrating through the Buddha's own words that there are no shortcuts to Awakening. This teaching was given on a retreat during Ajahn Brahm's visit to Anukampa in the UK.  Sutta references: https://suttacentral.net/?lang=en Udana 1.10: Bahiya Sutta SN 35.95: Malunkyaputta Sutta MN 64: Mahamalunkyaputta Sutta AN 10.61: Ignorance MN 68: Nalakapana Sutta Teaching retrieved from Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtY1JBLWtvc&t=3s Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. Donations to Anukampa are welcome, please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/ Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

Ajahn Brahm discusses the sutta 72 from the Majjhima Nikaya: The Vacchagotta Sutta, "With Vacchagotta on Fire", link to teaching. Read MN72 on Sutta Central here. "Refusing to take a stance regarding useless metaphysical speculations, the Buddha illustrates the spiritual goal with the simile of a flame going out.”, Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available: https://bswa.org/teachings/ https://buddhacity.podbean.com/ https://deeperdhamma.podbean.com/  

June 14,2026 Maha Sihananda Sutta A disrobed monk, Sunakkhatta, attacks the Buddha's teaching because it merely leads to the end of suffering. The Buddha counters that this is, in fact, praise, and goes on to enumerate his many profound and powerful achievements.

May 17 Part 2 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta Explanation -Continuing with Feeling

May 10, 2026 MN 10 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta Delson goes through the first half of the sutta and explains it. ***Here the Buddha details the seventh factor of the noble eightfold path, mindfulness meditation. This collects many of the meditation teachings found throughout the canon, especially the foundational practices focusing on the body, and is regarded as one of the most important meditation discourses.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This closing talk distills the sixteen steps of the Ānāpānasati Sutta into what's most portable for daily life — calming the body, calming the mind, opening the heart, and letting go — offered as one continuous gesture rather than four separate teachings. We'll explore simple, concrete tools for carrying retreat-mind into ordinary moments, and extend the practice into patience and sīla as it meets daily relationship and speech. The talk closes with reflections on love, belonging, and letting go: what becomes possible once the hands are finally empty enough to receive what is already here.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This closing talk distills the sixteen steps of the Ānāpānasati Sutta into what's most portable for daily life — calming the body, calming the mind, opening the heart, and letting go — offered as one continuous gesture rather than four separate teachings. We'll explore simple, concrete tools for carrying retreat-mind into ordinary moments, and extend the practice into patience and sīla as it meets daily relationship and speech. The talk closes with reflections on love, belonging, and letting go: what becomes possible once the hands are finally empty enough to receive what is already here.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This closing talk distills the sixteen steps of the Ānāpānasati Sutta into what's most portable for daily life — calming the body, calming the mind, opening the heart, and letting go — offered as one continuous gesture rather than four separate teachings. We'll explore simple, concrete tools for carrying retreat-mind into ordinary moments, and extend the practice into patience and sīla as it meets daily relationship and speech. The talk closes with reflections on love, belonging, and letting go: what becomes possible once the hands are finally empty enough to receive what is already here.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This closing talk distills the sixteen steps of the Ānāpānasati Sutta into what's most portable for daily life — calming the body, calming the mind, opening the heart, and letting go — offered as one continuous gesture rather than four separate teachings. We'll explore simple, concrete tools for carrying retreat-mind into ordinary moments, and extend the practice into patience and sīla as it meets daily relationship and speech. The talk closes with reflections on love, belonging, and letting go: what becomes possible once the hands are finally empty enough to receive what is already here.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The four boundless qualities off the cushion, as they meet the actual world. A motel chain's accidental bodhisattva vow, a bus station, the Lincoln Memorial steps, a border crossing, a hospice room, and the Buddha's final instruction with the Karajakāya Sutta's promise about how far love can carry a heart.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The four boundless qualities off the cushion, as they meet the actual world. A motel chain's accidental bodhisattva vow, a bus station, the Lincoln Memorial steps, a border crossing, a hospice room, and the Buddha's final instruction with the Karajakāya Sutta's promise about how far love can carry a heart.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The four boundless qualities off the cushion, as they meet the actual world. A motel chain's accidental bodhisattva vow, a bus station, the Lincoln Memorial steps, a border crossing, a hospice room, and the Buddha's final instruction with the Karajakāya Sutta's promise about how far love can carry a heart.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Drawing on Bhikkhu Anālayo's scholarship on the Ānāpānasati Sutta, this talk explores the second tetrad of mindfulness of breathing: the four steps in which joy, happiness, and the subtler mental formations become doorways into deep practice. We look at why pleasure, met clearly, has always belonged on the path, and how the Buddha's own early memory of ease under a rose-apple tree pointed him toward awakening long before any formal practice did. Along the way we'll draw on the words of contemporary BIPOC and queer dharma teachers on what it means to actually receive joy in the body, and explore practical instructions for steeping in wholesome pleasure and calming it without losing it.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Drawing on Bhikkhu Anālayo's scholarship on the Ānāpānasati Sutta, this talk explores the second tetrad of mindfulness of breathing: the four steps in which joy, happiness, and the subtler mental formations become doorways into deep practice. We look at why pleasure, met clearly, has always belonged on the path, and how the Buddha's own early memory of ease under a rose-apple tree pointed him toward awakening long before any formal practice did. Along the way we'll draw on the words of contemporary BIPOC and queer dharma teachers on what it means to actually receive joy in the body, and explore practical instructions for steeping in wholesome pleasure and calming it without losing it.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Drawing on Bhikkhu Anālayo's scholarship on the Ānāpānasati Sutta, this talk explores the second tetrad of mindfulness of breathing: the four steps in which joy, happiness, and the subtler mental formations become doorways into deep practice. We look at why pleasure, met clearly, has always belonged on the path, and how the Buddha's own early memory of ease under a rose-apple tree pointed him toward awakening long before any formal practice did. Along the way we'll draw on the words of contemporary BIPOC and queer dharma teachers on what it means to actually receive joy in the body, and explore practical instructions for steeping in wholesome pleasure and calming it without losing it.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Apr 5, 2026 MN 8 Effacement - Sallekha Sutta How to use the 8 fold path to purify the mind-What is Conceit? The Buddha differentiates between peaceful meditation and spiritual practices that encompass the whole of life. He lists forty-four aspects, which he explains as “effacement”, the wearing away of conceit. How to use the 8 fold path   https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false

