Date Title Sutra
Saturday, October 22, 2022The Noble Eightfold Path: Right View and Right Intention https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-ditthi/index.html and https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ati/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-sankappo/index.html and https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn45/sn45.002.than.html
Saturday, September 24, 2022The Four Noble Truths (MN141, Saccavibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Truths)https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.141.than.html
Saturday, August 27, 2022SN 22.59 Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic translated from the Pali by Ñanamoli Thera
and
SN 35.28 Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon translated from the Pali by Ñanamoli Thera
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.nymo.html and https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.nymo.html
Saturday, October 3, 2020 The Simile of the Cloth: Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN7.html
Saturday, September 5, 2020 Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei. http://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/BankeiHaskel.pdf
Saturday, August 1, 2020 The Factors of Concentration. Samādhaṅga Sutta  (AN 5:28) https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN5_28.html
Saturday, July 4, 2020 The One Hundred Parable Sutra http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/fable_sutra.htm
Saturday, June 6, 2020 The Greater Discourse on Emptiness Maha Sunnata Sutta (MN 122) https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN122.html
Saturday, May 2, 2020 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness. Cūḷa Suññata Sutta (MN 121) https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN121.html
Saturday, March 7, 2020 The Khuddakapatha: The Short Passages https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/khp/index.html
Saturday, February 1, 2020 Kimsuka Sutta: The Riddle Tree SN 35.204 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.204.than.html
Saturday, January 4, 2020 MN 27: Cula-hatthipadopama Sutta: The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.027.than.html
Saturday, November 2, 2019 MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.019.than.html
Saturday, October 5, 2019 AN 10.60. Girimananda Sutta: Discourse to Girimananda Thera https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.060.piya.html
Saturday, September 7, 2019 MN 118: Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html
Saturday, August 3, 2019 DN 16 PTS: D ii 137 chapters 5-6. Maha-parinibbana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Total Unbinding https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.5- 6.than.html#chap5
Saturday, June 1, 2019 MN 86. Angulimala Sutta: About Angulimala https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than. html
Saturday, May 4th 20, 2019 MN 9. Sammaditthi Sutta: Right View https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.009.than.html
Saturday, April 20, 2019 SN 56.11. Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html
Saturday, March 2, 2019 Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html
Saturday, February 2, 2019 MN 61. Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta: Instructions to Rahula at Mango Stone https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.061.than.html
Saturday, February 2, 2019 MN 14. Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Lesser Mass of Stress https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.014.than.html
Saturday, February 2, 2019 MN36. Maha-Saccaka Sutta: The Longer Discourse to Saccaka https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.036.than.html
Saturday, January 5, 2019 AN 4.111: Kesi Sutta: To Kesi the Horsetrainer https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.111.than.html#kill
Saturday, November 3, 2018 MN 1. Mulapariyaya Sutta. The Root of All Things https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.001.than.html
Saturday, October 13, 2018 Jaravagga: Aging, Dhp XI PTS: Dhp 146-156 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.11.than.html
Saturday, September 8, 2018 Selections from the Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1- 6.vaji.html
Saturday, August 11, 2018 Anguttara Nikaya, AN 5.57: The Five Daily Recollections https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html
Saturday, July 14, 2018 Abhaya Sutta. An 4:18. Fearless http://www.buddhasutra.com/files/abhaya_sutta.htm
Saturday, June 9, 2018 MN 21 Kakacupama Sutta: The Simile of the Saw https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.021x.than.html
Saturday, May 12, 2018 AN 3.65 Kalama Sutta: To the Kalamas https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html
Saturday, April 14, 2018 MN 58. Abhaya Sutta: To Prince Abhaya On Right Speech https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.058.than.html
Saturday, March 10, 2018 Diamond Sutra http://diamond-sutra.com/read-the-diamond-sutra-here/
Saturday, February 10, 2018 Atthaka Vagga, Part 2

Saturday, January 13, 2018 Atthaka Vagga, Part 1

 

