Part 2 – Autobiography, Biography and Hagiography

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) 

Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

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
(No link means no text available)

MN 26MN 4MN 19
MN 36MN 72MN 12
MN 49MN 91
(Nanamoli/Bodhi)
MN 123
(Nanamoli/Bodhi)
MN 47MN 71MN 77
MN 92

 

Optional audio recordings:

Sutta commentaries from Bhikkhu Bodhi

MN 26An 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 4A set of two audio talks from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Bhayabherava Sutta in section I.1 “The Buddha’s Enlightenment”
MN 19An audio talk from from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Dvedhāvitakka — Two Classes of Thoughts in section V.4 “Purifying the Mind”
MN 36A 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 12A 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 47An audio talk from from Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Vimaṃsaka Sutta — The Inquirer in section II. “Approaching the Dhamma”
MN 77A 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:

Resources for Studying

Study Syllabus

 

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