Syllabus
The Middle Fifty
Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
Dharma Study Course 2007-2008
{BB} indicates that Bhikkhu Bodhi has a talk posted on this discourse available at http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/MN/MN_course.html
One or two asterisks (* or **) mark the discourses in each set that I find most interesting. Please read them all to decide for yourself which you find useful, inspiring, or provokative. I am open to discussing any suttas that anyone wants. The * is simply an aid for those students who are particularly busy one month and may need to focus their efforts more strictly and may serve as a guide for additional focused study.
- September 2007 -- Training Path
- M. 53 The Disciple in Higher Training
- M. 62* The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula
- M. 64* The Greater Discourse to Malunkyaputta {BB}
- M. 79** The Shorter Discourse to Sakuludayin
- M. 80 To Vekhanassa
- M. 85 To Prince Bodhi
- October 2007 -- Feeling, Pleasure, Attachment
- M. 54 To Potaliya {BB}
- M. 59* The Many Kinds of Feeling
- M. 66* The Simile of the Quail
- M. 75** To Magandiya {BB}
- M. 87 Born From Those Who Are Dear
- M. 97 To Dhananjani
- M. 99 To Subha
- November 2007 -- Practice and Wisdom
- M. 52 The Man from Atthkanagara {BB}
- M. 58* To Prince Abhaya
- M. 65 To Bhaddali
- M. 70 At Kitagiri {BB}
- M. 78* Samanamandikaputta
- M. 83 King Makhadeva
- December 2007 -- Actions, Karma, and Social Hierarchy
- M. 51 To Kandaraka
- M. 56 To Upali
- M. 84 At Madhura
- M. 88 The Cloak
- M. 90 At Kannakatthala
- M. 93 To Assalayana
- M. 94 To Ghotamukha
- M. 96 To Esukari
- M. 98 To Vasettha
- January 2008 -- Behavior of True Recluse
- M. 55 To Jivaka
- M. 57 The Dog-Duty Ascetic {BB}
- M. 61* Advice to Rahula At Ambalatthika {BB}
- M. 67 At Catuma
- M. 69 Gulissani
- M. 82* On Ratthapala {BB}
- M. 86* On Angulimala
- February 2008 -- Speculative Views
- M. 60 The Incontrovertible Teaching {BB}
- M. 63* The Shorter Discourse to Malunkyaputta {BB}
- M. 72 To Vacchagotta on Fire
- M. 74 To Dighanakha
- M. 76 To Sandaka
- M. 95* With Canki {BB}
- March 2008 -- Powers of the Buddha, Accomplishments of Sangha
- M. 68 At Nalakapana
- M. 71 To Vacchagotta on the Threefold True Knowledge
- M. 73 The Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta
- M. 77* The Greater Discourse to Sakuludayin {BB}
- M. 81 Ghatikara The Potter
- M. 89 Monuments to the Dhamma
- M. 91 Brahmayu
- M. 92 To Sela
- M. 100 To Sangarava
- April 2008 -- Possible Miscellaneous Topics