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  • Start Here
  • Sutta Practice
    • What is a sutta practice?
    • Developing Your Sutta Practice
    • How Much to Read
    • When to Read
    • When You Complete a Book
  • Books
    • Canonical Collections
    • Anthologies
    • Suggestions Based Time
    • Suggestions Based on Experience
    • Sutta Reading Book Sources
  • Audio
  • Downloads
  • Ebooks
  • Home
    • Dedication of Merit
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Pragmatic

Troubleshooting Your Personal Anthology

Creating a Personal Anthology is extremely simple, but there are still some places we can go wrong. If this happens our Anthology may be less effective. Below are some common problems and suggestions for solving them. As a reminder, this is the basic method: Read the suttas on a regular basis taking them to heart … Read more

Categories motivation Tags Daily Practice, How To, Persistant, Personal Anthology, Pragmatic

Benefits of Having a Backup Text for Sutta Reading Practice

Be prepared for times when reading your regular book of suttas is difficult.

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Categories Choosing a Text, Daily Practice, motivation Tags Daily Practice, Don't Break the Chain, Hindrances to Reading, Practice Structure, Pragmatic, vacation

Almost Personal Anthology

One of the easiest ways to make a deep connection with the suttas is by creating a personal anthology. If you haven’t read the main article, this involves noticing when sutta passages are particularly meaningful to you and then copying them into a blank book. Then when the hindrances arise, you can quickly turn to … Read more

Categories motivation Tags Hindrances to Reading, Personal Anthology, Pragmatic

Sutta Reading Practice Text Suggestions Based on Available Time

Think about the minimum amount of time that you believe you can commit to reading and reflecting on suttas each day. Don’t be afraid to start small! It’s better to start with something very short and let the words and the meaning draw you in to deeper practice. Once you decide, make a real plan … Read more

Categories Choosing a Text, Reading Session Tags Daily Practice, Practice Structure, Pragmatic

Personal Anthology

The Blessed One Is Talking to You: Making Your Personal Anthology When we read the suttas faithfully, we are going to find passages that strongly resonate with us. We may get a feeling that the Buddha is speaking to us directly, seeing our defilements and giving the precise antidote to our disease of suffering. It … Read more

Categories motivation Tags Hindrances to Reading, Memorizing, Personal, Personal Anthology, Pragmatic

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These three factors form the bases for a monk in contemplating the true nature of the five groups of clinging: guarding the senses, contentment, and restraint according to the monastic rules.

—The Buddha, Dhammapada 375

What is a Sutta Practice

Broadly speaking, a sutta practice is a regular habit of interacting directly with the suttas in a way that lifts the heart and brings us to faith in the Blessed One, his Dhamma, and his Sangha of enlightened disciples.

In practical terms, this may be done by reading daily from a text, be it a traditional collection, or an anthology of suttas around a particular theme. The emphasis is placed on what is understood and taking that to heart. We approach the text as a sick person would seeking medicine, with the Blessed One as our doctor.

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