Bhante Sujato. Meditation as something you achieve, just nature bringing us to peace. Dhamma talk on Nāḷāgiri the elephant who attacked the Buddha under the direction of Devadatta, from the third stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Readings from the Theravada Vinaya Khandhaka 17 The chapter on schism in the Sangha. The way Devadatta was dealth with by the Buddha and the scripture's description of some of his behaviour and motivations.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on mindfulness of the breath. Dhamma talk on Ālavaka the Yakkha from the second stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Alavaka's role as a local deity, the local deities that people erected shrines to and the role Buddhism had in stopping ritual sacrifice as seen in the gentleness and conversion of Ālavaka in Ālavaka Sutta. Around 20 minutes of recording was missed, on the Chinese Dhammapada on Ālavaka (Page 215).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on letting the breath calm you down. Dhamma talk on peace and war, with reference to the genocide in Gaza. First in a series of talks discussing each stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā which will be discussed throughout this year's Rains. 'Slave to craving' in Raṭṭhapālasutta as a reference to waging war.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on distractions/attention. Dhamma talk on the third noble truth. Discussion of the end of desire and delusion, the three types of suffering: painful feelings (dukkha dukkha), the suffering of change (viparinama dukkha), the suffering of not-nibbāna (sankhara dukkha).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath and contentment, cause and effect. Dhamma talk on a range of Q&A questions: Is it advisable to sctively change the breath? MN135 and the idea of getting rich in a future life via your deeds, manifesting, synchronicity and conspirituality, free will vs determinism.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on leaning back from the breath and control. Dhamma talk on the four iddhipadas: chanda (enthusiasm), viriya (energy), citta (consciousness), vīmaṁsā (investigation).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on investigating causes and qualities rather than only a method. Dhamma talk on Rohitassa Sutta SN2.26. The many layers of meaning in this sutta that are not immediately obvious. The relationship of this sutta's definition of the world to the rays of the sun, the noble truth of suffering, lights. Other References: SN35.116 Lokantagamana Sutta, SN 46.33 Upakkilesa Sutta, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad S.3 Verse 4.3.2

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on finding rapture to keep your meditation going. Dhamma talk on Poson day and the foundations of all traditions being the same, with reference to the time of Ashoka's missions. Discussion of the reliability of various records, the different positions of early sects.

Bhante Sujato. How to approach pain in meditation. Dhamma talk on Bhante's new discovery and new translation of Udāna 1.4 The Mysic Syllable Huṁ. Huṁ is the syllable at the end of the famous chant Oṃ maṇi padme hūṁ, and the first person who the Buddha spoke to after his enlightenment was a Brahmin priest who was a reciter of this syllable. Discussion of its role as the 13th stobha in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad. Other References: D&D Essay: On the brahmin who said "huṁ" by Bhante Sujato, Mahākhandhaka chapter 2 translated by Ajahn Brahmali

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on merit.