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- It’s all about a Friendly State of Mind | Laurent #10 | 7.5.22
Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how to deal with changing priorities. #friendship #lifestyle #thailife
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00 Finding work less important; dealing with fear so we can act with wisdom
13:40 Being more secure than we feel; just making friends16:26 Being professional vs. acting professional19 min - Reclaim Your Joy | Tessa #4 | 7.4.22
Tessa and Dhammarato talk about reclaiming childhood joy as the basis for developing wholesome thoughts and positive attitudes. #mindfulnessofbreathing #joy #emptiness
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00 Not waking up to unwholesome thoughts; remembering childhood joy; pointless psychological archaeology
12:08 Reclaiming stolen property: you can have delight16:29 Investigation and changing attitude; making friends with yourself; using music23:02 It’s your party; changing your mind one little step at a time26:08 Positive psychological archaeology; unreasonable rules and hypocrisy31:38 The concept of suññata (emptiness); cycles of things; heavy-duty effort vs. finding your mojo38:54 Taking control; “I don‘t have to think about that” - “I see you Mara”47:55 Take a deep breath; look at what we’re doing54 min - Red or Green? The Choice is Yours | The Sangha UK #61 | 7.3.22
The Sangha discuss various approaches to the fundamentals of practice, including the analogy of choosing red or green for unwholesome or wholesome thoughts. #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness #wisdom
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00:00 Removing the sankhāra; relaxing the body; fulfilling the satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness) to fulfil the sambojjhangā (factors of awakening)
00:06:08 Seeing red and green; replacing red with green; the foundations of confidence (saddhā); seeing the four elements on the inside00:13:20 Body scanning vs. putting out the fire in your mind; seeing the mind’s conditioners (mind-body-feeling)00:18:53 Working with the attitude - victim or winner? (samma sankappa); adding success00:25:01 Relax, you’re alive! Being free - things just get green!00:28:02 Generating a positive attitude; practice your skills instead of having a pity party; telling jokes to yourself00:39:17 Sustain your sukha! The coca-cola mantra00:46:49 The best hack is repetitive practice00:48:19 Right noble effort is what we require; never mind, start again00:49:58 It’s counter-intuitive because we’re misinformed; drifting off into delusion; wisdom is the starting point00:55:59 The luminous mind (bhavanga); the fundamental nature of mind is change01:01:43 Courage and enthusiasm to change the things we can; live the present moment01:08:25 Rehearsing to soothe our nerves; looking, investigating1 hr 21 min - Ethical Standards and Karma Machines | Verbeke #1 | 7.2.22
Verbeke and Dhammarato talk about ethical standards and reasons for killing living beings. #ethics #buddhism #precepts
Suttas mentioned in this discussion:
https://suttacentral.net/an4.39
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00 Western Buddhism and Hinduism; levels of ethical standards and rules; types of killing; meat-eating; sacrifice (AN 4.39)
10:30 Finding some balance; your place in the chain of causality15:05 Trapped by the rules - wake up!18:21 The supports for right speech, right action, and right livelihood: right noble unification of mind21:55 Complexity and karma machines; the point is to get the mind cleaned up25:29 Views on rebirth; rebirth vs. reincarnation29:44 Plans for judgment day; light enough not to take anything seriously33 min - No Argument | Markus #2 | 7.2.22
Markus and Dhammarato talk about arguments as a window into basic practice. #beinginthemoment #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00 Arguments are people speaking past each other; habitual responses
03:39 Why sati is so valuable; being alert for arguments; raised voices08:18 Surviving criticism; dukkha interpreted as original sin12:46 Wanting; clinging; drawing to ourselves the things we are afraid of; investigation16:09 Checking for unwholesome thoughts; pecking order21:30 Wake up and look at what we’re doing; recognising patterns; sankhāra and criticism27:00 Become friends with yourself and then with other people31:50 Wake up, look at what we’re doing, make a change, and congratulate ourself32:47 Getting distance; that’s not who I am now35:26 Life becomes a shiny new toy39:15 How did I make it like this? Practice before we get out of bed; it feels good to be awake49 min - Join a Gang, Do the Dhamma, Dude | The Sangha US #43 | 7.1.22
The Sangha discuss ways of spreading the Dhamma online and of building the Sangha. #sangha #retreats #buddhistmonk
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00:00 Spreading the idea of sangha; spending time in wats
00:19:40 Comparing retreats and the daily lives of monks00:24:49 Summary; coordinated effort00:29:30 Parker looks at online forums; sharing experiences of wats; developing our sangha00:35:05 Dhammarato’s experience of a delegation to Cambodia; learning from members of the sangha00:44:31 Getting inspiration for web content; spreading joy is your business; using networks of nobles00:53:09 Don’t worry about cultural differences; visit in the morning; all about sangha01:02:15 Are there language barriers? Wats as cultural institutions01:08:23 Matt and Scott’s visits to wats; Ṭhānissaro’s Metta Forest Monastery01:17:05 Kloster Dhammapala, Switzerland, welcomes visitors; camping retreats1 hr 23 min - What is Wisdom at the Point of Contact? | The Sangha UK #6 | 6.30.22
