Study Guide to the DIGHA NIKAYA
(“The
Long Discourses”), Version 18
INITIAL VERSION BY LEIGH BRASINGTON
This syllabus is originally from:
http://leighb.com/studydn.htm
A version of this new syllabus can be found online at:
http://leighb.com/studydnexp.htm
[Technical note: The Windows-standard Tahoma font also contains the necessary Pali and Sanskrit diacriticals
– from:
http://www.bps.lk/pali_misc/fontsdl.html
- this adapted syllabus uses Tahoma]
Introduction
This Sutta Study Guide is based on the DIGHA NIKAYA, translated by Maurice Walshe, published by Wisdom Publications:
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/long-discourses-buddha
Read Walshe's Introduction, pages 16-62 as our first assignment. We WILL study
suttas that are given in this Guide in red and that are marked
(f,o) or (f)
or (o) after the title. The meaning is that both Gil Fronsdal and Andrew Olendzki or at least one of them included them in their syllabuses in addition to Leigh Brasington.
All numerical references are to this edition. Some of the comments about the various Suttas are taken from the Access
to Insight <http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html
> website. See Access to Insight information on the DIGHA NIKAKYA at: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/
VERY detailed summaries of each of the suttas (by grand division) can be found at:
http://www.buddhanet.net/digha.htm
Short summaries of the suttas can be found at:
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/sutta-pitaka-digha-nikaya.html#.VnncSlJGMgg
The most important Suttas in the Digha Nikaya are
#2, #22, #15, #16, #9 and #31 (LB); I am adding #1 (FHM); they are labeled in red below.
When you see a bolded
“Kinh”
(ex. Kinh Sa-môn
quả), that is the
Vietnamese version.
Division One - The Moralities
This division gets its name because all 13 Suttas in it contain identical sections on
sila - morality, virtue. There are many other sections that reappear in most of the Suttas. To get a good handle on The Moralities, first read and study DN 2 and DN 9. [LB]
VERY detailed summaries of each of the suttas (by grand division) can be found at:
http://www.buddhanet.net/digha.htm
This first division with 13
suttas:
http://www.buddhanet.net/silavaga.htm
LB SECTION 1-1.
Read
DN 2: SAMAÑÑAPHALA
SUTTA: “The Fruits of the Spiritual Life”
or “The Fruits of Recluseship”
(f,o)
This is,
in the opinions of Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera and his student Ven. Ayya Khema and her student Leigh Brasington,
the most important Sutta in the whole Pali Canon.
It shows the entire path of training for the spiritual life from beginning to full Enlightenment. And its setting, with King Ajatasattu asking the Buddha to point out any "fruits of leading a spiritual life that are visible here
and now", makes a wonderful story as well as showing the Buddha's marvelous powers of teaching. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn2
(Bhikkhu Bodhi translation - compare to Walshe's translation in our
“text”
!)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu trans)
Kinh Sa-môn
quả - DN 2
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn2
The Dirga Agama equivalent is DA#27 available only in Vietnamese:
KINH SA-MÔN
QUẢ
– DA 27
https://suttacentral.net/vn/da27
Book !: Ven. Ayya Khema,
Visible Here and Now , more details given below in Section 1-2, but perhaps try to get this early for
“the most important sutta in the whole Pali Canon”
!
Book !:
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship
more details given below in Section 1-2 also perhaps try to get this early for
“the most important sutta in the whole Pali Canon”
!
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Article:
DN2, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism article by Bhikkhu Anālayo
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn2-encyclopaedia-of-buddhism-article-by-bhikkhu-analayo/2141
Article:
Leigh Brasington, “The Gradual Training,”
on DN 2, at BCBS, 10-10~12-2014
http://leighb.com/gt.pdf
Article:
EA38.11, EA52.1 [DN2, THI-Ap 17], Miracle-working Nuns in the Ekottarika-āgama,
by Anālayo
Abstract:
In this article I examine two tales of miracle-working nuns in the EKOTTARIKA-AGAMA, one of which reports how the nun Sona
defeats the six contemporary non-Buddhist teachers and the other involves Mahapajapati Gotami’s
spectacular passing away.
Article in PDF:
Jayarava Michael Attwood, Did King Ajātasattu
Confess to the Buddha, and did the Buddha Forgive Him?
Journal of Buddhist Ethics ISSN 1076-9005 (2008)
http://www.buddhistethics.org/
http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MAG/mag172905.pdf
Article:
Rupert Gethin,
“On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the
Pali Nikayas and Exegetical Sources, Part 1,
in Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Hamburg) 10 (2004)pp. 17-37.
(GF)
Chart: Andrew Olendzki:
Six Ancient Views (a chart for DN 2)
Piya Tan on DN 2:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/8.10-Samannaphala-S-d2-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan:
http://palisuttas.com/2014/11/08/samannaphala-sutta/
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn2-the-fruits-of-the-monastic-regimen-by-alexander-duncan/546
MP3 audio:
DN2 as told by Leigh Brasington
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn2-as-told-by-leigh-brasington/2099
Video:
DN2 Sāmaññaphala:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn2-samannaphala-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/452
Additional, optional reading:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sama%C3%B1%C3%B1aphala_Sutta
LB (LEIGH BRASINGTON) SECTION 1-2: emphasis on books on DN 2.