MN 7 Mar 29, 2026 Vatthupama Sutta The Simile of the Cloth The many different kinds of impurities that defile the mind are compared to a dirty cloth. When the mind is clean we find joy, which leads to states of higher consciousness. Finally, the Buddha rejects the Brahmanical notion that purity comes from bathing in sacred rivers.

Mar 22, 2026 MN 6 Akankheyya Sutta 'IF A BHIKKHU SHOULD WISH' According to the Buddha, careful observance of ethical precepts is the foundation of all higher achievements in the spiritual life. "Follow your precepts and everything higher follows!"

Mar 15, 2026 MN 5: Anaṅgaṇa Sutta – Unblemished This sutta, found in the Majjhima Nikāya, explores the nature of mental blemishes and the importance of self-awareness in spiritual development. Ven. Sāriputta explains four types of individuals based on whether they are blemished or unblemished and whether they recognize their state. The key insight is that true virtue lies not in being free of flaws, but in recognizing them and striving to overcome them.

Mar 8, 2026 Majjhima Nikāya Bhayabherava Sutta No.4 Fear and Dread How Sila or Morality is the basis for a mind free from hindrances. The Buddha explains the difficulties of living in the wilderness, and how they are overcome by purity of conduct and meditation. He recounts some of the fears and obstacles he faced during his own practice.

