Talks from 2023
Retreats and series
- May 2023 Retreat 2 talks
- Kalimpong 2023, Buddha Pada Institute 19 talks
- UK Retreat, Bonhays, September 2023 9 talks
- Mumbai, September 2023 4 talks
- Easter Retreat 2022, St Francis Retreat Center 4 talks
- Netherlands Retreat, October 2023 4 talks
Every talk, newest first
- 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 7: Guided Meditation on the 5 Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with loving-kindness toward oneself, radiates it in all directions and into the lower and higher realms, and then turns to the five aggregates.
- Day 8: Noble Eightfold Path Netherlands
Delson Armstrong gives a talk, recorded at the end of a retreat, on how to cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path in daily life after retreat.
- 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 4:Transcendental Dependent Origination -The Path to Nibbana
Delson explains the transcendental links of dependent origination, a sequence from suffering and faith through virtue, gladness, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity to…
- Day 3: Awakening Factors-Netherlands Oct 2023
Delson explains the seven awakening factors as qualities that counter the five hindrances and support jhana and insight, and walks through how mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy…
- Day 2: Hindrances Netherlands 2023
Delson gives a retreat talk on the five hindrances: sensual craving, aversion, restlessness and worry, sloth and torpor, and doubt.
- Day 1: Introduction and Meditation Instructions
Delson opens a retreat by explaining the basic practice: there is no goal, the aim is a light heart and mind, and a smile.
- Day 3: Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven awakening factors (mindfulness, investigation of states, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) and how they arise together, with the first jhana…
- 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 7: Dependent Origination part 2
Delson continues his talk on dependent origination, covering contact (phassa), the six sense bases, mentality-materiality, the five aggregates, and the formations, asavas and ignorance…
- Day 3: Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven awakening factors and how they relate to the five hindrances, the four foundations of mindfulness, and right effort.
- Day 2: Hindrances
Delson Armstrong opens the second day of a retreat by explaining the five hindrances (craving, aversion, restlessness, sloth and torpor, and doubt) as obstacles that arise when mindfulness…
- 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.
- Day 4: Jhāna 1
Delson explains the first four jhanas as he teaches them in TWIM: the mind collects around its object, and each jhana has its own factors, from joy born of seclusion in the first to…
- Day 9: Noble Eightfold Path
Delson closes a retreat by explaining the Noble Eightfold Path as a way of living, not only a sitting practice.
- Day 2: Hindrances
Delson gives a retreat talk on the five hindrances: sensual craving, aversion, restlessness (with worry and remorse), sloth and torpor, and doubt.
- Day 7: Guided Meditation on the Five Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sit that begins with loving-kindness, starting with a feeling of warmth toward oneself and then radiating it to all beings in each direction, up and down, and out…
- Day 8: Transcendental Dependant Liberation
Delson explains the links of transcendental dependent origination, which he also calls the links of transcendental dependent liberation.
- Day 1: Introduction and Meditation Instructions
Delson gives day-one instructions for a noble silence retreat built around metta.
- Day 6: Dependent Origination part 2
Delson concludes his series on dependent origination by tracing how contact, the six sense bases, nama-rupa and feeling lead to craving, clinging and becoming, and how the same links apply…
- Day 5: Jhāna 2
Delson explains the formless jhanas (the ayatanas, the fifth to eighth jhanas), which he presents as extensions of the fourth jhana.
- Day 1 Mumbai 2023 Hindrances Ach Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the five hindrances (sensual craving, aversion, restlessness, sloth and torpor, doubt) and how to work with them during loving-kindness and six-directions practice on…
- Jhanas + Q&A Mumbai 2023 Acharya Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the jhanas as levels of cessation that unfold from a loving-kindness practice, through the four form jhanas and the formless ayatanas, to cessation and nibbana.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 9 8 Fold Path-Last Day
Delson closes a retreat by explaining how the Eightfold Path applies off the cushion.
- 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…
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 4 Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as levels of samadhi, a balanced and unified mind that arises after right collectedness and the earlier path factors.
