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0480 - TALKS: Sutta Nipata, part 15 (Amagandha Sutta)

Talks With Scott Mandelker Podcast
Talks With Scott Mandelker Podcast
Episode • Jan 27, 2020
Episode 0480 - Sutta Nipata, part 15 (Amagandha Sutta)
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Extended review & commentary on the Amagandha Sutta using the translation of Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Yogic views of Vegan-asceticism  diet as necessary for self-purification, vs. a Buddhist understanding that immorality is the true "rotting flesh stench" (amagandha).
* Sutta Nipata (Overview):