Ajahn Brahm discusses the sutta 1.10 from the Udāna: The Bahiya Sutta, "With Bahiya", link to teaching. Read Ud1.10 on Sutta Central here. "The ascetic Bāhiya becomes an arahant after receiving a brief teaching about adding nothing to sensory experience.”, Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available: https://bswa.org/teachings/ https://buddhacity.podbean.com/ https://deeperdhamma.podbean.com/

Mar 1, 2026 Dhammadāyādasutta Heirs in Dhamma Some of the Buddha's students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha's example we can experience the fruits of the path.

Feb 22, 2026 MN 2 Sabbasava Sutta -All the Taints Talking about Distractions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) In this talk, Aishah Shahidah Simmons explores the Buddha's teaching on the Five Hindrances — Sensual Desire, Ill Will, Sloth and Torpor, Restlessness and Worry, and Doubt — drawing on the Saṅgārava Sutta's water similes, the lineage of Sayagyi U Bha Kin through Rev. Dr. Leon E. Wright, and the words of Toni Cade Bambara and Audre Lorde. Offered through a BIPOC lens on Juneteenth, this teaching invites recognizing the hindrances with tenderness, not self-judgment, as a lifetime's practice toward liberation.

Venerable Radha is teaching sutta MN18 from the Majjhika Nikaya: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta referencing this slide. Read MN18 on Sutta Central here. “Challenged by a brahmin, the Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccāna draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon.”, Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available: https://bswa.org/teachings/ https://buddhacity.podbean.com/ https://deeperdhamma.podbean.com/  

Contrasting a book of philosophy where every page offers a new way to think about reality with the Buddha Dharma's insistence on direct verification, Hogen argues that contentment and gratitude aren't ideas to adopt but discoveries that arise naturally when we stop managing our experience and simply look closely. ★ Support this podcast ★

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 26 :  – Morning Sutta Session – 17th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 16 :  –  Guided Meditation , MEDITATION SESSION , Q & A – 13th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 15 :  – Afternoon Sutta Session -  13th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 14 :  –  - Morning Sutta Session – 13th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 13 :  –  MEDITATION SESSION , Q & A – 12th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 11 :  –- Morning Sutta Session  - 12th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 10 :  –  MEDITATION SESSION , Q & A – 11th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 8 :  – - Morning Sutta Session – 11th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 9 :  –  Afternoon Sutta Session -  11th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 7 :  –  MEDITATION SESSION , Q & A - 10th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 6 :  –  Afternoon Sutta Session - 10th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 5 :  - Morning Sutta Session - 10th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 4 :  - MEDITATION SESSION , Q & A – 9th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org  

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 3 :    Afternoon Sutta Session– 9th May 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

9 Day Sutta Retreat with  Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 8th May - 17th May 2026. Track 1 :  –  Introduction – 8th May 26 . See the full retreat on here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia www.bswa.org

In this powerful and practical talk livestreamed from Thames Buddhist Vihara, Ajahn Brahm encourages listeners to question how we limit ourselves with the scope of our perceptions, urging us to consciously use kindful, open-minded perception in the face of difficulty as a tool to heal our bodies and minds, live happily, and find the path to Enlightenment. This session ends with an hour-long Q&A.  Sutta references: https://suttacentral.net/ DN 29: Pāsādika Sutta (9. Indulgence in Pleasure)  MN 36: Mahāsaccaka Sutta (not afraid of non-sensual pleasures)  AN 6.49: Khema Sutta (not better, equal, or worse) This teaching by Ajahn Brahm was given in the UK, at Thames Buddhist Vihara, on the 17th of November 2025.   Teaching retrieved from Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzM-XpJIC0 Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. Donations to Anukampa are welcome, please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/ Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available from: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube

(Insight Meditation Community of Richmond) Every moment of experience arrives simple and bare, but the mind rarely leaves it that way. This talk explores SN 35.95, the Māluṅkyaputta Sutta, and Māluṅkyaputta's insight that suffering is not in what we experience, but in what we add to it.