- Copy of June 4, 2022 - Questions and Answers with Delson Armstrong
Delson answers a series of listener questions on TWIM practice.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 5, Ayatanas, Jhanas 5-8
Delson explains the arupa states, which he presents as the fifth through eighth jhanas and the ayatanas, as they arise on a retreat after the fourth jhana.
- Guided Loving Kindness Meditation by Delson Armstrong
Delson guides a 30-minute loving-kindness meditation.
- 16 April 22 MN 9
Delson reads MN 9 (the Sammaditthi Sutta, Right View) and works through the links of dependent origination in reverse order, from aging and death back to ignorance, applying the Four Noble…
- 14 Dec 2021 Online Retreat. Dhamma talk with Delson Armstrong.
Delson reads and explains MN19, the Dvedhavitakka Sutta (Two Kinds of Thought), as guidance for the first day of a retreat, when restlessness, sloth and torpor, and other distractions…
- May 2021 Online Retreat Q&A 3
Delson answers audience questions at an online retreat on past-lives recognition versus the jhanas, the Angulimala story and whether good kamma helps attainment, and how to recognise the…
- MN 121 17 April 2022
Delson works through several suttas on voidness (sunyata, emptiness), reading MN 121 and SN 35.85 and then SN 41.7 and SN 41.6.
- June 4, 2022 - Questions and Answers with Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong answers questions submitted through the Suttavada website about TWIM practice and Dhamma.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 3 Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven enlightenment factors as a way of understanding what jhana is: the absence of the five hindrances with the enlightenment factors present to varying degrees.
- MN111 12 April 2022 Easter Retreat - St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, California, USA
Delson walks through MN111 (the Anupada Sutta), in which Sariputta examines each jhana and its factors one by one as they occur.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 8 Transcendental DO- Upanisa Sutta
Delson explains transcendental dependent origination as the path side of the teaching, where the links are seen ceasing rather than arising.
- Kalimpong Buddha Pāda 2023 Day 1 Introduction
Delson opens a 10-day Brahmavihara retreat at Kalimpong Buddha Pada with a feeling-based loving-kindness (metta) practice.
- 13April22 DN15
Delson works through Digha Nikaya 15, the Maha Nidana Sutta, reading and explaining the links of dependent origination from consciousness and mind-body through feeling, craving, clinging…
- Day 6 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) - Dependent Origination Pt 2
Delson concludes his teaching on dependent origination by covering the links from contact through to birth and rebirth, including the sense bases, nama rupa, formations, ignorance and the…
- Day 3 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) Jhanas Pt 1
Delson explains jhana as a level of concentration, clarity and cessation that grows out of sila and samadhi, and he walks through the four jhanas using the factors of vitaka and vichara…
- Day 2 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) Hindrances and Awakening Factors
Delson teaches the five hindrances (sensual craving, aversion, restlessness, sloth and torpor, and doubt) on the second day of a UK retreat, and explains how each arises.
- Day 9 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) - Noble Eightfold Path
Delson walks through the Noble Eightfold Path factor by factor, from right view and right intention through right speech, action and livelihood to right effort, mindfulness and…
- 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 8 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) - Transcendental Dependent Liberation
Delson explains what he calls transcendental dependent origination, the eleven links that run from suffering to liberation, and how they relate to the Eightfold Path and the enlightenment…
- Bonhays Day 6 Dependent Origination Part 2
Delson concludes his teaching on dependent origination, covering contact and the six sense bases, nama rupa, the five aggregates, formations, and ignorance.
- Bonhays Day 9 Noble Eight-fold Path Last Day of Retreat
Delson Armstrong gives the last-day talk of a nine-day retreat on the Noble Eightfold Path, presenting it as the practice to continue off the cushion.
- HIndrances + Q&A Day 1/3 Bandra, Mumbai Sept 2023 w/Delson Armstrong Sept 7-9, 2023
Delson explains hindrances as distractions that reveal attachment and aversion, describes the five hindrances, and shows how the 6R's (shortened to four R's) work as right effort tied to…
- Bonhays UK Day 4- Retreat- Jhanas Pt 2
Delson continues his retreat teaching on the jhanas, covering the fourth jhana and the four immaterial states (infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, and neither perception…
- Zoom: Process of Dependent Origination Explained Quickly.
