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**nitivearchit** · 04-14-2010, 05:47 AM

The MN and DN Suttas I've just talked about are almost wholly summary pieces; it's a little like trying to grok a book by only reading Cliff's Notes. In this case, SN offers the greater detail.

Non-sense.

One can enter the stream of Anapanasati via hearing one sentence of dhamma.

Only two suttas are required, namely, MN 117 and MN 118.

The first offers the method and the second offers the map.

Bahiya Sutta is also useful for method.

No need to spend $200 on two dhamma books.

One could die before finishing reading those two books.

04-14-2010, 05:47 AM	#10
nitivearchit Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	The MN and DN Suttas I've just talked about are almost wholly summary pieces; it's a little like trying to grok a book by only reading Cliff's Notes. In this case, SN offers the greater detail. Non-sense. One can enter the stream of Anapanasati via hearing one sentence of dhamma. Only two suttas are required, namely, MN 117 and MN 118. The first offers the method and the second offers the map. Bahiya Sutta is also useful for method. No need to spend $200 on two dhamma books. One could die before finishing reading those two books.
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