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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
On beginnings: Buddhist Genesis (Ajahn Brahm)
Ajahn Brahm explains a "Buddhist Genesis"
Aggañña Sutta (DN 27), "On Knowledge of Beginnings," Ajahn Brahm, Australia, Nov. 11, 2018
We should have stayed in space.
(Buddhist Society of Western Australia) This Dharma talk streamed live on Nov. 10, 2018. Ajahn Brahm presents and discusses sutra 27 from the Lengthy Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya). The Aggañña Sutta, “On Knowledge of Beginnings” or "The Origin of the World," talks about the devolution of life on earth. Find DN 27 on the Buddhist translation website Sutta Central by Ven. Sujato.
Let's get back to space from here.
“In contrast with the [priestly caste] Brahmin’s self-serving mythologies of the past, the Buddha presents an account of evolution that shows how human [karmic] choices are an integral part of the ecological balance, and how excessive greed destroys the order of nature” (SuttaCentral.net).
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