Awakening

Module 14 of An Introduction to Buddhist Practice Course home 1: Part 1: Buddhist Life2: The Buddha3: Generosity4: Harmlessness5: Purity6: Harmony7: Refuge8: Part 2: Buddhist Path9: The Higher Training10: Foundational Wisdom11: Perfecting Virtue12: Cultivating the Mind13: Disentangling the Mind14: Awakening15: Conclusion

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Homework

Chapter 12 from Buddhist Life, Buddhist Path – Bhikkhu Cintita (.pdf) (.epub) (.pdf)

The Four Stages of Enlightenment – Ajahn Sona (.mp3)

A straightforward description of what the Buddha meant by “enlightenment” and what the transformation is like.

SN 56.11 Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: The Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma (.pdf)

• In the Buddha’s very first sermon, he tells his friends about his Enlightenment and the path he discovered for attaining it, waking up his first disciple and setting in motion the religion which continues rolling to this day.

The Buddha’s Most Important Teachings – Ajahn Munindo (.mp3)

• Ajahn Munindo talks about this sutta one Vesāk day and explains how it can transform our lives.

SN 55.51 Sagāthaka Sutta: With Verses (.pdf)

• At the end of that sutta, Koṇḍañña “understood”. What did he understand? And how do we follow his example?

Iti 97 Kalyāṇa Sīla Sutta: Good Morals (.pdf)

• The Buddha summarizes this ultimate goal of the teachings as the perfection of the threefold training in Sīla, Samādhi and Paññā.

Iti 93 Aggi Sutta: Fires (.pdf)

• And lastly, a short poem on enlightenment from the Buddha himself.

Lecture

Seven Paths – Bhante Yuttadhammo (.mp3) (.mp3)

Continue to Part 15, Conclusion

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