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- The Music of Life | Martin V #2 | 9.4.22
Martin and Dhammarato explore practice by analogy to learning a musical instrument: practice in seclusion, practice in front of others (performance, busking), and practice for the music #practice #seclusion #performance
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 This is an active practice in three ways: seclusion, performance (busking), just the music
06:55 Putting the Dhamma in ordinary life11:27 The Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha; begin to think about where you can find nobles22:48 Understanding how the mind works; the second noble truth26:24 Looking at what we are doing and making a change; samma sankappa30:52 Gladdening the mind: injunction, instruction, thought33:02 The Life of Brian; never mind, start again35:59 Catching unwholesome thoughts; using the breath; developing sati39:45 Look into the five aggregates and paticcasamuppāda42 min - Anapanasati Leads to Jhana | Markus M #9 | 9.5.22
Markus and Dhammarato talk about how gladdening the mind leads to a change of attitude. #mindfulnessofbreathing #confidence #jhana
Suttas mentioned in this discussion
https://suttacentral.net/mn118https://suttacentral.net/mn48See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 Gladdening the mind; changing our feelings
04:47 Sensory input and talking to ourselves07:00 Being above the world; the ānāpānasatisutta; the four elements (MN 118)13:13 Sukha is the opposite of dukkha15:06 A change of attitude (MN 48)21:22 Removal of hindrances; sukha; piti; applied and sustained wholesome thought (first jhāna)27 min - Wakey Wakey | Markus M #8 | 9.5.22
Markus and Dhammarato talk about the subtleties of sati. #mindfulness #nurturing #selfcriticism
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 The residue of feeling from the immediate preceding thought
02:50 Being in a critical mind state; looking for rehabilitation06:40 Five out of the six senses are anchors; the mind rarely takes in new data11:45 Sati is a skill to be developed; first event on waking; begin to have nurturing thoughts24 min - How Did Buddhism Reach the West? | The Sangha UK #79 | 9.4.22
The Sangha discuss how Buddhism spread to the West. #ashoka #blavatsky #thoreau
Buddhism in the United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_KingdomBuddhism in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_StatesHelena Blavatsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_BlavatskyHenry Steel Olcott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Steel_OlcottPali Text Society
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 How did Buddhism come to the West? Disruption in China; intentional wandering; Asokha’s emissaries
05:33 The British in Sri Lanka; Thoreau, Emerson and Buddhism; Mme. Blavatsky, Olcott, and Krishnamurthi09:09 D T Suzuki; Zen in California; lack of nobles in the West; cultural differences14:28 Looking for nobility15:49 Schopenhauer & Nietzsche; postmodern philosophers; consumerism22:17 What’s the relationship between intellectuals and the rest of society?24:27 Wholesome qualities in non-Western cultures; underlying anxiety and fear; questioning30:23 Ignoble Buddhism in the West; the blind leading the blind37:11 The Dhamma is difficult to understand without a teacher; nobles in the West are ignored40:50 Kindling the fire of knowledge; rehabilitating the mind; good breathing57 min - Views & Evidence | Robert Co #29 | 9.1.22
Robert and Dhammarato reflect on the difference between wise ignorance and foolish ignorance across a variety of social circumstances and relationships. #ignorance #evidence #happiness
Suttas mentioned in this discussion
https://suttacentral.net/mn139See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 The difference between wise ignorance and foolish ignorance; jumping to a conclusion
00:12:29 Right view: get some evidence00:15:35 Is protest valuable? Revenge in politics; debt slavery00:27:41 Delusion is a step below ignorance00:34:40 Happiness as status; statistics as manipulation; using external standards00:41:32 Definitions of happiness; feeling and meaning (MN 139)00:52:12 Wise ignorance and right effort; insecurity of wealth; mansions as fortresses01:00:08 Finding the balance between wealth and poverty1 hr 6 min - Understanding Power | The Sangha UK #78 | 8.28.22
The Sangha discuss power as a proxy for safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction. #power #ideology #gratification
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Power as a proxy for safety and security
00:06:01 Magical thinking and power00:07:47 Levels of organisation and ideology; how do we treat ourselves?00:15:03 Power and religion; the golden rule; treat people the way they want to be treated00:18:21 Running power trips on ourselves; sankhāra; gladdening the mind00:25:50 Everything starts in the mind; things are not dangerous00:28:32 A joke about marriage; critical thinking vs. nurturing; punishment vs. rehabilitation00:35:32 Approaching family conflict through friendship; teasing00:39:53 Delayed gratification; trying and playing; it’s complicated but I’ll get it00:47:20 Consciousness constricts to the things we want00:55:31 Intellectual understanding; attitude; playing close attention to our thoughts so we can make a change01:00:40 Share the practice with a smile1 hr 8 min - The Sangha UK #77 | 8.25.22
