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Benefits of Having a Backup Text for Sutta Reading Practice

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

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

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He who has passed beyond the troublesome road of defilements, this difficult path, this journey of rebirths, this delusion; who has crossed over and reached the other shore; who is a meditator, free from craving, free from doubt, and clinging to nothing; and who has become cooled—him do I call a Brāhmin.

—The Buddha, Dhammapada 414

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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