Share your experience with reading the suttas

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There are already some good threads you may like to check out:

Why we read: tell us why you read suttas

So, this is the next in a series of articles where I get you, our beloved Discoursers, to help make SC better. I’m wanting to include on our Home page some testimonials or nice words by people as to why they read the suttas. The idea is simply to communicate in a simple and friendly way what the suttas mean to you. It can be as trivial or profound, as personal or as general as you like. It’s not meant for people who already read suttas, but to make a connection with those who might be ab…

Anyone not have a problem starting to read the suttas?

I’m curious to hear if there are folks out there who didn’t experience the problems that are often cited by people beginning to read the suttas. I’m not denying that people have difficulties with the style of the suttas. I’d just like to hear if there are people who didn’t and possibly learn why. It seems to be taken for granted that “obviously” people will be bothered by the repetitions. Like wise that the inclusion of Pali words is a turn off. I ask because for me I never had issues with the…

Why we stop reading

I’m interested in hearing why folks stop reading suttas. For example, there was a time when I stopped reading suttas because I felt obligated to make detailed notes and summaries. I didn’t even realize at the time this was why I had stopped. I’m hoping people don’t mind if we ask follow up questions.