Author name: Tahn Pamutto

Maṇgala Sutta – The Highest Blessings, KN 5; Snp Cv 4

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“Bahū devā manussā ca,  Maṅgalāni acintayuṁ; Ākaṅkhamānā sotthānaṁ,  Brūhi maṅgala- muttamaṁ.” “Asevanā ca bālānaṁ,  Paṇḍitānañ ca sevanā; Pūjā ca pūjaneyyānaṁ,  Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Patirūpadesavāso ca,  Pubbe ca kata-puññatā; Atta sammā-paṇidhi ca,  Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Bāhu-saccañca sippañca,  Vinayo ca susikkhito; Subhāsitā ca yā vācā,  Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Mātā pitu upaṭṭhānaṁ,  Putta dārassa saṅgaho; Anākulā ca kammantā,  Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Dānañ […]

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Bhaddekaratta Sutta – An Auspicious Night, MN 131-134

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Atītaṁ nānvāgameyya,  Nappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṁ; Yadatītaṁ pahīnaṁtaṁ,  Appattañca anāgataṁ. Paccuppannañca yo dhammaṁ,  Tattha tattha vipassati; Asaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ – Taṁ viddhā manubrūhaye;   Ajjeva kiccamātappaṁ,  Ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve? Na hi no saṅgarantena,  Mahāsenena maccunā. Evaṁ vihāri-ṁātāpiṁ,  Ahoratta-matanditaṁ, Taṁ ve bhaddekarattoti,  Santo ācikkhate Munī’ti.   One should not revive the past,  Nor for the future pine. For

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Khanda Paritta – Group Protection

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Khanda Paritta – Group Protection  KN, 203 Khaṇḍajātaka; AN.IV.67 Virūpakkhehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ Erāpathehi me, Chabyā-puttehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ Kaṇhā-gotama-kehi ca. Apādakehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ dvipādakehi me, Catuppadehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ bahuppadehi me. Mā maṁ apādako hiṁsi Mā maṁ hiṁsi dvipādako, Mā maṁ catuppado hiṁsi Mā maṁ hiṁsi bahuppado. Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā Sabbe bhūtā

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Opening Homage and Recollection of Triple Gem

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Namakarapāthā – Homage to the Triple Gem Arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho bhagava, buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ abhivādemi. The Lord, the Perfectly Awakened and Blessed One. I bow to the Buddha. <bow> Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, dhammaṃ namassāmi. The Teaching so completely explained by him.  I bow to the Dhamma. <bow> Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, saṅghaṃ namāmi. The Blessed One’s Community of

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Degrees of Freedom

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[This talk was also given as a dhamma talk at the Long Island Buddhist Meditation Center.  The video recording can be found on facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/bhante.libmc/videos/550225320657471 ] My dhamma name, Pamutto, comes from the root of a very common word: Mutti. Mutti means freedom. Since freedom is so essential to the Buddhist path it’s a

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Finding Emptiness

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The Sāsana is what the Buddha called the religion or dispensation that began forming nearly from the moment he attained enlightenment. It is a word that encompasses not just him as a person and a teacher but also his teaching, the dhamma, and how that dhamma has survived in the hearts and minds of those

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Kaccānagotta Sutta – To Kaccānagotta, SN 12.15

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[Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.] Atha kho āyasmā kaccānagotto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā kaccānagotto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “‘Sammādiṭṭhi sammādiṭṭhī’ti, bhante, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sammādiṭṭhi hotī”ti? “Dvayanissito khvāyaṁ, kaccāna, loko yebhuyyena—atthitañceva natthitañca. Lokasamudayaṁ kho, kaccāna, yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya passato yā loke natthitā sā na hoti. Lokanirodhaṁ kho, kaccāna, yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya passato

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