Sariputta: Crash Course

An own-words introduction to Sariputta, the Buddha's chief disciple in wisdom: the pact under the wanderer Sanjaya and the four-line verse that changed everything, the Anupada Sutta's close-up portrait of a mind analyzing itself, the Sangiti and Dasuttara recitation frameworks, a moonlit night in the Gosinga wood, his own verses in the Theragatha, and his death at Nalaka with the Buddha's farewell in the Cunda Sutta. Narrated by Tara, an AI voice. Provisional interpretation, not an authoritative translation, lineage transmission or practice authorization. All primary sources are early Buddhist texts, read for this course in the CC0 translations on SuttaCentral: MN 111 (Anupada), DN 33 (Sangiti), DN 34 (Dasuttara), MN 32 (Mahagosinga), Theragatha 17.2, SN 47.13 (Cunda), AN 9.11 (Sariputta's Lion's Roar), AN 1.188-197 (foremost disciples), and Vinaya Kd 1 (the conversion story). Translations by Bhikkhu Sujato; Vinaya Kd 1 by Bhikkhu Brahmali - all dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The false-accusation story told in the course is early (AN 9.11); other famous patience stories come from later commentaries and are marked as such in the episode. The title Dhammasenapati is presented as tradition's title for him, not claimed as a canonical quote. Original narration and commentary CC0 1.0 Universal. Sources MN 111: https://suttacentral.net/mn111/en/sujato DN 33: https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato DN 34: https://suttacentral.net/dn34/en/sujato MN 32: https://suttacentral.net/mn32/en/sujato Thag 17.2: https://suttacentral.net/thag17.2/en/sujato SN 47.13: https://suttacentral.net/sn47.13/en/sujato AN 9.11: https://suttacentral.net/an9.11/en/sujato AN 1.188-197: https://suttacentral.net/an1.188-197/en/sujato Vinaya Kd 1: https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd1/en/brahmali Chapters The two seekers The analyst His own voice The death at Nalaka