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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
    • Glossary
    • Sutta Reading Frequently Asked Questions
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recitation

Bring the suttas alive by reading aloud

Buddhist scripture have been recited aloud since the time of the Buddha. In fact, without this recitation, usually as a group, we wouldn’t have the suttas with us today. You can continue this tradition by reading the suttas aloud. Even though we don’t need to recite out loud to preserve the teachings for future generations, … Read more

Categories Overcoming Difficulties Tags Hindrances to Reading, recitation

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Wealth destroys those who lack in wisdom, but, those who seek Nibbāna are not destroyed like that. The foolish person is destroyed by his own craving for wealth, as if he had made someone destroy him.

—The Buddha, Dhammapada 355

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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