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• [16 November 2000] From the Samyutta Nikaya:

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• Nalakalapiyo Sutta (SN 12.67) &mdash; Sheaves of Reeds. In a discussion about dependent co-arising with Ven. Maha Kotthita, Ven. Sariputta invokes a helpful simile to illustrate the relationship between consciousness and name-and-form.
• Kosambi Sutta (SN 12.68) &mdash; At Kosambi (On Knowing Dependent Co-arising). Four good friends share a frank discussion about their grasp of dependent co-arising. One uses a memorable simile to describe the difference between stream-entry and arahatship.
• [14 November 2000] From the Samyutta Nikaya:

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• A&ntilde;&ntilde;atra Sutta (SN 12.46) &mdash; A Certain Brahman. A brahman wonders: When I perform an action (kamma), am I the same person when I experience its results, or am I a different person? The Buddha helps to clear up this man's confused thinking.
• Puttamansa Sutta (SN 12.63) &mdash; A Son's Flesh. A meditation on inter-relatedness, showing with four striking similes the suffering inherent in everything the body and mind depend upon for nourishment.
• [13 November 2000] From the Udana:

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• Sona Sutta (Ud 5.6) &mdash; About Sona. A devoted lay follower recognizes the drawbacks of the householder's life and decides to become a monk.
• Subhuti Sutta (Ud 6.7) &mdash; About Subhuti. The Buddha praises a monk for practicing jhana.
• [12 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:

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• Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta (Sn 1.4) &mdash; To the Plowing Bharadvaja. The Buddha answers a farmer who asserts that monks do no useful work, and thus don't deserve to eat.
• Hiri Sutta (Sn 2.3) &mdash; On Friendship [new translation]. What is a true friend?
• [7 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:

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• Salla Sutta (Sn 3.8) &mdash; The Arrow [new translation]. Death and loss are inevitable, but is grief?
• Dvayatanupassana Sutta (Sn 3.12) &mdash; The Contemplation of Dualities [new, complete, translation]. Not all dualities are misleading. This sutta teaches ways to contemplate the duality of the origination and cessation of stress and suffering so as to reach Awakening.
• [5 November 2000] From the Sutta Nipata:

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• Cunda Sutta (Sn 1.5) &mdash; To Cunda. Four different types of contemplatives and how to recognize them.
• [3 November 2000] From the Anguttara Nikaya:

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• Vajjiya Sutta (AN 10.94) &mdash; About Vajjiya. One of the Buddha's lay disciples answers the charge that the Buddha doesn't have any straightforward teachings.

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