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Comment on The Teachings of the Buddha by Dharma Study » A New Round of Classes

Dharma Study » A New Round of Classes — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:18:26 +0000

[...] Syllabus: The Teachings of the Buddha [...]

Comment on AN 8.53 – The Gotami Sutta by Dharma Study » Knowing Right from Wrong

Dharma Study » Knowing Right from Wrong — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:05:46 +0000

[...] The Gotami Sutta is short and interesting. Read it; then come back here. [...]

Comment on Important Topics in Mainstream Buddhism by Dharma Study » A New Address for the Dharma Study Blog

Dharma Study » A New Address for the Dharma Study Blog — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:33:30 +0000

[...] Important Topics in Mainstream Buddhism [...]

Comment on The Teachings of the Buddha by Dharma Study » A New Address for the Dharma Study Blog

Dharma Study » A New Address for the Dharma Study Blog — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:28:22 +0000

[...] The Teachings of the Buddha [...]

Comment on DN 16 – Mahaparinibbana Sutta by Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 8 – The Mahaparinibbana Sutta

Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 8 – The Mahaparinibbana Sutta — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:58:59 +0000

[...] posted the final sutta that we’ll be discussing, the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. This sutta, by far the longest in the Pali Canon, details the final days of the Buddha, covering [...]

Comment on The Pali Canon by Dharma Study » Topics, Session 7: The Pali Canon

Dharma Study » Topics, Session 7: The Pali Canon — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:02:02 +0000

[...] be able to do is make relatively short work of reviewing the basics, which I’ve covered in a relatively short essay I wrote several years ago, have revised several times since, and is now pos…. Then we’ll use the bulk of the class for a more general discussion, in which we can air some [...]

Comment on Dependent Emergence by Dharma Study » Topics, Session 6 – Dependent Emergence

Dharma Study » Topics, Session 6 – Dependent Emergence — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:08:54 +0000

[...] radical and original contribution to the way in which we understand the world and our place in it. The essay I’ve written, which I hope you will find time to read (at least once) before our class, is based on a dharma [...]

Comment on MN 61 – Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta (tr. Thannisaro Bhikkhu) by Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 6: The Buddha’s Advice to Rahula

Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 6: The Buddha’s Advice to Rahula — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:16:17 +0000

[...] hope that you have a chance, not only to read Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s exceptionally graceful translation of this sutta, but also to listen to his reading of it on the SuddaReadings.net website (click to [...]

Comment on Enlightenment and Nibbana by Dharma Study » Topics, Session 5: Enlightenment and Nibbana

Dharma Study » Topics, Session 5: Enlightenment and Nibbana — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:14:56 +0000

[...] to be late getting this essay on Enlightenment and Nibbana posted, but it was hard to write, and I didn’t want to get it either too confusing or too [...]

Comment on AN 8.54 – The Dighajanu Sutta by Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 5: Finding and Following the Truth

Dharma Study » Teachings, Session 5: Finding and Following the Truth — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:18:16 +0000

[...] The Dighajanu Sutta is the one that was to have been the subject for Session 4; in it, the Buddha gives a Dhamma to a wealthy, commercially successful, and pretty self-satisfied householder—a Dhamma that will lead to his continued success in the world and to the realization of the fruits of that success, but which also leads naturally into a path of behavior that will insure his happiness and spiritual well-being now and in the future. I’ve posted a commentary on the Dighajanu Sutta, calling out the elements in it that I think are particularly important to our emerging understanding of the Buddha’s Teachings. [...]