Saturday, December 9, 2017 Anguttara Nikaya, 3.65. “Kalama Sutta: To the Kalamas”
Saturday, November 11, 2017 The Lion’s Roar
Saturday, October 14, 2017 Discourse on the Five Ways of Putting an End to Anger
Saturday, September 9, 2017​ Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone
Saturday, August 12, 2017 Discourse on the Middle Way
Saturday, July 8, 2017​ The Diamond Sutra The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion
Saturday, June 10, 2017 ‘The biography of Jīvaka Komārabhacca, [the personal physician to the Buddha]’, in the Great Division (Mahavagga) VIII of the Book of the Discipline (Vinaya-Pitaka) Volume IV, translated by I. B. Horner, published by the Pali Text Society, Oxford, 2000
Saturday, May 13, 2017 Sitting Meditation” in The Sutra of Hui-Neng: Grand Master of Zen, Chapter 5 (p. 35-36)
Saturday, April 8, 2017 Faith in Mind” by the Third Zen Patriarch, Seng Ts’an​
Saturday, March 11, 2017 Heart Sutra
Saturday, February 11, 2017 MN 82 PTS: M ii 54, Ratthapala Sutta: About Ratthapala [To the Householder Ratthapala Who Sought Permission from Parents to Go Forth Homeless]
Saturday, January 14, 2017 MN 22 PTS: M i 130, Alagaddupama Sutta: The Water-Snake Simile [“A Discourse about Clinging on Views”]
Saturday, December 10, 2016 SN IV: Atthakavagga   [“The Chapter on the Goal”] from the Sutta Nipata [The Group of Discourse], translated from Pali by Luis O Gomez
in The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., 2015.
Saturday, November 12, 2016 MN 28 PTS: M i 184: Maha-hatthipadopama Sutta: The Great Elephant Footprint Simile [“The Four Great Elements & Dependent Arising of the Five Aggregates”]
October 8, 2016 MN 10 PTS: M i 55, Satipatthana Sutta: Frames of Reference [“The Four Foundations of Mindfulness”]
September 10, 2016 MN 27 PTS: M i 175, Cula-hatthipadopama Sutta: The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile
August 10, 2016 MN 4 PTS: M i 16, Bhaya-bherava Sutta: Fear & Terror
Saturday, July 9, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 189-201)—Final Chapter 10: Realization of the Fruits
Saturday, June 11, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 169-187)—Chapter 9: Treatment of Disorders [Or, C. Pierce Salguero’s translation titled “Treating illness“]
Saturday, May 14, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 139-153)—Chapter 7: Manifestation of Roots of Goodness
Saturday, April 9, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 99-137)—Chapter 5: Utilizing Skillful Means & Chapter 6: The Actual Cultivation
Saturday, March 12, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 77-97)—Chapter 4 : Making Adjustments
Saturday, February 13, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 53-75)—Chapter 2 : Renunciation of Desires Chapter 3: Elimination of the Hindrances
Saturday, January 9, 2016 Book: The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation: The essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight & Dhyāna Meditation (p. 31-51)—Zhiyi’s Preface Chapter 1: Fulfillment of the Prerequisite Conditions
Saturday, December 12, 2015 Sutra of the Eight Realizations of Great Beings (with Annotations)
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Saturday, October 10, 2015 MN118, Ānāpānasati Sutta (“Mindfulness of Breathing”)
Saturday, September 12, 2015 MN86, Angulimala Sutta (To Angulimala, a murderer)
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Saturday, July 11, 2015 Therigatha: Poems of early Buddhist nuns (Chapter XI)

Saturday, June 13, 2015 AN 10.60 PTS: A v 108 Girimananda Sutta: Discourse to Girimananda [on Healing Illness]
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015 Ud 6.4 PTS: Ud 66 Tittha Sutta: Sectarians (1)
Saturday, March 14, 2015 AN 3.65 PTS Kalama Sutta: The Instruction to the Kalamas
Saturday, February 14, 2015 SN 22.85 at SN III 109 Yamaka Sutta: Discourse to Yamaka

Saturday, January 10, 2015 Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha translated from the Pali by Sister Vajira & Francis Story
Saturday, December 13, 2014 SN 22.59 Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic translated from the Pali by Ñanamoli Thera
and
SN 35.28 Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon translated from the Pali by Ñanamoli Thera
Saturday, November 8, 2014 The Four Noble Truths (MN141, Saccavibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Truths)
Saturday, October 11, 2014 The Noble Search (Ariyapariyesana Sutta from Majihima Nikaya26) 

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