Venerable Bounnao

The four foremost kinds of confidence Dhamma Audios is reading suttas, the Buddha's teachings.

Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall The Buddha's wordsDevadattasutta AN 4.68 https://suttacentral.net/an4.68At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left. There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta:“Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devad...

Develop Concentration

Develop Concentration The Buddha's wordsSamādhisutta SN 56.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn56.1 At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, develop concentration. A bhikkhu who is concentrated understands things as they really are.“And what does he understand as it really is? He understands as it really is: ‘This is suffering.’ He und...

Bo***ge

“By what is the world held in bo***ge?
What is its means of travelling about?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bo***ge?”

“The world is held in bo***ge by delight;
Thought is its means of travelling about.
Craving is what one must forsake
To cut off all bo***ge.”

BandhanasuttaSN 1.65
https://suttacentral.net/sn1.65

The reciprocal ways in which monks and lay supporters benefit one another The Buddha's wordsBahukārasutta Iti 107 https://suttacentral.net/iti107This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.“Mendicants, brahmins and householders are very helpful to you, as they provide you with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. ...

When five fearful animosities have subsided in a noble disciple... The Buddha's wordsPañcaverabhayasutta SN 12.41 https://suttacentral.net/sn12.41At Savatthī. Then the householder Anathapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, and sat down to one side. The Blessed One then said to him:“Householder, when five fearful animosities have subsided ...

The Noble Eightfold Path Is the Ancient Path The Buddha's wordsNagarasutta SN 12.65 https://suttacentral.net/sn12.65At Savatthī. “Bhikkhus, before my enlightenment, while I was still a bodhisatta, not yet fully enlightened, it occurred to me: ‘Alas, this world has fallen into trouble, in that it is born, ages, and dies, it passes away and...

When a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path, he fully understands by direct knowledge those things that are to be fully understood by direct knowledge... The Buddha's wordsĀgantukasutta SN 45.159 https://suttacentral.net/sn45.159Photo by Stock Birken on Unsplash“Bhikkhus, suppose there is a guest house. People come from the east, west, north, and south and lodge there; khattiyas, brahmins, vessas, and suddas come and lodge there. So too, when a bh...

Virtue that Is Well Purified and View that Is Straight Is Starting Point of Wholesome States The Buddha's WordsBāhiyasuttaSN 47.15 https://suttacentral.net/sn47.15 Photo by form PxHereAt Savatthi. Then the Venerable Bahiya approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:“Venerable sir, it would be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in ...

ກາຣຢູ່ດ້ວຍຄວາມປະມາທ ແລະບໍ່ປະມາທຂອງອະຣິຍະສາວົກ The Buddha's wordsສັງຍຸຕຕະນິກາຍ ມະຫາວາຣະວັຄ ພາສາໄທ ສະບັບຫລວງ ໑໙/໓໙໔/໑໕໙໙Photo by Anna Jiménez Calaf on Unsplashສມັຍໜຶ່ງ ພຣະຜູ້ມີພຣະພາຄປະທັບຢູ່....

A bhikkhu Should Await His Time Mindful and Clearly Comprehending The Buddha's wordsPaṭhamagelaññasutta SN 36.7 https://suttacentral.net/sn36.7On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesalī in the Great Wood in the Hall with the Peaked Roof. Then, in the evening, the Blessed One emerged from seclusion and went to the sick ward, where he sat down in th...

Misconduct

This was said by the Lord …

“Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of misconduct. What are the three? Misconduct by body, misconduct by speech, and misconduct by mind. These are the three.”

Having performed misconduct
By body, misconduct by speech,
Misconduct by mind, and whatever else
Is reckoned a fault—

Not having done a good deed
And done much that is bad—
When his body perishes
That foolish one is reborn in hell.

Duccaritasutta Iti 64
https://suttacentral.net/iti64
Translated by John D. Ireland