Study Material for Sutta Study sessions

To make the best use of the Sutta teachings, participants are advised to read the relevant Sutta before the class. Check out our previous Sutta teachings on our YouTube Channel.

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2022

17th Aug- Cetanā Sutta 1-3- Discourses on Volition

27th July- Nadī Sutta- Grasping at any notion of self only brings us suffering

6 July- Makkaṭa Sutta- The meditative mind keeps Māra away

22 June- Araṇa Vibhaṅga Sutta- There are no problem people, only people with problems

15th June- Upāya Sutta- Letting go of the aggregates

25th May- Veḷudvāreyya Sutta- The 4 precepts, the golden rule, values, and streamwinning

2021

8th Dec- Anapana Sati Sutta- The breathing meditation practice

15th Sep- (Chakka) Anicca Sutta- How to be certain of the right path to liberation

8th Sep- Pariññā Sutta- Overcoming clinging through understanding the sense-experience

23rd June- Ānuttariya Sutta 2- Six supreme qualities that conduce to awakening

5th May- Pubba Kotthaka Sutta- The nature of Faith in Buddhism

7th April- Patipadā Sutta- The 4 modes of progress in terms of samatha and vipassana

6th Jan- Sabbāsava Sutta- Methods of overcoming all our defilements

3rd Feb- Cūla Suññatā Sutta- The realization of impermanence in the highest meditation

24th March- Lonaphala Sutta- How Dharma practice can limit the effects of bad karma

2020

27th Apr- Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta- Dangers of lying and need for constant self-reflection

29th Apr- Sambādh'okāsa Sutta - The Discourse on the Opening in the Confined (How to awaken as a lay follower)

4th May- Baddekaratta Sutta - The Discourse on the One Who Delights in the Auspicious Oneness (the meaning of Vipassana)

6th May- Samādhi Bhavana Sutta - The Discourse on the Cultivation of Concentration (Four kinds of Samādhi)

11th May- Bhikkhūni Vāsaka Sutta - The Discourse at the Nuns’ Quarters (Directed and undirected cultivations)

13th May- Metta Sahagata Sutta - The 'Accompanied by Loving-kindness' Discourse (how loving kindness leads to awakening)

18th May- Mahā Sakuludayi Sutta - The 37 limbs of awakening

15th June- Karajakaya Brahmavihara Sutta - How lovingkindness limits karma and cultivate divinity in us

23rd June- Pacalā Sutta - Eight ways of overcoming drowsiness and nature of true discipleship

1st July- Sappurisa Sutta- The true individual benefits everyone

8th July- Maha Cattārīsaka Sutta- Right view & how the noble eightfold path works

29th July- Āhāra Sutta- How the mental hindrances and the awakening factors are nourished or are starved

19th Aug- Brahmajāla Sutta- The 62 grounds for wrong views, Click here for Chart

23rd Sep- Lakkhana Sutta- 32 marks of a great man

14th Oct- Mūlapariyāya Sutta- The nature of primary causes or concepts

18th Nov- Madhupindika Sutta- Perception and mental proliferation

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