Dīgha Nikāya, PaliVerse Podcast Series—The Chapter on the Aggregate of Morality

Tevijja Sutta (DN13): The Discourse on the Threefold Knowledge — The Path to the Company of Brahmā

Can anyone show you the way to a place they have never seen? Two young brahmins, Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja, come to the Buddha with a quarrel: each says that his own teach

Lohiccha Sutta (DN12): The Discourse to Lohiccha — What Can One Person Do for Another?

If you discovered something that genuinely transformed your mind—something that made you calmer, wiser, and freer—should you share it with others? Or should you keep it e

Kevaṭṭa Sutta (DN11): The Discourse to Kevaṭṭa — The Wonder of Instruction

If you saw a man rise into the air, pass through a wall, and touch the sun with his hand — would you believe his teaching? Be honest. Most of us would. That is exactly w

Subha Sutta (DN10): The Discourse to Subha — There is Still More to Be Done

The Buddha has died, and his passing is recent. A young brahmin named Subha, in the city on business, sends word to Ānanda — the attendant who stayed closest to the Teach

Poṭṭhapāda Sutta (DN9): The Discourse to Poṭṭhapāda — Perception, Self, and the End of Clinging

Right now something is appearing to you — a sound, these words, the feel of where you sit. The tradition calls that simple registering of experience "perception." Can per

Mahāsīhanāda Sutta (DN8): The Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar — The Authentic Path to Full Liberation

What actually makes a life a spiritual life? In this episode we open the Mahā Sīhanāda Sutta — the Great Discourse on the Lion's Roar — the eighth discourse of the Dīgha

Jāliya Sutta (DN7): The Discourse to the Wanderer Jāliya — The Question the Path Dissolves

Two wanderers come to the Buddha with a forced choice: is the soul the same as the body, or is the soul one thing and the body another? They want him to pick a side. He r

Mahāli Sutta (DN6): The Discourse to the Nobleman Mahāli — What the Holy Life is Actually For

In Vesālī, a Licchavi nobleman named Mahāli arrives at the Pinnacled Hall with a puzzle. A man called Sunakkhatta, who had spent three years training near the Buddha, tol

Kūṭadanta Sutta (DN5): The Discourse to the Brahmin Kūṭadanta — The Sacrifice That Frees

A wealthy brahmin named Kūṭadanta has prepared a great sacrifice. Three thousand five hundred animals stand tied to posts — seven hundred bulls, seven hundred bullocks, s

Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta (DN4): The Discourse to Soṇadaṇḍa — Morality and Wisdom Alone Make the Brahmin

A brahmin with every credential the ancient world could offer — pure birth, Vedic mastery, beauty, wealth, royal patronage — is led step by step to strip them all away. W

Ambaṭṭha Sutta (DN3): The Discourse to the Brahmin Ambaṭṭha — The Arrogant Brahmin and the Buddha

A brilliant young brahmin, sent to test the Buddha, walks in with supreme confidence — and walks out with his entire worldview dismantled. The Ambaṭṭha Sutta is one of t

Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN2): The Discourse on the Fruits of the Ascetic Life — An Explanation Based on the Pali Canon

The second episode of The PaliVerse Project Podcast Series — going through the Pali Canon discourse by discourse, in the order the tradition itself preserved them. A kin

Brahmajāla Sutta (DN1): The Supreme Net of Views — An Explanation Based on the Pali Canon

The Brahmajāla Sutta, the first discourse of the Dīgha Nikāya (Long Discourses), opens with a deceptively simple scene: two travellers on the same road, following the sam