Book:
Ven. Ayya Khema, Visible Here and Now
http://www.amazon.com/Visible-Here-Now-Teachings-Spiritual/dp/1570624925
This is Ayya Khema's modern commentary on DN 2. It provides an enormous wealth of information that will serve you well
as you read the other Suttas in the first division of the Digha Nikaya. This information will also serve to make clearer many points that occur throughout the Suttas.
See also Bhikkhu Bodhi's *The Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship* (Buddhist Publication Society) which includes
the Sutta and it's ancient Commentaries below [LB]:
Book:
Bhikkhu Bodhi,
“Introduction”
from The Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://store.pariyatti.org/Discourse-on-Fruits-of-Recluseship-BP212_p_1473.html
(Pariyatti Press book)
Book chapter !:
Trevor Ling (on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA):
The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993, PP. 5-33. (GF)
LB SECTION 1-3.
Now reread
DN 2: SAMAÑÑAPHALA
SUTTA: “The Fruits of the Spiritual Life”
or “The Fruits of Recluseship”
(As we go forward now) Notice the parts of DN 9 (below) that are the same as DN 2. Notice that Jhanas 1-7 are
discussed as well as Nirodha, rather than just Jhanas 1 - 4 as in DN 2. Notice the discussion on Not-Self that occurs in the last half of this Sutta.
[LB]
LB SECTION 1-4.
Read
DN 9 - POTTHAPADA SUTTA: States of Consciousness or
“To Poṭṭhapada”
(o)
See below: Ayya Khema's modern commentary on DN 9. It provides a great deal of clarification about the
Jhanas and the Buddha's teaching on Not-Self. [LB]
Alternative translations to our Walshe text:
(Leigh Brasington)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn9
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
Kinh Poṭṭhapāda
(Bố-sá-bà-lâu)
- DN 9
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn9
Book chapter:
John J. Holder, Early Buddhist Discourses (Hackett Publishing Company), pp. 128-131
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Piya Tan on DN 9:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.14-Potthapada-S-d9-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 9:
http://palisuttas.com/2014/12/20/potthapada-sutta/
Video:
Ajahn Brahm (Brahmavamso) Nov. 10, 2013
Digha Nikaya 9 Pottapada Sutta - About States of Consciousness
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblJLKC-V8M
Video:
Ajahn Brahm (Brahmavamso) Nov. 24, 2013
Digha Nikaya 9 Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness
Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGuGRdBqWc8
Video:
Ven. Dhammavuddho Mahathera
DN 9:
Potthapada Sutta (Digha Nikaya)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEt0XE8bQQk
Talks (about 30):
Ayya Khema
DN 9: Potthapada Sutta (Digha Nikaya)
http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/334/?search=Potthapada
LB SECTION 1-5.
Now read the
Book:
Ven. Ayya Khema,
Who is My-Self
This is Ayya Khema's modern commentary on DN 9. It provides a great deal of clarification about the
Jhanas and the Buddha's teaching on Not-Self. [LB]
LB SECTION 1-6.
Reread
DN 9 - POTTHAPADA SUTTA: States of Consciousness or
“To Poṭṭhapada”
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn9
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
Having read these two Suttas and Ayya Khema's commentaries on them, you are now ready to dive into the other 11 Suttas
that make up the first division of the DIGHA NIKAYA. [LB]
LB SECTION 1-7.
Read
DN 1 - BRAHMAJALA SUTTA: The Supreme Net of What the Teaching is Not
(f,o)
In this Sutta, the Buddha describes all 62 possible views of the Self - The Supreme Net of Views - and shows
that they are all false. The 62 views are expansions of the various views of Self that Potthapada proposed in DN 9. See also Bikkhu Bodhi's *The All Embracing Net of Views* (Buddhist Publication Society) which includes the Sutta and it's ancient Commentaries.
[LB]
http://suttacentral.net/dn1/en
(Bhikkhu Bodhi translation - compare to Walshe's translation in our
“text”
!)
