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Did you know the Buddha may have quit the sangha? I'll look at one early sutta and discuss what happened, and why it seems as though the Buddha was on the verge of permanent retirement. I'll also consider a couple of other interesting aspects of this sutta's narrative.
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✅ Videos mentioned:
Was the Buddha Omniscient? -- • Was the Buddha Omnisci...
Deep Meditation in Buddhism Playlist (includes discussion of jhāna) - • Deep Meditation in Bud...
✅ Suttas mentioned:
suttacentral.net/mn67/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/ud3.3/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/sn6.1/en/sujato
✅ Essay by Bodhipaksa mentioned:
www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-pra...
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00:00 Intro
00:48 Passage from an early sutta
02:01 Aftermath of the monks’ dismissal
03:25 The Buddha’s apparent lack of omniscience
04:40 The Buddha’s questions to Sāriputta and Moggallāna
06:28 Moggallāna’s surprising suggestion
06:57 Did the Buddha intend to leave for good?
08:56 The role of Brahmā Sahampati
10:35 The Buddha’s surprising response to Moggallāna
12:07 The Buddha’s “kryptonite”
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