Sutta Meditation Series

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 5 May 2023

The main purpose of today’s livestream is to understand the perfection of a fully enlightened Buddha, and why a Buddha is superior to other living beings, including humans, devas and even noble disciples who have realised the fruit of arahantship.

The format for this livestream will be: (1) The Tathāgata, bhikkhus liberated by wisdom, other teachers, brahmins and wanderers(2) The importance of conviction in the Tathāgata(3) Qualities of the Buddha, including short meditation (buddhānusati)(4) The danger of slandering the Buddha (5) Asking for forgiveness

In clarifying some of these things, we hope to arouse more conviction, confidence and faith towards the Buddha(s).

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those assisted with the research for this Dhammadāna

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3UsOJsV

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 5 May 2023

The main purpose of today’s livestream is to understand the perfection of a fully enlightened Buddha, and why a Buddha is superior to other living beings, including humans, devas and even noble disciples who have realised the fruit of arahantship.In Part 1 we'll look at:• What is a Buddha?• Why does he refer to himself as Tathāgata?• How does one become a Buddha?• What makes a Buddha incomparable to others?• What does the Buddha himself have to say about it? and more...

In clarifying some of these things, we hope to arouse more conviction, confidence and faith towards the Buddha(s).

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those assisted with the research for this Dhammadāna

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3zSrf73

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 23 April 2023

This is one of the Buddha's most powerful teachings to a lay person on how to develop the path that leads to supramundane or noble retirement (nibbāna)

The format for this livestream (Part II) will be:

1. Overview of the Buddha's instructions on how to achieve noble retirement entirely and in all ways
2. Understanding the Buddha's pathway of renunciation and the principles we will apply
3. "Deep dive" into the seven similes of the Buddha to understand the danger in sensual pleasures and link to the eight things
4. Accomplishing the Three Knowledges
5. Buddha's final question for Potaliya and his response

* To recap the Buddha's pathway to renunciation - https://bit.ly/3L0A5Vw (video) or https://bit.ly/3oCLdQX (audio)

* To recap the three knowledges - https://bit.ly/3ozSEsa (video) or https://bit.ly/3owzSBP (audio)

* To recap the attributes of household life that can poison the mind - https://bit.ly/40OlylP (video) or https://bit.ly/41B4BMC (audio)

* Slide with the 7 similes has already been posted to our Telegram channel - https://t.me/suttameditationseries/446Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Pahārāda Sutta (AN 8.19)
• — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117)
• — Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 137)
• — Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22)
• — Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta (MN 14)
• — Dhatuvibhanga Sutta (MN 140)
• — Culasunnata Sutta (MN 121)
• — Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106)
• — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63)
• — Pariyesanā Sutta (AN 4.255)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Hāliddikāni Sutta (SN 22.3)
• — Byasana Sutta (AN 5.130)
• — Girimānanda Sutta (AN 10.60)
• — Suttādhiṭṭhānatatiyabhūmi (Pe 3)
• — Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who requested this sutta.

To read the Potaliya Sutta (MN 54) - https://bit.ly/3UXVoe

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/41PAdOd

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 22 April 2023

This is one of the Buddha's most powerful teachings to a lay person on how to develop the path that leads to supramundane or noble retirement (nibbāna)

The format for this livestream (Part I) will be:

1. Introduction and overview of the Potaliya Sutta (MN 54) and why this teaching is important
2. Review the Buddha’s initial interaction with Potaliya
3. Highlight the differences in worldly retirement vs Potaliya’s version of retirement vs noble retirement
4. “Deep dive” into the eight things that develop the path leading to noble retirement, including short meditations on each

Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Cūḷaniddesa (PTS 1049, explanation 475)
• — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 7)
• — Ādhipateyya Sutta (AN 3.40)
• — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117)
• — Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40)
• — Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who requested this sutta.

To read the Potaliya Sutta (MN 54) - https://bit.ly/3UXVoe

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3H87Yme

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 16 April 2023

The format for this livestream:(1) Quick overview of the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) and why the Buddha encourages these five subjects for frequent contemplation:

• — ‘I am subject to old age; I am not exempt from old age.’
• — ‘I am subject to illness; I am not exempt from illness.’
• — ‘I am subject to death; I am not exempt from death.’
• — ‘I must be parted and separated from everyone and everything dear and agreeable to me.’
• — ‘I am the owner of my kamma, the heir of my kamma; I have kamma as my origin, kamma as my relative, kamma as my resort; I will be the heir of whatever kamma, good or bad, that I do.’

