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  • Playing with Dependent Origination (again) | Laurent #7 | 6.2.22

    Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the practical application of dependent origination in everyday life and the importance of seclusion in developing skills. #dependentorigination #anapanasati #beinginthemoment

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    00:00 How can we learn to play with dependent origination? The five aggregates; where does the self come from?

    03:58 Contact is where feelings arise; wisely we can choose; everything is fluid and we can change
    08:36 Tanha, upādāna, woeful states; wisdom at the point of contact; working with feelings
    10:31 Watching how we feel and figuring out how we got there; taking control
    17:11 Developing right effort through seclusion; the difference between vedanā and upādāna
    21:37 Choosing ignorantly; not letting liking become wanting; not going into a woeful state
    27:50 What kind of thoughts am I having? Attitude; ānāpānasati modifies paticcasamuppāda
    34:04 You can feel the way you want to feel - if you remember
    38:24 Turning around to the past instead of being in the moment and being OK right now

    45 min
  • Fear Is in the Body | Robert Ca #14 | 6.29.22

    Robert and Dhammarato talk about ways of dealing with anxiety and tension. #fear #anxiety #tension

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    00:00 Fear is often misplaced and irrational 

    06:09 Investigating danger
    12:12 Looking for anxiety and tension
    16:27 Nourishing ourselves; the role of adrenaline; what causes tension and anxiety?
    24:40 Noting without making a change; focussing on nourishing, protecting, and relaxing the body
    31:06 Making thinking heavy

    36 min
  • Feeling Responsible | Laurent #10 | 6.29.22

    Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how to deal with feeling responsible.

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    00:00 Interventions can be wholesome; feeling responsible

    09:44 Misery loves company; recognising the rules we are following; responding and reacting
    16:04 The feeling of being responsible is the problem; reminiscing over old scars; not your business
    26:51 Wake up to your feeling; spread your joy
    31:39 See the issue clearly and empathise; karuna and mudita

    37 min
  • Using Jhanas to Perceive Dependent Origination | Scott #8 | 6.27.22

    Scott and Dhammarato talk about the insights into the streams and eddies of dependent origination that come from the jhānas and wisdom at the point of contact. #dependentorigination #beinginthemoment #enlightenment 

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    00:00 Controlling the feelings, changing the salāyatanas, removing the formatting, reading and processing, raw data

    12:42 Differences with advaita; just seeing; staying with the viññana
    18:12 It requires a skill; making gaps; everything is finite; no boundaries
    27:38 Catching things at the point of liking; seeing the mechanism; streams and eddies; nothingness
    38:02 This is not hard to do - it just needs skills; the diversity of mind moments
    40:36 Taking the mystery out of the jhānas; not magic, but skills
    47:11 The witness stage; being one with everything; everything is temporary; essentialising consciousness

    51 min
  • Stubbing Our Toes on Reality | Markus #1 | 6.27.22

    Markus and Dhammarato talk about the four basic skills of practice #dukkha #nobleeightfoldpath #anapanasati

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    00:00:00 We always start with the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path

    00:05:05 Seeing dukkha and coming into satisfaction; learning to feel bad
    00:12:27 The second noble truth: greed, ill-will, and delusion
    00:17:04 The attitude of a winner, a lion: going into the third noble truth
    00:19:40 Stubbing our toes on reality; everything is in turmoil; be here now
    00:23:24 Memories have three problems; problems with translation; with right effort you can make a change
    00:28:22 Right noble viewing, right observation: this thought could be improved
    00:31:49 Right sati (wakey, wakey), right view, right effort, right attitude - the four skills for right unification of mind
    00:38:40 Clarity of mind is the route to freedom; ānāpānasati; Western Buddhism lacks key ingredients
    00:45:09 Examining the mind and gladdening the mind; breathing consciously: body and mind in unison
    00:47:57 The value of seclusion; samma sankappa: coming out of childhood victimhood 
    00:52:05 With a joyous attitude we can handle anything
    00:53:54 The body is an electrochemical machine with slow features; changing the way we feel
    01:00:24 Brief mind moments: ten things a second; developing fast sati
    01:05:29 Habit is powerful: give yourself a break

    1 hr 11 min
  • Don’t Jump Overboard! | Eric R #6 | 6.27.22

    Eric and Dhammarato talk about dealing wisely with people’s expectations and needs. #brahmaviharas #compassion #empathy

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    00:00:00 Compassion is not feeling bad for someone else; don’t jump  overboard; karuna

