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Dhammarato Dhamma episodes

  • Gently Relaxing into Deeper Practice | Alex P #11 | 2.6.22

    Alex and Dhammarato discuss the joy of gently relaxing into deeper practice, the tears of a arhat, investigating sati, non-zero-sum games, and Western meditation as dukkha practice.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDahuDFVpU

    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 Gently relaxing into deeper practice

    00:04:11 The tears of a arhat
    00:09:01 Ajhan Maha Bua’s cry of relief
    00:12:22 Complete conviction as a fruit of practice
    00:15:28 Wholesomeness compounds
    00:23:32 Welcome to the world of relief
    00:24:50 How is your sati? Investigating your tools
    00:28:22 The mind gets more settled
    00:30:07 Being in the world but not of the world
    00:33:09 The next trigger is seeing that a thought is already wholesome
    00:37:56 The burden of delayed gratification fades away
    00:40:22 “I’m afraid I’ll lose this” is our whole life story
    00:43:31 Using a gentler image changes my being
    00:44:35 Finding a spark and passing it on
    00:46:56 Non-zero-sum games - everyone can win
    00:49:10 Western meditation is dukkha practice in search of a reward
    00:51:37 Optimism and pessimism are both delusional
    00:55:14 Developing three triggers for sati
    01:01:52 Being aware that there’s less to be aware of

    1 hr 4 min
  • The Brain Is Built for Survival, Not Happiness | The Sangha US #23 | 2.4.22

     Dhammarato and other members of the Sangha discuss how to deal with finding more unwholesome thoughts, the evolutionary history of the brain, being raised as a victim, and the power we have to change our attitude.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOlRQp3gxDM

    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 Finding more unwholesome thoughts

    02:38 Is more investigation required?
    12:25 Brains built for survival not happiness
    14:39 Escaping danger into fear
    16:35 Wisdom sees the difference between a real danger and a false positive
    17:48 Void - of unwholesome thoughts
    20:51 Anticipation of the future; recollection of the past
    25:28 Long-term thoughts and beliefs
    29:06 Mating and self-preservation
    32:25 I wonder what my next thought will be? (guarding the mind)
    38:15 From constant anxiety to bliss
    44:55 Being raised as a victim
    48:06 The power we have to change our attitude
    53:21 It’s great to have a community
    55:27 Right viewing or investigating; not “having a viewpoint”

    1 hr 4 min
  • Don’t Worry About a Thing | Robert Co #26, Sandra | 2.4.22

    Sandra, Robert, and Dhammarato ponder the connections between food and mood, concepts and forms, moral issues vs. medical issues, having a child, and teaching for the benefit of future generations.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCi5DwdyVU

    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 Cooking, mood, music

    08:35 Chickens, eggs, and the Platonic Realm
    11:22 Reality, observation, copies, and gossip
    13:08 Bible stories
    18:24 Having a child; transformation of moral issues into medical issues
    25:29 Teaching children to be awake
    27:58 Why are we following this rule?
    30:01 “I teach for the benefit and the welfare of future generations”
    35:31 Don’t worry about a thing…

    40 min
  • Accept the Power | Gavin #4 | 2.2.22

    Gavin and Dhammarato discuss following rules and rituals instead of accepting our power to build the skill of sati with enthusiasm

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

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

    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 Peak experiences rarely repeat but being OK is the base

    00:02:27 “Aha” moments come from connecting the dots
    00:05:40 Lineage: it doesn’t matter where the information comes from
    00:10:00 Westerners “touch” one tradition & think they’ve seen the whole; the story of the ten blind men
    00:13:30 Your choice: to be the cause or the affect
    00:15:08 The Dhamma is small - there’s nothing to it
    00:23:50 Doing nothing; not being a victim
    00:28:06 Right effort: I can change
    00:33:19 Have yourself a merry little moment one by one they come…
    00:36:20 The Universe will welcome you home
    00:39:00 The solution is that there was never a problem
    00:40:40 Right effort is the least effort needed to get the job done
    00:45:38 Equanimity
    00:52:39 The whole Dhamma has been lost in translation
    00:56:42 Everything is different except our belief it is
    01:02:15 Rites, rules and, rituals - the big cat
    01:05:40 “I’m right because that’s how I feel”
    01:07:41 Nobility is not well-understood in the West
    01:16:20 You are the victim, the persecutor, and the one who sees the show
    01:17:56 Sati is a skill to be practiced with enthusiasm

    1 hr 23 min
  • Enjoying the Practice Is Good Enough | Alex P #10 | 2.2.22

    Alex and Dhammarato discuss enjoying the practice, making friends, the real meaning of piti, relaxing from piti into sukha, whataboutism, and shifting cultural norms.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

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

    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 Enjoying the practice & making friends

    00:07:55 Relaxing from piti into sukha
    00:12:32 The Dhamma is fast when practiced correctly
    00:16:56 Relax and stay on guard
    00:20:17 Whataboutism & OCD
    00:27:48 Skillful observation & being good enough
    00:42:40 Cultural norms are shifting
    01:01:06 What’s next & playing music you can play