(2) Review of the five subjects with explanation and short meditations on each Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 9)
• — Devadūta Sutta (AN 3.36)
• — Jarādhamma Sutta (SN 48.41)
• — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28)
• — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
• — Girimananda Sutta (AN 10.60)
• — Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5)
• — Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16)
• — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)
• — Pesakāradhītāvatthu (Dhp 174)
• — Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6.63)
• — Kisāgotamīvatthu (Dhp 114)
• — Paṭācārātherīvatthu (Dhp 113)
• — Visākhāvatthu (Dhp 213)
• — Assu Sutta (SN 15.3)
• — Tayojanapabbajitavatthu (Dhp 209-211)
• — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117)
• — Adhammacariyā Sutta (AN 10.220)
• — Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216
• — Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135)
• — Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40)
• — Pariyesanā Sutta (AN 4.255)

To read the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) - https://bit.ly/42PhZ0K

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3KxZ2ao

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.This is the FULL DHAMMA SESSION, conducted on BAK POYA (5 April 2023) via zoom, on "THE ATTRIBUTES OF HOUSEHOLD LIFE THAT CAN POISON THE MIND"We examine the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta (MN 14) and the Buddha's teaching to Mahānāma the Sakyan on why, despite understanding the Dhamma taught by the Buddha, his mind gets invaded by states of greed, hate, and delusion at times and they remain. In this session, we cover:— Overview of the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta (MN 14)— Who is Mahānāma the Sakyan?— “Deep dive” into the Buddha’s answer to Mahānāma and the teaching on the gratification and dangers of sensual pleasures— Buddha’s encounter with the NigaṇṭhasSome of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:— Sekha-patipada Sutta (MN 53)— Paṭhamamahānāma Sutta (AN 11.11)— Mahānāma Suttas (SN 55.21-22) — Chaṭṭhavagga (AN 1.252)— Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106)— Nibbedkika Sutta (AN 6.63)— Kāma Sutta (Snp 4.1)— Bhoga Sutta (AN 5.227)— Haliddakani Sutta (SN 22.3) — Chiggaḷayuga Suttas (SN 56.47-56.48)— Pañcagatipeyyālavagga (SN 56.102-105)

The video of this talk will be published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3ZDy6LX

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 2 April 2023.

The format for this livestream:(1) Examine the teachings of the Buddha on how difficult and rare it is to gain a human birth, including the eight lost opportunities(2) Contemplate the Buddha's advice on this unique and precious opportunity we have in this life(3) Meditate together on an insight pathway to replace wrong view with right view and develop a sense of urgency towards the noble eightfold pathSome of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:— Assu Sutta (SN 15.3)— Chiggaḷayuga Suttas (SN 56.47-56.48)— Cankama Sutta (SN 14.15)— Erakapattanāgarājavatthu (Dhp 182)— Nakhasikha Sutta (SN 20.2)— Byasana Sutta (AN 5.130) — Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216)— Manussacutiniraya Sutta (SN 56.102)— Manussacutitiracchāna Sutta (SN 56.103)— Manussacutipettivisaya Sutta (SN 56.104)— Manussacutidevanirayādi Sutta (SN 56.105)— Akkhaṇa Sutta (AN 8.29) — Pātubhāva Sutta (AN 6.96)— Udāyī Sutta (AN 5. 159)— Pabbatūpama Sutta (SN 3.25)— Jarā Sutta (Snp 4.6)— Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)— Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106)— Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) — Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122)

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3G5Vc7d

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 25 March 2023 so that we could practise together. This is a GUIDED MEDITATION on CULTIVATING LOVING KINDNESS based on the insight pathway from the Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8).By developing the 10 skilled states, we abandon the 10 unskilled states. With an understanding of the 1st noble truth of suffering, we are able to develop boundless or immeasurable metta. This is a supramundane practice that can lead to path and fruit of non-return, leaning towards nibbāna.

** Please note, this has been recorded as a useful aid, and you are strongly encouraged to learn the meditation and develop it on your own so that the insight pathway is fully activated and you can sharpen your spiritual faculties**

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3nnWu71

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 25 March 2023 so that we could practise together.

The format for the session:(1) Quick overview of the Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)(2) Simple explanation, including examples, of the Vatthūpama Sutta links that corrupt the mind (3) Short meditations to break these Vatthūpama Sutta links to purify and experience the skilled statesThe video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/3K5207t

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Recent Dhamma session via zoom with student members and friends of the Warwick Buddhist Society on "THE POWER OF AN UNHINDERED MIND", where we contemplated the five hindrances, how they are linked, why they trouble us (including weakening our memory, making it difficult to concentrate the mind and blocking wisdom), and the Buddha's medicine that we can apply to overcome them. 

In this session, we covered: 

• — What is meditation? 
• — What does the Buddha say about the five hindrances and why is it important to overcome them? 
• — “Deep dive” into each of the five hindrances (including short meditation on each)  

Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session: 

• — Mahācattarisaka Sutta (MN 117) 
• — Tevijja Sutta (DN 13) 
• — Akusalarāsi Suttas (AN 5.52, SN 47.5) 
• — Avijjā Sutta (AN 10.61) 
• — Nīvarana Sutta (SN 46.40) 
• — Saṅgarava Sutta (SN 46.55) 
• — Anīvaraṇa Sutta (SN 46.38) 
• — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) 
• — MahāAssapura Sutta (MN 39)  
• — Ina Sutta (AN 6.45) 
• — Bhoga Sutta (AN 5.227) 
• — Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 9.29)  
• — Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51) 
• — Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135) 
• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8) 
• — Pacalāyamāna Sutta (AN 7.61) 
• — Samādhibhāvanā Sutta (AN 4.41)  

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who helped organise this Dhamma session.

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar.

For all enquiries - [email protected]