SN 22.101: Nava Sutta — The Adze Handle/The Boat - Listen - Sutta

SN 22.101: Nava Sutta — The Adze Handle/The Boat

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You can wish for Awakening all you want; but the only way to bring it about is by making the necessary effort. Listen to this sutta read by Joseph Goldstein (5'24" 1.8 MB) Recorded by jtb on 18 Feb 2006 at the Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts, USA. Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. From »The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. (Somerville: »Wisdom Publications, 2000). Text is copyright © 2000 Wisdom Publications. Courtesy of, and with permission from, Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144 USA, »www.wisdompubs.org.

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