Malunkyaputta Sutta Focus October 24 2017

This is a recording of my Dhamma Talk and our Sangha discussion on the Malunkyaputta Sutta - a sutta on maintaining focus on the dhamma from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 24, 2017. The Buddha consistently refused to answer anything that would prove to be a diversion from the goal of the Eightfold Path, or would only reinforce ignorance.

“I do not answer these questions as they are not fundamental with the goal. They do not develop disenchantment, dispassion, with calming, with unbinding, with direct knowledge, with awakening. This is why I do not answer these questions...Read More: https://becoming-buddha.com/malunkyaputta-sutta-staying-focused/

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