Here are excerpts from the more lengthy Sammaditthi Sutta, the sutta on Right View. This sutta, a dialogue between the venerable Sariputta and a group of bikkhus, explores what constitutes "right view," considering ideas such as what is wholesome and unwholesome, the Four Noble Truths, and how...

In this reading from the suttas, the monk Rahula receives advice from the Buddha. This sutta is the origin of  meditation on the elements - earth, water, fire, air, and space. Each is defined, and the Buddha notes the dispassion of each... "Just as people throw clean things and dirty things on...