Dhammarato Dhamma

Dhammarato Dhamma

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Dhammarato Dhamma episodes

  • Joe #8 | 1.20.22

    Joe and Dhammarato discuss how confidence grows through an understanding of conditionality as explained in the Upanisasutta and the knowledges of the stream-enterer detailed in the Kosambiyasutta.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

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

    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 Understanding dependent origination in the Upanisasutta

    00:03:40 There are many words for “satisfaction”
    00:07:30 Conditionality vs. causality
    00:09:10 Dukkha leads to wisdom
    00:10:45 The first knowledge of the stream-enterer
    00:13:20 Links to the stages of insight
    00:15:18 Confidence comes from understanding conditionality
    00:20:08 Links to the 1st jhana and seven factors of enlightenment
    00:26:50 The qualities of the four jhanas
    00:34:48 Unification of mind (samādhi)
    00:36:54 “Access concentration” is a bad translation
    00:39:10 Fourth jhana and seeing how the mind works
    00:40:40 “Truly knowing and seeing” 
    00:45:17 The sankharas as stored data
    00:47:24 The meaning of “disillusionment”
    00:55:20 “Dispassion” step 16 of ānāpānasati 
    00:57:10 Freedom and “ending the defilements”
    01:00:05 The analogy of the mountain river and silabattaparamasa
    01:04:00 How to read the suttas; advances in translation

    1 hr 7 min
  • Relationships, Right Livelihood, Teaching & Learning | The Sangha UK #27 | 1.26.22

    The Sangha discuss ethical and practical issues surrounding relationships and earning a living, teaching and learning, and the difficulty of maintaining a practice in the restaurant of samsara.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEo1exXO-Zs

    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 Friendship, relationships, dependency, compatibility 

    00:20:52 Liking, wanting, clinging, greed
    00:32:17 Right livelihood, day trading, gambling
    00:51:43 Teaching, using the Dhamma, languages, learning
    01:20:34 Social priorities, assessment, measurement, fear
    01:25:06 Struggling to maintain a practice; doing it unmotivated
    01:39:13 Social conditioning and choosing dukkha

    59 min
  • Relax into Practice | Tyler #7 | 1.6.22

    Tyler and Dhammarato discuss the right attitude to practice, weaknesses in the Mahasi method as taught in the West, and the optimal duration of practice sessions.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPkth-h0gk

    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 Everyone struggles too hard - except for those who think they’ve already arrived

    05:22 Actively relax into practice
    10:04 Hating a hindrance is a hindrance
    14:30 Investigate wholesome things
    16:49 Playing with anxiety
    20:50 The Mahasi technique gets too close to dukkha
    23:20 The breath is an anchor against waves of extraneous thoughts
    24:52 Satisfaction not equanimity
    27:06 Relax & soak in the reality of the moment
    31:24 Satisfaction will grow
    36:36 The Mahasi method in the West
    39:50 An hour is too long

    46 min
  • Talking to Others, Enlightenment, Intro to Anapanasati | Corey #1 | 1.20.22

    Dhammarato gives Corey an introduction to anapanasati.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwDEi2YBi0

    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 Talking about things we hide from

    00:02:13 Peace, teaching, “enlightenment”
    00:11:40 Just chill (nibbana)
    00:17:00 Seeing the cycles
    00:20:02 Using better language
    00:23:08 Why ānāpānasati helps
    00:28:48 Unwholesome thoughts trigger instinctual behaviours
    00:46:02 Don’t use automatic pilot
    00:53:05 Sati, right viewing, right effort, right attitude
    01:06:15 Sharing dhamma with others
    01:19:26 Mind moments

    1 hr 30 min
  • What Is Sangha? | The Sangha US #23 | 1.29.22

    Dhammarato and friends discuss the duties and benefits of Sangha, the lack of a Sangha in the West, friendliness and honesty as duties to the Dhamma, volunteering without the need to be in charge or to take ownership, a new model of Dhamma-teaching, and informal distribution of support through the mechanisms of an open Sangha.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljA5RYyRu88

    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 Sangha is the gem in the crown

