Deeper Dhamma Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Ajahn Brahm discusses suttas 12.15, 12.61, and 12.68 from the Nidana Samyutta section of the Samyutta Nikaya: Causation.

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A weekend retreat with Venerable Akaliko at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine Western Australia (June 2018). This retreat is informally known as the Buddhist Survival Camp; teaching Buddhists the skills needed to survive in this world.

Track 4: Skills Session 4 'Retrain', Guided Meditation and Questions & Answers

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A weekend retreat with Venerable Akaliko at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine Western Australia (June 2018). This retreat is informally known as the Buddhist Survival Camp; teaching Buddhists the skills needed to survive in this world.

Track 3 of 5: Skills Session 3 'Retrain'

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A weekend retreat with Venerable Akaliko at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine Western Australia (June 2018). This retreat is informally known as the Buddhist Survival Camp; teaching Buddhists the skills needed to survive in this world.

Track 2 of 5: Skill Session 2 'Relax' and Guided Meditation

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A weekend retreat with Venerable Akaliko at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine Western Australia (June 2018). This retreat is informally known as the Buddhist Survival Camp; teaching us the skills to survive in this world.

Track 1 of 5: Welcome, Skills Session 1 and Guided Meditation

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Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 9 from the Digha Nikaya: Potthapada Sutta - States of Consciousness. "The Buddha discusses with a wanderer the nature of perception and how it evolves through deeper states of meditation. None of these, however, should be identified with a self or soul", Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Brahm discusses two Suttas with similes of cowherds: MN33: Mahagopalaka Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Cowherd and MN34: Cūḷagopālaka Sutta - Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd.

MN33:Mahāgopālaka Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Cowherd

"For eleven reasons a cowherd is not able to properly look after a herd. The Buddha compares this to the spiritual growth of a mendicant."

MN34: Cūḷagopālaka Sutta - Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd.

"Drawing parallels with a cowherd guiding his herd across a dangerous river, the Buddha presents the various kinds of enlightened disciples who cross the stream of transmigration."

Click here to read MN:33 Mahāgopālaka Sutta on Sutta Central

Click here to read MN34:Cūḷagopālaka Sutta on Sutta Central

Ajahn Dhiravamso discusses sutta 4.61 from the Anguttara Nikaya: Pattakamma Sutta - Worthy Deeds. "Four things that are desirable, but hard to get; and how to get them through deeds of substance", Sutta Central. 

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