An e-learning online course by Bhikkhu Anālayo
Numata Center for Buddhist Studies
University of Hamburg
The lectures held during the summer semester of 2012 covered the chapters 3 and 4 (discourses 21 to 41) of the Madhyama-āgama. Audio files of the lectures can be audited or downloaded as mp3 files, together with the respective lectures notes as pdfs, at the links given below for each lecture.
Lecture 1 covers MĀ 21, followed by a guest lecture by Bhikkhu Bodhi:
MĀ 21 Discourse on an Even Mind (等心經)
Pāli Parallel: untitled AN 2.4.5, PTS ed. AN I 63
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 155-157 (given as discourse no. 36)
Lecture 2 covers MĀ 22 and MĀ 23:
MĀ 22 Discourse on Being Accomplished in Virtue (成就戒經)
Pāli Parallel: Nirodha-sutta, AN 5.166, PTS ed. AN III 192
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 777-780
MĀ 23 Discourse on Wisdom (智經)
Pāli Parallel: Kaḷāra-sutta, SN 12.32, PTS ed. SN II 50
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Connected Discourses) pp. 567-571
Lecture 3 covers MĀ 24 and MĀ 25:
MĀ 24 Discourse on the Lion's Roar (師子吼經)
Pāli Parallel: Sīhanāda-sutta, AN 9.11, PTS ed. AN IV 373
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1261-1264
MĀ 25 Discourse on Water Similes (水喻經)
Pāli Parallel: Dutiya-āghātapaṭivinaya-sutta, AN 5.162, PTS ed. AN III 186
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 774-777
Lecture 4 covers MĀ 26:
MĀ 26 Discourse on Gulissāni (瞿尼師經)
Pāli Parallel: Gulissāni-sutta, MN 69, PTS ed. MN I 469
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 572-576
Lecture 5 covers MĀ 27:
MĀ 27 Discourse to the Brahmin Dhānañjāni (梵志陀然經)
Pāli Parallel: Dhānañjāni-sutta, MN 97, PTS ed. MN II 184
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 791-797
Lecture 6 covers MĀ 28 and the first part of MĀ 29:
MĀ 28 Discourse on Teaching the Sick (教化病經)
Pāli Parallel: Paṭhama-Anāthapiṇḍika-sutta, SN 55.26, PTS ed. SN V 380
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Connected Discourses) pp. 1816-1819
MĀ 29 Discourse by Mahākoṭṭhita (大拘絺羅經)
Pāli Parallel: Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta, MN 9, PTS ed. MN I 46
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 132-144
Lecture 7 covers the remainder of MĀ 29 and the first part of MĀ 30:
MĀ 29 Discourse by Mahākoṭṭhita (大拘絺羅經)
Pāli Parallel: Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta, MN 9, PTS ed. MN I 46
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 132-144
MĀ 30 Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant's Footprint (象跡喻經)
Pāli Parallel: Mahāhatthipadopama-sutta, MN 28, PTS ed. MN I 184
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 278-285
Lecture 8 covers the remainder of MĀ 30:
MĀ 30 Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant's Footprint (象跡喻經)
Pāli Parallel: Mahāhatthipadopama-sutta, MN 28, PTS ed. MN I 184
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 278-285
Lecture 9 covers MĀ 31 and MĀ 32:
MĀ 31 Discourse on an Analysis of the Noble Truths (分別聖諦經)
Pāli Parallel: Saccavibhaṅga-sutta, MN 141, PTS ed. MN III 248
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 1097-1101
MĀ 32 Discourse on Wonderful and Marvellous Qualities (未曾有法經)
Pāli Parallel: Acchariya-abbhūta-sutta, MN 123, PTS ed. MN III 118
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 979-984
Lecture 10 covers MĀ 33 and MĀ 34:
MĀ 33 Discourse on the Attendant (侍者經)
no Pāli Parallel (cf. Th 1018-1050)
MĀ 34 Discourse by Bakkula (薄拘羅經)
Pāli Parallel: Bakkula-sutta, MN 124, PTS ed. MN III 124
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 985-988
Lecture 11 covers MĀ 35 to MĀ 40:
MĀ 35 Discourse to an Asura (阿修羅經)
Pāli Parallel: Pahārāda-sutta, AN 8.19, PTS ed. AN IV 197
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1142-1145
MĀ 36 Discourse on Earthquakes (地動經)
Pāli Parallel: Bhūmicala-sutta, AN 8.70, PTS ed. AN IV 308
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1212-1216
MĀ 37 Discourse at Campā (瞻波經)
Pāli Parallel: Uposatha-sutta, AN 8.20, PTS ed. AN IV 204
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1145-1147
MĀ 38 Discourse by Ugga (1st) (郁伽長者經)
Pāli Parallel: Ugga-sutta, AN 8.21-22, PTS ed. AN IV 208
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1147-1149
MĀ 39 Discourse by Ugga (2nd) (郁伽長者經)
no Pāli Parallel
MĀ 40 Discourse on Hatthaka (1st) (手長者經)
Pāli Parallel: Dutiyahatthaka-sutta, AN 8.24, PTS ed. AN IV 218
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1153-1154
MĀ 41 Discourse on Hatthaka (2nd) (手長者經)
Pāli Parallel: Paṭhamahatthaka-sutta, AN 8.23, PTS ed. AN IV 216
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1152-1153