Theme: The Buddha in the Middle Length Discourses: Autobiography, Biography and Hagiography
Assignment: Read MN-26, 4, 19, 36, 72, 12, 49, 91, 123
Optional: MN-47, 71, 77, 92
Please read the Suttas in the order listed here.
Study guides and other documents associated with this class from Gil:
Introduction MN 26 MN 4 MN 36 MN 12
Study guide from Ajaahn Thannisaro: MN 49
Audio Recordings (Hosted by the Sati Center)
Class handout: The Tathagata
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
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| MN 26 | MN 4 | MN 19 |
| MN 36 | MN 72 | MN 12 |
| MN 49 | MN 91 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) | MN 123 (Nanamoli/Bodhi) |
| MN 47 | MN 71 | MN 77 |
| MN 92 |
Optional audio recordings:
Sutta commentaries from Bhikkhu Bodhi
| MN 26 | An audio talk from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Ariyapariyesanā Sutta — The Noble Search 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. This talk is located the section I.1 “The Buddha’s Enlightenment” |
| MN 4 | A set of two audio talks from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Bhayabherava Sutta in section I.1 “The Buddha’s Enlightenment” |
| MN 19 | An audio talk from from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Dvedhāvitakka — Two Classes of Thoughts in section V.4 “Purifying the Mind” |
| MN 36 | A set of two audio talks from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Mahāsaccaka Sutta — The Greater Discourse to Saccaka in section I. “The Buddha’s Enlightenment” |
| MN 12 | A set of four audio talks from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta — The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar in section VIII. “The Tathāgata” |
| MN 47 | An audio talk from from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Vimaṃsaka Sutta — The Inquirer in section II. “Approaching the Dhamma” |
| MN 77 | A set of six (!) audio talks from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Mahāsakuludāyi Sutta — The Greater Discourse to Sakuludayin in section VI.4 “The Aids to Enlightenment” |
General resources from Gil: