B 060 Illuminated Texts 10: The Kūṭadanta Sutta 

Dhamma talk and meditation studio-recorded by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro at DIMC Azusa CA and broadcast on 15 September 2024.
Subjects Covered:
1. Sources
2. Sutta name meaning
3. Interlocutors
4. Placenames
5. The Backstory
- Vedic-era Hindu sacrifices
- the ideal brahmin sacrifice (3 components, 16 subcomponents)
6. Main body of the Sutta
7. The King Mahāvijita Story
8. 30-minutes meditation
9. Brahmin response to the Mahāvijita Story
10. Buddhist version of the efficacious sacrifice
11. Outcome of the teaching
12. Issues raised by the sutta:
- stimulating upward social mobility
- the influence of Buddhism in reducing the excesses of bloody sacrifices
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