    00:18:10 Looking at the brahmaviharas; sympathetic vibrations; smiling; wearing them down with joy
    00:26:28 Not having enough joy; understanding your skills
    00:29:02 Political activism; not your business
    00:36:50 Sympathy, empathy, and compassion; don’t get wet; one by one as they occur
    00:44:58 Promotion and incompetence
    00:49:09 Asteroids; existential risk
    00:51:48 Your job: your joy, your satisfaction
    01:02:28 Giving gratitude; using wisdom

    1 hr 10 min
  • This is All You Need | The Sangha UK #60 | 6.26.22

    The Sangha discuss the four foundational skills of the Dhamma and how these are missing in thr Mahasi and Goenka methods. #mahasi #goenka #anapanasati 

    Suttas mentioned in this discussion:

    https://suttacentral.net/mn22

    https://suttacentral.net/mn117
    https://suttacentral.net/mn48
    https://suttacentral.net/mn87

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    00:00:00 The simile of the snake (MN 22) Dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; life is not dukkha

    00:08:30 The second and third noble truths; the noble eightfold method is the solution
    00:14:47 Seclusion and the purification of mind: right noble view, right sati; meta is the outcome of practice
    00:20:42 Right effort: make a change right now; any thought can be improved
    00:23:23 Wholesome and unwholesome thoughts; getting rid of the hindrances immediately; sukha
    00:29:20 Right noble unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117); samādhi
    00:38:15 Right attitude: samma sankappa; the attitude of a winner, a lion
    00:41:50 The Mahasi method: setting up your private accommodation in the city dump; the 16 stages of insight
    00:47:36 Mahasi and Goenka are missing elements; work with the noble eightfold path
    00:53:31 Breathing well; using body and mind to control feelings (MN 48)
    01:00:29 Kusala and akusala; wholesome and unwholesome; to diagnose; stop wanting things
    01:07:28 This is all you need; forget about it; throw it out
    01:11:50 What is important to you? (MN 87)

    1 hr 18 min
  • Wise Ignorance; Wise Reflection | The Sangha US #42 | 6.25.22

    The Sangha have a wide-ranging discussion about the three types of ignorance. #ignorance #wisdom #craving

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    00:00:00 Needing information and near misses; paying attention

    00:09:17 Having inadequate information; ignorance; recognising when we don’t know something
    00:11:50 Wise ignorance; delusional ignorance; doubt
    00:16:19 The delusion of things we have been told; ownership and control of information
    00:24:04 Testing hypotheses; the four noble truths; learned mentality 
    00:32:48 The evil question; value judgments; wisdom at the point of contact
    00:40:12 Using dependent origination; understanding what the feeling is
    00:45:56 Biological drives and cultural conditioning; backing up one step: the salāyatana; the desirability of the new
    00:59:04 How to recognise wise feeling; letting go; feeling heavy
    01:14:14 Not fulfilling a want; reminiscing is wanting things to be new again
    01:28:44 The wisdom of seeing where things are headed; wise reflection; the right direction

    1 hr 41 min
  • Knowing Enough about Dependent Origination | Laurent #9 | 6.23.22

    Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how the skill of seeing dukkha develops into wisdom-in-action. #dukkha #dependentorigination #wisdom

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    00:00 We can’t knowledge our way into skill development; don’t worry be happy

    07:55 Practice the Noble Eightfold Path; we only need the knowledge of dukkha
    11:52 A tired mind is prone to dukkha; take a break; wisdom takes care of the situation directly
    22:08 We can improve whatever is happening; tiredness is not dukkha 
    24:03 Hitting rock bottom and Dark Night of the Soul; skill in seeing dukkha early; wisdom is looking where things are going
    32:26 Dukkha is not life itself but the product of greed, ill-will, or delusion
    37:54 Dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda) backwards and forwards; making changes as early as possible

    46 min
  • Have Fun; Make Friends | Dean #5 | 6.23.22

    Dean and Dhammarato talk about developing the skills to see dukkha in advance, first jhāna, strem entry, and enlightenment. #streamentry #enlightenment #wisdom

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    00:00 Western students think there is a lot to learn; seeing dukkha; looking at cause and effect

    12:33 Challenge your thoughts joyfully; right effort
    15:53 Feeling light; seeing dukkha in advance
    21:35 The Buddha and first jhāna; from dukkha to sukha; reviewing first jhāna
    25:48 Wanting more
    28:10 Safe, secure, comfortable, satisfied; not a path, a method; getting out of unwholesome thoughts
    30:42 Stream entry is being in the flow of the Dhamma; developing the right skills
    36:11 “Enlightenment” is just a label
    40:53 No magic in the Dhamma; seeing coincidences
    43:50 Have fun, make friends

    45 min

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