Week 191-Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta - Pt 1 "Greater Discourse on The Destruction of Craving" MN 38

Week 191 - Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta: “Greater Discourse on The Destruction of Craving” (MN 38). (Recorded on July 4th, 2026). PDF link to a free digital copy of the Sutta can be obtained from the website: https://www.mindreleased.com/pali-suttas Today's sutta exploration session was devoted to the Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta, where we have yet another misguided monk misrepresenting The Buddha and The Dhamma, to which Lord Buddha gives a powerful and deep response, through this long discourse. The said monk by the name of Sāti, claims that it is an unchanging essence, a person, a self, basically a soul that travels from one birth to another, who staunchly believes in this wrong view and refuses to let go of it, even though it goes completely contrary to what The Dhamma teaches us. Therefore, in Part 1 of this deep sutta, Lord Buddha begins by reiterating that consciousness is DEPENDENTLY arisen, and not a "thing" that goes from birth to birth, and more specifically, breaking it down into the six consciousnesses (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind) which arise dependent on a particular nutrient, just like different types of fire would (such as wood fire, rubbish fire, twig fire, dung fire, etc.). In the Q&A section, Bhante Candana addressed questions on dependent origination, namely, on the danger of looking at the twelve links of dependent arising in a linear fashion, which becomes obvious especially when looking at name-and-form and consciousness, which condition one another. Also, Bhante gave a detailed response to a question on the inter-relatedness of all six sense consciousnesses, which do not take place in a disjointed manner, being filtered and processed by the mind, and not independent of it. Please NOTE: If you wish to support Bhante in obtaining his daily food and other requisites, you may consider donating via: https://gofund.me/9d161e0e Bhikkhu Candana survives through the generosity of individuals and the occasional donations he receives to obtain his food, shelter, transportation, and medicine from supporters across the globe, as he continues his relentless work of preserving the Dispensation (Sāsana), by translating the Suttas and sharing The Dhamma, as taught by The Buddha.