At Sārandada At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then the Buddha…
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Photo by Syd Wachs on Unsplash THUS HAVE I HEARD. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Savatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapiṇḍika’s Park. Then the Venerable…
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Photo by Asad Photo Maldives from Pexels On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Bhaggas in Suṃsumāragira in the deer park at Bhesakalā Grove. Then,…
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Photo by Pixabay from Pexels THUS I HEARD: At one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Rājagaha, in Bamboo Wood, at the Squirrels’ Feeding…
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Mitta Sutta SN 56.26 SN v 434 Friends “Bhikkhus, those for whom you have compassion and who think you should be heeded—whether friends or colleagues, relatives or…
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Mitta Sutta SN 47.48 SN v 189 “Bhikkhus, those for whom you have compassion and who think you should be heeded—whether friends or colleagues, relatives or kinsmen—these…
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Photo by Pixabay from Pexels “Bhikkhus, on the eighth of the fortnight, the ministers and assembly members of the four great kings wander over this…
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Photo by Timon Studler on Unsplash On one occasion the Blessed One was wandering by stages in the Kosalan Country with a large Sangha of bhikkhus, and eventually…
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Developing Mindfulness of Breathing “Monks, these four types of individuals are found existing in the world. Which four? The one who practices for his own…
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Photo by Anthony DeRosa from Pexels At one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then at that time the Gracious…
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Photo by Pixabay from Pexels At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the Eastern Monastery, the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother. Then the…
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Photo by Agung Pandit Wiguna from Pexels Ānaṇya Sutta AN 4.62 Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One…. The Blessed One said to him: “Householder, there are these…
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Photo by /panpics on Unsplash The Four Powers “Bhikkhus, there are these four powers. What four? The powers of wisdom, energy, blamelessness, and inclusiveness. And what is the power of…
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Bodhi Tree, the Enlightened Place of the Buddha, Bodh Gaya in India Three Things “Bhikkhus, if three things were not found, the Realized One, the…
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Photo by Aileen David on Unsplash With Saṅgārava At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants. Now…
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Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Sick At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery. At…
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Photo by Jakub Sofranko on Unsplash Darkness “Bhikkhus, there are world interstices, vacant and abysmal regions of blinding darkness and gloom, where the light of the sun and…
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Photo by Dave Robinson on Unsplash At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time in the realm of…
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