    00:03:22 We all have a duty to the Dhamma
    00:08:20 Friendliness and honesty
    00:14:05 Cultivating a wide variety of friends
    00:17:40 Western Buddhism lacks a Sangha
    00:29:53 The importance of monks and nobles
    00:48:09 How can we promote Sangha?
    00:58:46 No one needs to be in charge of have ownership
    01:06:11 The benefits of volunteering
    01:10:01 Work should not be too burdensome
    01:13:38 A new model of Dhamma-teaching
    01:19:23 Informal distribution of support & no formal ordination process
    01:22:37 The sotāpan has the highest duty
    01:32:29 Gaining benefit from volunteer work
    01:33:14 How to investigate the causes of depression

    1 hr 45 min
  • Friendliness, Honesty, Being in the Moment | Daniel R #1, Robert Co, Parker | 1.28.22

    Dhammarato and friends discuss Sangha, rebirth, the four imponderables, the present moment, the future of Western Buddhism, Western wannabes, and meditation as competition.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m5-q1EDhxs

    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 Friendliness, honesty, the power of being in the moment

    00:01:37 Rebirth (jāti) is moment-to-moment
    00:03:47 The four imponderables
    00:22:31 Zen, fearless, bushido and Samurai
    00:29:44 Future technology and the extent of the mind
    00:31:30 Metaphor in the lives of the Buddha’s disciples
    00:33:36 Suicide and ordinary right view
    00:37:05 Speculative futures and friendliness
    00:40:43 Rikyū being in the moment
    00:46:25 Lessons from jiu-jitsu
    00:49:57 Individualism & noise; impersonal Dhamma
    00:53:46 Three lifetimes: past, present, future
    01:01:38 The Dhamma goes meta
    01:10:46 Other techniques and Western wannabes
    01:17:23 Where will Western Buddhism go?
    01:18:40 Monastic life and sit-down practice
    01:25:10 Success and knowledge
    01:29:42 Being a Sangha teacher
    01:33:02 Meditation as competition
    01:44:22 The supramundane Dhamma is a breath of fresh air

    1 hr 51 min
  • Investigation Is an Active Process | The Sangha UK #28 | 1.26.22

    The Sangha discuss the qualities of investigation, suicide & despair, growing confidence, and the value of the Sangha.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

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

    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 There’s no way to happiness, happiness is the way

    02:25 Hilarious suicidal thoughts
    08:35 Trying too hard
    17:49 Vipassana, Daniel Ingram, The Mind Illuminated
    21:45 Investigation has an active quality, more like a security camera than a photograph
    28:16 You have to use what you know
    33:00 Read the suttas; don’t beat yourself up
    36:47 Shifts in perception vs. habits become less effortful
    39:10 Che sarà sarà
    43:23 The Sangha has wonderful momentum
    45:02 It gets easier to notice wholesome thoughts
    47:02 Restlessness and conceit
    50:27 Doubt. The teaching is simple
    53:49 Wherever you are take a breath, everything is OK

    1 hr 58 min
  • Don’t Go Too Deep | Tommy #2 | 1.24.22

    Tommy and Dhammarato discuss the difference between reality and thoughts of reality, thinking wholesomely, and the first step on the path.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

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

    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 Our thoughts of reality are not reality

    04:06 There’s always one more level of letting go
    07:45 Guide the mind into thinking wholesomely
    10:20 The first step on the path
    10:40 Don’t go too deep

    15 min
  • Being OK | The Sangha US #22 | 1.22.22

    The Sangha discuss the dichotomy of “good” and “bad" in the origin of our misconceptions, unwholesome thoughts, and fear.

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfNAfO0yRk

    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 We are OK: permission, protection, potency

    00:03:56 “Good” and “bad” are part of the problem
    00:17:05 Practice like your hair is on fire
    00:27:44 Freedom from things and right noble viewing
    00:34:16 Allow yourself to be happy; body scanning; Covid-19 symptoms
    00:48:36 Everything is about paticcasamuppāda: nothing happens without conditions
    01:01:02 Childhood origins of fear
    01:12:18 The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off (Gloria Steinem)
    01:19:59 The key concept is wholesome vs. unwholesome thoughts
    01:29:16 Judging wholesome thoughts
    01:43:02 Two types of past: memories and habits
    01:45:21 Reacting and reactivating; gaining perspective
    01:51:33 Wake up, look, make a change, enjoy the change - success builds confidence

    1 hr 56 min
  • The Sangha UK #26 | 1.19.22

    See the video version of this call on YouTube.

    ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BexUdhyzE7M

    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.

    1 hr 15 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…