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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.

  1. 09/17/2025

    AN 10.31 - 10.40 With Upali

    AN 10.31 The Buddha teaches Venerable Upāli the ten reasons for establishing the training rules. AN 10.32 Ten reasons for suspending the recitation of the code of conduct. AN 10.33 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to be appointed to judge a dispute. AN 10.34 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give ordination. AN 10.35 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give dependence. AN 10.36 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to be attended by a novice. AN 10.37 Ten reasons for schism in the Saṅgha. AN 10.38 Ten reasons for harmony in the Saṅgha. AN 10.39 The Buddha teaches Ānanda the ten reasons for schism in the Saṅgha, as well as the outcome of causing schism. AN 10.40 The Buddha teaches Ānanda the ten reasons for harmony in the Saṅgha, as well as the outcome of creating harmony.

    16 min

  2. 09/12/2025

    AN 10.28 - 10.30 The Great Chapter Part 3

    AN 10.28 Some lay people ask the nun from Kajaṅgalā regarding the ten “Great Questions”. Though she has not heard this teaching herself, she explains from her own understanding, and is praised by the Buddha. AN 10.29 Starting with a comparison with the King of Kosala, the Buddha teaches a series of ten advanced teachings. He culminates by affirming that he teaches the full understanding of sensual pleasures, forms, and feelings. AN 10.30 King Pasenadi returns victorious from battle and immediately goes to see the Buddha, bowing reverentially to his feet, and declaring ten reasons for his love and devotion to the Buddha.

    28 min

  3. 09/07/2025

    AN 10.25 - 10.27 The Great Chapter Part 2

    AN 10.25 Ten universal dimensions of meditation, or kasiṇas. AN 10.26 The female lay follower Kāḷī of Kuraraghara in Avantī asks Venerable Mahākaccāna about a verse spoken by the Buddha in “The Maidens’ Questions” (SN 4.25). He replies in terms of the ten universal dimensions of meditation. AN 10.27 Some wanderers claim to teach the direct knowledge of all things, just like the Buddha. However the Buddha disputes this by presenting ten “Great Questions” that they cannot answer.

    15 min

  4. 08/31/2025

    AN 10.21 - 10.24 The Great Chapter Part 1

    AN 10.21 Like a lion, a Realized One roars his preeminence based on ten powers. AN 10.22 The Buddha claims to be assured regarding the various different doctrinal hypotheses, based on the ten powers. AN 10.23 Some things are to be given by body, others by speech, and still others by wisdom. AN 10.24 Venerable Mahācunda teaches that, though a mendicant might claim to be free of greed, hate, and delusion, this is not always the case.

    27 min

  5. 08/27/2025

    AN 10.11 - 10.20 A Protector

    AN 10.11 Five factors that a mendicant should have, and five factors of a lodging that they should occupy. AN 10.12 A mendicant should abandon the five hindrances and possess the five factors of the adept. AN 10.13 Five lower and five higher fetters. AN 10.14 Five kinds of emotional barrenness and five emotional shackles. AN 10.15 Diligence is the foremost of all good qualities. AN 10.16 Ten persons who are worthy. AN 10.17 Ten qualities that serve as protector. AN 10.18 Ten qualities that serve as protector, in detail. AN 10.19 Ten noble abodes in which the noble ones of the past, present and future abide. AN 10.20 Ten noble abodes in which the noble ones of the past, present and future abide, in detail.

    33 min

  6. 08/20/2025

    AN 10.01 - 10.10 Benefits

    AN 10.01 The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation. AN 10.02 There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there. AN 10.03 The Buddha teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present. AN 10.04 Sāriputta teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present. AN 10.05 Ānanda teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present. AN 10.06 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious. AN 10.07 Ānanda asks Sāriputta about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious. Sāriputta confirms that there is, and claims to have attained it. AN 10.08 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill. AN 10.09 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill. AN 10.10 Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.

    18 min

  7. 08/13/2025

    AN 9.93 - 9.432 Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

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    20 min

  8. 08/08/2025

    AN 9.83 - 9.92 Bases of Psychic Power

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    15 min
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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.

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