Dhammarato Dhamma

Metta, Investigation, and Waking Up | Peter J #5 | 5.13.21

Dhammarato and Peter talk about metta, investigation, and waking up to unwholesome states.
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00:00 Metta06:50 Discernment of Two Kinds of Thoughts09:12 A Mind with Gaps Between Thoughts11:08 Investigation19:56 Catching Ideas in the Mind24:53 When to Practice Metta33:24 Waking Up to Anger36:43 Playing with Anxiety38:34 There Is Only One Job!41:45 "If It Bleads, It Leads."

We Don’t Need to Follow the World’s Rules Anymore | Olivia #9 | 5.5.21

Dhammarato and Olivia talk about how the world trains us to think critically and how we can come out of that critical mind.
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00:00 The World Is Manipulative. We're Used to It.06:20 The Critical Mind08:44 Psychology24:48 The Word Lazy, Only One Rule Worth Following28:00 Emperor of Your Own Pile of Dirt!

Investigation with Ben | Ben M #7 | 5.9.21

Dhammarato and Ben cover the various objects that one can investigate once one's mind is fit for work.
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00:00:00 The Mind Doesn't Stop00:06:00 Wisdom at the Point of Contact00:21:36 Investigating in a Wholesome State00:28:30 Putting Gaps Between the Wholesome Thoughts00:32:50 Experiencing Bare Consciousness00:39:05 Rising and Passing of Mind Moments00:48:56 Night Guard Analogy, MN 11100:59:44 When the Seeing is Merely the Seeing01:03:15 Absence of Selfishness01:09:49 The Origin of Materialism

The Four Noble Truths, Greed, Noting, and the Jhanas | Peter J #4 | 5.2.21

Dhammarato and Peter talk about The Four Noble Truths, Greed, Noting, and the Jhanas.
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00:00 Right Effort, Right View, and Sati; Why Do People Think Meditation is Dangerous?08:54 Nurturing vs. Critical Thought19:20 Right Attitude, Creating a Happy Reality29:22 "Life Is Suffering", Greed, Competition36:23 Noting in an Wholesome State, the Jhanas

Off-Days, Woke-ness, Government, and Bodhisattvas | Robert Co #15 | 5.5.21

Dhammarato and Robert talk about Off-Days, Woke-ness, Government, Bodhisattvas, and more.
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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 We Don't Need to Work All Day00:09:45 Woke-ness00:20:20 Benign Government, Police Officers, China00:54:18 How Dare You Be Happy?, Bodhisattvas01:00:50 Off-Days, Clinging to Renunciation, Bodhisattva01:19:35 No-Self01:27:00 Insight into the Nature of Cause and Effect01:31:40 Bodhisattva vs. Arhat, Duty to the Dhamma01:39:04 Critical Thinking in the West vs. East, Guilt vs. Honor01:50:50 Right Lion's Attitude, Recognizing One's Wrong Doing, Vows02:05:50 Liking, Wanting, and Clinging to Ideas of Good and Evil Due to Ignorance02:11:16 Nurturing During Off-Days, Intention Directs Attention

Why is Dhammarato on YouTube? and Two Kinds of Thoughts | Chirag #3 | 5.12.21

Dhammarato and Chirag talk about why Dhammarato is on YouTube and the two kinds of thoughts.
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00:00 Why is Dhammarato on YouTube?06:57 Unwholesome Vs. Wholesome Thoughts

Metta, Mudita, and Restlessness | Joni #3 | 5.1.21

Dhammarato and Joni talk about metta, mudita, and restlessness.
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00:00 Metta02:32 Fun Story - "You've got cause and effect backwards."09:20 The Power of Mudita (Sympathetic Joy)20:15 All Feelings Come from the Inside!26:41 Saṅkhāra about Finances32:20 Restlessness (1/2)40:09 Junk Thoughts47:55 Restlessness (2/2)53:00 Reading Recommendations: Bkikkhu Buddhadasa, MN 118 & MN 117

News Consumption, Language, and Being Satisfied with Ignorance | Robert Co | 5.1.21

Dhammarato and Robert talk about news consumption, language, and being satisfied with ignorance.
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00:00:00 Effects of the Practice on News Consumption00:23:00 Cost-Benefit Analysis00:31:10 Putting Gaps Between the Thoughts00:44:33 Language is Conceptual00:48:05 Handful of Leaves (SN 56:31 Siṁsapā Sutta), The Highest Fetter: Ignorance00:56:19 Mullah Nasruddin Police Officer Story, You Don't Need to Do Anything!01:05:00 Conclusion & Practice Suggestions

Breathing, the Eightfold Noble Path, and Gladdening the Mind (Part 1/2) | Chirag #2 | 4.22.21

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Instincts, 3 Doubts, Space-Time, Piti, Long Breath, Investigation, and Metta | Joni #2 | 4.24.21

use sati to control our instincts, how the correct practice gets lost in translation, the three layers of doubt & time vs. distance, piti, slowing down & deepening the breath, investigation of mind and bodily chemistry, and metta.
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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 Use sati to control our instincts00:33:20 How the correct practice gets lost in translation00:44:10 The three layers of doubt & time vs. distance01:10:02 Piti01:16:53 Slowing down & deepening the breath01:18:30 Investigation of mind and bodily chemistry01:30:10 Metta