Aruna Ratanagiri Dhamma Talks

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Joining the monastic community, principles, pressure, deluded sense of self, obstructions, dross, approximations, untamed heart, lucid, spiritual toolkit, integrity, hiriottapa, remorse, disciplined attention, Ajahn Chah, crazy, diminished responsibility, conscious composure, indriyasamvara, jackfruit, compulsiveness, conscious caring, weird cult, wise reflection, tangles, deviousness, the four imponderables, The Potter’s Shed, tradition, transplanting saplings, protecting legacy, sacrifice, competence, community practice, sangha tea, Bani Shorter, ‘harmonious resonance of shared aspiration’.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Spring, retreat, enlightenment, balance, turgor pressure, blood pressure, central heating system, psychotic episodes, idealism, meniscectomy, whole-being awareness, inspiration intoxication, intelligence, fundamentalists, trust, fear, goal, modesty, anatta, emptiness, deconstruct, cynicism, metta, sadness, compulsive judging disorder, discriminative intelligence, fear of uncertainty, precepts, stress, self-aligning, community, Berwick-upon-Tweed, wilfulness, commitments, adhitthana parami, exercise routine, causal culture, frustration, becoming monk or nun, purifying gold, stable, commitments.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) politics, hollow, inconsequential, principle, 4 Divine Abidings, caring, empathy, image, wound, mirror, actuality, noggin, approximation, sensitivity, processing information, self-referencing, willing to feel hurt, backlog, denied hurt, affluence, entitled, obstructed, wishy-washing, until the cows come home, numbness, children, miserable, softening, breathing exercises, devotion, massage, acupuncture, disappointment, ‘may I be free from suffering’, meditation object, tears, rash, tardy, compassionate awareness, effective actions.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Ovada Patimokkha, template, purification, obstructed awareness, self-delusion, individuated sense of self, potentialities, self-transcendence, climbing Mt. Everest, preparation, spiritual adventure, psychotic breakdown, lying, alcohol, World Health Organization, group 1 carcinogen, poison, compulsive judging disorder, discriminative intelligence, unitive intelligence, sati, forgiveness, gratitude, generosity, spiritual education, control freakery, new age religion, 4 Noble Truths, happiness, recalibrate, doorpost, disappointment, reconfigure, inconsequential, backlog, massive burden of denied dukkha, habits of distraction, welcome Ajahn dukkha, self-aligning, Mahamangala Sutta, liberation, true principles, purifying gold, dross, smelting, pressure, applied, frustration, pollutant, Mahasatipatthana Sutta, approximations, no judgement.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Ovada Patimokkha, template, purification, obstructed awareness, self-delusion, individuated sense of self, potentialities, self-transcendence, climbing Mt. Everest, preparation, spiritual adventure, psychotic breakdown, lying, alcohol, World Health Organization, group 1 carcinogen, poison, compulsive judging disorder, discriminative intelligence, unitive intelligence, sati, forgiveness, gratitude, generosity, spiritual education, control freakery, new age religion, 4 Noble Truths, happiness, recalibrate, doorpost, disappointment, reconfigure, inconsequential, backlog, massive burden of denied dukkha, habits of distraction, welcome Ajahn dukkha, self-aligning, Mahamangala Sutta, liberation, true principles, purifying gold, dross, smelting, pressure, applied, frustration, pollutant, Mahasatipatthana Sutta, approximations, no judgement.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) gift of silence, gratitude, gifts of four requisites, Anāthapiṇḍika's & Kāḷaka's offerings, Kāḷakārāmasutta, nature of consciousness, seeing, carpet, mirage, firewood, not-self, hearing, creaks, sensing, lump of foam, insubstantiality, muta, smelling, tasting, crisps, waves, ocean, cognizing, banana-tree, magicians trick, three kinds of feeling 

(keywords) (slightly edited version) nettles & dock leaves, itch, suffering & the end of suffering, mindfulness of the body, pleasant, painful & neutral feeling, wind-element, movement, Noble Eightfold Path, Everyday Tai Chi, numbness, the Middle Way, waves on the ocean, five khandas, six senses, peace.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Assumptions, not-knowing, vitality, power porridge, unsafe, entitlement, disappointed, preparation, skilful consideration, self confidence, epithet, a misery guts, morning chanting, present generated dukkha, old unmet dukkha, adopted dukkha, open-hearted awareness, crestfallen, backlog, affluence, 84,000, blind person, Braille, gloves, numbed, indictment, news, self-condemnation, anticipation, 4 divine abidings, compassion, medical diagnosis, resisting, unapologetic willingness.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Assumptions, not-knowing, vitality, power porridge, unsafe, entitlement, disappointed, preparation, skilful consideration, self confidence, epithet, a misery guts, morning chanting, present generated dukkha, old unmet dukkha, adopted dukkha, open-hearted awareness, crestfallen, backlog, affluence, 84,000, blind person, Braille, gloves, numbed, indictment, news, self-condemnation, anticipation, 4 divine abidings, compassion, medical diagnosis, resisting, unapologetic willingness.

(keywords) (slightly edited version) Loneliness, not fitting in, beyond the pale, animal sanctuary, spiritual faculties, marzipan, spare me, discriminative intelligence, inherent limitation, compounded, flux, equanimous perspective, embracing loneliness, my ashes, techniques, backlog, ka-pow, denied life, argument, agility, assuaged, overwhelmed, pariyatti, fear of failure, trusting in true principles, optimistic persuasion, the folly of their ways, pessimism, hell in a hand-basket, military industrial complex, middle way, Mahamangala Sutta, Discourse on the Greatest Blessings, aspiration.