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Sutta On Two Kinds Of Thought -- A Reading

Name: Sutta On Two Kinds Of Thought -- A Reading
Uploaded: 2020-09-16T10:45:27.000Z
Duration: 11 min 5 s
Channel: Sheldon Clark
Description: This is a reading of the Dvedhavitakka Sutta -- the Sutta on Two Kinds of Thought, as translated by Bikkhus Nanamoli and Bodi. The sutta is a teaching by the Buddha on dividing thoughts into two classes: sensual desire, ill will, and cruelty, on the one hand; renunciation, non-ill-will, and non-cruelty on the other.

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This is a reading of the Dvedhavitakka Sutta -- the Sutta on Two Kinds of Thought, as translated by Bikkhus Nanamoli and Bodi. The sutta is a teaching by the Buddha on dividing thoughts into two classes: sensual desire, ill will, and cruelty, on the one hand; renunciation, non-ill-will, and non-cruelty on the other.

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