Dhammarato Dhamma

Dhammarato Dhamma

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  • From Work to Play | The Sangha UK #34 | 3.7.22

    The Sangha discuss the difference between results-oriented and process-driven activities, the impact of visual thoughts, the three phase system, an analogue view of the hindrances, and throwing back events as soon as they’ve happened.

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    To 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.

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    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.

    00:00:00 Insight is a process; events don’t mean anything

    00:04:54 Telling ourselves stories; from work to play
    00:22:25 Goenka: Never mind start again; can’t make time
    00:36:48 Anxiety on the out breath; samma sankappa
    00:41:12 Visual thoughts are subtle or quick
    00:55:40 Relax and be just on guard for dukkha; enlightenment is the practice
    01:00:35 3-phases: waking up & enthusiasm, weakening the three unwholesome roots, not acting on them
    01:06:55 Degrees of hindrance; everything is deeply interconnected
    01:14:13 Dhammanupassana: looking at phenomena instead of dukkha
    01:19:53 We can see things quickly when the mind is stable
    01:23:10 Step 16: Throwing back — it’s no longer reality
    01:25:18 Dukkha comes from not letting go; high-speed cameras

    1 hr 43 min
  • Staying Joyful, Traveling Light | Scott #5 | 3.7.22

    Scott and Dhammarato discuss how to deal with difficult people, how to face death with equanimity, setting down the burden of unwholesome thoughts, and using the eightfold path to develop the seven factors of enlightenment.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_BRZ2ElZY

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    To 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 Wake up, investigate, change the mind, celebrate success; then 1st jhana; maintain 1st jhana

    08:41 Accepting that we don’t know
    12:32 Facing death; the Dark Night of the Soul
    18:08 Inspecting thoughts that get heavy; putting down your burden
    28:53 Staying joyful
    31:14 Intentionally start having wholesome thoughts; STOP
    39:30 Wholesome thoughts are not fake; don’t keep score
    43:25 Better without the idealisations
    45:11 Eightfold path is the method the seven factors are the skills; knowledge & vision and deliverance
    53:11 Everything gets heavy, everything gets old; two types of upekkhā

    1 hr
  • Persist Without Striving | Laurent #2 | 3.7.22

    Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the first steps of the Noble Eightfold Method and taking a playful approach.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDXKQladYg

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    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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 Working hard is the problem

    04:02 Thoughts we know for sure are wholesome
    05:41 Fear of missing out — the propaganda machine
    07:44 A thicket of rules: parent ego state; conditioning
    16:53 Right noble viewing: the job is done, play with the toy
    23:40 Pay attention; skin in the game, seize the object
    33:19 The ultimate success is the feeling of success - samma sankappa
    38:10 Choosing the thought we want; staying satisfied
    39:25 The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment 
    43:17 A playful attitude; lila

    49 min
  • The Practice Is Here and Now | Karthik #1 | 3.7.22

    Karthik and Dhammarato talk about the knowledge required to establish practice.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGIZ53Zq0mk

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    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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 Just enough knowledge

    05:18 Ian Stevenson database; haunted houses on the History Channel
    08:07 Work to do right now
    12:20 Eating meat
    16:30 Ānāpānasati is fit for everyone; seeing things as they really are; metta
    22:23 Hindrances are thrown out of the mind as soon as they are seen
    23:23 Concentration vs. ways of freeing the mind
    25:18 1st jhāna - developing the skills through ānāpānasati 
    29:53 Applied and sustained wholesome thought; sukha; piti; absence of hindrances (fit for work)
    34:05 Piti alone is not first jhāna
    36:18 Not ready for paticcasamuppāda; work with the physical first
    39:36 Dukkha dukkha-nirodha; dealing with what’s real
    52:29 Practice four to six times a day

    59 min
  • Intro to Practice | Laurent #1 | 3.5.22

    Dhammarato explains the four noble truths and the eightfold noble path.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FwouZRjNCs

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

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    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

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    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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.

    00:00:00 Greetings and introductions

    00:01:30 The four noble truths: dukkha, dukkha nirodha; enlightenment: knowledge and deliverance 
    00:06:50 The (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction attitude, the eightfold noble method
    00:10:50 We create our own emotions—change your emotions with sati and wisdom
    00:14:32 Nietzsche had wisdom but didn't know how to practice, liking but not wanting
    00:19:55 Our culture teaches us to be our "best", makeup advertising
    00:26:34 The eightfold noble path to train the mind into satifaction
    00:32:55 Is wanting worth the effort?, Sukha (satisfaction) and Dukkha (dissatisfaction), this is enough
    00:46:17 Questions are dissatisfying, conversational rituals, wisdom instead of rules
    00:54:46 Preparation for a retreat; the practice is easy, hard is an attitude
    01:07:20 We want things to make us safe, cultivate feelings of safety instead of wanting this

    1 hr 14 min
  • Smash that Broken Heart | The Sangha US #28 | 3.4.22

    The Sangha discuss magic as anything that’s not here right now, the ego’s ultimate disappointment in the lack of transcendence and knowledge of ultimate reality, the difference between clinging and craving, rapid sati, noble sila, and learning through Sangha.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2HC21UPGps

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

    ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma

    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

    ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
    ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh

    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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.

