The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

Mahāsīhanāda Sutta

dīgha Nikāya 8 of 34

Translated by: Bhikkhu Sujato
Read by: Roland Kitchen

Description

The Buddha is challenged by a naked ascetic on the topic of spiritual austerities. He points out that it is quite possible to perform all kinds of austere practices without having any inner purity of mind.