    1 hr 9 min
  • The Bull | Alex P #9 | 2.1.22

    Alex and Dhammarato discuss how Right View develops as our Sati gets quicker. As Right View develops, we see through the lies, and we develop Right Attitude.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5yatsTgyo

    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 Seeing more mind moments (samma ditthi)

    00:08:22 Observation and change
    00:18:09 Authority and stasis
    00:19:00 We draw to us the things we fear
    00:24:58 Out duty to the Dhamma is to stop spreading dukkha
    00:36:12 Internalised rules, tradition, & insight (Silabattaparamasa)
    00:39:55 Disgust & arrogance, being above the world (samma sankappa), feedback loops
    00:50:00 The Buddha was a bull elephant
    00:55:53 Seeing doubt. This moment is good enough
    01:07:30 Guarding the mind is sustained thought
    01:09:00 Protection, permission, potency

    1 hr 15 min
  • Can See Clearly Now | Alex P #8 | 1.30.22

    Alex and Dhammarato discuss the basic principles of practice by analogy with cooking, whack-a-mole, pulling the plug, the cowherd, and the dog with ticks.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iritLaHYj1w

    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 I can’t get no satisfaction

    00:05:42 Frustration, anxiety, fear
    00:10:58 Don’t turn wisdom into a set of rules
    00:12:34 Dukkha or dukkha-nirodha?
    00:22:56 One by one as they occur
    00:23:43 Meditation is whack-a-mole
    00:31:01 I don’t want to do this
    00:36:40 I don’t want to do this wrong
    00:39:50 I can’t do this
    00:46:10 I can do this
    00:48:40 The analogy of the cowherd
    00:53:27 Being aware watching a movie
    01:01:57 I can master this
    01:04:05 Analogy of the dog with ticks
    01:06:58 I will keep practicing - I’m in control
    01:09:20 How the breathing comes into it

    1 hr 11 min
  • Wholesome Thoughts, Feelings, Relaxation — No Magic Required | Daniel R #2 | 1.27.22

    Daniel and Dhammarato have a wide-ranging discussion covering topics such as how focus on an object of meditation is off-track, the seven factors of awakening, doubt as a hindrance, the lack of skill in determination without discrimination, the uselessness of magical beliefs, the map trap, and personality view as the first fetter.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfg5LE6s0tc

    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 Focus on an object is off-track

    00:07:16 Objects worthy of attention
    00:10:25 A good chronological sequence: the seven factors of enlightenment
    00:17:13 Is this thought worth having?
    00:21:39 Wholesome thoughts, lead to wholesome feelings, lead to wholesome relaxation
    00:27:35 What’s the issue with the fire kasina?
    00:29:39 Doubt is a hindrance
    00:34:05 The Dhamma is a mosaic and Western Buddhism is missing pieces
    00:38:50 Be the lion of the Buddha
    00:44:15 We learn through observation
    00:46:14 Our language is riddled with impossibilities
    00:52:48 Determination without discrimination is unskillful 
    01:07:36 There’s satisfaction in small things
    01:08:27 Magical beliefs, tulkus, religion
    01:23:30 The Dark Night of the Soul is wanting what you don’t have
    01:27:39 We don’t need heaven to feel good
    01:30:52 The map trap is living in the past and the future
    01:36:10 After you awake go back to sleep
    01:37:56 Rebirth is moment to moment
    01:43:00 Personality view is the first fetter
    01:45:03 Half a second from heaven to hell
    01:47:20 Handling sensations and thoughts wisely

    2 hr 3 min
  • Sati in a Noisy Environment | Peter J #19 | 1.24.22

    Peter and Dhammarato explore seclusion, dispassion, and cessation and how these English translations of the Pali terms imply a harsher interpretation than is intended in the suttas.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Svx5I1JM7A

    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 Seclusion, dispassion, and cessation in the Samyutta Nikāya

    01:19 Seclusion from a noisy environment
    08:47 Dispassion is distance from greed, hatred, and delusion
    11:30 Sati is a handle for the whole Eightfold Path
    13:43 Dispassion should have a relaxed and friendly quality
    17:07 Atammayatā is throwing back with loving kindness
    18:43 Relaxation is a practical approach
    24:50 Cessation is the lack of struggle that comes with satisfaction

    33 min
  • Friendship, Community, & Change | David O #1 | 1.21.22

    David and Dhammarato talk about friendship, community, the influence of companions, and the capacity for change that comes through right effort and remembering to look.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PrfaZpumQ

    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 Teaching and friendship

    00:05:10 Just one spark is enough
    00:07:35 The supramundane dhamma only exists in a community
    00:09:25 Our duty springs from the nature of reality
    00:15:19 Sangha is the missing element in the West
    00:25:19 The influence of nobles and companions
    00:33:30 The first fetter and believing you can change
    00:37:24 There is power in the dhamma
    00:47:30 Life sucks because we’re sucking
    00:52:30 Ending suffering is easier done than said
    00:55:00 The metaphor of the woeful animal
    00:58:40 We can have satisfaction
    01:03:39 Noble right viewing
    01:07:55 Remembering to look
    01:14:34 Right attitude
    01:21:02 Right effort

    1 hr 32 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…