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- Knowledge and Vision | Alek #2 | 4.22.22
Alek and Dhammarato talk about the nature of the knowledge and vision that arise from the practice of ānāpānasati. #mindfulnessofbreathing #meditation #nobleeightfoldpath
Majjhima Nikāya 48
Kosambiyasutta - The Mendicants of Kosambihttps://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhiikhu)The Buddha explains the seven knowledges of the stream-enterer to the quarrelling monks of Kosambi.
“When a noble disciple has these seven factors, they have properly investigated their own nature with respect to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry. A noble disciple with these seven factors has the fruit of stream-entry.”
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Discernment in breathing in and out - wholesome and unwholesome on a sliding scale
00:07:17 Being both rule-maker and rule-breaker; we’re not unified or whole00:10:13 Looking at the question machine00:13:27 Looking for perfection; repetition, repetition, repetition00:16:59 Now and now and now; the path and fruit of the sotāpan00:33:47 Prison retreat with Goenka00:34:42 When the mind is dull take a deep breath; right effort00:42:56 Seclusion and restraint from sensuality; away from others; finding comfort00:48:12 Enjoyable vs. desirable sits00:50:39 In reading start with the works of Buddhadāsa then the suttas00:54:24 The word “enlightenment” refers to investigation and gladdening the mind00:57:15 The five aggregates and selfishness; spiritual vs. magical1 hr 3 min - Playful Dhamma | The Sangha UK #45 | 4.20.22
The Sangha discuss sharing practice in everyday life, and the importance of health, exercise, diet, the awareness of body posture and adapting to the impermanence of physical sensation.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Pictures, stickers, pets
00:05:16 Jobs, parents, family, sharing practice00:12:41 Planning, ordination, retreats; Dzogchen00:21:38 The Dhamma is an engine of peace; generating meaning00:29:14 Microbiome, health, hindrances, Dhamma00:38:04 Catching up with Joe and Robert00:43:30 Alexander Technique; contact improvisation; awareness of the body01:00:56 The senses are the A, B, C of the Dhamma; riding the wave1 hr 6 min - Becoming Whole | Parker #31 | 4.18.22
Parker and Dhammarato discuss the Buddhist concepts of gratification, danger and escape (from the Anguttara Nikaya 3) in the context of Freud’s theory of the five stages of psychosexual development. #developmentalpsychology #freud #transactionalanalysis
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3
103. Pubbevasambodhasutta - Before Awakeninghttps://suttacentral.net/an3.103/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latinFreud’s 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development
https://www.simplypsychology.org/psychosexual.htmlSee the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Gratification, danger, and escape - enjoying seclusion; nekkhamma; authority
00:15:02 The rebel and the self-preservation instinct; oral, anal, and phallic; Alexander Lowen00:23:58 ‘Games People Play’ and the three personality types00:26:29 Stopping children from being children vs. nurturing00:31:09 The needy, the rebel, and the competitor; gratification and protection00:44:58 The universal feeling of abandonment; Maslow; Dhamma00:52:04 Liking and disliking; pleasures of the senses and of the mind; paticcasamupāda and inter-relatedness01:03:08 Sankhāra; durian fruit and lactose intolerance; sexuality; Edward Bernays01:11:13 Freud, pseudoscience, theory, and practice; metaphorical understanding; arising and passing away01:21:10 Gratification, danger, and escape as foundations of the Dhamma1 hr 27 min - Handling Things Wisely (Ānāpānasati) | Aljoscha #2, Asher | 4.18.22
Aljoscha, Asher and Dhammarato talk about how we use the 16 steps of ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) to fulfill the satipatthāna (the four foundations of mindfulness) and to perfect the Eightfold Noble Method (Ariya Atthangika Magga) in the sambojjhanga (seven factors of awakening) thus achieving freedom through wisdom (vijjāvimutti). #mindfulness #mindfulnessofbreathing #wisdom
Majjhima Nikāya 118
Ānāpānasatisutta - Mindfulness of Breathinghttps://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=true (Bhikkhu Bodhi)https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 Sati means “to remember” and the satipatthāna are the four foundations; mindful breaths
07:42 Putting things together (samādhi) and learning what to pay attention to09:31 Stargazing and vastness; controlling the feelings; a waltz with a natural progression17:17 Remember to come back into the here now; enjoying the breath24:22 A mind fit for work; relaxing and cultivating satisfaction; sukha30:22 Developing right attitude (sammā sankappa); becoming a lion34:28 The steps of ānāpānasati; breathing with sati to experience the body; feelings and the mind37:55 Everything arises and passes away; applied and sustained wholesome thought41:24 Investigating the jhāna factors; piti rises and falls back into sukha44:06 Sunbathing in the good feeling; a middle way; watching the cycles; impermanence49 min - Empty, Nothing to It | The Sangha UK #44 | 4.17.22
The Sangha discuss emptiness as a concept and in practice.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Talking about emptiness: śūnyatā, suññatā ; looking at what’s not there (MN 121)
00:18:06 Emptiness as an object of meditation; relinquishment (step 16 of ānāpānasati)00:27:18 Planned obsolescence; we want more but are never quite satisfied00:30:05 No one cares about free will in Buddhism; destiny; following the program00:38:08 Emptiness, right effort and the will to change; rules are empty; emptiness sets us free00:48:16 Zendō crockery chipping: importance and emptiness; blindly following rules00:55:26 Life has no meaning, just enjoy being alive01:02:58 Cheering for hopelessness: hope is the thief of joy01:12:04 The scholarly meditator always needs more; recognising hindrances01:18:29 This is enough and complete; life is a smörgåsbord, so we need balance; better off with less1 hr 25 min - The Human Condition & Horrible Histories | The Sangha US #33 | 4.16.22
