{"podcast":{"title":"Dhamma Audio","slug":"dhamma-audio-7662640","podcast_index_feed_id":7662640,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.buddhawords.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45188701/45188701-1768529552745-1fa571c9f86ce.jpg","author":"Sugata Vinayo","episode_count":64,"summary":"Dhamma Audio built to provide education in Buddhism, the show offers study materials on Dhamma, Suttas, and Vinaya. We share the true Dhamma, the Buddha’s teachings, because learning the authentic Dhamma is essential for developing right understanding of life and for knowing how to live in accordance with the Dhamma.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640"},"episode":{"title":"Impossible","slug":"impossible","published_at":"2026-05-25T17:20:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/impossible","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sugata-vinayo/episodes/Impossible-e3jshh2","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/play/120521698/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2Fe718a78c-81ba-75d0-b2cc-b43c44ac7e4a.mp3","summary":"Impossible. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi “Bhikkhus, if anyone should speak thus: ‘Without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the origin of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the cessation of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering as it really is, I will completely make an end to suffering’—this is impossible. “Just as, bhikkhus, if someone should speak thus: ‘Having made a basket of acacia leaves or of pine needles or of myrobalan leaves, I will bring water or a palm fruit,’ this would be impossible; so too, if anyone should speak thus: ‘Without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the origin of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the cessation of suffering as it really is, without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering as it really is, I will completely make an end to suffering’—this is impossible. “But, bhikkhus, if anyone should speak thus: ‘Having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of suffering as it really is, having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the origin of suffering as it really is, having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the cessation of suffering as it really is, having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering as it really is, I will completely make an end to suffering’—this is possible. “Just as, bhikkhus, if someone should speak thus…","meta_description":"Impossible. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi “Bhikkhus, if anyone should speak thus: ‘Without having made the breakthrough to the noble truth of suffering as i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":213,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dhamma-audio-7662640/episodes/impossible/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/impossible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}