    00:00:00 Being a contrarian for the group

    00:02:29 Guru Viking on the Mahasi technique with Daniel M. Ingram
    00:11:11 What’s not here right now doesn’t exist; magic & Timbuktu
    00:14:38 Is satisfaction everything?
    00:20:58 Mathematics and theoretical physics; precision
    00:27:38 Is there a transcendent ultimate reality?
    00:28:39 The ego’s ultimate disappointment 
    00:29:57 Clinging and craving
    00:37:22 What’s unwholesome about what you want?
    00:38:44 Liking, clinging, woeful states; choosing your thoughts
    00:48:53 Anicca, dukkha, anatta; hunger & happiness; a broken heart
    00:58:30 Seeking self-validation; once I was nurtured and now I’m busy
    01:06:23 Be a different person in just a moment
    01:11:02 Developing rapid sati; avoiding anger and fear
    01:18:40 Sīla as perception to help understand consequences; noble sīla is active friendship; noble silence
    01:29:50 Surprise! Theravada vs. Zen scholarship; Emanuel Sherman
    01:48:13 Sangha; fitting things together; you come because you wanted something but stay because you’re not getting it

    1 hr 58 min
  • Remain Aloof | Scott #4 | 3.4.22

    Scott and Dhammarato talk about sati under difficult circumstances, right livelihood, magical thinking in Buddhism, and helping people to understand the Dhamma by asking questions.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QrNwbCmV4I

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

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    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

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    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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 Seeing in difficult circumstances and being adult

    06:36 Don’t take ownership of anything; not my business
    10:10 Remain aloof and separated; nurture yourself
    19:18 Mothers and Dhamma; Christianity and Buddhism
    25:35 Magical thinking: 31 planes of existence
    31:23 Jhānas have definable components
    35:31 Helping with confusion by asking questions
    37:50 We are milestone oriented; if at first you don’t succeed look at what you’re doing

    41 min
  • Calling Again After Two Years, Reality Is Amazing | Dennis #21 | 3.4.22

    Dennis calls Dhammrato for the first time in two years—they talk about the present moment and it's beauty.

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    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIMc4fdfMQE

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

    ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma

    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

    ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
    ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh

    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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.

    00:00:00 Ignorance: everything is upside down

    00:01:45 The Dhamma ages us fast, 1 Corinthians 13:11
    00:04:13 Kahler's five drivers from Transactional Analysis, the only thing left to do is wait
    00:11:04 The feeling that someone is staring at us, vibrations
    00:13:49 Being in control; relationships; integrating the parent, adult, and child
    00:21:29 Wasting energy trying to meet standards, amazed by reality, time is an illusion
    00:27:44 The thoughts are not me, wanting to be a monk, life is marvelous
    00:32:51 The dhamma is very simple
    00:38:17 Doubts are cultural, "lila" in Hinduism
    00:40:00 Are you ready to die?,  Grief comes from those who are dear (MN 87), Dhammarato's Mom
    00:52:29 Sati to have insight into the nature of dukkha
    00:56:50 We teach children to be afraid, Kitty learning aboue fear
    01:02:00 Discipline to stay in the wholsome, Buddhadasa's death
    01:05:34 Courage vs. true fearlessness, martial arts develop speed and attitude
    01:12:55 Concluding thoughts: sangha

    1 hr 17 min
  • The Practice of Satisfaction | Connor O #3 | 3.4.22

    Connor and Dhammarato talk about the Noble Eightfold method and being satisfied with satisfaction.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO8lCZf-xRU

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

    ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma

    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

    ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
    ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh

    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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 Where next? ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ and the Western Mind

    07:38 Remember, look, see the unwholesome thoughts, substitute wholesome thoughts
    18:35 Applied and sustained thought; applying the mind to the wholesome
    19:11 Learn to control the mind by controlling the breathing
    19:51 From discursive thought to being in the senses
    23:30 Stay on guard to maintain satisfaction
    24:41 Dukkha: falling flat on your face in the mud - just get out

    31 min
  • Having Permission | Alex P #25 | 3.4.22

    Alex and Dhammarato talk about losing the critical mind, the development of practice, the origin of the “traditional” retreat in 1950s Burma, and the comparison with temple life. 

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WptKjuw5SA

    Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

    ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma

    Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

    ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
    ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh

    To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

    ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

    To 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 Thoughts are not real; time; awareness

    04:08 Right effort; losing the critical mind
    10:15 The Dhamma as placebo; one leaf at a time
    16:07 You have permission
    18:34 Everything really is OK; from paranoia to metanoia
    22:16 Seeing change in practice and attitude
    24:47 U Ba Khin and the start of the 10-day retreat; temple life
    33:47 Congratulations on doing less work; stay there

    40 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…