Ajahn Brahm discusses the 53rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - The Sekha Sutta: A Trainee. "The Buddha is invited by his family, the Sakyans of Kapilavatthu, to inaugurate a new community hall. He invites Venerable Ānanda to explain in detail the stages of spiritual practice for a lay trainee," Sutta Central.  Click here to read MN53 on Sutta Central or Access To Insight.  Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

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MN53 Sekha Sutta - A Trainee | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 24 January 2010

Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 83rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Makhadeva Sutta, "About King Makhadeva". Click here to read MN83 on Sutta Central. "A rare extended mythic narrative, telling of an ancient kingly lineage and their eventual downfall," Sutta Central.  Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN83 Makhadeva Sutta -About King Makhadeva | Ajahn Brahmali | 08-11-2009

Ajahn Brahm discusses the 125th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya; the Dantabhumi Sutta, "The Discourse on the Tamed Sage." "A young monk is unable to persuade a prince of the blessings of peace of mind. The Buddha offers similes based on training an elephant that would have been successful, as this was a field the prince was familiar with," Sutta Central. Read MN125 on Sutta Central or Access to Insight.  Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN125: Dantabhumi Sutta - Discourse on the Tamed Sage | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 10-01-2010

Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 74th sutta from the Anguttara Nikaya 7's: Araka Sutta - Araka's Teachings.  Read AN7.74 here on Sutta Central. "Araka was a famous teacher long ago, when the life span was much greater than today. Nevertheless, he still taught impermanence; how much more is it relevant today!" Sutta Central.  Please support the BSWA in making teachings available online for free via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

AN7.74 Araka Sutta - Araka’s Teachings | Ajahn Brahmali | 28 June 2009

Ajahn Hasapanna discusses sutta 7 from the Majjhima Nikaya: the Vatthupama Sutta, “The Simile of the Cloth”. Read MN7 here on Sutta Central: https://suttacentral.net/search?query=MN7 “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,” Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN7: The Simile of the Cloth – Vatthupama Sutta | Ajahn Hasapanna | 27 December 2020

Ajahn Brahm discusses the 44th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Culavedalla Sutta, a teaching by the Venerable Dhammadinna an arahat bhikkhuni disciple of the Buddha. Read MN44 here on Sutta Central. "The layman Visākha asks the nun Dhammadinnā about various difficult matters, including some of the highest meditation attainments. The Buddha fully endorses her answers", Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN44 Culavedalla Sutta - the Shorter Classification | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 25-10-2009

Ajahn Vayama discusses the 47th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: Vimamsaka Sutta, "The Inquirer". Click here to read MN47 on Sutta Central. "While some spiritual teachers prefer to remain in obscurity, the Buddha not only encouraged his followers to closely investigate him, but gave them a detailed and demanding method to do so," Sutta Central.  Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN47 Vimamsaka Sutta - The Inquirer | Ajahn Vayama | 25-05-2008

Ajahn Brahm discusses the 18th sutta of Majjhima Nikaya - the Madhupindika Sutta, "the Honey Ball". "Challenged by a brahmin, the Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccana draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon," Sutta Central. Click here to read MN18 on Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.  

MN18: Madhupindika Sutta - The Honey Ball | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 26-04-2009

Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 73rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Mahavacchagotta Sutta - the Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta. Click here to read MN73 on Sutta Central. "In the final installment of the “Vacchagotta trilogy”, Vacchagotta lets go his obsession with meaningless speculation and asks about practice," Sutta Central. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

MN73 Mahavacchagotta Sutta - the Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta | Ajahn Brahmali | 25-01-2009

Ajahn Brahm discusses the 14th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Culadukkhakhanda Sutta, "the Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering". Read MN14 here on Sutta Central. "A lay person is puzzled at how, despite their long practice, they still have greedy or hateful thoughts. The Buddha explains the importance of absorption meditation for letting go such attachments. But he also criticizes self-mortification and recounts a previous dialog with Jain ascetics", Sutta Central.  To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

MN14 Culadukkhakhanda Sutta - Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 22-03-2009

Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo discuss the suttas on "Dependent Origination" e.g. the suttas from the Connected Discourses on Causation (SN 12), as well as DN 15 and MN 38. This series consists of 6 workshops over six consecutive Saturdays. View the readings and find the entire series here: https://bswa.org/dependent-origination-workshop-program-reading-materials/ Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Dependent Origination Workshop VI (part 17) | Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo | 5 December 2020

Dependent Origination Workshop VI (part 16) | Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo | 5 December 2020

Dependent Origination Workshop VI (part 15) | Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo | 5 December 2020

Dependent Origination Workshop IV (part 14) | Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo | 28 November 2020

Dependent Origination Workshop IV (part 13) | Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo | 28 November 2020

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