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MN 20 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasaṇṭhāna 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 Seattle Retreat 1,  Day 1, 24-Mar-07

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MN 59 The Many Kinds of Feeling - Bahuvedanīya Sutta
The Buddha clears up the question of why someone may be confused as to how many kinds of feeling there are, for he has presented many different lists. This discourse also describes the progressive pleasure one attains from the eight meditative attainments, and from the attainment of cessation.

MN 59 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 2,  25-Mar-07
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MN 53 The Disciple in Higher Training - Sekha Sutta
Ven. Ānanda gives a discourse at the Buddha’s request on the fifteen factors (11 factors plus 4 jhānas, involved in higher training for a disciple who has entered one of the first three stages of the stream of enlightenment.

MN 53 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 3,  26-Mar-07
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MN 107 To Ganaka Moggallana - Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta
Gaṇaka Moggallāna
asks the Buddha to describe the gradual training in this Dharma and Discipline. Then the Buddha gives a good simile on why some disciples reach the goal and some do not.

MN 107  Seattle Retreat 1, Day 4,  27-Mar-07
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MN 30 The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Hartwood - Cūḷasāropama Sutta
Using the simile of a great tree possessed of heartwood, sapwood, inner bark and outer bark, twigs and leaves, the Buddha points out how the holy life is not for gain, honor and renown, nor simply for the attainment of virtue, nor the attainment of collectedness, nor for knowledge and vision. It is for the unshakable deliverance of the mind. This is the goal of this holy life, its heartwood, and its end.

MN 30  Seattle Retreat 1, Day 5,  28-Mar-07
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MN 48 The Kosambians - Kosambiya Sutta
When the bhikkhus at Kosambī are engaged in a dispute, the Buddha teaches them six qualities that create love and unity. Of the last and “highest” quality, right view, he teaches seven more qualities that will, if practiced, lead one to the complete destruction of suffering. These are also called the seven knowledges attained by a stream enterer.

MN 48 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 6,  29-Mar-07
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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 (karuṇā). 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 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 7,  30-Mar-07
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MN 135 The Shorter Exposition of Action - Cūḷakammavibhanga Sutta
The Buddha explains how karma accounts for one’s fortune or misfortune. He names the results of specific actions.

MN 135 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 8,  31-Mar-07
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MN 128 Imperfections - Upakkilesa Sutta
This discourse has two parts. In the first, there is more information about living in concord, arising from the dispute at Kosambī (as in MN48). It includes a famous series of stanzas about living with non-hatred. In the second, the Buddha discusses the various impediments to meditative progress.

MN 128 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 9,  02-Apr-07
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MN 121 The Shorter Discourse on Voidness - Cūḷasuññata Sutta
The Buddha explains to Ven. Ānanda what it means to abide in voidness, or “the genuine, undistorted, pure descent into voidness.”

MN 121 Seattle Retreat 1, Day 10,  03-Apr-07
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