In this series of lectures given at Bodhi Monastery beginning in October 2004, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi explains some of the most popular and beautiful suttas in the Pāli Canon:

1. Sn 2.1 Ratana Sutta — Jewels, The Jewels Discourse
2. Sn 2.4 Mahāmaṅgala Sutta — The Auspicious Performance, Thirty-Eight Blessings
3. Sn 1.8 Mettā Sutta — Loving-kindness, Metta Sutta
4. Sn 1.1 Uraga Sutta — The Snake’s Skin
5. Sn 1.4 Kasībhāradvāja Sutta — The farmer Bhāradvāja
6. Sn 1.6 Parābhava Sutta — Downfall
7. Sn 1.7 Vasala Sutta — The Outcast
8. Sn 1.9 Hemavata Suttra — Sātāgira and Hemavata
9. Sn 1.10 Āḷavaka Sutta — Āḷavaka
10. Sn 1.11 Vijaya Sutta — Victory over Delusion
11. Sn 1.12 Muni Sutta — The Sage
12. Sn 2.3 Hiri Sutta — Shame
13. Sn 2.5 Sūciloma Sutta — Sūciloma
14. Sn 2.9 Kiṃsīla Sutta — Right Conduct
15. Sn 2.11 Rāhula Sutta — Rāhula
16. Sn 3.1 Pabbajjā Sutta — The Going Forth
17. Sn 3.2 Padhana Sutta— Striving
18. Sn 3.3 Subhāsita Sutta — Good Words
19. Sn 3.4 Pūraḷāsa Sutta — The Sacrificial Cake
20. Sn 3.8 Salla Sutta — The Dart