Updates log 11/06/2560 Glossary definition: bhante 01/07/2560 Glossary definition: bhagavā 30/06/2560 Glossary definition: bhad(d)ante 11/06/2560 Glossary definition: bāla 07/05/2560 Glossary definition: bala 21/03/2560 Glossary definition: ayoniso manasikāra 08/03/2560 Glossary definition: avijjā 18/01/2560 Glossary definition: avihiṃsā 31/12/2559 Early and late in MN 117 The article has been revised, and the tone largely softened, although the conclusion remains entirely the same. 16/12/2559 Glossary definition: avīci 16/12/2559 Glossary definition: attavādupādāna 04/12/2559 The meaning of ātāpī and the Buddha's approach to asceticism 04/12/2559 Glossary definition: ātāpī 25/10/2559 What the suttas teach us about the meaning of saṅkappa 25/10/2559 Glossary definition: asmimāna 05/10/2559 Glossary definition: asappurisa 02/09/2559 Glossary definition: ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga 22/07/2559 Glossary definition: asantuṭṭhitā 17/07/2559 Kusala Suttas (AN 1.56-73) - word by word What produces and what eliminates wholesome and unwholesome mental states. 15/07/2559 Accharāsaṅghāta Peyyāla (AN 1.53-55) - word by word Practicing goodwill makes one worthy of gifts. 13/07/2559 Akammaniya Vagga (AN 1.21-30) - word by word The mind can be our worst enemy or our best friend. 11/07/2559 Glossary definition: ariya 01/07/2559 Nāgita Sutta (AN 6.42) - enhanced translation While dwelling in a forest grove, the Buddha speaks in praise of modesty, contentment, unentanglement, and seclusion in the wilderness. 01/07/2559 Anāgatabhaya Sutta (AN 5.80) - enhanced translation The Buddha reminds the monks that the practice of Dhamma should not be put off for a later date, for there are no guarantees that the future will provide any opportunities for practice. 01/07/2559 Bhayabherava Sutta (MN 4) - enhanced translation What would it take to live in solitude in the wilderness, completely free from fear? The Buddha explains. 26/06/2559 Arañña Sutta (AN 4.262) - enhanced translation What sort of person is fit to live in the wilderness? 26/06/2559 Migajāla Sutta (SN 35.46) - enhanced translation Why is true solitude so hard to find? The Buddha explains why, no matter where you go, your most annoying companions always tag along. 24/06/2559 Glossary definition: arañña 22/06/2559 Andhakavinda Sutta (AN 5.114) - enhanced translation Five things that the Buddha exhorted his newly ordained monks to do. 17/06/2559 Ekaṃsena Sutta (AN 2.18) - enhanced translation Here is one thing that the Buddha declares categorically. 17/06/2559 Appaṭivāna Sutta (AN 2.5) - enhanced translation How we ought to train ourselves if we wish to reach awakening. 17/06/2559 Lahuparivatta Sutta (AN 1.48) - enhanced translation The Buddha, normally so adept at finding similes, is here at a loss. 17/06/2559 Mudu Sutta (AN 1.47) - enhanced translation A simile for a mind that's pliant. 17/06/2559 Udakarahaka Suttas (AN 1.45 & 46) - enhanced translation The difference between a clear mind and a muddy one. 17/06/2559 Glossary definition: appicchatā 16/06/2559 Adanta Vagga (AN 1.31-40) - enhanced translation The mind can be our worst enemy or our best friend. 16/06/2559 Akammaniya Vagga (AN 1.21-30) - enhanced translation The mind can be our worst enemy or our best friend. 20/02/2559 Glossary definition: appamāda 12/02/2559 Pārājika 1 - word by word Should any bhikkhu — participating in the training and livelihood of the bhikkhus, without having renounced the training, without having declared his weakness — engage in sexual intercourse, even with a female animal, he is defeated and no longer in affiliation. 12/02/2559 Glossary definition: apāya 12/02/2559 Glossary definition: anussati 12/02/2559 Uposatha Sutta (AN 3.71) - enhanced translation In this sutta, the Buddha defines how lay people should practice Uposatha and describes the different types of devas. 12/02/2559 Anussatiṭṭhāna Sutta (AN 6.25) - enhanced translation This sutta defines what are the six subjects of recollection. 19/01/2559 Glossary definition: āraddhavīriya 19/01/2559 Glossary definition: vīriyārambha 19/01/2559 Glossary definition: āloka 13/12/2558 Glossary definition: anusaya 13/12/2558 Salla Sutta (SN 36.6) - enhanced translation When shot by the arrow of physical pain, an unwise person makes matters worse by piling mental anguish on top of it, just as if he had been shot by two arrows. A wise person feels the sting of one arrow alone. 13/12/2558 Anusaya Sutta (AN 7.12) - enhanced translation On abandoning the seven anusaya (obsessions or latent tendencies). 