Course held in 2013:
Tranquility and Insight
in Early Buddhist Discourse
The lecture held in 2013 covered the seventh chapter 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 is a guest lecture by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the topic of the course
Lecture 2 covers the first part of MĀ 72
MĀ 72 Discourse on the History of King Long-lifespan (長壽王本起經)
Pāli Parallel: Upakkilesa-sutta,MN 128, PTS ed. MN III 153
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 1008-1015
Lecture 3 covers the description of conduct and the nimitta in MĀ 72
Lecture 4 covers MĀ 72 and MĀ 73
MĀ 73 Discourse on Gods (天經)
Pāli Parallel: Gayāsīsa-sutta,AN 8.64, PTS ed. AN IV 302
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp.1207-1209
Lecture 5 covers MĀ 73 and MĀ 74
MĀ 74 Discourse on Eight Thoughts (八念經)
Pāli Parallel: Anuruddha-sutta,AN 8.30, PTS ed. AN IV 228
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1160-1165
Lecture 6 covers MĀ 75
MĀ 75 Discourse on the Path to Pure Imperturbability (淨不動道經)
Pāli Parallel: Āneñjasappāya-sutta,MN 106, PTS ed. MN II 261
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 869-873
Lecture 7 covers MĀ 76 and the first part of MĀ 77
MĀ 76 Discourse at Ukkācelā (郁伽支羅經)
Pāli Parallel: Bhikkhu-sutta, SN 47.3, PTS ed. SN V 142
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Connected Discourses) pp.1628-1630
MĀ 77 Discourse on Three Clansmen at Sāketa (娑雞帝三族姓子經)
Pāli Parallel: Naḷakapāna-sutta, MN 68, PTS ed. MN I 462
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 566-571
Lecture 8 covers MĀ 78 to MĀ 80
MĀ 78 Discourse on Brahmā’s Invitation to the Buddha (梵天請佛經)
Pāli Parallel: Brahmanimantanika-sutta, MN 49, PTS ed. MN I 326
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 424-430
MĀ 79 Discourse on the Existence of Higher Gods (有勝天經)
Pāli Parallel: Anuruddha-sutta, MN 127, PTS ed. MN III 144
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 1002-1007
MĀ 80 Discourse on Cloth for Robes (kaṭhina), (迦絺那經)
no Pāli parallel
Lecture 9 covers the first part of MĀ 81
MĀ 81 Discourse on Mindfulness of the Body (念身經)
Pāli Parallel: Kāyagatāsati-sutta, MN 119, PTS ed. MN III 88
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 949-958
Lecture 10 covers the remainder of MĀ 81 and MĀ 82
MĀ 82 The Discourse on [Hearing the Sound of] Crickets (支離彌梨經)
Pāli Parallel: Hatthisāriputta-sutta, AN 6.60, PTS ed. AN III 392
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 949-950
Lecture 11 covers MĀ 83 to MĀ 86
MĀ 83 Discourse on the Drowsy Elder (長老上尊睡眠經)
Pāli Parallel: Pacalāyamāna-sutta, AN 7.58, PTS ed. AN IV 85
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1059-1062 (given as discourse no. 61)
MĀ 84 Discourse on Being Without Thorns (無刺經)
Pāli Parallel: Kaṇṭaka-sutta,AN 10.72,PTS ed. AN V 133
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses) pp. 1428-1429
MĀ 85 Discourse on the True Man (真人經)
Pāli Parallel: Sappurisa-sutta, MN 113,PTS ed. MN III 37
please consult Bhikkhu Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses) pp. 909-912
MĀ 86 Discourse Explaining the Bases (說處經)
no Pāli parallel