<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=&amp;threadId=5605914</link> <description>The Most Profound Suttas</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:47:16 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2014-10-19T01:47:16Z</dc:date> <item> <title>RE: The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606933</link> <description>One of my favorite recent ones:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;dharmafarer&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;wordpress&amp;#x2f;wp-content&amp;#x2f;uploads&amp;#x2f;2009&amp;#x2f;12&amp;#x2f;1&amp;#x2e;4-Udumbarika-Sihanada-S-d25-piya-proto&amp;#x2e;pdf"&gt;http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.4-Udumbarika-Sihanada-S-d25-piya-proto.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this sutta the Buddha gives a challenge to a group of outsider wanderers claiming that it would take them a maximum of 7 days to complete his challenge (arahatship). In the end none of the wanderers accept the challenge as they are overcome by Mara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The peculiar part of this sutta is that the Buddha claims that it is not necessary for any of them to give up:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Their notions of wholesome and unwholesome.&lt;br /&gt;-Their current teacher.&lt;br /&gt;-Their livelihood.&lt;br /&gt;-Their training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The specific wonderful passage may be found here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;i&amp;#x2e;gyazo&amp;#x2e;com&amp;#x2f;c02e923a0989d8017c52c3aeb38be846&amp;#x2e;png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;i&amp;#x2e;gyazo&amp;#x2e;com&amp;#x2f;07d2c4ef0182af7e5dddb82ee8af0d7d&amp;#x2e;png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as a bonus, here is some conversion magick for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;dharmafarer&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;wordpress&amp;#x2f;wp-content&amp;#x2f;uploads&amp;#x2f;2013&amp;#x2f;04&amp;#x2f;45&amp;#x2e;8-Licchavi-Bhaddiya-S-a4&amp;#x2e;193-piya&amp;#x2e;pdf"&gt;http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/45.8-Licchavi-Bhaddiya-S-a4.193-piya.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</description> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:16:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606933</guid> <dc:creator>J J</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-18T22:16:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>RE: The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606042</link> <description>Chachakka Sutta   Majjhima Nikaya #148&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This , to me is profound, due to the Sutta&amp;#039;s history of bringing &amp;#034;Sudden Awakenings&amp;#034; upon being heard out loud and understood.  Buddha the Direct Pointer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;talks&amp;#x2e;dhammasukha&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;uploads&amp;#x2f;1&amp;#x2f;2&amp;#x2f;8&amp;#x2f;6&amp;#x2f;12865490&amp;#x2f;mn-148-dsmc-bt-110825&amp;#x2e;pdf"&gt;http://talks.dhammasukha.org/uploads/1/2/8/6/12865490/mn-148-dsmc-bt-110825.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit adding one more, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sammaditthi Sutta  MN-9 Right View  Profound , shows full path to cessation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;talks&amp;#x2e;dhammasukha&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;uploads&amp;#x2f;1&amp;#x2f;2&amp;#x2f;8&amp;#x2f;6&amp;#x2f;12865490&amp;#x2f;mn-009-010824&amp;#x2e;pdf"&gt;http://talks.dhammasukha.org/uploads/1/2/8/6/12865490/mn-009-010824.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psi Phi</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:16:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606042</guid> <dc:creator>Psi Phi</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-16T15:16:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>RE: The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606006</link> <description>I enjoy the Maha-dukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Great Mass of Stress:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;www&amp;#x2e;accesstoinsight&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;tipitaka&amp;#x2f;mn&amp;#x2f;mn&amp;#x2e;013&amp;#x2e;than&amp;#x2e;html"&gt;http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.013.than.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The buddha speaks of the allure, the drawback and the escape of sensuality, form and feeling.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:56:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5606006</guid> <dc:creator>John P</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-16T13:56:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>RE: The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5605975</link> <description>Upatissa (later called Sariputta) meets Assaji, pesters him (&amp;#034;speak a little or a lot, but tell me just the gist&amp;#034;), gets pointing-out instructions, enters the stream. &lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;www&amp;#x2e;accesstoinsight&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;tipitaka&amp;#x2f;vin&amp;#x2f;mv&amp;#x2f;mv&amp;#x2e;01&amp;#x2e;23&amp;#x2e;01-10&amp;#x2e;than&amp;#x2e;html"&gt;Upatissa&amp;#039;s Question&lt;/a&gt;.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:17:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5605975</guid> <dc:creator>Florian Weps</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-16T12:17:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Most Profound Suttas</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5605913</link> <description>This thread is for linking to the most profound suttas in the Pali Canon.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#039;ll start with the Bahiya sutta.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here it is in two different translations: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;www&amp;#x2e;accesstoinsight&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;tipitaka&amp;#x2f;kn&amp;#x2f;ud&amp;#x2f;ud&amp;#x2e;1&amp;#x2e;10&amp;#x2e;than&amp;#x2e;html"&gt;http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.1.10.than.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http&amp;#x3a;&amp;#x2f;&amp;#x2f;www&amp;#x2e;accesstoinsight&amp;#x2e;org&amp;#x2f;tipitaka&amp;#x2f;kn&amp;#x2f;ud&amp;#x2f;ud&amp;#x2e;1&amp;#x2e;10&amp;#x2e;irel&amp;#x2e;html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.1.10.irel.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:29:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5605913</guid> <dc:creator>Tom Tom</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-16T08:29:45Z</dc:date> </item> </channel> </rss> 