Buddha is Freed From 10 Things | Sutta Exploration | AN 10s #81 | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Nov 12, 2023 · 24m

Sutta Study with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Anguttara Nikāya, Book of Tens, No 81, 'Bahuna'. Reading from the English translation by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi: "Numerical Discourses of the Buddha", page 1440 The Tathagata describes himself as freed from 10 things: 1. Form (Rūpa) 2. Feeling (Vedanā) 3. Perception (Saññā) 4. Intention/Will/Volition (Sankhārā) 5. Consciousness (Viññāṇaṃ) (These are the 5 Groups of Clinging - Pañcupādānakkhandhā) 6. Birth (Jāti) 7. Aging (Jarā) 8. Death (Maraṇaṃ) 9. Suffering (Dukkha) 10. Mental Defilements = Greed, Hate & Delusion (Kilesā) Released, detached, and emancipated…