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Silavanta Sutta

Venerable U Silananda

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Silavanta Sutta. This book “Silavanta Sutta” is a discourse on the Silavantasutta given by Venerable U Silananda during a nine-day Special Retreat at Tathagata Meditation Center in 2001. The Sutta is about a conversation between Sariputta and Mahakothika, two of the greatest disciples of the Buddha, regarding the objects of mindfulness meditation. This is, therefore, one of the Suttas directly related to the practice of four foundations of mindfulness meditation. One conclusion of the sutta is that even Arahants, the fully enlightened persons, should continue to practice mindfulness meditation. Read more