Deeper Dhamma Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Venerable Therika conducts a meditation retreat in Sinhalese from the 24 December 2020 to the 2 January 2021. Venerable Therika lives in Sri Lanka and unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic she was unable to attend the retreat in person at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia. Therefore participants at Jhana Grove received the retreat online via Zoom. This retreat was organised by the Sri Lankan community.

Track 2- 00 - Chaturarakkha Bhawana

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Venerable Therika conducts a meditation retreat in Sinhalese from the 24 December 2020 to the 2 January 2021. Venerable Therika lives in Sri Lanka and unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic she was unable to attend the retreat in person at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia. Therefore participants at Jhana Grove received this retreat online via Zoom. This retreat was organised by the Sri Lankan community.

Track 1- 00 - Buddhanussati Bhavanawa

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the 53rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - The Sekha Sutta: A Trainee.

"The Buddha is invited by his family, the Sakyans of Kapilavatthu, to inaugurate a new community hall. He invites Venerable Ānanda to explain in detail the stages of spiritual practice for a lay trainee," Sutta Central. 

Click here to read MN53 on Sutta Central or Access To Insight. 

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 83rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Makhadeva Sutta, "About King Makhadeva".

Click here to read MN83 on Sutta Central.

"A rare extended mythic narrative, telling of an ancient kingly lineage and their eventual downfall," Sutta Central. 

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the 125th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya; the Dantabhumi Sutta, "The Discourse on the Tamed Sage."

"A young monk is unable to persuade a prince of the blessings of peace of mind. The Buddha offers similes based on training an elephant that would have been successful, as this was a field the prince was familiar with," Sutta Central.

Read MN125 on Sutta Central or Access to Insight. 

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Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 74th sutta from the Anguttara Nikaya 7's: Araka Sutta - Araka's Teachings. 

Read AN7.74 here on Sutta Central.

"Araka was a famous teacher long ago, when the life span was much greater than today. Nevertheless, he still taught impermanence; how much more is it relevant today!" Sutta Central. 

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Ajahn Hasapanna discusses sutta 7 from the Majjhima Nikaya: the Vatthupama Sutta, “The Simile of the Cloth”.

Read MN7 here on Sutta Central: https://suttacentral.net/search?query=MN7

“The many different kinds of impurities that defile the mind are compared to a dirty cloth. When the mind is clean we find joy, which leads to states of higher consciousness. Finally, the Buddha rejects the Brahmanical notion that purity comes from bathing in sacred rivers,” Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the 44th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Culavedalla Sutta, a teaching by the Venerable Dhammadinna an arahat bhikkhuni disciple of the Buddha.

Read MN44 here on Sutta Central.

"The layman Visākha asks the nun Dhammadinnā about various difficult matters, including some of the highest meditation attainments. The Buddha fully endorses her answers", Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Vayama discusses the 47th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: Vimamsaka Sutta, "The Inquirer".

Click here to read MN47 on Sutta Central.

"While some spiritual teachers prefer to remain in obscurity, the Buddha not only encouraged his followers to closely investigate him, but gave them a detailed and demanding method to do so," Sutta Central. 

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the 18th sutta of Majjhima Nikaya - the Madhupindika Sutta, "the Honey Ball".

"Challenged by a brahmin, the Buddha gives an enigmatic response on how conflict arises due to proliferation based on perceptions. Venerable Kaccana draws out the detailed implications of this in one of the most insightful passages in the entire canon," Sutta Central.

Click here to read MN18 on Sutta Central.

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