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Majjhima Nikāya (Pāḷi Majjhima = “Menengah”) merupakan kumpulan khotbah-khotbah menengah (panjangnya) dalam Sutta Piṭaka yang merupakan bagian dari teks Kanon Pāḷi Tipitaka yang digunakan oleh sekte Theravāda. Majjhima Nikāya ini terdiri dari 152 khotbah yang diberikan oleh Sang Buddha dan murid utamanya.
- MN 1: Mulapariyaya Sutta — The Root Sequence {M i 1} [Thanissaro]. In this difficult but important sutta the Buddha reviews in depth one of the most fundamental principles of Buddhist thought and practice: namely, that there is no thing — not even Nibbana itself — that can rightly be regarded as the source from which all phenomena and experience emerge.
- MN 2: Sabbasava Sutta — Discourse on All Āsavas/All the Fermentations {M i 6} [Burma Piṭaka Assn. | Thanissaro]. The Buddha teaches seven methods for eliminating from the mind the deeply rooted defilements (sensuality, becoming, views, and ignorance) that obstruct the realization of Awakening.
- MN 4: Bhaya-bherava Sutta — Fear & Terror {M i 16} [Thanissaro]. What would it take to live in solitude in the wilderness, completely free of fear? The Buddha explains.
- MN 5: Anaṅgaṇa Sutta — Unblemished {M i 24} [Thanissaro]. Ven. Sāriputta explains the blemishes of the mind: the influences of evil, unskillful wishes.
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MN 1 Mūlapariyāya Sutta | The Root Sequence — The Majjhima Nikāya opens with one of the few suttas where his listeners did NOT delight in his words. In it, the Buddha dismisses the tendency—common both in his time and in ours—to posit a metaphysical principle from which the universe emanates.
- Mulapariyaya Sutta (MN 1) -- The Root Sequence. In this difficult but important sutta the Buddha reviews in depth one of the most fundamental principles of Buddhist thought and practice: namely, that there is no thing -- not even Nibbana itself -- that can rightly be regarded as the source from which all phenomena and experience emerge.
- Sabbasava Sutta (MN 2) -- All the Fermentations. The Buddha teaches seven methods for eliminating the deeply-rooted defilements in the mind (sensuality, becoming, views, and ignorance) that obstruct the realization of Awakening.
- Bhaya-bherava Sutta (MN 4) -- Fear & Terror. What does it take to be able to live in solitude in the wilderness, completely free of fear? The Buddha explains.
- Vatthupama Sutta (MN 7) -- The Simile of the Cloth [Nyanaponika Thera, tr.]. With a simple simile the Buddha illustrates the difference between a defiled mind and a pure mind.
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Bhikkhu Bodhidescribes the collection as follows: 1. If the Majjhima Nikāya were to be characterised by a single phrase to distinguish it from among the other books of the Pali Canon, this might be done by describing it as the collection that combines the richest variety of contextual settings with the deepest and most comprehensive assortment of t...
Full translations
1. Bhikkhu Sujato (trans.), The Middle Discourses Collection, 2018, published online at SuttaCentral. 2. Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans.), The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, 1995, Somerville: Wisdom Publications ISBN 0-86171-072-X. 3. Lord Chalmers, trans. (1898–1926), Further Dialogues of the Buddha, 1926–7, vol.1, vol. 2, London: Pali Text Society. Reprint: Ann Arbor: Books on Demand, University of Michigan. 4. I. B. Horner (trans.),...
Selections
1. A Treasury of the Buddha's Words, tr Nanamoli, revised Khantipalo, Bangkok; later revised & expanded to give MLDB above 2. Twenty-Five Suttas from Mula-Pannasa, Burma Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1986?; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi 3. Twenty-Five Suttas from Majjhima-Pannasa, Myanmar Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1987; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi 4. Twenty-Five Suttas from Upari-Pannasa, Myanmar Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1988?; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi
The Majjhima Nikaya, or "Middle-length Discourses" of the Buddha, is the second of the five nikayas (collections) of the Sutta Pitaka. This nikaya consists of 152 discourses by the Buddha and his chief disciples, which together constitute a comprehensive body of teaching concerning all aspects of the Buddha's teachings.
The Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses, is a division of the Sutta Pitaka. They are discourses that are… well… of a middling length. There are 152 discourses contained within this division, either by the Buddha himself or from some of his chief disciples.
