AN ENCOURAGEMENT TOWARDS THE BUDDHA'S FIVE FREQUENT CONTEMPLATIONS

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

This talk was given to a Meditation Group via zoom as one segment of a complete Dhamma session on 8 April 2021, that included meditation practice and sutta study. It gives AN ENCOURAGEMENT TOWARDS THE BUDDHA'S FIVE FREQUENT CONTEMPLATIONS with a short explanation on each of the contemplations.

Suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk:

• Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) - Subjects to be frequently contemplated
• Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) - Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma
• Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) - To be fully understood
• Dukkhatā Sutta (SN45.165) – Painful States
• Vatthupama Sutta (MN 7) - The Simile of the Cloth
• Māgaṇḍiya Sutta (MN 75) – To Māgaṇḍiya
• Assu Sutta (SN 15.3) – Tears
• Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216) - Creeping
• Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135) – The Shorter Analysis of Actions
• Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40) - The Results of Bad Actions

To read the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) - https://suttacentral.net/an5.57/en/bodhi

For a more detailed explanation of the Five Contemplations:

• AUDIO (https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/episodes/80-FIVE-SUBJECTS-WE-MUST-FREQUENTLY-CONTEMPLATE-eudim4), or
• VIDEO with SLIDES (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW2nMLHP6rc)

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai