formuchdeliberation6d ago

"The root of suffering is attachment."

~ Buddha

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The Open Buddhist UniversityMay 16

📰 The Buddhist Canon and the Canon of Buddhist Studies (A free, 23-page article from 2004)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/buddhist-canon-and-canon-of-buddhist-studies_freiberger-oliver

The Buddhist Canon and the Canon of Buddhist Studies

The first part of the paper examines the role of the Buddhist canon in research and in teaching, the trend towards non-canonical sources, and the current affection for contemporary practice. As a textual scholar who works with canonical texts, I intend to point to some risks that are, in my view, inherent in that general trend.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityApr 11

🧑‍🏫 Mission Majjhima (A ✨NEW✨, free, 1520-minute online course)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/mission-majjhima_clear-mountain

Mission Majjhima

A series of quick, ten-minute summaries and discussions of each sutta in the Majjhima Nikāya.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityApr 10

☸️ Aggregates (A free, 2-page sutta translation from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn56.13

SN 56.13 Khandha Sutta: Aggregates

The Four Noble Truths are defined, with the five aggregates as the truth of suffering.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityApr 6

☸️ Taking Pleasure (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn22.29

SN 22.29 Abhinandana Sutta: Taking Pleasure

If you take pleasure in consciousness, you take pleasure in suffering.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityApr 5

☸️ Tendency (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn18.21

SN 18.21 Anusaya Sutta: Tendency

One truly sees any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: all form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

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The Open Buddhist UniversityMar 31

☸️ Should Be Completely Understood (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn23.4

SN 23.4 Pariññeyya Sutta: Should Be Completely Understood

Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. These are called the things that should be completely understood. And what is complete understanding? The ending of greed, hate, and delusion.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityMar 30

☸️ The Burden (A free, 2-page sutta translation from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn22.22

SN 22.22 Bhāra Sutta: The Burden

And who is the bearer of the burden [of the five aggregates]? The individual (puggalo), it should be said;

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The Open Buddhist UniversityMar 26

☸️ Burning (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2000)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn22.61

SN 22.61 Āditta Sutta: Burning

Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion his mind is liberated.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityMar 25

☸️ Five Factors (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2012)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/an10.12

AN 10.12 Pañcaṅga Sutta: Five Factors

An Arahant has overcome the five hindrances and possesses five factors which may be considered their opposites.

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