Delson explains how mental proliferation (papancha) grows out of contact, feeling and perception, and how craving turns into clinging (upadana).
- The Deep End of Meditation - Rebooting the Brain | Delson Armstrong
In this interview, Delson Armstrong traces his meditation path from hatha yoga, Kriya Yoga and Tibetan practices to TWIM, and describes the jhanas, the samadhi states of yoga, and a…
- Day 8 Transcendental DO, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson explains transcendental dependent origination, the sequence running from faith grounded in suffering, through virtue, the precepts, the jhanas and equanimity, to disenchantment…
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 2 Hindrances
Delson teaches the five hindrances (sensual craving, aversion, restlessness and remorse, sloth and torpor, and doubt) on the second day of a Buddha Pada retreat in Kalimpong.
- Day 7 Dependent Origination Pt 2, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson continues his account of dependent origination, starting from contact and the six sense bases and moving through mentality-materiality (nama-rupa), the sankharas, the taints…
- 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.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 4 Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as stages of samadhi that arise from a balanced, unified mind, with loving-kindness used as the object of meditation.
- Kalimpong Buddha Pāda Day 2 Hindrances
Delson Armstrong gives a day-two retreat talk on the five hindrances: sensual craving, aversion, restlessness and remorse, sloth and torpor, and doubt.
- Kalimgpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 5 Ayatanas
Delson explains the four arupa states that follow the fourth jhana, which he describes as the ayatanas: infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, and neither perception nor…
- Day 5 The Four HIgher Jhanas - Ayatanas, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the arupa states, which he calls the ayatanas, as the stages that follow the fourth jhana: infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, and neither perception nor…
- Kalimpong Buddha Pāda 2023 Day 1 Introduction
Delson opens a ten-day Brahmavihara retreat at Buddha Pada by explaining the loving-kindness practice: a feeling-based meditation sent first to oneself and then to a spiritual friend.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 3 Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven factors of awakening (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) as the basis for jhana and as the path to nibbana.
- Day 3 7 Enlightenment Factors, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson explains that jhana is the absence of the five hindrances together with the enlightenment factors present to varying degrees, and he walks through the seven factors (mindfulness…
- Day 2 Hindrances, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong, India Metta Retreat- w/Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong teaches the five hindrances as they appear in sitting and daily life: sensual craving, aversion, restlessness and remorse, sloth and torpor, and doubt.
- Q&A about MN 43 with Delson -Mahavedalla Sutta
Delson answers questions on MN 43, the Mahavedalla Sutta, explaining how the five sense faculties depend on vitality and heat, and what vital formations are.
- Last Day of the Retreat advice for Meditators - July 22, 2023
Delson gives closing advice on the last day of a retreat about carrying the retreat mindset into ordinary life.
- Loving Kindness Guided mediation for 60 min (Audio only) by Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a 60-minute guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation with no talk or teaching section.
- Upanisa sutta Transcendental DO with Delson Armstrong July 20,2023
Delson explains the transcendental links of dependent origination, the sequence that leads from suffering and faith through virtue, gladness, the jhanas, equanimity and disenchantment to…
- 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.
- Dependent Origination Part 2 with Delson Armstrong
Delson continues his talk on dependent origination by covering the links before craving, which he treats as old karma inherited in every moment.
- Day 3 Jhanas 1-4 Explanation with Delson Armstrong Pt 1
Delson introduces the first four jhanas as progressively deeper levels of collectedness and cessation that arise from the metta practice when the mind lets go of hindrances.
- Day 3 The Jhanas -First 4 explained- by Delson Armstrong Pt1
Delson explains the first four jhanas as progressively more settled states of mind that arise from loving-kindness (metta) practice once the mind is relaxed and free of hindrances.
- Day 4 The Arupa Jhanas explained -5-8 & Nibbana with Delson Armstrong. Jhanas Pt 2
Delson explains the four arupa jhanas (ayatanas) that follow the fourth jhana: infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, and neither perception nor non-perception.
