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

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    AN 10.81 - 10.83 On Senior Mendicants

    AN 10.81 Giving up ten things, the Buddha lives free of limits.AN 10.82 A mendicant cannot achieve progress if they have ten bad qualities starting with lack of faith.AN 10.83 Venerable Puṇṇiya asks why the Buddha sometimes feels like teaching, other times not.

    9 min

  2. 13 MAR

    AN 10.71 - 10.80 If You Want

    AN 10.71 If a mendicant wishes to attain spiritual heights, they should begin by practicing the code of training rules.AN 10.72 When the Buddha receives noisy visitors, several monks withdraw to a nearby forest to meditate. The Buddha praises them, saying that noise is a thorn to absorption.AN 10.73 Ten desirable things that are hard to get.AN 10.74 Ten aspects of prosperity.AN 10.75 The female lay disciple Migasālā questions Ānanda how the Buddha could have declared her father and her uncle had the same level of spiritual attainment, when one was much more strict than the other. Ānanda conveys this to the Buddha, who responds that only such as he can pass judgment, since the spiritual faculties of individuals are complex and hard to understand.AN 10.76 Without rebirth, old age, and death, there would be no teaching of Dhamma. The Buddha teaches a series of sets of three things leading to liberation.AN 10.77 A bad monk has ten bad qualities, like a crow.AN 10.78 Jain ascetics have ten bad qualities.AN 10.79 Ten ground for resentment.AN 10.80 Ten ways of removing resentment.

    36 min

  3. 7 MAR

    AN 10.63 - 10.70 On Pairs Part 2

    AN 10.63 Those who have certainty in the Buddha may realize the final goal in this life or the next.AN 10.64 Stream-enterers may realize the final goal in this life or the next.AN 10.65 Sāriputta explains to the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni that rebirth is suffering, freedom from rebirth is happiness.AN 10.66 Sāriputta explains to the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni that dissatisfaction is suffering, enjoyment is happiness.AN 10.67 At Naḷakapāna the Buddha invites Sāriputta to teach. He speaks of ten qualities that lead to decline or non-decline.AN 10.68 At Naḷakapāna the Buddha invites Sāriputta to teach. He speaks of ten qualities that lead to decline or non-decline.AN 10.69 The monks are sitting around chatting about this and that. The Buddha admonishes them and teaches ten topics of conversation suitable for mendicants.AN 10.70 The monks are sitting around chatting about this and that. The Buddha admonishes them and teaches ten grounds of praise.

    23 min

  4. 5 MAR

    AN 10.61 - 10.62 On Pairs Part 1

    AN 10.61 Even though ignorance has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.AN 10.62 Even though craving has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.

    19 min

  5. 27 FEB

    AN 10.51 - 10.60 Your Own Mind

    10.51 The Buddha teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection.10.52 Sāriputta teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection.10.53 The Buddha doesn’t praise stagnation in wholesome qualities, let alone decline.10.54 The Buddha teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection. Includes a teaching on various things that should or should not be cultivated.10.55 Sāriputta explains what the Buddha meant by a mendicant who is in decline.10.56 Ten meditative perceptions that lead to the deathless.10.57 Ten meditative perceptions that lead to the deathless.10.58 The root of all things, and similar principles.10.59 Ten reflections that strengthen the mind of a renunciate.10.60 The monk Girimānanda is sick. The Buddha encourages Ānanda to visit him and speak of ten perceptions.

    39 min

  6. 25 FEB

    AN 10.41 - 10.50 Abuse

    10.41 Ten reasons for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.42 Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.43 Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.10.44 A mendicant who wishes to admonish another should first reflect on five things in themselves and establish a further five.10.45 Ten dangers for a monk who enters a royal harem.10.46 The Sakyans say that they don’t always observe the eight precepts on the sabbath. The Buddha strongly admonishes them to be more consistent.10.47 Mahāli the Licchavi asks the Buddha for the causes of bad deeds.10.48 Topics for frequent reflection by one gone forth.10.49 Ten things that depend on the body.10.50 Some monks are arguing, so the Buddha teaches them ten warm-hearted principles.

    25 min

  7. 17/09/2025

    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

  8. 12/09/2025

    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
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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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