In a wide-ranging discussion the Sangha look at the differences between Christian contemplation and prayer and Buddhist meditation; the importance of continued investigation, belief and reliance on magical stories, and compare love, lust and anticipation.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Christian prayer and worship compared to ānāpānasati, Buddhist practice
00:18:16 Faith and belief; saying “not sure”: keep investigating; the meaning of “abba”00:31:42 Ignorance; knowing enough; observation00:38:47 Rumi; seeing beyond magical stories00:55:13 Greed comes in; Pope Alexander VI; Lucrezia Borgia; power and religion01:10:12 Love and lust; clinging; the love of that which we do have; friendship01:44:25 God is a heavy word; not sure; adding superfluous weight01:50:33 Safety and vulnerability; watching what we’re doing; appreciation01:57:15 ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and the quality of anticipation vs. continuing in the present moment2 hr 9 min - Philosophy, Morality, Buddhadhamma | Eno #16 | 4.15.22
Eno and Dhammarato discuss the origin or morality from the viewpoints of philosophy, psychology, theology, and Buddhadhamma.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00:00 Philosophy, engineering, and the Dhamma; planned obsolescence
00:07:42 God and morality; morality and feelings; paticcasamuppāda00:17:59 Murder: instinct or wisdom? Mathematics and morality are both human constructs00:29:29 Objective facts and psychological facts; natural selection00:35:42 MN 117 the essential core of the teachings of the Buddha00:39:59 The relevant question: do I exist or not?00:44:46 We prefer to believe that murder is actually wrong; sensory awareness and concepts00:53:09 Keeping our eyes open in this moment: seeing dukkha00:54:55 How to become friends with ideological opponents01:00:36 Studies on winning arguments01:03:21 Descartes and ego identity; cogito, ergo sum01:07:11 Verbal thoughts and the other five senses; don’t buy concepts01:14:19 Wise reflection and noble renunciation01:26:37 When the mind is clear morality is irrelevant1 hr 39 min - The Real Job | Alex P #30 | 4.13.22
Alex and Dhammarato talk about the benefits of seclusion; maintaining good practice in daily life; dealing with others in a work environment; jealousy and competition; right action and right speech; understanding that karma is usually mixed; and responding to dukkha with friendliness and dukkha-nirodha.
Majjhima Nikāya 57
Kukkuravatikasutta - The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Doghttps://suttacentral.net/mn57/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=true&script=latin“Puṇṇa, I declare these four kinds of deeds, having realized them with my own insight. What four?
There are dark deeds with dark results;bright deeds with bright results;dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results; andneither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds.See the video version of this call on YouTube.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 Hoping for a better future is a learned behaviour
07:33 We created the box; buying into delusion09:57 The benefits of seclusion; finding a middle path in working life22:18 Right speech; seeing beyond competition26:46 Jealousy and sharing Dhamma; MN 57 ‘The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog’; mixed karma and confusion38:18 Right action and not needing to protect yourself40:28 Friendliness is the way to go and what the teaching of the Buddha is all about; giving dukkha nirodha46 min - Things Fall into Place | Corey #2 | 4.6.22
Corey and Dhammarato talk about how we tend to be so obsessed with insights derived through what is arising (attainments or achievements) that we fail to take account of the richness of things passing away. Dhammarato offers advice on practicing ānāpānasati immediately before sleeping and on waking.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGYTo unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel.
We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA
What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded.
00:00 Mental clarity is like putting on a clean shirt - a new way of looking
05:39 The arising and passing away: anicca; insights and process07:47 Ānāpānasati and satipatthāna; making objects of the mind wholesome13:23 The watching passes away; arising of things is not special15:52 Wise reflection; how are you going to handle this moment18:33 Gaining momentum; keeping it rolling; change unwholesome to wholesome23:40 Look for what’s actually there27:24 A foundation is being laid; remember right effort: throw out unwholesome thoughts29:32 Spread joy, that’s our obligation34:23 Satisfaction in the way things are; a reset in dreams: ānāpānasati before you sleep42:12 Sleeping on the side; breathing well44:22 Positive reading; reading the book between the ears; slowing things down47:14 Start practice before you wake up; take a deep breath & 10 minutes of ānāpānasati52 min - Generosity & Community (The Open Sangha Foundation) | Tyler #7 | 4.12.22
Tyler and Dhammarato discuss the benefits of practice within a larger community of friends.
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►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY00:00 Practice and the need for community
05:22 Many are interested in Dhamma and Sangha06:46 Willpower vs. supportive environments11:33 Many good monks in the West12:49 Experienced Westerners14:25 The Open Sangha Foundation17:05 Making friends19 min
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