- Day 2 - 2nd Day Blues -Distractions AN5 5.51 July 14
Delson gives a second-day retreat talk on distractions in meditation, reading from AN5.51 on the five hindrances: sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and remorse, and…
- Day 1 Metta Lovingkindness Meditation Instructions with Delson Armstrong
Delson gives beginner instructions for metta (loving-kindness) meditation on the first day of a retreat.
- Last Talk of the Retreat with Delson Armstrong July 1
Delson gives a closing talk for a retreat, reading and commenting on MN 74 (the Dighanakha Sutta).
- 37 Requisites with Delson Armstrong. MN 77
Delson Armstrong reads and explains MN 77, the Maha Sakuludayi Sutta, in which the Buddha says his disciples honor him for five qualities and then lists the 37 requisites of awakening.
- MN 43 Mahavedalla Sutta AN3.102 Deep Dhamma
Delson reads the Mahavedalla Sutta (MN43), a dialogue between Maha Kotthita and Sariputta, and explains its teaching on wisdom, consciousness, feeling, perception, the five faculties, and…
- Upanisa Sutta and a Deep Dependent origination discussion with Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong reads and explains the Upanisa Sutta (SN 12.23) on transcendental dependent origination, showing how liberation comes through a chain of supporting conditions that runs…
- June 25, 2023 MN 9 Right View and Dependent Origination - We are going deep.
Delson reads and comments on MN 9, the Samma Ditthi Sutta, in which Sariputta explains right view through the wholesome and unwholesome, the four noble truths, and each link of dependent…
- 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.
- June 23, 2023 MN 128 Upakilesa Sutta Day 2 Distractions
Delson reads and comments on MN 128, the Upakkilesa Sutta, in which the Buddha's disciple Aniruddha lists the imperfections of the mind that disturbed his collectedness and the light and…
- June MN 48 Kosambyia Sutta with Delson Armstrong-Last Day
Delson reads MN 48, the Kosambiya Sutta, in which the Buddha rebukes quarrelling monks and gives six principles of cordiality: bodily, verbal and mental loving-kindness, shared virtue…
- Guided Meditation Lovingkindness and Letting go of the 5 Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with loving-kindness (metta) toward oneself and radiates it in all directions.
- June Retreat MN 38 Dependent Origination with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads the Mahatanhasankhaya Sutta (MN 38) and explains that consciousness arises dependent on conditions, so the view of a self-same consciousness passing from one life to the next…
- MN 48 Kosambyia Sutta - Last Talk of Retreat! w/Delson Armstrong
Delson reads MN 48, the Kosambiya Sutta, about monks at Kosambi who quarrelled until the Buddha intervened, and uses it to teach the six principles of cordiality: bodily, verbal and mental…
- June Retreat AN 10.1 Transcendental Arising-Out of Suffering
Delson teaches the "transcendental dependent origination" from AN 10.1, in which Ananda asks the Buddha for the purpose of virtuous behaviour and the answer runs as a chain from non-regret…
- Generosity (DANA) Stories from Delson-Heartwarming!
Delson talks to retreatants about what to carry off the retreat, presenting sila, dana and bhavana as a way of living the path alongside the five precepts.
- MN 10 Mindfulness Redefined-Satipatthana Sutta with Delson Armstrong-Very Good!
Delson reads through MN 10, the Satipatthana Sutta, and explains the four foundations of mindfulness: body, feelings, mind and mind objects.
- Dependent Origination MN38 at Dhamma Sukha with Delson Armstrong MN 38
Delson reads and comments on MN 38, the Mahatanhasankhaya Sutta (the Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving), using it to explain dependent origination.
- MN 10 Satipatthana Sutta with Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong reads MN 10, the Satipatthana Sutta, and explains the four foundations of mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, and mind objects) as they apply to meditation practice.
- MN 111 The Path Through the Jhanas-Very Good Explanation of the Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as naturally arising states of collectedness that come from letting go of the hindrances and relaxing, not from forceful concentration.
- Contemplation of Five Aggregates by Delson Armstrong (Audio only)
Delson Armstrong leads a guided session that begins with loving-kindness radiated outward in all directions and then moves into contemplation of the five aggregates.
- How to build 'The Ultimate Wealth'; Talking All Things Spirituality & Money | Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong answers a series of interview questions about money, spirituality and ethics.
- May Retreat Day 10 Sigalovada Sutta DN 31 -advice to Lay People- Delson Armstrong
Delson reads and comments on the Sigalovada Sutta (DN 31), the Buddha's advice to the householder Sigalaka on how to live well as a layperson.
- Ep201: Revealing Nirodha Samāpatti - Delson Armstrong, Shinzen Young, Chelsey Fasano, Dr Laukkonen
This panel interview, hosted by Steve (Guru Viking), discusses the study "Cessations of Consciousness in Meditation" on nirodha samapatti.
- Day 10 Sigalovada Sutta -Advice to Lay People with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads and explains the Sigalovada Sutta (DN31), the Buddha's advice to the young householder Sigalaka on how to cover the six directions, which means caring for and being cared for…
- 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…
- May 2023 Retreat -Day 8- MN 117 The 8 fold Path - How it all works together
Delson reads and explains MN 117, the Maha Cattarisaka Sutta (the Great Forty), to show how the Noble Eightfold Path works as a set of mutually supporting factors.
- Delson Armstrong MN 117 The 8 Fold Path - How all the folds come together
Delson reads and comments on MN 117, the Maha Chattarisaka Sutta (the Great Forty), and explains the eightfold path as a set of factors that support one another and lead to right…
- 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 4 Talk on Enlightenment Factors and Jhanas. "Accompanied by Lovingkindness".
Delson reads SN 46.54, the Metta Sahagata Sutta, in which the Buddha answers wanderers who say their teaching matches his: the Brahmaviharas lead to liberation of the mind when they are…
- Deerpark Retreat Day 4 Noble Truths w/Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong reads the Four Noble Truths section of the Maha Satipatthana Sutta (DN 22) and explains it as a practical diagnosis: suffering, its origin in craving, its cessation, and…
- 2022 Aug Retreat SN 35.95 In the Seen is only the Seen...
Delson reads SN 35.95, in which Malunkyaputta asks for a brief exhortation, and explains it with the Bahiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) and SN 42.11.
- MN 143 - Anāthapiṇḍikovādasutta from Anathapandika's Park!
Delson reads MN 143, the Anathapindikovada Sutta, in which Sariputta visits the dying householder Anathapindika in Savatthi.
- MN 143 - Anāthapiṇḍikovādasutta delivered in Anathapindika's Park
Delson reads through MN 143, the Anathapindikovada Sutta, in which Sariputta visits the gravely ill householder Anathapindika and instructs him not to cling to or depend on the senses…
- First Discourse of the Buddha at Deerpark - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Delson reads and comments on SN 56.11, the Buddha's first discourse at Isipatana (Deer Park) near Varanasi.
- Second discourse Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta - at the same location the Buddha delivered it
Delson gives a talk on the Anattalakkhana Sutta, the second discourse the Buddha gave, reading it aloud and explaining it at the location where it was delivered.
- First Discourse at Deerpark - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Delson visits Deer Park (Isipatana) and reads through the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11), the Buddha's first teaching to the group of five.
- Deerpark Retreat Day 9 Upanisa Sutta - Full Dependent Origination w/Delson Armstrong
Delson reads SN 12.23 (the Upanisa Sutta) and AN 10.1 to show the path to cessation as a chain of conditions, where each factor is the proximate cause of the next, running from ignorance…
- Deerpark Retreat Day 8 'Deeper Aspects of Dhamma Pt 2' w/Delson Armstrong
Delson reads through MN44, the discourse where the nun Dhammadinna explains identity, its origin, its cessation and the path to Visakha, and he comments on each answer.
- Deerpark Retreat Day 7 'Deeper Aspects of Dhamma Pt 1' w/Delson Armstrong
Delson reads and explains Majjhima Nikaya 43, the Maha Vedalla Sutta, in which Sariputta answers Maha Kotthita's questions on wisdom, consciousness, feeling and perception, the jhanas, the…