See also (no translator given):
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/03/digha-nikaya-brahmajala-sutta.html#.VnnbJVJGMgg
Kinh Phạm
võng - DN 1
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn1
BOOK:
Bhikkhu Bodhi on DN 1:
“Introduction”
from The All Embracing Net of Views by Bhikkhu Bodhi (pp1-‐50)
http://www.dhammatalks.net/Books11/Bhikkhu_Bodhi-Discourse-All-Embracing_Net_of_Views.pdf
BOOK:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Article in PDF:
DA21 T21 [DN1], The
˜Sixty-two Views’,
by Anālayo
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/da21-t21-dn1-the-sixty-two-views-by-analayo/2180
Articles (2) in PDF:
DN1: The Brahmajāla
and the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition by Analayo
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn1-the-brahmajala-and-the-early-buddhist-oral-tradition/515
Article:
Stephen A. Evans, "Epistemology of the Brahmajãla
Sutta," Buddhist Studies Review 2009 67-84
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/BSR/article/viewArticle/11416
[has a cost- PDF Price:
£17.50, Restricted Access]
(GF)
Article: "Notes on the Buddha’s
Threats in the DIGHA NIKYA” by A. Syrkin
The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 7-1 (1984): applies to Suttas, 3, 21, 24, 1: we have as a
PDF
Chart: Andrew Olendzki:
Net of Brahma (a chart for DN 1)
Piya Tan on DN 1:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/25.2-Brahmajala-S-d01-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 1:
Video:
DN1 Brahmajala: talk by Ven. Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn1-brahmajala-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/461
LB SECTION 1-8.
Now you can read DN 3 - DN 8 . Your previous study in the DIGHA NIKAYA will make these quite accessible since they
cover much the same ground. [LB]
DN 3 AMBAṬṬHASUTTA:
To Ambaṭṭha
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn3
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Ambaṭṭha
(A-ma-trú) - DN
3
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn3
Video:
DN3 Ambaṭṭha:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn3-amba-ha-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/475
Article:
Notes on the Buddha’s
Threats in the DIGHA NIKYA by A. Syrkin
The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 7-1 (1984): applies to Suttas, 3, 21, 24, 1: we have as a PDF
Piya Tan on DN 3:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/21.3-Ambattha-S-d3-piya.pdf
(pages 1-38 are a wonderful commentary!)
Alexander Duncan on DN 3:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn3-amba-ha-by-alexander-duncan/545
DN 4 SOṆADAṆḌASUTTA:
To Soṇadaṇḍa
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn4
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Soṇadaṇḍa
(Chủng
Ðức) - DN 4
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn4
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Piya Tan on DN 4:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/30.5-Sonadanda-S-d4-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 4:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn4-so-ada-a-by-alexander-duncan/544
Video:
DN4, DN5: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn4-dn5-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/469
DN 5 KŪṬADANTASUTTA:
To Kūṭadanta
(f, o)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn5
(Rhys Davids trans)
Web: Wh120
— Kutadanta Sutta
— Plain text DN 5:
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh120-p.html
Kinh Kūṭadanta
(Cứu-la-đàn-đầu)
- DN 5
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn5
Book chapter:
Mavis Fenn,
“The Kutadanta sutta: traditon in tension”
in Buddhist Studies from India to America (London: Routledge, 2006), pp. 89-100 (GF)
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 , pp. 87-98 (with his translation) (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22,
5, 27, 25, 31, and 16 – inclludes his introduction, then
translation for each.
Piya Tan on DN 5:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/22.8-Kutadanta-S-d5-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 5:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn5-ku-adanta-by-alexander-duncan/543
Video:
DN4, DN5: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn4-dn5-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/469
DN 6 MAHĀLISUTTA:
To Mahāli
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn6
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Mahāli
- DN 6
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn6
Alexander Duncan on DN 6:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn6-mahali-by-alexander-duncan/542
Video:
DN6, DN7, DN8: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn6-dn7-dn8-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/482
DN 7 JĀLIYASUTTA:
To Jāliya
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn7
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Jāliya
- DN 7
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn7
Video:
DN6, DN7, DN8: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn6-dn7-dn8-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/482
DN 8 MAHĀSĪHANĀDASUTTA:
The Lion’s Roar to Kassapa
(f,o)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn8
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh
Ca-diếp Sư
tử hống
-
DN 8
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn8
Alexander Duncan on DN 8:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn8-the-speech-of-the-great-lion-s-roar-by-alexander-duncan/541
Video:
DN6, DN7, DN8: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn6-dn7-dn8-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/482
[DN 9
– we did it above!]
LB SECTION 1-9.
Read DN 10 - SUBHA SUTTA:
“Virtue, Concentration and Wisdom”
This Sutta is a summary of the three training of the Buddha's path: Virtue, Concentration and Wisdom. It was given
by Ananda after the Buddha had died. It's importance is that the training is here distilled to it's essence with very little extra story, and that it is given by someone other than the Buddha. This will be easy reading
after all the previous Suttas. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn10
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Subha (Tu-bà)
– DN 10
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn10
Piya Tan on DN 10:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/40a.13-Ananda-Subha-S-d10-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 10-11-12:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn10-dn11-dn12-by-alexander-duncan/539
Video:
DN10 Subha: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn10-subha-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/484
Video:
DN10 The true and complete Dharma training: talk by Piya Tan
Video:
DN10 Preparing the body and mind for awakening: talk by Piya Tan
LB SECTION 1-10.
