Dhammarato Dhamma

A Long Deep Breath | The Sangha US #45 | 7.16.22

The Sangha discuss experiences of different methods of controlling the breath. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment 
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00:00:00 Bhante Vimalaramsi; retreat; teaching Westerners; lack of sangha00:05:10 The value of ānāpānasati is missed by most teachers; most of Western Buddhism is highly intellectual and not experiential00:10:51 Intellectual frameworks and enthusiasm; the monk who couldn’t learn anything00:17:16 The experience of the breathing meditation: take a long deep breath; reducing to 10 from 20 breaths; box breathing00:34:15 Changing the wait time between breaths: energising and relaxing00:41:35 Both short and long breaths are longer than normal breaths; short breathing has its value00:46:06 Slightly longer breaths; down to three breaths a minute00:54:52 The importance of the out breath; from 1st to 2nd jhāna01:06:06 Spend time on this practice and play with it01:08:57 Controlling the breath is the method

Psychiatry | Markus #3 | 7.16.22

Markus and Dhammarato talk about safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction in professional practice. #psychiatry #buddhadhamma #confidence
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00:00 Having the thoughts we want to think; skills and tools; we’re not at ease - dis-ease08:10 Ānāpānasati - only the next breath is important12:18 Institutionalisation14:08 Coming out of the mental prison; the freedom to think everything is easy16:21 This is the way we practice; working with the breath; safety, security24:25 Everything is fine; confidence will grow; safe, secure, comfortable, and satisfied27:02 How do I feel right now: sati, right investigation, right effort, right attitude38:05 Give people your cheer; paying attention; giving people permission to change

Right Attitude, Confirmation Bias, Dukkha Ñānas | The Sangha UK #66 | 7.14.22

The Sangha discuss the pros and cons of models and maps in relation to confirmation bias, competition, and confidence leading to a consideration of the progression of insights. #vipassana #darknightofthesoul #dependentorigination  
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00:00 An organic approach to the Dhamma; the four path model; the 16 steps of vipassanā05:27 Confirmation bias; good samma sankappa without competition with others for attainments; himdrances08:49 Dukkha ñanas; quicker cycles13:20 From dukkha to neutral; joy is the fuel: piti, sukha, jhāna, insight into dependent origination; equanimity; clear seeing22:22 Seeing parallels in different types of practice25:14 Applying gladdening the mind in any practice; psychedelics; remaining equanimous29:54 Feedback from experience; perception of constructs; building your serotonin machine; Dark Night of the Soul36:00 Going down the rabbit hole: dukkha is bad; finding a more effortless state; letting go38:17 Using enthusiasm for the Dhamma to enter jhāna; samma sankappa and craving; seeing coping mechanisms43:37 Thinking of the future as a current experience46:58 Anticipation; measurement; standards; no better or worse, just what it is54:15 Being comfortable; relaxation; borderless sensations; confounding categories and language

Arriving Home | Cathal #3 | 7.14.22

Cathal and Dhammarato talk about understanding life as a game and playing with it as a toy. #lifelessons #wisdom #play
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00:00 The feeling that something should be done; arriving home06:35 All the world’s a stage… life scripts; the show on the inside and the outside12:30 Small moments of satisfaction14:44 Being awake to being unsettled; signs of confusion; step four of ānāpānasati: relax; the mind is the forerunner27:11 Cultivate liking who you are as you are; seeing clearly so we can make a change32:07 Craving to feel more; turning negative feelings upside down; remember to look and gladden the mind38:16 Mindfully breathe in long; mindfully breathe out long; it’s beautiful right here45:30 Be satisfied with very little; Western greed for experiences and attainments55:22 Life is a game, play with it as a toy; learning control

An Old Path | Christian B #1 | 7.13.22

Christian and Dhammarato talk about the four foundational skills: right investigation (samma ditthi), right sati, right effort (samma vāyāma), and right attitude (samma sankappa), which lead to right noble unification of mind (samma samādhi), and to right speech (samma vācā), right action (samma kammanta) and right livelihood (samma ājiva). #nobleeightfoldpath #buddhadhamma #fournobletruths 
Suttas mentioned in this discussionhttps://suttacentral.net/mn22https://suttacentral.net/mn117
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00:00 The Buddha’s old path; learning from others; misapplication of the Dhamma05:57 Teaching only one thing: dukkha, dukkha-nirodha;,from unwholesome to wholesome; bitten by the Dhamma (MN 22)11:05 The Buddha did not teach metta; sitting in a pile of dukkha: the Mahasi method13:38 Delusion (unwise ignorance); pañña, samādhi, sila; right noble unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117)22:04 Right investigation, right sati, right effort, right attitude: the satipatthana; the seven factors of enlightenment24:56 Unwholesome thoughts are hindrances: throw them out immediately; “I see you Mara!”29:13 Changing critical thoughts into nurturing thoughts; no place to go; nothing to do; skill development33:59 Gladdening the mind; experiencing the whole body; not the nose tip37:00 Skin in the game: right effort; things are not inherently dukkha42:01 Sati, investigation, and change circle around each other, leading to right attitude (samma sankappa)44:58 Intentionally nourishing; intentionally gladdening the mind - over and over again