13/12/2558 Glossary definition: akusala 13/12/2558 Kusala Suttas (AN 1.56-73) - enhanced translation What produces and what eliminates wholesome and unwholesome mental states. 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: āhāra 06/12/2558 Aparihāniya Sutta (AN 4.37) - enhanced translation Four simple practices that make one incapable of falling away, right in the presence of Nibbāna. 06/12/2558 Aparihāniya Sutta (AN 4.37) - enhanced translation Five qualities the lead one practicing mindfulness of breathing to liberation in no long time. 06/12/2558 Kathā Sutta (AN 5.97) - enhanced translation Five qualities the lead one practicing mindfulness of breathing to liberation in no long time. 06/12/2558 Sutadhara Sutta (AN 5.96) - enhanced translation Five qualities the lead one practicing mindfulness of breathing to liberation in no long time. 06/12/2558 Abhisanda Sutta (AN 8.39) - enhanced translation Here are eight ways in which all serious disciples of the Buddha create much merit for themselves. 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: adukkhamasukhā vedanā 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: adukkhamasukha 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: amoha 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: adosa 06/12/2558 Glossary definition: alobha 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: adhipaññāsikkhā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: adhisīlasikkhā 01/12/2558 Parābhava Sutta (AN 7.31) - enhanced translation Seven points of behavior on which a lay follower may meet his/her ruin or prosperity. 01/12/2558 Vipatti Sutta (AN 7.30) - enhanced translation Seven points of behavior on which a lay follower may meet his/her failure or success. 01/12/2558 Parihāni Sutta (AN 7.29) - enhanced translation Seven points of behavior on which a lay follower may decline or not. 01/12/2558 Parihāni Sutta (AN 7.28) - enhanced translation Seven points on which a bhikkhu in training may decline or not. 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: adhicittasikkhā 01/12/2558 Vajjiputta Sutta (AN 3.85) - enhanced translation A certain monk cannot train with so many rules. The Buddha explains him how he can do without them, and it works out rather well. 01/12/2558 Accāyika Sutta (AN 3.93) - enhanced translation Three urgent tasks of an ascetic which are like three urgent tasks of a farmer. 01/12/2558 Samaṇa Sutta (AN 3.82) - enhanced translation Here are the three ascetics tasks of an ascetic. 01/12/2558 Anavatthitā Sutta (AN 6.102) - enhanced translation Six rewards that should act as a motivation for establishing the perception of anicca. 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: anattasaññā 01/12/2558 Atammaya Sutta (AN 6.104) - enhanced translation Six rewards that should act as a motivation for establishing the perception of anatta. 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: maraṇasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: ādīnavasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: anicce dukkhasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: aniccasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: āhāre paṭikūlasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: asubhasaññā 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: asubhanimitta 01/12/2558 Glossary definition: asubha 01/12/2558 Saññā Sutta (AN 7.27) - enhanced translation Seven perceptions that lead to the long-term welfare of the bhikkhus and prevent their decline. 01/12/2558 Assāda Sutta (AN 6.112) - enhanced translation How to eradicate the view of enjoyment, the view of self, and wrong view in general. 01/12/2558 Maraṇassati Sutta (AN 6.20) - enhanced translation This sutta explains in detail how to practice the mindfulness of death. 01/12/2558 Rāgassa abhiññāya Sutta (AN 5.303) - enhanced translation Five things to be practiced for the direct knowledge of rāga. 01/12/2558 Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163) - enhanced translation The four ways of practicing, according to the type of practice chosen and the intensity or weakness of strengths and spiritual factulties. 01/12/2558 Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51) - enhanced translation The Buddha describes how we can either "feed" or "starve" the hindrances and the factors of enlightenment in the mind according to how we apply our attention. 12/11/2558 Glossary definition: anussava 12/11/2558 Glossary definition: diṭṭhinijjhānakkhanti