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Dhammarato Dhamma episodes

  • Meaning, Compliance, & Rebellion | Robert Ca #13 | 6.19.22

    Robert and Dhammarato talk about the habits of thought that end in clinging and woeful states. #habit #wisdom #beinginthemoment  

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    00:00 The four modes of clinging and the four woeful states; compliance and rebellion

    08:18 Habits, heaviness, and importance
    17:54 Is that all there is? Is that all there is to it?
    30:54 Wisdom at the point of contact; guarding the sense doors
    36:53 Quicksand and ānāpānasati 
    37:52 Appreciating the reality of life; closing down the conceptualised world
    47:43 Mundane or exalted? It’s a matter of attitude

    54 min
  • The Change Model | Will #2 | 6.22.22

    Will and Dhammarato talk about developing the four basic skills. #goenka #mahasisayadaw #nobleeightfoldpath 

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    00:00 Seize the object and let it go; relaxing the body

    07:15 Practicing the Noble Eightfold Method; practicing seclusion; practicing purification of mind
    14:01 Any thought can be improved: coming out of the hindrances
    (MN 19)
    20:43 Talking ourselves into feeling good; safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction 
    27:19 Wake up, take a look, make a change - developing these three skills inspires confidence 
    32:16 The first jhāna is applied and sustained thought
    35:17 The supermundane Dhamma is practical

    38 min
  • Tying Theory & Practice Together | Joe #9 | 6.21.22

    Joe and Dhammarato talk about how basic daily practice satisfies the deepest aspects of the Dhamma. #mindfulnessofbreathing #anapanasati #mindfulness 

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    00:00 The difference between formal and functional ānāpānasati; the four foundations of mindfulness; the four elements

    07:38 Focus on the Noble Eightfold Path; sila, samādhi, pañña
    18:31 Knowledge of the body and relaxation; drawing the factors together; Dhamma mind objects
    35:38 Investigating the jhāna factors; Goenka practitioners stick on step 3 of ānāpānasati 
    41:02 Stop trying to make sense out of things (MN 111); the progress of the jhānas; equanimity
    47:04 Samādhi, anicca, dukkha, anatta

    50 min
  • Post Retreat Checkup | Laurent #10 | 6.21.22

    Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the qualities of a good retreat and the benefits of finding real seclusion. #retreats #seclusion #nobleeightfoldpath 

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    00:00 The ideal personal retreat; seeing dependent origination 

    07:06 Blaming retreats for our own negativity; benefits
    09:57 The value of understanding correct practice; crash landing
    14:10 Success from hitting rock bottom vs. understanding the four noble truths
    19:29 The Buddha teaches that you don’t have to hit rock bottom; retreats are not seclusion
    24:04 Goenka retreats never develop; Mahasi is not tailored to student needs; forest seclusion
    30:01 Letting students make their own decisions; seeing and throwing out the hindrances
    38:33 The pleasure of seeing student success
    40:10 A weekend in the woods; removing unwholesome thoughts; short sits; more walking in nature
    45:13 Summary; no longer doing retreats; being awake
    48:47 Congratulations

    51 min
  • The Breath is Sweet | The Sangha UK #59 | 6.19.22

    The Sangha discuss practical approaches to the Dhamma in everyday life, the importance of seeing childhood conditioning for what it is, and the difference between the map and the territory. #mindfulnessofbreathing #breathing #themapisnottheterritory

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    00:00 Procrastination: good (I don’t need to do this) and bad (fear of doing this); numbing discomfort

    05:47 Effective ānāpānasati: the air is sweet; breathing and morality
    09:22 An antidote to being bogged down; sweet sensations; samādhi
    14:03 Opportunities to become awake; transitions; less reactivity; triumphant aspect of the path
    20:41 Pausing and clearing things out; goodies on the path; enthusiasm and joy is effective practice
    26:03 The jhānas and fear; a deep-seated belief that we should not be happy; conditioned fear of the child (MN 111)
    37:27 Scientific research into the flow state; coming out of magical thinking
    43:19 The present moment is a miracle; experiential not intellectual; corporate culture
    46:49 The map and the territory; describing the map of the Dhamma is wholesome; Dhamma bombs

    54 min
  • Take a Walk | Robert Ca #11 | 6.17.22

    Robert and Dhammarato talk about methods to leave behind the self-created hell of the thoughts and get back into the senses. #walkingmeditation #beinginthemoment #mindfulness 

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    00:00 Aha, I see you… 

    03:26 Taking unwholesome states as true; the victim’s position; senses and concepts
    12:41 Feeling how you want to; mettā and muditā
    16:45 Using fewer absolutes; “wouldn’t it be fun to… “; the wagon in the creek
    25:23 Clenching as a physical manifestation of anxiety; using the breath
    33:07 Being disconnected from the body; bad habits; take a walk

    42 min
  • Choices & Changes | John #1 | 6.16.22

    John and Dhammarato talk about the things that are missing in most Western systems of meditation and compare them with the method explained in the suttas of remembering to look and making a change. #goenka #mahasisayadaw #buddhadhamma

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    00:00 We must be making choices and changes; remember to wake up, look, and make a change (MN 19, MN 117, MN 118)

    07:33 Most systems are missing right effort (samma vāyāma); gladdening the mind; thus one trains oneself
    13:43 Goenka misses control and gladdening; the noble Dhamma becomes self-evident
    23:33 The 16 stages of insight; starting students at step 12: the four noble truths
    27:43 Seeing the need for change; Muktananda
    29:48 U Pandita; Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa; Achan Poh
    33:34 Samādhi as unification of mind - gathering together; keeping the mind wholesome; first jhāna (MN 36)
    39:56 Samma sankappa (right intention, right attitude): I can clean up the mind
    43:04 Don’t worry about the long-term, practice right now; practice joyfully
    46:49 Dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; the method is to remember to look at what you’re doing and make a change; hindrances (MN 2)
    50:30 Life-stories don’t help; monkey see, monkey do
    55:25 Choose how you feel; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha in this moment

    1 hr
  • Expectations, Standards, Rules | Robert Ca #10 | 6.15.22

    Robert and Dhammarato talk about insight into the unreachable standards, rules, and expectations of the parent ego state and how this becomes the basis for change. #buddha #freud #transactionalanalysis 

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    00:00 Thou shalt not feel good; the Buddha, Freud, and Berne; neuroanatomy

    09:12 Beginning to change the parent ego state; listening to the adult; the basis of investigation
    14:39 The linchpin; “I see you, Mara”; remembering to make the change
    17:50 Repetition, repetition, repetition - confidence will grow; make it as best you can until you make it right
    22:58 Making mistakes about jhāna; you do not have to meet any standard
    30:45 Standards we can’t match up too; coming out of socialisations so we can be social

    34 min
  • Freedom From Western Passivity | Beau #2 | 6.9.22

    Beau and Dhammarato talk about the foundational skills and attitudes that are often missing in Western Buddhism. #buddhism #skills #relaxation

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    00:00:00 Skills that need to be developed: remembering, looking, changing

    00:08:10 Music and repetition; mercy, grace, and forgiveness
    00:12:06 Noting and despair; the 16 stages of enlightenment; stage 16 is “never mind, start again”
    00:16:54 Back to skills; playfulness comes with the expectation of success; taking the right effort to gladden the mind
    00:22:17 Steve James and Daniel Ingram on Mahasi noting; any thought can be improved; samma sankappa (right attitude or intention)
    00:29:48 Developing confidence; the practice of being a lion, of being in charge
    00:33:34 Working with the feelings (vedanā); getting in touch with the senses; mindful walking 
    00:40:47 We use the mind and body to control the feelings; the fox and the grapes (MN 12); Western passivity
    00:51:58 Training in sukha (MN 118); the primary feeling of fear
    00:58:51 Comfort: relaxing the body; freedom from fear; safety, security, satisfaction, confidence (piti)
    01:04:12 First jhāna and panoramic openness; sustaining the quality of feeling very good; arising and passing away
    01:12:27 Everything is a skill to be developed

    1 hr 14 min
  • Be the Hero | Robert Ca #9 | 6.8.22

    Robert and Dhammarato talk about waking up to the crowd inside, how we create our own emotional rollercoaster (samsāra), and how we can develop a winner’s attitude by understanding that we can stop, make a change, and gladden the mind. #heroism #samsara #victimhood

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    00:00 Becoming moods; waking up to the crowd inside

    02:10 Congratulations on seeing the cycle: samsāra; the emotional rollercoaster we create
    07:34 All personalities are a disorder
    09:07 Effort is tainted with being; right effort is just enough; repetition
    11:11 Start recognising what thoughts you are having at different points in the cycle
    16:32 Ill will and wisdom towards oneself
    21:24 Alwaysisms and being in the moment; trained to be negative; taught to be a victim
    28:00 Dhamma teachers and stone Buddhas; we can change (MN 9)
    35:51 Take a deep breath; the winner’s attitude is knowing you can handle it

    39 min

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