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  MN-1   THE ROOT FIFTY DISOURSES - MŪLAPAṆṆĀSAPĀḶI
 
   

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MN 2  All the Taints - Sabbāsava Sutta
The Buddha teaches the bhikkhus seven methods to restrain and eventually destroy all the taints (āsavas).

MN 2 29-Dec-05 Gainesville FL
  99 min, 25.5 MB
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MN 2  Summer 03
  60 min, 13.2 MB    
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MN 4  Fear and Dread - Bhayabherava Sutta
The Buddha explains to a brahmin what is needed to practice alone in the jungle without fear and dread, beginning with overcoming the five hindrances. He then goes on to describe his own experience of conquering fear when striving for enlightenment. He entered into the four jhānas and on three watches of the night attained the three knowledges: the recollection of his past lives, the passing away and reappearance of beings (according to their actions), and the Four Noble Truths.

MN 4   DSMC 13-Jul-08
  80 min, 22.8 MB    
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MN 4   Nov 05
  64 min, 18.2 MB    
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MN 4   Summer 03
  60 min, 13.6 MB    
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MN 5 Without Blemishes - Anangaa Sutta
Ven. Sāriputta gives a discourse on the meaning of blemishes, explaining that a bhikkhu becomes blemished when he falls under the sway of evil wishes. He describes the advantages of abandoning these evil wishes, thereby gaining honor, respect, reverence, and veneration.

MN 5   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat  10-Aug-07
70 min, 21.2 MB  
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MN 9  Right View - Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta
A comprehensive discourse given by Ven. Sāriputta. He begins by defining what is wholesome and the root of the wholesome, and what is unwholesome and the root of the unwholesome. Using the format of the Four Noble Truths, he goes through nutriment, the Four Noble Truths, and all 12 factors of dependent origination.

MN 9  DSMC  18-Jul-08 
116 min, 32.9 MB  
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MN 9  Joshua Tree Retreat 3   12-Mar-08    Includes 45 min on MN 43
99 min, 31.0 MB 107 min, 267 MB
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MN 9 DSMC Jul 07
  66 min 19.4 MB   111 min, 275 MB
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MN 9  24-Aug-01
  58 min 18.5 MB    
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MN 10 The Foundations of Mindfulness - Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
This is the most important discourse by the Buddha on the training of mindfulness meditation, with particular attention given to developing insight. The Buddha begins by declaring that the four foundations of mindfulness are the direct path leading to the realization of Nibbāna. He then gives detailed instructions on the four foundations: the contemplation of the body, feelings, mind, and mind objects.

MN 10 P1  Joshua Tree Retreat 3  Day 4  05-Mar-08 
  93 min 27.8 MB   96 min, 239 MB
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MN 10 P2  Joshua Tree Retreat 3  Day 5  06-Mar-08
  136 min 40.4 MB   142 min, 352 MB
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MN 10 P1   Pauenhof Retreat 1, 11-Feb-08       With German translator
  96 min 32.2 MB  
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MN 10 P2  Pauenhof Retreat 1,  12-Feb-08     With German translator
  128 min 39.1 MB    
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MN 10 Part 1   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  11-Aug-07
    63 min, 16.7 MB        
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MN 10 Part 2   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  12-Aug-07
  52 min, 13.8 MB  
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MN 10 P1   Joshua Tree Retreat 1    21-Feb-06  Chart referred to in talk.
  92 min 22.7 MB  
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MN 10 P2   Joshua Tree Retreat 1    22-Feb-06
  104 min 25.6 MB    
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MN 10 P1  Jetas's Grove  15-Jul-03
  92 min 22.7 MB  
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MN 10 P2  Jetas's Grove  16-Jul-03
  104 min 25.6 MB    
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MN 10 - MN 122   02-Jan-02  Includes about 45 min on MN 122
  75 min 23.0 MB    
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MN 12 The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar - Mahāsīhanādada Sutta
In this discourse, the Buddha talks about his many superior qualities, including a list of ten powers of the Tathāgata and many other lists that show explicitly how spiritually advanced he is. Of particular interest is his description of the time he practiced austerities.

MN 12 Part 1   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  21-Aug-07  TOC
76 min, 21.6 MB  
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MN 12 Part 2   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  22-Aug-07 TOC
63 min, 17.8 MB  
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MN 12   DSMC Oct-06 Retreat,  08-Oct-06
86 min, 17.6 MB
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MN 13 The Greater Discourse on the Mass of Suffering - Mahādukkhakkhandha Sutta
The Buddha explains what is the gratification and danger of, and escape from, sensual pleasures. He explans the danger of sense pleasures, ascribing the cause of the mass of suffering as clinging to sense pleasures. He also explains the gratification and danger of, and escape from, material form and feeling.

MN 13  12-Oct-05
  52 min 12.7 MB    
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MN 18 The Honeyball - Madhupiṇḍika Suta
This is an important discourse on papañca. Papañca is the proliferation and projection of mind that emerges from the process of cognition, and gives rise to perceptions and notions that overwhelm and victimize a person. After the Buddha has finished speaking, Ven. Mahā Kaccāna gives the detailed meaning.

MN 18  SOURCE: DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  18-Aug-07
39 min, 10.2 MB  
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MN 19 Two Kinds of Thought - Dvedhāvitakka Sutta
The Buddha divides thought into two classes: thoughts of sensual desire, ill will and cruelty; and thoughts of renunciation, non-ill will (mettā) and noncruelty (karuā). This discourse states simply that unwholesome thought bring about unhappiness, and wholesome thoughts bring about happiness. Unwholesome thoughts can be replaced by wholesome thoughts (and, even better, a quiet, collected mind). Knowing this, we can bring about happiness and freedom from pain.

MN  19  DSMC 11-Jul-08
  79 min, 22.4 MB    
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MN  19 - Open Talk    Cape Girardeau   16-Jul-08  
An open talk which starts  by discussing MN 19.
  106 min, 30.1 MB    
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MN 19    Seattle Retreat 1,  30-Mar-07
  65 min, 16.8 MB   68 min, 169 MB
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MN 19   Joshua Tree Retreat 2,  18-Feb-07
  93 min 25.6 MB    
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MN 19  KC retreat in Woodinville, WA, 21-Jan-07
  93 min 20.0 MB    
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MN 19  Gainesville, FL, 27-Jan-05
  81 min 22.1 MB    
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MN 20 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasaṇṭna Sutta
Five methods of removing distracting thoughts are presented, but the last four may have been added by Brahmins some time after the time of the Buddha.

MN 20    DSMC    28-Jun-08  
  48 min, 13.5 MB    
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MN 20    Joshua Tree Retreat 3    02-Mar-08
  76 min, 19.7 MB    
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MN 20    Pauenhof Retreat 1,   09-Feb-08    With German translator
  92 min, 27.8 MB       
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MN 20   Chuang Yen Monastery Retreat 1, 22-Nov-07 
  108 min, 26.5 MB     108 min, 349 MB
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MN 20   DSMC Aug-07 Retreat,  05-Aug-07
   86 min 37.6 MB
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MN 20    Seattle Retreat 1, 24-Mar-07
  59 min, 13.1 MB      59 min, 228 MB 
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MN 20   Joshua Tree Retreat 1,  Day 1, 19-Feb-06
  96 min, 24.0 MB       
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MN 20    04-Nov-05
  55 min, 15.6 MB       
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MN 26 The Noble Search - Ariyapariyesanā Sutta
The Buddha gives the bhikkhus a long account of his own quest for enlightenment from the time of his life in the palace through to his transmission of the Dharma to his first five disciples.

MN 26  Undated talk
87 min, 19.7 MB  
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