The Sangha discuss various analogies providing insight into the nature of skill development during practice of the noble Dhamma. #skilldevelopment #mindfulness #experiment
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 Malicious gossip as normal behaviour; wrong speech and action
08:44 Creating unwholesome stories; seeing how dukkha arises10:49 Looking at practice as skill development14:33 Dukkha is a repetitive process; refined sati; entropy in practice19:10 Snowboarding analogy; more subtle effort20:37 Anxiety, restlessness, and worry - pay attention to the causes and conditions; dissatisfaction27:50 Engineering analogy: how does this work? Skill development starts with fundamentals32:17 Adjusting to new information; seeing patterns instead of sticking to an old heuristic35:50 The situation is not the problem36:44 Mara gets more skilled too; seeing subtle dukkha; ideologies and views in practice circles40:57 Teaching someone how to learn rather than creating dependency; providing a spark45:15 Learning from mistakes and feedback; trial and error; celebrating success55 min - The Sangha UK #76 | 8.21.22
The Sangha discuss how dependent origination has developed over time, the power of repetition, and learning to use triggers and anchors as part of wisdom at the point of contact. #dependentorigination #triggers #anchors
Suttas mentioned in this discussion:
The Udāna
The Udana - part of the Khuddaka Nikāya - is composed of eight chapters (vagga) of ten discourses each. The chapter titles are:Bodhivagga (Awakening chapter)Mucalindavagga (King Mucalinda chapter)Nandavagga (Ven. Nanda chapter)Meghiyavagga (Ven. Meghiya chapter)Soṇavagga (Lay Follower Sona chapter)Jaccandhavagga (Blind From Birth chapter)Cullavagga (Minor chapter)Pāṭaligāmiyavagga (Pataligamiya chapter)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udānahttps://suttacentral.net/pitaka/sutta/minor/kn/udThe Sutta Nipata
The Sutta Nipata is also part of the Khuddaka Nikāyahttps://suttacentral.net/pitaka/sutta/minor/kn/snpOther suttas mentioned
https://suttacentral.net/dn15https://suttacentral.net/mn9https://suttacentral.net/mn38See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Dependent origination changed over time: old texts: Udāna, Sutta Nipata (DN 15, MN 9, MN 38)
00:06:30 The power of repetition00:10:37 Resting places in paticcasamuppāda; people wake up when they see the dukkha00:13:14 The importance of the point of contact; triggers00:16:11 Learning discernment; pretend favourites00:21:13 What triggers behaviour? Phassa (contact); salāyatana: our understanding00:29:48 How to deal with something in a mundane setting; choosing how to feel00:41:03 Did the Buddha talk about trauma? “Sankhāra” could be translated as “trauma”00:46:49 Triggers and anchors can be used ignorantly or to our advantage: wisdom at the point of contact00:48:59 Stop controlling things, it’s exhausting00:50:51 We don’t have to worry about the future; creating anchors through repetition01:00:09 How to deal with people from different cultures and communication styles - stop!1 hr 4 min - The Sangha UK #75 | 8.17.22
The Sangha discuss the simplicity of the Dhamma and make analogies with scientific enquiry and the mindset of various professions. #buddhadhamma #scienceexperiment #investigation
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 The mind of a scientist and parallels with effective practice
00:02:51 Analogy of a woodworker and an architect; understanding arising and passing away00:11:07 Being blindfolded by craving, aversion, and the hindrances; waking up to the senses00:13:30 The symbol of justice is flawed; trying to fix the world from a position of fear00:15:17 Becoming entranced by a role; being an arbiter of justice and truth00:19:32 We cause our own dissatisfaction; throwing a tantrum; choosing dukkha-nirodha to recondition the mind00:25:07 The Ingram and Dhammarato Mahasi debate and gladdening the mind00:33:17 Ridiculous social conditioning; draining the swamp of unwholesome thoughts00:41:02 You win every battle you’re not a part of; wanting to conquer people00:43:34 It’s more important to make friends; right noble wisdom00:48:26 Whenever you remember; “every time” is a delusion; time is an emergent phenomenon00:54:50 The teachings are simple - deceptively simple; see for yourself00:58:10 Dhamma talks are like training wheels1 hr 1 min - Change | Robert C #28 | 8.14.22
Robert and Dhammarato talk about anatta, insights from Zen, competition, and change. #zen #anatta #change
Suttas mentioned in this discussion
https://suttacentral.net/mn38See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Anatta - no soul
00:04:16 Zen insights00:06:12 Christianity is a form of atheism (Slavoj Žižek); Freud ‘Moses and Monotheism’; Jung ‘Answer to Job’00:12:08 ‘The cycle must go on’ the Buddha teaches to come out of that cycle00:13:34 Power and strength; coming out of competition; avoiding groups00:20:04 Gender differences in competition; lessons from society00:29:37 Back to anatta; the possibility of change; appearance; clothing; dress codes00:46:43 Zen emphasis on non-discrimination; causes and conditions; rebirth and reincarnation (MN 38)01:10:39 Nisargadatta Maharaj ‘I Am That’; seeing the cycle of feelings; life is intrinsically good01:20:12 Studying the Dhamma with intensity; magical thinking; samatha and vipassanā are not separate1 hr 31 min
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