MN25. Fodder - Nivāpa Sutta | The Buddha’s Wisdom Podcast
This episode is the 25th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Nivapa sutta which is listed on Sutta Central with both the translated English titles of “Fodder” and also “Sowing”. In this sutta, The Buddha compares getting trapped by Māra with a deer getting caught in a snare, illustrating the ever more complex strategies employed by hunted to get free from the traps set by the hunter. This translation of the Nivāpa Sutta is by Bhikkhu Sujato and was sourced from Sutta Central. To become a support the producer and narrator of the Buddha’s Wisdom Podcast to cover costs of […]
The topic of this talk is the Buddhist method of contemplation: why to do it, how to do it and the different methods of contemplation that can be used. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 6th January 2006. It has now been remastered and publishe...
This episode is a narration of the 46th Sutta of the Middle Discourses of the Buddha, The Mahadhammasamādāna Sutta, which translates as “The Great Discourse on Taking Up of Practices”. In this sutta the Buddha explains that, whilst we all want to be happy, we often find the opposite happens. The Bud...
One cannot change the world, but one can change the way we look at it. One of the major problems of the modern world is excess busy-ness. People are so busy and stressed out these days leaving many wondering if this is all that there is. Ajahn Brahm offers a talk on how to slow down in the moment an...