The Sangha discuss Parker’s visit to a wat and the centrality of dependent origination in understanding wisdom at the point of contact. #dependentorigination #vipassana #beinginthemoment
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00:00 Parker’s visit to a Thai wat
00:10:12 What is a noble? Understanding the Dhamma00:15:29 Suffering vs. dissatisfaction; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha00:20:25 Vipassanā, deconstructing experience; separate consciousness00:23:39 Feelings not emotions; sensations in the body00:25:12 The centrality of seeing dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda); causes and conditions00:31:59 Changing information processing; wisdom at the point of contact; a mind fit for work00:38:30 Data; viññāna and salāyatana00:43:23 The problem of communication; ānāpānasati; hindrances; the importance of wholesome thoughts00:53:24 What is wisdom at the point of contact? Stop and look, change your attitude01:01:04 Relaxation and reaction time; the intellectual level is not enough1 hr 5 min - Instant Gratification | Cathal #1, Eno | 6.30.22
Cathal, Eno, and Dhammarato talk about resistance to feeling good, the rule of delayed gratification, and learning to have wholesome thoughts right here, right now. #delayedgratification #instantgratification #beinginthemoment
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00 Repetition is a major part of the practice; how can I improve this thought?
04:41 I can think wholesome thoughts05:54 Thinking of red and green, unwholesome and wholesome11:47 Remember to take a long deep breath and break the resistance13:25 Going deeper is delusional: seeing patterns; saying “no” and stopping breathing18:43 Practice remembering21:16 Potency, protection, permission; it’s ok to feel good27:51 Believing old lies; seeing unworthiness; having a choice; right effort33:13 Feeling contracted - expand the chest; wholesome thoughts37:37 Staying alone, staying in the green; building up bit by bit41:53 Going ahead with the practice44 min - Culture and Desire | Eric R #5 | 6.20.22
Eric and Dhammarato talk about relationships, sexuality, and bonding in the context of biological and cultural influences. #relationships #bonding #overstimulation
Suttas mentioned in this discussion
https://suttacentral.net/dn31Dressing the Indian woman through history
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30330693See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00:00 Culture as the most important source of desire
00:14:27 Looking at desire and triggering; receptiveness to bonding00:29:00 Guarding the sense doors00:34:42 Friendship and companionship00:39:04 The Buddha’s advice to lay people (DN 31); forbidden fruit; resource scarcity00:54:49 Thinking about the future; working on desire; waking up to lose-lose situations01:13:47 Patriarchy and colonialism1 hr 24 min - Mindfulness of Breathing and the Jhanas | Gavin #4, Tyler | 6.8.22
Gavin, Tyler, and Dhammarato discuss the factors of the jhānas and how they relate to the 16 stages of ānāpānasati. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #jhana
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►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/00:00:00 The jhāna factors; piti and sukha: mastering them separately and together (MN 119)
00:04:51 Sukha is safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction; freedom from dukkha00:11:05 The first three steps of the noble eightfold path00:15:22 Jumping between the stages of ānāpānasati; sati; right view; right effort; confidence (MN 48)00:27:34 Piti is very energetic, but can relax back into sukha; success; all five factors of first jhāna00:34:06 Feeling becomes primary: second jhāna: piti; third jhāna: sukha; fourth jhāna: equanimity (upekkha)00:37:51 Putting the horse into a corral; buddho - relax into second jhāna00:41:41 Purifying the body and mind; wakefulness; lucid dreaming00:51:24 Building sukha to get to the piti; everything is arising and passing away; Daniel Ingram; maps01:03:38 Can you remember to come back to the first jhāna?01:06:08 Anchoring and enjoyment; focussing on the entire experience; arising and passing away01:14:00 Training ourselves to let go of things; samsara; easy come, easy go1 hr 25 min
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These are recorded calls with Dhammarato and friends. The Buddhist Religion has been prepared for a mass audience. The Supra-mundane Dhamma of the Buddha is best taught in a private setting where the…
spiritual friends can assist the students in correct understanding by way of question and answers, sutta comparisons, and instruction on correct practice that will lead to your joy, well being, and happiness for a long time. This podcast has been started with the permission and full knowledge of Bhikkhu Achan Pho, abbot emeritus, Wat Shan Mokkh, Chai-ya Thailand, Home of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. While there are many websites dedicated to Bhikkhu Buddhadasa, this site will focus on the Supra-mundane, including and starting with Supra-mundane right view, a view that is noble and investigation oriented, rather than belief oriented.