Read DN 11 - KEVADDHA SUTTA: What the Brahma Didn't Know
(f)
This discourse explores the role of miracles and conversations with heavenly beings as a possible basis for
faith and belief. The Buddha does not deny the reality of such experiences, but he points out that of all possible miracles - the only reliable one is the miracle of instruction in the proper training of the mind. As for heavenly beings, they are subject to
greed, anger, and delusion, and so the information they give is not necessarily trustworthy. Thus the only valid basis for faith is the instruction that, when followed, brings about the end of one's own mental defilements. The tale that concludes the discourse
is one of the finest examples of the early Buddhist sense of humor. It probably was a separate discourse at one time, perhaps also given to Kevaddha, that was later tacked onto the end of the "Miracle of Instruction" sutta. The verse at the end of this tale
is an important early description of non-duality. Note that the section on the iddhis - supernormal powers
– found at DN 2:85 - 96 do not appear
in this Sutta; this may not be clear because of the ellipsis in the Wisdom edition. [LB]
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.11.0.than.html
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn11
(Rhys Davids)
Kinh Kevaddha (Kiên
Cố) - DN 11
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn11
Piya Tan on DN 11:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.7-Kevaddha-S-d11-piya-proto.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 10-11-12:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn10-dn11-dn12-by-alexander-duncan/539
Video:
DN9 Poṭṭhapāda:
Sutta Study with Ajahn Brahm
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn9-po-ha-pada-sutta-study-with-ajahn-brahm/1865
Video:
DN11 Kevaddha: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn11-kevaddha-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/485
LB SECTION 1-11.
Read DN 12 - LOHICCASUTTA:
“Good and Bad Teachers”
(f,o)
A non-Buddhist poses some good questions: If
Dhamma is something that one must realize for oneself, then what is the role of a teacher? Are there any teachers who don't deserve some sort of criticism? The Buddha's reply includes a sweeping summary of the entire path of practice. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn12
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu trans)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.12.0.than.html
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu trans also on AtI)
Kinh Lohicca (Lô-hi-gia)
- DN 12
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn12
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Alexander Duncan on DN 10-11-12:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn10-dn11-dn12-by-alexander-duncan/539
Video: DN12 Lohicca: talk by Ven
Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn12-lohicca-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/466
LB SECTION 1-12.
Read DN 13 - TEVIJJA SUTTA:
“The Threefold Knowledge”
or “The Three Knowledges”
(f)
Notice that this Sutta only discusses the training up thru the 1st Jhana. And that here the 1st Jhana is used
as a basis from which to generate the Four Supreme Emotions - The Brahma Viharas - The Divine Abodes. By dwelling with a mind full of these emotions, one can enter the Realm of Brahma. It's important to note that in this sutta, the Buddha is using "the Realm
of Brahma" as a metaphor for Nibbana - a point missed by the mainstream Theravadan tradition as well as by early translators. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn13
Kinh Tevijjā
(Tam minh) - DN 13
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn13
Piya Tan on DN 13:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.8-Tevijja-S-d13-piya-proto11.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 13:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn13-tevijja-by-alexander-duncan/538
Article in PDF: DA26, DN13: Brahmavihāra
and Awakening, by Bhikkhu Anālayo
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/da26-dn13-brahmavihara-and-awakening-by-bhikkhu-analayo/1477
Book chapter: Richard Gombrich,
“The Buddha’s
Positive Values: Love and Compassion,”
What the Buddha Thought, Chapter 6: p. 75-91
Video: DN13 Tevijja: talk by Ven
Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn13-tevijja-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/464
Division Two - The Great Division
This division gets its name because many of the
Suttas in this division have “Maha”
(Great) as part of their title. The "Great" refers to their length, but it also is fitting because many of these Suttas are of great importance and make great reading.
DN 15, DN 16 and
DN 22 are the most important ones in this division.
VERY detailed summaries of each of the suttas (by grand division) can be found at:
http://www.buddhanet.net/digha.htm
This second division with 10
suttas:
http://www.buddhanet.net/mahavaga.htm
LB SECTION 2-1.
Read DN 14 - MAHAPADANA SUTTA:
“The Great Discourse on the Lineage”
or “The Sublime Story”
(f,o)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn14
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh
Ðại bổn
- DN 14
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn14
Alexander Duncan on DN 14:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn14-mahapadana-by-alexander-duncan/537
Video: DN14 Mahāpadāna:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn14-mahapadana-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/468
This Sutta mentions the previous Buddhas of our aeon and tells the story of the previous Buddha Vipassi. It is interesting
mythology, but also notice that sections 2.17 - 2.22 describe his enlightenment. His story very closely parallels our Buddha's story and Vipassi's enlightenment comes about because he is able to formulate and penetrate Dependent Origination. See also my essay
on this Sutta:
LB SECTION 2-2.
Read The Translator's Introduction to the MAHANIDANA SUTTA
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.15.0.than.html> which can be found at the Access to Insight
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html> web site.
LB SECTION 2-3.
