Agati Sutta – Not Losing the Way
The difficulties of not losing the way as far as maintaining a Dhamma practice has always been a challenge. Dhamma practice is likely even more difficult today…
Malunkyaputta Sutta – Staying Focused
I do not answer these questions as they are not fundamental with the goal. They do not develop disenchantment, dispassion, with calming, with unbinding, with direct knowledge, with awakening…
Agi-Vacchagotta Sutta, Foolish Questions
“Vaccha, the notion that ‘the cosmos is eternal’ is a thicket of views, as are all these views. These views are a wilderness of views. These views distort reality. These views are fetters…
The Meghiya Sutta
In the Meghiya Sutta, the Buddha teaches Meghiya five qualities that bring awakening or full human maturity…
The Anusota Sutta – Going With The Flow
It is remarkable how often the Buddha’s original teachings as preserved in the Pali Canon are simple and practical advice on staying focused within the framework …
Maha-Assapura Sutta
In the Maha-Assapura Sutta the Buddha teaches the assembled monks and nuns that being known as “contemplatives” and identifying as contemplatives does not fully describe the qualities of one following the Eightfold Path…
Unanswered Questions The Khema Sutta
The Buddha did not make a definitive declaration or left unanswered, questions that could not be answered as the declaration or direct answer would likely develop additional confusion or distraction…
Sankhitta Sutta – A Monk’s Concise Teaching
The Sankhitta Sutta – A Monk’s Concise Teaching recounts the teaching given to a monk who was eager to develop the Buddha’s teaching in seclusion….
Akankha Sutta Wishes Granted
In the Akankha Sutta the Buddha addresses the assembled sangha on the wish to be helpful to others. He teaches that having a mind inclined to compassion and wisdom is noble…
The Buddha Sutta – The Self-Governing Principle of Awakening
There are three governing principles of awakening. The self, the cosmos, and the Dhamma are the governing principles of awakening…
Upajjhatthana Sutta – 5 Subjects For Contemplation
In the Upajjhatthana Sutta the Buddha teaches that there are five subjects that should be mindfully considered as part of developing release from clinging…
The Alagaddupama Sutta – The Water Snake
In the Alagaddupama Sutta – The Water Snake Sutta, the Buddha uses the simile of a water snake to teach the nature of clinging maintained by a mind conditioned by confused and deluded views…
The Kalama Sutta – A Refined Dhamma
In the Kalama Sutta the Buddha addresses greed, hatred and deluded thinking directly as a way of pointing out how other teachings fail to directly address the defilements…
The Karaniya Metta Sutta
The Karaniya Metta shows that the most loving and compassionate action that anyone can take is to engage wholeheartedly with the direct teachings of the Buddha and awaken…