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November 2000

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Source: Prepared by jtb for Access to Insight.
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  • [16 November 2000] From the Samyutta Nikaya:
    • Nalakalapiyo Sutta (SN 12.67) — Sheaves of Reeds. In a discussion about dependent co-arising with Ven. Maha Kotthita, Ven. Sariputta invokes a helpful simile to illustrate the relationship between consciousness and name-and-form.
    • Kosambi Sutta (SN 12.68) — At Kosambi (On Knowing Dependent Co-arising). Four good friends share a frank discussion about their grasp of dependent co-arising. One uses a memorable simile to describe the difference between stream-entry and arahatship.
  • [14 November 2000] From the Samyutta Nikaya:
    • Aññatra Sutta (SN 12.46) — A Certain Brahman. A brahman wonders: When I perform an action (kamma), am I the same person when I experience its results, or am I a different person? The Buddha helps to clear up this man's confused thinking.
    • Puttamansa Sutta (SN 12.63) — A Son's Flesh. A meditation on inter-relatedness, showing with four striking similes the suffering inherent in everything the body and mind depend upon for nourishment.
  • [13 November 2000] From the Udana:
    • Sona Sutta (Ud 5.6) — About Sona. A devoted lay follower recognizes the drawbacks of the householder's life and decides to become a monk.
    • Subhuti Sutta (Ud 6.7) — About Subhuti. The Buddha praises a monk for practicing jhana.
  • [12 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:
    • Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta (Sn 1.4) — To the Plowing Bharadvaja. The Buddha answers a farmer who asserts that monks do no useful work, and thus don't deserve to eat.
    • Hiri Sutta (Sn 2.3) — On Friendship [new translation]. What is a true friend?
  • [7 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:
    • Salla Sutta (Sn 3.8) — The Arrow [new translation]. Death and loss are inevitable, but is grief?
    • Dvayatanupassana Sutta (Sn 3.12) — The Contemplation of Dualities [new, complete, translation]. Not all dualities are misleading. This sutta teaches ways to contemplate the duality of the origination and cessation of stress and suffering so as to reach Awakening.
  • [5 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:
    • Cunda Sutta (Sn 1.5) — To Cunda. Four different types of contemplatives and how to recognize them.
  • [3 November 2000] From the Anguttara Nikaya:
    • Vajjiya Sutta (AN 10.94) — About Vajjiya. One of the Buddha's lay disciples answers the charge that the Buddha doesn't have any straightforward teachings.
Revised: Tuesday 2007-08-14
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