Set Things Down | Robert Co #27, Laurent | 7.12.22

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about elation (piti), satisfaction (sukha), and attitude (sankappa) as mutually reinforcing skills to be developed. #hakunamatata #wisdom #confidence
Hakuna Matata (The Lion King) — Finding sangha (no worries for the rest of your days)https://youtu.be/nbY_aP-alkw
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00:00 Dealing with subtle doubts; seeing hindrances; wise ignorance07:28 Not needing an answer09:06 Setting things down; maintaining watchfulness: guarding the thoughts12:03 Changing attitude: samma sankappa as a skill; intentionally enjoying something: an exalted mind22:29 Once you are free from the hindrances… 25:48 The confidence to know you can do it again; being wealthy

Hakuna Matata | The Sangha UK #64 | 7.10.22

The Sangha discuss piti, sukha and the jhānas. #elation #satisfaction #jhana
Hakuna Matata (The Lion King) — Finding sangha (no worries for the rest of your days)https://youtu.be/nbY_aP-alkw
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00:00 Piti is a process; elation; imagine that you’ve been without something09:53 Being elated as an object of meditation: internally and externally; bliss; joy; rapture; spiritual peaks23:59 The Lion King: finding sangha; no worries for the rest of your days; control of piti and sukha32:18 The steps of ānāpānasati; being satisfied, comfortable, free from fear — the skill of elation; Artesian well example; kundalini43:02 Internally: finding elation in the senses47:53 Tying the metaphors together50:25 Finding seclusion51:35 First jhāna: bath powder, dough; one mind moment at a time

A Bucketful of Praise | Tessa #5, Robert Ca | 7.10.22

Tessa, Robert, and Dhammarato talk about breaking the habit of self-criticism and becoming friends with ourselves. #anxiety #criticism #nurturing 
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00:00:00 Making friends with anxiety; false positives: thanks for the alert, thank you for coming by again00:08:48 Some hindrances we welcome, others we resist; pulling and pushing; status and disgrace; praise and criticism00:13:30 Going against your rules; praise and nourish yourself00:15:15 Shades of grey; moving in the right direction; making friends with ourselves00:22:42 Give yourself credit; praise yourself; criticism undermines the ability to change (samma sankappa)00:28:43 The habit of critical thoughts00:34:52 Just do it! Now; the noble eightfold path; praising other people00:42:55 A ripple, convoy effect, sangha; bioenergetics; somatic experiencing; grandiosity; defeatism00:49:49 Feeling afraid to take the reins; right noble effort to change; congratulations on seeing the cycle00:58:52 From winning and losing to being more harmonious01:02:00 From jealousy and competition to letting others win; don’t worry be happy; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; never mind start again

Repetition and Confidence | The Sangha US #43 | 7.8.22

The Sangha discuss a variety of topics around the themes of example, repetition, and confidence. #repetition #peergroup #confidence
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00:00:00 Being around nobles; visit to a wat in British Columbia00:15:12 Shinzo Abe; outbreaks of shocking violence in Japan; other cultural/social problems00:33:06 The value of sangha; the “secret” of repetition00:35:33 Aesthetic practice in the Zen and Tibetan traditions compared to Theravada00:41:22 Thai Buddhism; Thai culture; uncomfortable austerities; wholesome austerities00:57:08 Practicing being alone and being together; needing to win an argument; diminishing yourself01:21:00 Heroic attitude of a recovered addict; confidence

Don’t Map the Dungeon | The Sangha US #62 | 7.7.22

The Sangha discuss duty to the Dhamma, opportunities for sati, insights and satisfaction, and rules, limits, and opportunities in the context of supermundane right view. #nobleeightfoldpath #mindfulness #dukkha 
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00:00:00 Two types of procrastination 00:04:00 Duty to the Dhamma; liberation from suffering00:06:34 Wisdom to acquire the necessities but not to cling to them; doing things for the sake of dukkha, dukkha-nirodha00:13:23 Jumping to conclusions; wisdom at the point of contact; sati and right effort00:24:11 The worldly winds are impersonal forces; eye of the hurricane 00:29:05 Buddhadāsa’s poem; what has changed in your real life? The virtuous peacock00:33:16 Jordan Peterson is miserable; don’t map the dungeon, just go for the exit00:37:02 Taking advantage of a cold to practice being in the moment00:46:40 What sort of insights and how often? Don’t cling to the insight; remaining in jhāna; this moment is beautiful00:54:06 We don’t have to wait for the conditions to change to be satisfied; vigilance about doubt01:00:02 You’re already here; just let go01:04:58 Philosophy is like bubblegum; the suttas and sati01:12:30 Dealing with bureaucracy; rules, limits, and opportunities; farming and wilding; wrong view, ordinary right view, supermundane right view