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Sankalpa Chakma

A podcast, where I summarise Buddhist suttas.

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00:12:00

MN 37: The Shorter Craving-Destruction Discourse...

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2025/10/04

We need to act our talk. In this discourse, we see Venerable Mogallana bringing Sakka, the heavenly king, back to his senses. Link to the sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN37.html

00:46:12

MN 36: The Longer Discourse to Saccaka (Maha Saccaka...

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2025/07/26

In the MN 36, the Buddha teaches and answers to the questions of the skeptic Saccaka. He elucidates the right concepts of development of mind and body; his spiritual journey into homelessness and his unwavering persistence to not allow feelings of pleasure and pain take over his mind; the jhanas and the three knowledges; what is the real delusion. Impressed, in the end, Saccaka praises the Buddha.

00:22:14

MN 35: The Shorter Discourse to Saccaka Cūḷa Saccaka...

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2025/04/02

A sophist takes the Buddha to debate, hoping to outwit him, whereas he is the one losing in the end. Link to the discourse: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN35.html

00:14:29

MN 33: The Greater Cowherd Discourse Mahā Gopālaka Sutta

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2025/04/01

In this MN:33, the Buddha speaks of the qualities that make up a good and not good monk. Link to the sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN33.html

00:14:10

MN:31 The Shorter Gosiṅga Sāla-tree Discourse...

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2025/03/27

The Buddha converses with venerables Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila regarding their progress and is very impressed by them. My email: sankalpachakma@gmail.com

00:11:22

MN: 30 The Shorter Heartwood Simile Discourse Cūḷa...

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2025/03/27

Similar to MN:29, the Buddha once again recounts to us about the pitfalls along the path. My email btw: sankalpachakma@gmail.com

00:17:10

MN 29: The Longer Heartwood Simile Discourse Mahā...

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2025/03/26

In this discourse, the Buddha warns us of not getting astray during our practice of the Dharma.

00:28:08

MN 28: The Great Elephant Footprint Simile Mahā...

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2025/03/24

In this episode, I attempt to explain the MN: 28. As per my understanding, it elaborates on the five aggregates and why clinging to them causes us suffering.

00:35:39

MN 27 The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile Cūḷa...

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2023/08/19

The Buddha tells us about the ‘footprints’ which lead us to the ultimate truth, that until we reach the real destination, we must not totally believe in the ‘footprints’. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN27.html

00:42:23

MN 26: The Noble Search Ariyapariyesana Sutta

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2023/08/17

In this discourse, the Buddha talks of two kinds of ‘searches’: ignoble and noble. Also, he mentions his own spiritual journey and speaks of the drawbacks of falling for the strings of sensuality. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN26.html

00:23:50

MN 25: Poison-grass Nivāpa Sutta

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2023/07/05

In the MN 25, the Buddha uses the analogy of a poison-grass sower to show how we might be derailed from the right path and make mistakes. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN25.html Twitter: @thesuttaweekly

00:15:58

MN 24: Relay Chariots Ratha-vinīta Sutta

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2023/03/27

This sutta highlights the point that the sole purpose of Buddhism is to end our suffering, not anything else. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN24.html

00:22:03

MN 22: The Water-Snake Simile Alagaddūpama Sutta

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2023/03/18

In this sutta, the Buddha reminds us strongly of the dangers of grasping his teachings wrongly. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN22.html

00:18:34

MN 21: The Simile of the Saw Kakacūpama Sutta

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2023/03/06

In this sutta, the Buddha reiterates to us to practice kindness and compassion even when other people are being bad to us. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN21.html

00:09:35

MN 20: The Relaxation of Thoughts Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta

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2023/03/06

In this sutta, the Buddha gives us tips to drive the unskilful away. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN20.html

00:19:33

MN 19: Two Sorts of Thinking Dvedhāvitakka Sutta

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2023/02/08

The Buddha sorts thinking into two types - thinking imbued with sensuality, ill will and harmfulness, and thinking imbued with renunciation, non-ill will and harmlessness. We must follow the latter and abandon the former for the benefit of us and the world.

00:21:39

MN 18: The Ball of Honey Madhupiṇḍika Sutta

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2023/01/28

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about papañca, the mental tendencies that erupt into outer violence.

00:27:34

MN 14: The Lesser Mass of Stress Cūḷa...

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2023/01/23

In this sutta, the Buddha talks about the importance of experiencing meditative bliss in order to escape sensuality, the drawbacks of sensuality, and also the futility of practising asceticism.

00:19:45

MN 13: The Great Mass of Stress Mahā Dukkhakkhandha...

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2023/01/18

In this sutta, the Buddha speaks about the allure, drawbacks and escape from sensuality, forms and feeling. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN13.html

00:25:47

MN 12: The Great Lion’s Roar DiscourseMahāsīhanāda Sutta

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2023/01/10

In this sutta, the Buddha speaks of his various faculties that rightly make him the Tathagata. His teachings aren’t hammered out of logical reasoning but from direct penetration of the ultimate truths. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN12.html

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