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Parayana Vagga - The Way to the Beyond | Suttanipata #1038 ff | Ajahn Moneyyo | Buddhist Pali Chanting
Ajahn Moneyyo recites the Pārāyana Vagga in the Sutta Nipāta (Verses 1038 ff), one of the oldest parts of the Pali Canon. 16 Brahmin spiritual seekers visit the Buddha and ask him profound questions in verse about bondage and liberation.
The unifying theme is going beyond, or crossing over – Crossing the floods (of sensuality, becoming, views and ignorance), crossing over birth and old age, crossing over attachment to the world – With the purpose to instruct and inspire us to do the same.
The Pārāyana Vagga – “The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond” already existed as collection during the time…
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