MN 7, Vatthūpama Sutta
Talks that read from it
- MN 7 Vatthupama Sutta -The Simile of the Cloth with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads and explains MN 7, the Simile of the Cloth, which compares a defiled mind to a stained cloth that takes on the colour of any dye, and a pure mind to a clean cloth that takes…
- MN 3 'Heirs in the Teaching" Sunday Sutta Series with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads MN 3 (Dhammadayada Sutta), in which the Buddha asks his monks to be heirs in the Dhamma rather than heirs in material things, and uses the example of two monks who receive…
- 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…
- Day 8 2022 MN 7 The 16 types of Defilements -with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads MN 7, the Vatthupama Sutta (Simile of the Cloth), and uses it to explain the sixteen upakilesas, or mental defilements, that stain consciousness.
- May 1, 2021 MN 7 - The Simile of the Cloth - The Effect of Faith on Meditation Practice
Delson reads and comments on MN 7, the Vatthupama Sutta (the simile of the cloth), in Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation.