Ten Important (Buddhist) Suttas
Attached are ten important Suttas (discourses) of the Buddha. They are all copyrighted, but the terms of use say: "You may copy, reformat, reprint, republish, and redistribute this work in any medium whatsoever, provided that: (1) you only make such copies, etc. available free of charge; (2) you clearly indicate that any derivatives of this work (including translations) are derived from this source document; and (3) you include the full text of this license in any copies or derivatives of this work. Otherwise, all rights reserved.
The files include:
Befriending the Suttas: Tips on Reading the Suttas
The "Big Three" Suttas (Basics of Buddhist Teaching)
- Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
- The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic
- The Fire Sermon
Other Important Suttas:
- The Anapanasati Sutta; (the Buddha's basic instruction on meditation breathing)
- The Maha-satipatthana Sutta (the Buddha's basic instruction on mindfulness)
- The Devadaha Sutta Ven (How to introduce the Buddha's teachings to inquirers.)
- The Kalama Sutta (How to decide which spiritual paths are worth following and which are not)
- The Sigalovada Sutta ("a concise 'instruction manual' that shows how laypeople can live happy and fulfilling lives")
- Karaniya Metta Sutta: Good Will (How to cultivate a heart of lovingkindness)
- Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta (Instructions to the Buddha's 7 year old son Rahula)
I have also attached my generic picture of Buddha so I can quickly identify them in my library.
As I have said before in previous eastern religion uploads, these are not for everyone, but I teach eastern religions and put these in docx format for my own study & research. I share them with all who are interested, but of course doctrinally they do not jive with Christian faith.
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Thanks Calvin. I've appreciated you posting these key documents from other religions.
Using adventure and community to challenge young people to continually say "yes" to God
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Study them and know them and evangelize them.
May the LORD preserve your faith in order not to go idol worshipping.
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I teach eastern religions and put these in docx format
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Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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May the LORD preserve your faith in order not to go idol worshipping.
Buddhists lack revelation and hence say little about god as they consider such to be beyond what man can find by his own intellect. Not hard to preserve one's faith. In fact read the Buddhist scholar's Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism by Williams, Paul
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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It is by faith we know that the entire world was made by God’s command so what we see was made by somewhat that cannot be seen
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Study them and know them and evangelize them.
May the LORD preserve your faith in order not to go idol worshipping.
Amen.
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I cleaned this file up quite a bit, made it all one doc, and formatted it to so the navigator menu would work.
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