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Justin Merritt

Simple Suttas

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Self

21 min

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Nibbana 2

8 min

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Illness

17 min

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/yIcZpD3q1F4

Truth

10 min

see the video here: https://youtu.be/YZ9cY7rU9E8

Nibbana 1

6 min

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Wisdom 2

6 min

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Wisdom 1

7 min

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Kamma

3 min

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Suffering

4 min

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Lust

3 min

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Mindfulness

6 min

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Practice

7 min

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Lay Life

6 min

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Sleep

5 min

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Desire

6 min

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Death

6 min

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Anger

4 min

Over the next few weeks this site will return to its original mission: to provide simple, plain English renderings of the suttas as posts and podcasts. Please let me know if you want more of this kind of content. Anger Some people have a mind … Continue reading Anger

Sabbāsavasutta Sutta MN2 Part 1 of 3

44 min

https://suttacentral.net/en/mn2 http://awake.kiev.ua/dhamma/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima1/002-sabbasava-sutta-e1.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.002.than.html Almost the same as the Asava Sutta in the 6s of the AN, but without knowing and seeing http://awake.kiev.ua/dhamma/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara4/6-chakkanipata/006-mahavaggo-e.html Basically the same as the Chinese Agama version https://suttacentral.net/en/ma10

Drowsiness and More on Dependent Origination

17 min

Links suttacentral.net SN 12.2  – https://suttacentral.net/en/sn12.2 Nibbana Sermons – http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf SN 12.38 Cetanā 1 – https://suttacentral.net/en/sn12.38

Conversation About Dependent Origination

33 min

Another conversation with David Trelles about dhamma. This time we take  on Dependent Origination. Again, let me know if you have a topic you’d like to hear us discuss.

Anatta Part 2

13 min

Part 2 (of 3) of my conversation with David Trelles on Anatta.

Anatta Part 1 with David Trelles

26 min

I am so pleased to welcome David Trelles to the podcast. I had a blast talking dhamma, and I hope you find it helpful as well. Please let me know in the comments if you have any future topics you’d like us to discuss.

The Satipatthana Sutta

16 min

Probably the most influential yet misunderstood sutta in the canon, at least over the last century, has been the Satipatthana Sutta. It is considered the founding document of the mindfulness meditation movement, the sine qua non of the Buddhist path. I am dubious. The Satipatthana … Continue reading The Satipatthana Sutta

Original Buddhism

3 min

Simple Suttas is supposedly “a podcast on original Buddhism.” But does such a thing even exist? At one level it’s just a notion. We can never know exactly what the Buddha said and taught. We are stuck with 1.) the ancient texts, 2.) the living … Continue reading Original Buddhism

How to Speak American Buddhish

3 min

Stick to these few simple tips, and soon you too can be a khaki-clad dharma teacher of note. It’s never “my body,” “my mind,” or “my thoughts. It’s “the body,” “the mind,” and “the thoughts.” It is, however, “my dana.” Never use the words “open,” … Continue reading How to Speak American Buddhish

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