Read
DN 15 - MAHANIDANA SUTTA: “The
Great Discourse on Origination” or
“The Great Discourse on Causation”
(f,o)
Here we have Dependent Origination described in detail in the DIGHA NIKAYA. Notice that the description is
first formulated "backwards" starting from *Death* and going to *Birth*, *Becoming*, etc. Notice that the *Six Sense-Bases* are left out(!). Also this formulation only goes back to the mutual conditioning of *Mind-and-Body* and *Consciousness*. This formulation
(but with the *Six Sense-Bases* included) is probably the oldest formulation; the usual twelve links starting with *Ignorance* and *Karminc Formations* preceding *Consciousness* and *Mind-and-Body* is probably a later teaching that the Buddha came up with
after he had penetrated the 10 reverse-link formulation during his quest for Enlightenment. The second half of this Sutta contains another teaching on Not-Self. This extremely important teaching shows that the Not-Self concept (called
“Emptiness”
in the Mahayana traditions of Tibetan and Zen Buddhism) rests upon seeing all phenomena as dependently originating - including "Me". [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn15
(Bhikkhu Bodhi trans)
Kinh
Ðại duyên
- DN 15
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn15
Piya Tan on DN 15:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/5.17-Mahanidana-S-d15-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 15:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn15-the-great-discourse-on-causation-by-alexander-duncan/536
Bhikkhu Bodhi on DN 15:
“Transcendental Dependent Arising”
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/wheel277.html
Video:
DN15 Mahānidāna:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn15-mahanidana-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/465/1
Book: Bhikkhu Bodhi
on DN 15:
http://www.dhammatalks.net/Books11/Bhikkhu_Bodhi-Great_Discourse_on_Causation.pdf
(and have revised blue cover PDF)
LB SECTION 2-4.
Read Sister Vajira's Introduction to the /Mahaparinibbana Sutta/ <http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html>
which can be found near the beginning of the version of the Sutta at the Access to Insight <http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html>
web site. [LB]
LB SECTION 2-5.
Read
DN 16 - MAHAPARINIBBANA SUTTA: “The
Great Passing of the Buddha” or
“The Discourse about the Great Emancipation”
(f,o)
This is the longest Sutta of them all.
It contains much historical information as well as teachings. Notice how as the Buddha and Ananda traveled westward on the Buddha's last journey, he frequently gave discourses on Morality, Concentration and Wisdom - the theme of DN 2 - #12. I also have written
an essay on this Sutta:
See:
http://leighb.com/lastdays.htm
[LB]
http://suttacentral.net/dn16/en
(Anandajoti trans)
Kinh
Ðại Bát-Niết-Bàn
- DN 16
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn16
Book : Ayya Khema,
Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace (Wisdom, 1999)
Book : Ven. Pategama Gnanarama Ph. D.
The Mission Accomplished: A historical analysis of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya of the Pali Canon.
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/mission-accomplished.pdf
Online as a PDF (236 pp; suggested by Ajahn Punnadhammo)
Book :
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
The Discourse about the Great Emancipation: A Translation of Mahāparinibbānasutta
(DN 16), 200 pages
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Great-Emancipation/Great-Emancipation.pdf
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Piya Tan on DN 16:
(be sure to scroll down for all the contents)
Alexander Duncan on DN 16:
Video:
DN16 Mahāparinibbana:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn16-mahaparinibbana-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/477
Article:
How the Buddha died
Venerable Dr Mettanando Bhikkhu
Bangkok Post, May 15, 2001
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha192.htm
LB SECTION 2-6.
DN 17 - MAHASUDASSANA SUTTA:
“The Great Splendor”
or “The Great King Of Glory”
(f)
…
tells the story in full detail that was briefly alluded to by the Buddha at DN 16:5.17-18.
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn17
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh
Ðại Thiện
Kiến vương
- DN 17
Piya Tan on DN 17:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/36.12-Maha-Sudassana-S-d17-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 17:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn-17-the-discourse-on-the-wheel-turning-monarch-by-alexander-duncan/534
Video:
DN17, DN18: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn17-dn18-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/479
DN 18, 19, 20, 21 are all mythological in nature. Although they do not measure up to the quality of other Suttas in
this division, they are nonetheless interesting for their cosmological disclosures. Be sure and read Walshe's introduction to Buddhist cosmology on pages 37 - 42 before reading these Suttas. [LB]
LB SECTION 2-7.
DN 18 - JANAVASABHASUTTA:
“With Janavasabha”
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn18
Kinh Xa-ni-sa - DN 18
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn18
Alexander Duncan on DN 18:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn18-janavasabha-by-alexander-duncan/533
Video:
DN17, DN18: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn17-dn18-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/479
DN 19
– MAHĀGOVINDASUTTA:
“The Lord High Steward”
(f)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn19
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh
Ðại
Ðiển
Tôn - DN 19
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn19
Alexander Duncan on DN 19:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn19-mahagovinda-by-alexander-duncan/532
Video:
DN19, DN20: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn19-dn20-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/473
DN 20
– MAHĀSAMAYASUTTA:
“The Discourse on the Great Convention”
(o)
http://suttacentral.net/dn20/en
(Anandajoti trans)
Kinh
Ðại hội
- DN 20
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn20
Alexander Duncan on DN 20:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn20-the-great-gathering-by-alexander-duncan/531
Article on the web:
DN20 Mahāsamaya.
