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dhamma talk on 4NTs

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Hello Kalyanamittas!

I am looking for a good talk (on the internet) on the Four Noble Truths. A video would be even better! It is to play at a meeting of friends that takes place every month. This month we decided to listen to a talk and discuss. I have googled with not much luck. It is surprising that this isn't commonly available considering that this is such a fundamental topic to Buddhist thought. In any case if any of you know of a good talk please point me in that direction. Thanks in Advance. :smile:

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How about Bhikkhu Bodhi's old "Ten Lecture Series", talk 2?

http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/T ... tures.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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mikenz66 wrote:How about Bhikkhu Bodhi's old "Ten Lecture Series", talk 2?

http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/T ... tures.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Mike
I second this recommendation. I have been considering doing a transcript of all these talks to give to friends and family as they are an excellent introduction to Buddhism as a whole.

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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Slightly off topic here but, at the request of someone, I've begun transcribing these lectures...my question is: Does anyone here know of them in text already?...and if so, where they can be found...

Thank you...

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Hi,

http://dhammatalks.org/Archive/041229%2 ... %20The.mp3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings ... 0Learn.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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appicchato wrote:
Slightly off topic here but, at the request of someone, I've begun transcribing these lectures...my question is: Does anyone here know of them in text already?...and if so, where they can be found...

Thank you...

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Bhante i have looked and could not find a transcription anywhere on the web. You could try maybe emailing the monastery and asking?

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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bodom wrote:...i have looked and could not find...
Thank you bodom...actually it's for someone connected with Bhikkhu Bodhi, and I think he would have told her had he known they were already transcribed...

Be well... :smile:
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thanks all
I found this nice one as well:

ven Kusuma is well known in sri lankan meditation circles:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0612569616#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I will decide after I listen to the links posted above.

Many thanks!

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rowyourboat wrote:
ven Kusuma is well known in sri lankan meditation circles:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0612569616#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Thanks for the link. A really useful little talk.
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Even though not titled as the four noble truths, I found this talk on the happiness industry by Ajhan Brahmavanso a good and deceptively deep talk on suffering/happiness.

http://www.bswa.org/audio/mp3/Brahmavam ... _07_27.mp3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I thought I would find a 4NT talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BuddhistSocietyWA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

However, my memory was faulty. There's not a talk with that in the title, at least. You can find the talk Rowyourboat referenced there.

So even if this doesn't specifically answer your question, I hope you will find it useful. It's worth creating an account and subscribing just so you're notified of updates.
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