The Discourse on Defilements
Upakkilesa Sutta
Majjhima Nikāya 128 of 152
Translated by: I B Horner
Read by: Roland Kitchen
Description
A second discourse set at the quarrel of Kosambi, this depicts the Buddha, having failed to achieve reconciliation between the disputing mendicants, leaving the monastery. He spends time in the wilderness before encountering an inspiring community of practicing monks. There he discusses in detail obstacles to meditation that he encountered before awakening.