Ajahn Brahm: "Bahiya Sutta Decoded (Ud 1.10)" Sutta teaching, Retreat Day 1 | Ven Canda | 21 June

Ajahn Brahm & Venerable Canda: "Finding Freedom" 6-day online retreat 21st-26th June 2025

In this profound and extraordinarily rich sutta class, Ajahn Brahm teaches the meaning of the Bahiya Sutta through the lens of various teachings across the Pali Canon, dispelling myths around the apparent ease with which Bahiya achieves Enlightenment by bringing out Bahiya’s full story and demonstrating through the Buddha’s own words that there are no shortcuts to Awakening. [0:00] Advice from an elder [2:39] The surface level [7:10] Bahiya’s backstory [15:22] An explanation from Malunkyaputta [22:28] Impossible without jhāna [26:16] How the hindrances work [32:00] Non-self through Bahiya’s teaching [38:18] Suppressing the hindrances with wisdom power [43:56] A guided tour of the formless states Sutta references: Udana 1.10: Bahiya Sutta https://suttacentral.net/ud1.10/en/su... SN 35.95: Malunkyaputta Sutta https://suttacentral.net/sn35.95/en/s... MN 64: Mahamalunkyaputta Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn64/en/bodh... AN 10.61: Ignorance https://suttacentral.net/an10.61/en/b... MN 68: Nalakapana Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn68/en/suja..."

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