Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ( Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion) is the first teaching the Buddha.Here, Buddha expounds the Middle Path and the Four Noble Truths.
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Sravakayana
Dwelling as a Lamp unto Oneself – Attadipa sutta
“Therefore, Ānanda, dwell as a lamp unto yourself, refuge unto yourself, seeking no other refuge; With Dhamma as your lamp, Dhamma as your refuge, seeking no other refuge.” These words clearly show how the Way of the Tathagata is to be followed as a Way that goes beyond religion.
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Pervading the World with Metta – Kakacupama Sutta
In Kakacupama Sutta and Maha-Rahulovada Sutta, the Buddha teaches how to maintain the attitude of boundless lovingkindness (maitri/ metta) and compassion (karuna) to all beings, as the unshaken basis for one’s relationship with the world. The Tathagata shows how pervading the world with this deep sense of kindness and compassion lead us to experience profound peace, patience and openness.
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Sedaka Sutta – The Mindful Balance
On Sedaka Sutta: One takes care of oneself by practicing mindfulness. One takes care of others by practicing mindfulness. Taking care of oneself, one takes care of others. Taking care of others, one takes care of oneself.
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Ploughing the Realm of Mind – Kasibharadvaja sutta
In kasibharadvaja sutta, the Buddha explains the way of cultivating mind by using the simile of ploughing the field. Like the farmer Bharadvaja, even today, people confuse meditation to be simply idling. This sutra shows how it should be as involved and engaged as farming.
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The Bliss of Restraint to the Bliss of Freedom – on Mucalinda Sutta
A Commentary on Mucalinda Sutta. The gatha expressed in this sutra teaches four ways to blissfully protect mind and remain in proper composure. Here is an explanation of it as the stages of the path as well as powerful ways to regain composure while engaging in daily life.
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Makkata Sutta – The Proper Pastures to Wander
The Buddha used the examples of monkeys in Makkata Sutta to show what the improper postures to wander are and what the proper posture are.
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The Right over the Fruit of Action – on Karma and its Effects
An explanation on how our future is in our own hands. Explores the age old dilemma in the Indian thinking, “Is it correct to do an action with the motivation of a specific result?”
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