MN 28, Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta
Talks that read from it
- Day 8 Intro to Dependent Origination-6 Craving links - Craving, Clinging, Tendencies, Birth -Part 1
Delson explains the middle links of dependent origination, from craving and clinging through becoming (bhava) and birth, as the wisdom that shows how suffering arises and ceases.
- The Arhant & Khemaka Sutta with Delson Armstrong-(Revised)
Delson Armstrong reads and comments on two suttas, SN 1.25 (the Arahant, a deva asks the Buddha whether an arahant would still say "I speak") and SN 22.89 (Khemaka, who has let go of…
- Day 4 "Dependent Origination Part 1" Oct 26-Nov2 Retreat at St Francis
Delson continues a retreat talk on dependent origination, presenting the first two noble truths, suffering (dukkha) and its causes, as a way to see how each link can be released into…
- DO Series - Introduction and General Q&A Session
Delson explains how his dependent origination booklets came about: a 2021 writing project that grew out of online retreats, with a planned later volume on the path.
- Talk 13 -Closing Talk- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong
Delson closes a multi-day dependent origination event by urging participants to see the links of dependent origination in everyday life, citing MN28, where Sariputta says that one who sees…
- Talk 3 -Dukkha (Suffering) Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong
Delson explains dukkha as the unsatisfactory, unstable nature of conditioned existence, using the etymology of sukha and dukkha and the chariot-axle image.
- Final Day Q&A Day 3/3 Bandra, Mumbai Sept 2023 w/Delson Armstrong Sept 7-9, 2023
Delson explains that practice after retreat is a lifelong commitment built on sila, samadhi and panna, and he walks through the Noble Eightfold Path factor by factor, from right view to…
- Day 5: Dependent Origination Part 1 Netherlands
Delson explains dependent origination as the mechanics by which the mind causes its own suffering, and presents the Four Noble Truths as a method applied through the six R's in each link.
- Day 6: Dependent Origination part 1
Delson explains the first part of dependent origination (paticca samuppada), beginning with the links suffering (dukkha), birth, becoming, clinging and craving, in reverse order.
- Day 5: Dependent Origination part 1
Delson explains dependent origination as the framework in which the four noble truths operate, and shows how the links can be worked with through the 6R's in daily life and meditation.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 6 Dependent Origination Pt 1
Delson Armstrong teaches the twelve links of dependent origination, starting from dukkha and working backwards toward its causes, including the three kinds of dukkha, the birth of new…
- Day 5 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) - Dependent Origination
Delson teaches dependent origination as an explanation of the Four Noble Truths, working backwards from dukkha through clinging, craving, feeling, contact and the other links.
- Day 6 Dependent Origination Pt 1, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong begins a series on dependent origination (paticca samuppada), working backwards from dukkha toward ignorance.
- Dependent Origination Pt 1 with Delson Armstrong-July Retreat
Delson explains dependent origination as an elaboration of the First and Second Noble Truths, working backward through its links from suffering to birth, becoming, clinging and craving.
- The Jhanas with a Map of the 8th Jhana -Day 3 June 24, 2023
Delson reads the Culagosinga Sutta (MN 31), in which the monks Aniruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila describe their attainments of the jhanas, the formless attainments and cessation.
- Delson Armstrong MN 109 Full Moon Night -Aggregates and DO
Delson reads and comments on MN 109, the Mahapunnama Sutta, in which a bhikkhu asks the Buddha about the five aggregates affected by clinging.
- Delson Armstrong MN 109 Full Moon Night -Vesak Talk
Delson Armstrong gives a talk on MN 109, the Mahapunnama Sutta (the Greater Discourse on the Full Moon Night), which he gives on Vesak.
- Delson Armstrong at Dsmc -Day 7- DN 14 Dependent Origination - Introduction
Delson introduces dependent origination by reading from DN 14, the Mahapadana Sutta, where the Bodhisatta Vipassi sees sickness, death, old age and a wandering ascetic and then reflects on…
- Delson Live at Dsmc -Day 7- DN 14 Dependent Origination - Introduction
Delson reads from DN14, the Mahapadana Sutta, where the Bodhisatta Vipassi sees old age, sickness, death and a wandering ascetic, then withdraws and reflects on what conditions aging and…
- Delson Armstrong PtII Dependent Origination Intellectual Content of Enlightenment & Core of Buddhism
Delson explains dependent origination as the mechanics of samsara and as something practitioners can observe directly in meditation, from everyday reactions up to the jhanas and cessations.
- Ep156: Key To Enlightenment - Delson Armstrong 3
Delson explains dependent origination (paticca samuppada) as the elaboration of the second noble truth in its forward order, showing how craving leads to suffering, and in its reverse…
- Dec 6 MN 28 The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant's Footprint - The Four Noble Truths
Delson reads MN 28 and explains how Sariputta's discourse analyses the Four Noble Truths, with the five aggregates affected by clinging as suffering.