…Notice the suttas DON'T begin with 'Thus have I heard FROM ĀNANDA', just 'Thus have I heard'. Later prose authors could have been referring to the oral tradition in general, and made up the story of Ānanda's reciting the entire Canon, in order to legitimise the very long texts they wrote.

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…The many long suttas, lists, and miracles, in the Pāli Canon, were probably composed, based on the early poetry and oral tradition, by a group of prose authors, sooner or later after Buddha's final passing, who were institutionalising Buddhism to compete with Hinduism, Jainism, Ājīvika, etc.

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…Compared to the prose suttas, those poems present Buddha as a more human, ascetic, solitary sage (muni) who abandons ALL views; who doesn't study under Āḷāra and Uddaka; doesn't do a life-long lecture tour; skips the arūpajhāna level of neither-perception-nor-nonperception; and other interesting differences. Give them a read.

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Dhamma Sharing with Ayya Brahmavara:

The Bottomless Abyss | How the Buddha Taught Us to Work with Painful Feelings (SN 36.4)

https://youtu.be/ERhMY5sQ3Kw?si=kQtgJiGj6dV2yn4O

#AyyaBrahmavara #Theravada #Dharma #Bhikkhuni #meditation #Buddhism #Buddhist #Sutta #Dhamma #feelings

The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.

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This is the most authentic and correctly chanted version of the Karaṇīyamettā Sutta I've heard, by Sri Lankan Bhante Uparatana:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkhftRWKXs
#buddhism #sutra #sutta #srilanka #theravada #metta #chant

Ajahn Candā: "How To Illuminate A Forest? Mahagosinga Sutta (MN 32)" Sutta Discussion

https://youtu.be/rwfpRR0gvZU?si=9MWsJs1ESlbmY7k8

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"The fact that such texts as this sutta and the Kālāma Sutta do not dwell on the doctrines of kamma and rebirth does not mean, as is sometimes assumed, that such teachings are mere cultural accretions to the Dhamma that can be deleted or explained away without losing anything essential. It means only that, at the outset, the Dhamma can be approached in ways that do not require reference to past and future lives. The Buddha’s teaching has many sides, and thus, from certain angles, it can be directly evaluated against our concern for our present well-being and happiness. Once we see that the practice of the teaching does indeed bring peace, joy, and inner security in this very life, this will inspire our trust and confidence in the Dhamma as a whole, including those aspects that lie beyond our present capacity for personal verification. If we were to undertake certain practices—practices that require highly refined skills and determined effort—we would be able to acquire the faculties needed to validate those other aspects"

— Bhikhu Bodhi: In the Buddha's Words

One of the best explanations for how to approach the notions of #kamma and #rebirth I've seen. And also one of the readings of the Kālāma #Sutta which is well-integrated into the context of the rest of the #Nikāyas.

#karma #reincarnation #Buddhism #Buddha #KalamaSutta #suttas #EarlyBuddhism #Dhamma #Dharma