The Discourse on the Great Convention. Discussion from Dhamma Wheel
Video:
DN20 Mahāsamaya:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn20-mahasamaya-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/472
DN 21
– SAKKAPAÑHASUTTA:
“The Questions of Sakka”
or “Sakka's Questions”
(f)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn21
(Rhys Davids trans)
&
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.21.2x.than.html
(Thanissaro trans)
Kinh
Ðế-thích
sở vấn
- DN 21
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn21
Alexander Duncan on DN 21:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn21-sakka-s-questions-by-alexander-duncan/530
Video:
DN21 Sakkapañha:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn21-sakkapanha-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/486
Article:
Notes on the Buddha’s
Threats in the DIGHA NIKYA by A. Syrkin
The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 7-1 (1984): applies to Suttas, 3, 21, 24, 1: we have as a PDF
LB SECTION 2-8.
Read
DN 22 – MAHA-SATIPATTHANA
SUTTA: “The Four Foundations of Mindfulness”
(f,o)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn22
(Bhikkhu Anandajoti trans)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.22.0.than.html
:
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu trans)
DN 22: Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna
prepared by Bhante Sujato
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn-22-maha-satipa-hana-prepared-by-bhante-sujato/2400
Kinh
Ðại Niệm
xứ - DN 22
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn22
Many people consider this to be the most important Sutta in the entire Pali Canon.
You should read it in Walshe's translation, then read the translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.22.0.than.html at the Access to Insight
[LB]
Piya Tan on DN 22:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/13.2-Mahasatipatthana-S-d22-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 22:
Video:
DN22 Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn22-mahasatipa-hana-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/467
Book:
Analayo, SATIPATTHANA: The Direct Path to Realization
Book:
Analayo, Perspectives on SATIPATTHANA
Book:
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
The Long Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ,
DN 22), about 90 pages
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Mindfulness/Mindfulness.pdf
Article: Bhikkhu Bodhi on DN 22
–
I do not know where to find this – it is not in JSTOR...(FHM)
“What Does Mindfulness Really Mean? A Canonical
Perspective.” Contemporary Buddhism 12 (2011) 19-‐39
The purpose of this paper is to determine the meaning and function of mindfulness meditation using as the source of inquiry the Pāli
Canon, the oldest complete collection of Buddhist texts to survive intact. Mindfulness is the chief factor in the practice of
satipa hāna,
the best known system of Buddhist meditation. In descriptions of satipa hāna
two terms constantly recur: mindfulness (sati) and clear comprehension (sampajañña).
An understanding of these terms based on the canonical texts is important not only from a philological angle but because such understanding has major bearings on the actual practice of meditation. The word
sati originally meant ˜memory,’
but the Buddha ascribed to this old term a new meaning determined by the aims of his teaching. This meaning, the author holds, might best be characterized as
˜lucid awareness.’
He questions the common explanation of mindfulness as ˜bare attention,’
pointing out problems that lurk behind both words in this expression. He also briefly discusses the role of clear comprehension (sampajañña)
and shows that it serves as a bridge between the observational function of mindfulness and the development of insight. Finally, he takes up the question whether mindfulness can legitimately be extracted from its traditional context and employed for secular
purposes. He maintains that such non-traditional applications of mindfulness are acceptable and even admirable on the ground that they help alleviate human suffering, but he also cautions against a reductionist understanding of mindfulness and urges that investigators
respect the religious tradition in which it is rooted. (GF)
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
LB SECTION 2-9.
Read Satipatthana
http://www.amazon.com/Satipatthana-The-Direct-Path-Realization/dp/1899579540
(by Analayo
– a book)
A thorough and insightful guide to this deceptively simple yet profound teaching.
LB SECTION 2-10.
Read The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
http://pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=200738
(Nyanaponika Thera
– a book)
This wonderful book is another modern commentary on the MAHASATIPATTHANA SUTTA. In addition to the commentary, there
is another translation plus a nice selection of other Suttas. You might also read Four Foundations of Mindfulness
http://www.amazon.com/The-Four-Foundations-Mindfulness-Silananda/dp/0861713281
(U Silananda - a book)
LB SECTION 2-11.
There are three more translations of most of the SATIPATTHANA SUTTA at MN#10 of MAJJHIMA NIKAYA
“The Middle-length Discourses”
at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/
Including the translation at The Foundations of Mindfulness
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/wheels/wheel019.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.010.nysa.html
(by Nyanasatta Thera)
There is also MAHĀ-SATIPAṬṬHĀNASUTTAṀ:
“The Long Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness”
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Satipatthana/Satipatthana.pdf
(edited and translated by
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu)
You can never study this Sutta too much.
LB SECTION 2-12.
