Sabbāsava Sutta MN2 All the Taints by Sylvia Bay - 20200712

INSPIRING SUNDAY DHAMMA SHARING BY SIS SYLVIA BAY
Title: “Sabbāsava Sutta MN 2, All the Taints” [with annotations]
This is the edited recording with annotations of the talk given by Sis Sylvia Bay on Sunday, 12 July 2020 at Buddhist Fellowship 'Facebook Live'.
For the first time in public, Sis Sylvia Bay shares her understanding of Sabbāsava Sutta MN 2, All the Taints. Though Buddha's audience were the Bhikkhus, this sutta is extremely important for one who is a serious practitioner. The āsavas are first defined and from various suttas stated as karmic inclinations for sensual pleasures (kāmāsava), for being/becoming (bhavāsava) for ignorance (avijjāsava) and for views (diṭṭhāsavā). The main and most important part of the talk focuses on the 7 methods which Buddha expounded to extinguish these taints depending on circumstances; in explaining this part, Sis Sylvia brings to life how our āsavas are conditionally arisen, relating them to five aggregates and our habits. Throughout and in particular, towards the end of the talk, a salient and obscure observation of the sutta is highlighted: how, in using the 7 methods, fetters are eradicated leading to stream-entry and ultimately nibbanā.
Suttas Referenced:
Sabbāsava Sutta MN 2
Mahāsaccaka Sutta MN36
Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta MN 9
Saṅgīti Sutta DN 33
Mahaparinibbāna Sutta DN 16
Ariyapariyesanā Sutta MN 26
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Profile of Speaker:
Sis Sylvia Bay has dedicated herself to the study and practice of the Buddha's teachings since 1992. She holds a BA (Hons) in Buddhist Studies from the Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, and was a lecturer with her alma mater. She also has a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies. Since 2001, Sis Sylvia has been a regular speaker on Buddhist doctrines and their practical applications at local and regional Buddhist organisations. In 2013, she published her first book “Between the Lines: An Analytical Appreciation of The Buddha’s Life”. She is now working on another book titled "Towards the Light: the Buddha's Guide to a Heavenly Rebirth."