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    AN 10.101 - 10.112 Perceptions for Ascetics

    01/04/2026 | 22 mins.
    AN 10.101 Three ascetic perceptions lead to seven results.
    AN 10.102 The seven factors of awakening lead to realizing the three knowledges.
    AN 10.103 The tenfold wrong path leads to failure, the tenfold right path leads to success.
    AN 10.104 When a person has wrong view, all their path development is wrong. But when they have right view, everything good follows.
    AN 10.105 Ignorance is the precursor of wrong view and the other bad qualities, while right view is the opposite.
    AN 10.106 Each of the ten path factors wears away its opposite.
    AN 10.107 The Buddha speaks of a southern land called “Bath”, but says that a spiritual bath is better.
    AN 10.108 The Buddha speaks of a purgative for curing ailments, but says that a spiritual purgative is better.
    AN 10.109 The Buddha speaks of a emetic for curing ailments, but says that a spiritual emetic is better.
    AN 10.110 The ten path factors each expel their opposite.
    AN 10.111 An adept has fulfilled the ten path factors.
    AN 10.112 An adept has fulfilled the ten path factors.
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    AN 10.95 - 10.100 With Upali Part 2

    27/03/2026 | 34 mins.
    An 10.95 The wanderer Uttiya asks the Buddha a series of ten metaphysical questions as to whether the cosmos is finite, etc. The Buddha responds by saying that he only teaches the end of suffering. Uttiya goes on to ask whether all beings will be liberated. The Buddha is silent, and Ānanda answers on his behalf.
    AN 10.96 The wanderer Kokanada meets Ānanda at the baths and engages him on the topic of the ten metaphysical questions.
    AN 10.97 With ten qualities, a mendicant is worthy.
    AN 10.98 With ten qualities, a senior mendicant is at ease wherever they live.
    AN 10.99 When Upāli asks to go into retreat, the Buddha warns him that secluded wilderness dwellings are hard to endure unless one is accomplished in meditation. He gives a long account of the training required before going into solitude, and ends by encouraging Upāli to stay in the Saṅgha.
    AN 10.100 Ten things must be given up before attaining perfection.
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    AN 10.91 - 10.94 With Upali Part 1

    25/03/2026 | 35 mins.
    AN 10.91 The Buddha teaches Anāthapiṇḍika ten kinds of persons who enjoy sensual pleasures.
    AN 10.92 A noble disciple has eliminated five perils, realized the four factors of stream-entry, and seen the noble process.
    AN 10.93 Anāthapiṇḍika visits some wanderers, who ask him about the Buddha’s views. Anāthapiṇḍika asks them to explain their own view first. He then declares his own understanding of impermanence, leaving the wanderers speechless.
    AN 10.94 The householder Vajjiyamāhita visits some wanderers, who accuse the Buddha of condemning all asceticism. Vajjiyamāhita counters this by saying the Buddha only criticizes what is worthy of criticism. The Buddha praises him, and explains in detail what this means.
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    AN 10.84 - 10.90 On Senior Mendicants Part 2

    22/03/2026 | 30 mins.
    AN 10.84 When a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
    AN 10.85 Venerable Mahācunda teaches that when a mendicant boasts about spiritual attainments, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
    AN 10.86 Venerable Mahākassapa teaches that when a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
    AN 10.87 The Buddha, speaking in reference to the monk Kalandaka, explains ten qualities that lead to discord or unity.
    AN 10.88 A mendicant who insults their spiritual companions incurs ten disasters.
    AN 10.89 The monk Kokālika accuses Sāriputta and Moggallāna of having evil wishes. The Buddha defends them. Later, Kokālika suffers calamity and is reborn in hell.
    AN 10.90 Ten powers by which a mendicant knows that they have ended the defilements.
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    AN 10.81 - 10.83 On Senior Mendicants

    20/03/2026 | 9 mins.
    AN 10.81 Giving up ten things, the Buddha lives free of limits.
    AN 10.82 A mendicant cannot achieve progress if they have ten bad qualities starting with lack of faith.
    AN 10.83 Venerable Puṇṇiya asks why the Buddha sometimes feels like teaching, other times not.

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