Category Archives: Ariyapariyesanā Sutta

The Pile of Snares

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Vajragoni

This Sutta’s cycle would have effectively wound-up at the completion of the last chapter on teaching. This apparent addition on “sensual pleasures” was a redaction added-on at a later date—most likely for the benefit of the community whose focus was … Continue reading →

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The Teaching of the Dhamma

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Vajragoni

25. “Then, bhikkhus, when I had stayed at Uruvelā as long as I chose, I set out to wander by stages to Benares. Between Gayā and the Place of Enlightenment the Ājīvaka Upaka saw me on the road and said: … Continue reading →

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Siddhattha’s Enlightenment

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Vajragoni

The following is what occurred during Siddhattha’s awakening beneath the Bodhi-Tree. The sacred snapshot of him sitting reflectively on a grassy knoll is known as sitting on the Throne of Wisdom. Having departed from the game of samsara at the … Continue reading →

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The Search for Enlightenment

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Vajragoni

13.“Bhikkhus, before my enlightenment, while I was still only an unenlightened Bodhisatta, I too, being myself subject to birth, sought what was also subject to birth; being myself subject to ageing, sickness, death, sorrow, and defilement, I sought what was … Continue reading →

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Two Kinds of Search

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Vajragoni

5.“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of search: the noble search and the ignoble search. And what is the ignoble search? Here someone being himself subject to birth seeks what is also subject to birth; being himself subject to ageing, … Continue reading →

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Gathering at Rammaka’s Hermitage

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Vajragoni

© Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom Publications, 2009) 1.Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. 2.Then, when it was morning, the Blessed One … Continue reading →

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Ariyapariyesanā Sutta: The Noble Quest

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Vajragoni

A little shift from our accustomed fare as we shall now explore the flavor of the Majjhima Nikāya, most notably Discourse MN 26—Ariyapariyesanā Sutta, or the Noble Quest. Considered by scholars to be one of the earliest, if not “The” … Continue reading →

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