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The Buddha's words on cultivating a heart filled with good will (metta) towards all beings.
Listen to this sutta read by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (01'56" 1.7 MB)
Recorded by the reader in January 2006 at Metta Forest Monastery, Valley Center, California. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. From »Handful of Leaves, Volume Four: An Anthology from the Khuddaka Nikaya, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans. and ed. Text is copyright © 2005 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Several months after his Awakening, the Buddha delivers this sermon to an audience of 1,000 fire-worshipping ascetics. In his characteristically brilliant teaching style, the Buddha uses a metaphor that quickly penetrates to the heart of the audience — in this case, the metaphor of fire. Upon...
Published 06/07/10
What one thing should a person hold onto in order to cross the flood of birth and old age, sorrow, and grief?
Listen to this sutta read by Ajahn Sucitto (03'11" 1.1 MB)
Recorded by jtb on 4 July 2006 in Concord, Massachusetts. Translated from the Pali by H. Saddhatissa. From The Sutta Nipata...
Published 12/09/06