WHO ARE OUR ROLE MODELS? - Bhikkhu Mahākaccāna - Teachings (Part 2)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

This Part 2 of our look into "Who Are Our Role Models" - one of the monk disciples (bhikkhu) of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Mahākaccāna, who was declared by the Buddha foremost among those explain in detail the meaning of what has been stated in brief (saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ vibhajantānaṁ) - AN 1.197

You can access the AUDIO for Part 1 - https://bit.ly/3gf2uJz

In this talk we will take a short tour of Venerable Mahākaccāna's Dhamma Teachings - both the detailed explanations of the Buddha's statements in brief, as well as his own teachings of the Dhamma to the monastics and to lay people.

For those that have studied or are familiar with Venerable Mahākaccāna's life and teachings, this series of talks will provide encouragement & inspiration towards the Noble Eightfold Path, and wonderful pointers & reminders to realise the Buddha's Teachings for ourselves.

Other suttas mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk include:

• – Madhupiṇḍika Sutta (MN 18)
• – Mahākaccānabhaddekaratta Sutta (MN 133)
• – Uddesavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 138)
• – Hāliddikāni Sutta 1st (SN 22.3)
• – Samacittavagga (AN 2.37–38)
• – Mahākaccāna Sutta (AN 6.26)
• – Kāḷī Sutta (AN 10.62)
• – Kaccāna Sutta (Ud 7.8)
• – Therāgathā Verses of Venerable Mahākaccāna (Thag494-95)
• – Pitaka Disclosure (Petakopadesa)
• – The Guide (Nettipakkarana)

In learning about such noble beings, we can delight in their lives and accomplishments; recognise the importance of seeing them as worthy role models; and use it as inspiration towards progress on the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path.

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