UNLOCKING THE BUDDHA'S CODE - Why Sutta Meditation? - Part 1

<p><strong>Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>This talk is part of a <strong>multi-part series titled "Unlocking the Buddha's Code", examining the importance of meditating on suttas, or the Buddha's specific instructions contained in the suttas. </strong>We look into the Buddha's instructions before he passed away; what he foretold when it comes to the decline and disappearance of the teachings; the unique method of instruction contained in the Pali Canon that unlocks the Buddha's code or insight pathway; why it's good to be "<em>suvaco</em>" or willing to follow instructions; and a glimpse at a few other useful things.</p> <p>The talks that will follow this one, will take a closer look at Buddha's method of instruction, including nyanapathas or insight (knowledge) pathways, as well as "deep diving" into examples from the suttas.</p> <p>Suttas referred to in this talk:</p> <ul> <li><em>Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta </em>(DN 16) - The Buddha's Last Days</li> <li><em>Sugatavinaya Sutta </em>(AN 4.160) - The Training of a Holy One</li> <li><em>Āṇi Sutta </em>(SN 20.7) - &nbsp;The Drum Peg</li> <li><em>Appassuta Sutta </em>(AN 4.6) - Not Very Learned</li> <li><em>Sekha Pāṭipada Sutta </em>(MN53) - The Trainee's Mode of Progress</li> <li><em>Kevaddha Sutta </em>(DN 11) - With Kevaddha</li> <li><em>Udāyī Sutta </em>(AN 5.159) - With Udāyī</li> </ul> <p><strong>To listen to PART 2 in this series - https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/episodes/70-UNLOCKING-THE-BUDDHAS-CODE---Extracting-Insight-Pathways---Part-2-esmcpd</strong></p> <p><strong>Bohoma pin</strong> to those who have requested and patiently waited for this talk (and multi-part series) and also those who have helped in bringing this talk to fruition.</p> <p>To access videos and shorter clips, you can go to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwrSrkvP4mJRPWyPGliNDuA</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suttameditationseries/message