I stumbled upon this podcast today on my drive to Madison, WI. I didn’t even know that Bhante Sujato was giving the talk, but as I had zero familiarity with SN 47.12, I decided to give it a whirl.
Spoiler alert: the talk opens up to a very significant discussion of the Buddha, aspects of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, and a lively discussion of most, if not all, of the core concepts that are native to Early Buddhist meditation and practice. It’s a talk you might send to someone with the idea: “here’s the real stuff!”
https://bswa.org/teaching/sn47-12-nalanda-sutta-ajahn-sujato-24-02-2013/