Theme: Non-clinging, Nibbana & The Deathless.
Readings: MN-131, 143, 138, 22.20-35, 22.40-41, 147, 64, 68.8-24, 73.7-12
Optional: 70.14-22, 76.51
Please read the Suttas in the order listed here.
Study guides and other documents associated with this class from Gil:
Audio Recordings (Hosted by the Sati Center)
Class handouts:
Means to Liberation Nibbana quotes
Synonyms for Nibbana
Sutta translations available on-line at Access to Insight, or made available as a PDF document from the translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi – used with permission (No link means no text available)
| MN 131 [Nanananda | Thanissaro] | MN 143 [Olendzky | Thanissaro ] | MN 138 |
| MN 22 Nyanaponika | Thanissaro | MN 147 | MN 64 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) |
| MN 68 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) | MN 73 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) | MN 70 |
| MN 76 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) | MN 148 |
Optional audio recordings:
Sutta commentaries from Bhikkhu Bodhi
| MN 22 | A series of 5 audio talks on the Alaggūpama Sutta — The Simile of the Snake found on the website of the Bodhi Monastery in the Audio Dhamma section. This is part of a series of talks given by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Majjhima Nikaya. These talks are located in section VII. The Cultivation of Wisdom – 1. Right View |
| MN 64 | Two audio talks on the Mahāmalunkya Sutta — The Greater Discourse to Mālunkyāputta in section VII. The Cultivation of Wisdom – 2. Penetrative Insight |
| MN 70 | Two audio talks on the Kīṭāgiri Sutta — At Kīṭāgiri in section VII. The Cultivation of Wisdom – 5. A typology of noble disciples |
| MN 148 | An audio talk on the Chachakka Sutta in section VII. The Cultivation of Wisdom – 2. Penetrative insight |
General resources from Gil: