DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUTTA MEDITATION AND OTHER FORMS OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION? - Dhamma Q&A

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

In this segment, we look at the question that has been asked "CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUTTA MEDITATION AND THE MORE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF MEDITATION SUCH AS ĀNĀPĀNASATI MEDITATION, INSIGHT MEDITATION ETC.?"

To answer this question we

• - delve a little into how modern Buddhist meditation has evolved;
• - refer to the series on "Unlocking the Buddha's Code" that highlights sutta meditation and extracting the Buddha's instructions through insight pathways; and
• - examine metta meditation, insight meditation and anapanasati as three examples to elaborate on some of the differences.

Suttas mentioned in this segment:

• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn1.8)
• — Ānāpānassati Sutta (MN 118)
• — Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (DN 16) - specifically "Dhamma-Vinaya is the teacher" following the Buddha's passing
• — Sugatavinaya Sutta (AN 4.160) - what leads to the decline and discontinuation of the Buddha's True Teaching
• — Āṇi Sutta (SN 20.7) - wanting to listen to charismatic teachers with poetic words, rather than the Buddha's words
• — Mahāpadesa Sutta (AN 4.180) - determine what is an authentic teaching of the Buddha
• — Yuganaddhasutta (AN 4.170) - samatha and vipassana in conjunction
• — Kevaddha Sutta (DN 11) - Buddha's miracle of instruction
• — Kalahavivāda Sutta (Sn 4.11) - insight pathway
• — Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 11)
• — Girimānanda Sutta (AN 10.60)

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