Read DN 23 - PAYASI SUTTA:
“About Prince Payasi: Debate with a Skeptic”
(f)
This Sutta, spoken by Ven. Kumara-Kassapa, is noteworthy for all the little parables Kassapa uses to convince
Prince Payasi to give up his wrong view. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn23
(Rhys Davids)
See also (no translator given)
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-payasi-sutta.html#.Vnnb31JGMgg
Kinh Tệ-túc
- DN 23
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn23
Articles (2) in PDF:
DA7 [DN23], Debate with a Sceptic, by Anālayo
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/da7-dn23-debate-with-a-sceptic-by-analayo/2161
Piya Tan on DN 23:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/39.4-Payasi-S-d23-piya.pdf
Video:
DN23 Pāyāsi:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn23-payasi-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/487
Bhikkhu Analayo:
Debate with a Sceptic
– The Dīrgha
Āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta
(1), separate PDF
Debate with a Sceptic
– The Dīrgha
Āgama Parallel to the Pāyāsi-sutta
(2), separate PDF
Division Three - The Patika Division
This division gets its name from the first Sutta in the division. The Suttas here are by and large not as fine as found
earlier in the DIGHA NIKAYA.
DN 28, DN 29 and DN 31 are the best of the bunch. [LB]
VERY detailed summaries of each of the suttas (by grand division) can be found at:
http://www.buddhanet.net/digha.htm
This third division with 11
suttas:
http://www.buddhanet.net/pathika.htm
LB SECTION 3-1.
DN 24 and DN 25 are both about other teachers who think they can best the Buddha; of course they fail.
DN 24 - Pāṭika
[Pāthika]:
“ About Pāṭikaputta,
The Charlatan”
“The
worst sutta in the DIGHA NIKAYA?”
(Walshe)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn24
(translator not clear)
Kinh Ba-lê
- DN 24
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn24
Article:
Notes on the Buddha’s
Threats in the DIGHA NIKYA by A. Syrkin
The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 7-1 (1984): applies to Suttas, 3, 21, 24, 1: we have as a PDF
Alexander Duncan on DN 24
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn24-the-story-of-patikaputta-by-alexander-duncan/528
Articles (2) on the web:
Paul Fuller: On how a corpse can confirm the wisdom of the Buddha
Video:
DN24 Pāṭika:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn24-pa-ika-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/480
The first 6 sections of DN 24 appear to be a coherent sutta on its own. After that, DN 24 goes downhill with tacked on bits contradicting
earlier bits. Not un-amusing, as Maurice Walshe says.
DN 25
– UDUMBARIKA-SSĪHANĀDA:
“The Great Lion’s
Roar to the Udumbarikans”
(f,o)
(Rhys Davids trans)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn25
Kinh
Ưu-đàm-bà-la
sư tử
hống - DN 25
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn25
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Piya Tan on DN 25:
Alexander Duncan on DN 25:
Article:
DN25, DN26: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn25-dn26-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/470
LB SECTION 3-2.
First read my essay on DN 26 and 27
http://leighb.com/lionroar.htm . Then read these two Suttas - [LB]
DN 26 - CAKKAVATTI-SIHANADA SUTTA:
“The Wheel-turning Emperor”
(f)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.26.0.than.html
(Thanissaro Bhikkhu trans)
Kinh Chuyển
luân Thánh
vương Sư
tử hống
- DN 26
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn26
Article in PDF:
DA6 [MA70 DN26], Maitreya and the Wheel-turning King, by Anālayo
Piya Tan on DN 26:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/36.10-Cakkavatti-Sihanada-S-d26-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 26:
Video:
DN25, DN26: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn25-dn26-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/470
and
DN 27 - Aggañña
Sutta: “A Book of Genesis”
(f,o)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn27
(Rhys Davids trans)
Kinh Khởi
thế nhân
bổn - DN 27
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn27
- if you wish. [LB]
Piya Tan on DN 27:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2.19-Agganna-S-d27-piya.pdf
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
Alexander Duncan on DN 27:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn27-discourse-on-origins-by-alexander-duncan/525
Book: Steven Collins,
"Aggañña sutta (“The
Discourse on What is Primary”): An annotated Translation from Pali," New Delhi:
Sahitya Akademi, 2001
(Table of Contents only)
Video:
DN27 Aggañña:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn27-agganna-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/474/1
Article:
Suwanda H J Sugunasiri
Devolution and Evolution in the Aggañña
Sutta
Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, No 9
http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjbs/article/view/20926
(suggested by Ajahn Punnadhammo)
LB SECTION 3-3.
Read
DN 28 - SAMPASADANIYA SUTTA: “Serene
Faith” - Ven. Sariputta proclaims his faith
in the teaching of the Buddha and backs up his claim with well explained understanding.
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn28
(Rhys Davids trans)
See also Narada Thera translation:
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-sampasadaniya-sutta.html#.VnneIlJGMgg
Kinh Tự
hoan hỷ - DN 28
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn28
Piya Tan on DN 28:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/14.14-Sampasadaniya-S-d28-piya.pdf
Alexander Duncan on DN 28:
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn28-arousing-confidence-by-alexander-duncan/524
Article:
DN28 Sampasadanīya:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn28-sampasadaniya-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/488
LB SECTION 3-4.
