Which of the Five Nikayas is the best place to start?

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Re: Which of the Five Nikayas is the best place to start?

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Dhammapardon wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:11 am I found listening to the audio as sort of "guided meditation" very helpful. If you can find them free, excellent. If not, some are on audible. Just look up Bhikkhu Bodhi.

Also, I am looking for the other 3 on audio if anyone knows where (DN, AN, KN) :meditate:
This page gives a list of recordings:
https://www.paliaudio.com/links
Sutta Central give a text-to-speech option and a few translations. Just look for the sound icon:
https://suttacentral.net/sn1-nalavagga?view=normal
The machine reading defaults to Pali + English, so you have to go into the gear option and turn of "pali text" to not have both.

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Re: Which of the Five Nikayas is the best place to start?

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mikenz66 wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:31 pm This page gives a list of recordings:
https://www.paliaudio.com/links
A very valuable link I had not seen before.
Thank you for this resource.
Just as a bird, wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden; so too is he content with a set of robes to provide for his body and almsfood to provide for his hunger. Wherever he goes, he takes only his barest necessities along. This is how a monk is content.(DN11)
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