Bhante reads Sutta 95 Majjhima Nikaya and makes comments as he goes. In this Sutta the Buddha describes to a young Brahmin follower the preservation of truth, the discovery of truth, and the final arrival at truth.
During the Summer of 2008 Bhante Vimalaramsi led a retreat and each evening he would read and comment on various Suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya and the Samyutta Nikaya.
1:17:47
MN 29 Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood
Here Bhante Vimalaramsi reads and talks about MN 29, The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood. This Sutta describes how one must understand the most important part of the teaching and what makes up the heart of the teaching. What is the proper goal of the holy life to which all other benefits are secondary.
Bhante reads Sutta 95 Majjhima Nikaya and makes comments as he goes. In this Sutta the Buddha describes to a young Brahmin follower the preservation of truth, the discovery of truth, and the final arrival at truth.
1:22:44
MN 43 Greater Series of Questions and Answers
Bhante Vimalaramsi reads MN 43 and comments. This Sutta takes the form of questions and answers between Venerable Sariputta and Maha Kotthita over very subtle aspects of Dhamma. Described precisely are the aggregates of all existence. What is the body and Vital Formations. What is perception? What knows? What is the deliverance of mind? What is the signless deliverance of mind and how does one recognize it? A description of the Jhanas (here known as meditation levels) and how are they achieved through the practice of the Brahma Viharas.
1:50:47
MN 44 Shorter Series of Questions and Answers
MN 44 read and then commented on by Bhante Vimalaramsi. This Sutta is question and answers between Dhammadinna, the foremost woman disciple of the Buddha and Visakha, a lay follower. This Sutta goes into the finest points of What is Identity? Who are we and what are the pieces that make up this thing call identity. What is the cessation of the identity view. What is Cessation and how is it attained. This sutta is closely related to MN43.
Bhante Vimalaramsi reads and comments on the Samyutta Nikaya short Sutta named The Fire Sermon in which he explains very clearly and carefully the nature of desire and craving and how meditation sees it and understands it. This is the culmination of the practice he teaches. This is what we are trying to see and understand and subsequently let go of.
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