The Human Condition: From "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

This week's learning resource:

I. The Human Condition

The Human Condition

Introduction

1. Old Age, Illness, and Death
   1. Aging and Death (SN 3.3)
   2. The Simile of the Mountain (SN 3.25)
   3. The Divine Messengers (from AN 3.35)
2. The Tribulations of Unreflective Living
   1. The Dart of Painful Feeling (SN 36.6)
   2. The Vicissitudes of Life (AN 8.6)
   3. Anxiety Due to Change (SN 22.7)
3. A World in Turmoil
   1. The Origin of Conflict (AN2. iv, 6, abridged) [AN 2.37]
   2. Why Do Beings Live in Hate? (from DN 21)
   3. The Dark Chain of Causation (from DN 15)
   4. The Roots of Violence and Oppression (from AN 3.69)
4. Without Discoverable Beginning
   1. Grass and Sticks (SN 15.1)
   2. Balls of Clay (SN 15.2)
   3. The Mountain (SN 15.5)
   4. The River Ganges (SN 15.8)
   5. Dog on a Leash (SN 22.99)

This is the first section of: In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Bodhi, published by Wisdom Publications, but linked to the free translations available on SuttaCentral.net.

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