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A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.

Buddhism Religion & Spirituality
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Episodes

AN 3.01 - 3.10 Fools

October 29, 2021 13:42 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

AN 2.310 - 2.479 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed

October 13, 2021 21:04 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

AN 2.280 - 2.309 Abbreviated Texts on Monastic Training

October 13, 2021 21:03 - 9 minutes - 8.43 MB

AN 2.230 - 2.279 Abbreviated Texts beginning with the Unskillful

October 13, 2021 21:03 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MB

An 2.180 - 2.229 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Anger

October 12, 2021 16:03 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MB

AN 2.163 - 2.179 Attainment

October 12, 2021 16:02 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MB

AN 2.151 - 2.162 Welcome

October 12, 2021 16:02 - 3 minutes - 3.47 MB

AN 2.141 - 2.150 Giving

October 10, 2021 09:41 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MB

AN 2.130 - 2.140 Aspiration

October 10, 2021 09:41 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MB

AN 2.118 - 2.129 Hopes that are Hard to Give Up

October 10, 2021 09:40 - 3 minutes - 3.07 MB

AN 2.98 - 2.117 Fools

October 10, 2021 09:39 - 6 minutes - 6.07 MB

AN 2.87 - 2.97 Two Things

October 03, 2021 09:58 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MB

AN 2.77 - 2.86 With a Foundation

October 03, 2021 09:58 - 2 minutes - 2.35 MB

AN 2.64 - 2.76 Happiness

October 03, 2021 09:57 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MB

AN 2.52 - 2.63 Persons

September 19, 2021 10:48 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MB

AN 2.42 - 2.51 Assemblies

September 19, 2021 10:47 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

AN 2.32 - 2.41 Peaceful Mind

September 19, 2021 10:45 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

AN 2.21 - 2.31 Fools

September 18, 2021 08:41 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MB

AN 2.11 - 2.20 Issues

September 18, 2021 08:40 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

AN 2.01 - 2.10 Punishments

September 18, 2021 08:40 - 9 minutes - 8.78 MB

AN 1.616 - 1.627 The Deathless

August 21, 2021 07:41 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MB

AN 1.575 - 1.615 Mindfulness of the Body (5.39mins)

August 19, 2021 19:12 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MB

AN 1.394 - 1.574 Another Chapter on a Finger-snap

August 17, 2021 16:19 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

AN 1.378 - 1.393 Inspirational

August 10, 2021 18:00 - 1 minute - 1020 KB

AN 1.296 - 1.377 One Thing

August 07, 2021 07:27 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

AN 1.268 - 1.295 Impossible

August 05, 2021 21:16 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MB

AN 1.188 - 1.267 Foremost

August 01, 2021 11:38 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MB

AN 1.170 - 1.187 One Person

July 25, 2021 08:56 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MB

AN 1.150 - 1.169 Non Offence

July 21, 2021 18:03 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MB

AN 1.140 - 1.149 Not the Teaching

July 20, 2021 07:26 - 3 minutes - 3.17 MB

AN 1.98 - 1.139 Negligence 2nd

July 18, 2021 13:41 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB

AN 1.82 - 1.97 Negligence

July 16, 2021 20:34 - 3 minutes - 3.03 MB

AN 1.71 - 1.81 Good Friends

July 14, 2021 17:19 - 3 minutes - 3.09 MB

AN 1.61 - 1.79 Arousing Energy

July 13, 2021 14:15 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MB

AN 1.51 - 1.60 Finger Snap

July 11, 2021 09:04 - 3 minutes - 3.2 MB

AN 1.41 - 1.50 A Spike

July 09, 2021 19:50 - 4 minutes - 4.26 MB

AN 1.31 - 1.40 Wild

July 07, 2021 09:02 - 2 minutes - 2.34 MB

There's nothing so conducive to happiness as a mind that has been tamed. 

AN 1.21 - 1.30 Useless

July 04, 2021 07:40 - 2 minutes - 2.38 MB

The Buddha enumerates twenty things of singular importance to the spiritual path. 

AN 1.11 - 1.20 Giving up the Hindrances

July 02, 2021 20:03 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MB

AN 1.01 - 1.10 What Occupies the Mind

July 01, 2021 20:49 - 2 minutes - 2.49 MB

DN 34 Up to Ten (Part 2)

June 05, 2021 07:46 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

This is similar to the previous sutta, but with a different manner of exposition. These two discourses anticipate some of the methods of the Abhidhamma.

DN 34 Up to Ten (Part 1)

June 05, 2021 07:45 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

This is similar to the previous sutta, but with a different manner of exposition. These two discourses anticipate some of the methods of the Abhidhamma.

DN 33 Reciting in Concert Part 3

May 26, 2021 06:51 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

The Buddha encourages Venerable Sāriputta to teach the mendicants, and he offers an extended listing of Buddhist doctrines arranged in numerical sequence.

DN 33 Reciting in Concert Part 2

May 25, 2021 04:28 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

The Buddha encourages Venerable Sāriputta to teach the mendicants, and he offers an extended listing of Buddhist doctrines arranged in numerical sequence.

DN 33 Reciting in Concert Part 1

May 19, 2021 07:46 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

The Buddha encourages Venerable Sāriputta to teach the mendicants, and he offers an extended listing of Buddhist doctrines arranged in numerical sequence.

DN 32 The Atanatiya Protection

May 13, 2021 07:02 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Mighty spirits hold a congregation, and warn the Buddha that, since not all spirits are friendly, the mendicants should learn verses of protection.

DN 31 Sigalovada Sutta

May 11, 2021 06:16 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

The sutta gives advice on conduct and details what conduct leads to happiness and well-being in this life and re-birth in a heaven world. The sutta is traditionally regarded as the lay vinaya, the laity’s equivalent of the monastic rules.

DN 30 The Marks of a Great Man

May 07, 2021 06:22 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

This presents the brahmanical prophecy of the Great Man, and explains the 32 marks in detail. This discourse contains some of the latest and most complex verse forms in the canon.

DN 29 An Impressive Discourse

May 02, 2021 07:12 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Following the death of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, the leader of the Jains, the Buddha emphasizes the stability and maturity of his own community. He encourages the community to come together after his death and recite the teachings in harmony.

DN 29 An Impressive Discourse

May 02, 2021 07:12 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Following the death of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, the leader of the Jains, the Buddha emphasizes the stability and maturity of his own community. He encourages the community to come together after his death and recite the teachings in harmony.