Read
DN 29 - PASADIKA SUTTA: “The
Delightful Discourse”
(f,o)
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/40a.6-Pasadika-S-d29-piya.pdf
(Piya Tan trans)
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn29
(Rhys Davids trans)
See also for the Rhys Davids translation:
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-pasadika-sutta.html#.VnnemVJGMgg
Kinh Thanh tịnh
- DN 29
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn29
The Delightful Discourse is about good and bad teachers and also more on Not-Self. Notice that the Buddha did not use "No Self", he
just pointed out that whatever anyone was claiming to be the self, was in fact dependently originated, and hence Not-Self.
Piya Tan on DN 29:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/40a.6-Pasadika-S-d29-piya.pdf
Video:
DN29 Pasadika: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn29-pasadika-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/462
LB SECTION 3-5.
DN 30 - LAKKHANA SUTTA:
“The Marks of a Great Man”
The Brahmins at the time of the Buddha had a teaching that a "Great Man" had 32 special physical features. This Sutta
indicates that the Buddha possessed all 32 of them. Note: long earlobes is NOT one of the 32 marks - they are due to wearing heavy earrings since birth - something royalty did in the time of the Buddha. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn30
(Rhys Davids trans)
See also (no translator given):
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-lakkhana-sutta.html#.Vnnbe1JGMgg
Kinh
Tướng
- DN 30
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn30
Piya Tan on DN 30:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/36.9-Lakkhana-S-d30-piya.pdf
Video:
DN30 Lakkhaṇa:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn30-lakkha-a-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/481
LB SECTION 3-6.
Read
DN 31 - SIGALAKA SUTTA: “Advice
to Lay People”
(f,o)
This is the famous Sutta giving the Buddha's advice to lay people - definitely one of the stronger Suttas
of this division. [LB] The householder's code of discipline, as described by the Buddha to the layman Sigala. This sutta offers valuable practical advice for householders on how to conduct themselves skillfully in their relationships with parents, spouses,
children, pupils, teachers, employers, employees, friends, and spiritual mentors so as to bring happiness to all concerned. [DhammaWheel]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn31
(John Kelly trans)
See Narada Thera translation at
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-sigalovada-sutta.html#.VnksrFJGMgi
Kinh
Giáo thọ
Thi-ca-la-việt -
DN 31
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn31
Piya Tan on DN 31:
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/4.1-Sigalovada-S-d31-piya.pdf
Book chapter:
Trevor Ling on the the whole of the DIGHA NIKAYA: The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, The Guernsey Press, 1993 (GF)
Includes DN #'s (in his order): 2, 4, 12, 9, 22, 5, 27, 25, 31, and 16
– inclludes his introduction, then translation for each.
DhammaWheel on DN 31
http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9001
Video:
DN31 Sigala: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn31-sigala-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/476
Video:
DN31, DN32: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn31-dn32-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/471
LB SECTION 3-7.
DN 32 - ATANATIYA SUTTA:
“The Atanata Protective Verses”
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn32
(Anandajoti Bhikkhu trans)
Kinh A-sá-nang-chi
- DN 32
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn32
Video:
DN31, DN32: Talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn31-dn32-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/471
is not particular interesting; but see footnote 986 for the introduction to this Sutta in Walshe's translation. [LB]
LB SECTION 3-8.
DN 33
–
SAṄGĪTISUTTA:
The Recital (o) is by Ven. Sariputta
and DN 34 are Suttas full of lists-by-the-numbers. If you are looking for a particular list, you might find
it here – otherwise, these are not
so interesting. [LB]
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn33
(Rhys-Davids trans)
Kinh
Phúng tụng
- DN 33
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn33
Article in PDF:
DA 12, Summaries of the Dharma, by Anālayo
– cf DN 33-34
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/da12-summaries-of-the-dharma-by-analayo/2181
Video:
DN33 Saṅgīti:
talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn33-sa-giti-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/478
and
DN 34
– DASUTTARASUTTA: The Tenfold Series -
is by Ven. Sariputta
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn34
(Rhys Davids translation)
See also (no translator name given)
http://realtruthlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/digha-nikaya-dasuttara-sutta.html#.VnnZzVJGMgg
Kinh
Thập thượng
- DN 34
https://suttacentral.net/vn/dn34
Book in PDF:
The Venerable Mahathera Matara Sri Nanarama, The Seven Stages of Purification and the Insight Knowledges
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf
On page 13, there is a discussion of both Mn 24 and DN 34 in terms of the Seven Stages of Purification.
Article in PDF:
DA12, Summaries of the Dharma, by Anālayo
– cf DN 33-34
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/da12-summaries-of-the-dharma-by-analayo/2181
Video:
DN34 Dasuttara: talk by Ven Dhammavuddho
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn34-dasuttara-talk-by-ven-dhammavuddho/483
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