Dhammarato Dhamma

Playing with Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppāda) | Laurent #9 | 6.2.22

Laurent and Dhammarato discuss the insights and practical methods we find from combining ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) with paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination). #dependentorigination #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment
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00:00 The Five Aggregates are the sum total of what you are; not something that stays something04:14 Contact is where feelings arise; finding places where changes can be made08:36 Not going all the way to dukkha; resting at feelings; catching thoughts and gladdening the mind12:45 Right effort is the change; seclusion; enjoying the show19:10 Wisdom at the point of contact - salāyatana, contact (phassa), feelings (vedanā)20:47 The distinction between vedanā and upādāna; “I like it but I don’t want it”24:36 Playing with things at an ordinary level; reframing good and evil27:50 Feeling bad about feelings; anxiety doesn’t happen on its own32:20 Why ānāpānasati and paticcasamuppāda fit closely together35:12 The secret of paticcasamuppāda is that you can feel the way you want to feel: safe, secure, content, satisfied, successful38:23 Not feeling successful because of distraction; never mind, start again

Success | Dean #4 | 6.1.22

Dean and Dhammarato talk about the experience of first jhāna in various settings, developing generosity, the definition of “enlightenment”, and why expensive retreats are best avoided. #retreat #jhana #enlightenment
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00:00 Being generous for the right reason; arrogance and noble thoughts04:30 Enjoying the jhānas; developing skills05:33 First jhāna at the gym seems less intense; bodily discomfort; oxygen in the brain10:00 Walking meditation; breathing; in the present moment; open to sensation (from the five senses)12:09 Sensing rather than processing is noble14:10 Expectation is a hindrance; wanting something you don’t have17:15 Developing generosity; gladdening the mind20:54 Expensive retreats are selling something they don’t have; eagerness for the Dhamma29:08 Removing unwholesome thoughts is not taught in Mahasi or Goenka31:32 Being in first jhāna is enlightenment; sustain it minute by minute

Everything Worth Having | The Sangha UK #53 | 5.29.22

The Sangha discuss the difference between wholesome and unwholesome questions, dependent origination, wisdom as free will, and wisdom at the point of contact. #wisdom #freewill #socraticmethod
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00:00:00 What is the value of asking questions? Wholesome and unwholesome questions; the Socratic method00:09:45 Understanding the connection between the mind, the feelings, and the body00:16:00 Free will is not an issue00:28:15 Stay out of the past because it’s fraught with bad feelings; the will to change00:33:04 Everything is connected; dependent origination; our memories are based in ignorant delusions00:44:32 Wisdom is free will; freedom from wanting; it’s a downhill journey00:50:23 You can handle anything; come back to feeling (vedanā); wisdom at the point of contact01:04:08 Visiting a wat

Figuring Out Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppāda) | Laurent #8 | 5.29.22

Laurent and Dhammarato discuss the twelve steps of dependent origination, which is a detailed explanation of the origins of dukkha. #dukkha #dependentorigination #fournobletruths
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00:00:00 How to figure out dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda); the second noble truth00:02:31 The Five Aggregates (khandas) and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (satipatthāna) as function and structure00:05:40 The Five Aggregates are impermanent; clinging to the body; anatta00:17:08 Viññana - consciousness: a sense organ that can sense something; the ability of knowing; the mind senses old data (sankhara)00:27:36 We can change how we fee about things; perception can be changed; reaction time00:31:55 Sati is the noble way of dealing with the Five Aggregates; ignorant sankharas; new sankharas00:37:25 Guarding the sense doors; choosing the right environment; wise endurance00:43:01 Salāyatana is what impacts us; contact; feelings; “neutral” feelings are actually confusion00:53:00 Interrupting the cycle of liking, wanting, needing00:55:43 Pali terms; delusional ignorance; making the name into reality (nāmarūpa/perception); kicked by the salāyatana 01:03:09 Four types of clinging: self, things, rules, views; instincts; dukkha-dukkha-nirodha01:15:05 All twelve steps and the four woeful states; hell (anger), hungry ghost (wanting), dumb animal (rule follower), asuras 01:20:02 Just a few mind moments; wisdom at the point of contact; first, wise vedanā

Pitiful Rules; Successful Reframing | The Sangha US #40 | 5.27.22

The Sangha discuss the apparent allure and function of self-pity and how we can give it up to find success in the breath. #anxiety #fear #selfpity
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00:00:00 Self-pity is not a route to happiness; truth vs. pattern recognition; waking up to unwholesome thoughts00:27:17 Rules and resistance to change; exaggeration; separating from unwholesome thoughts00:31:20 What’s the point; giving up; relinquishing to success; taking a deep breath00:52:21 Practice when you remember to do it; resistance and live scripts00:56:33 Success is immediately available; long-term goals and pity parties01:04:50 Changing focus; being distracted from distractions by the breath01:08:29 Positive reframing of situations; noticing the success; remember, remember, remember01:18:09 Just thoughts; using discrimination; suññata; meaninglessness01:24:57 Practice enjoying being alive by taking a deep breath; wisdom, not commiseration01:30:45 It’s not important01:33:13 Open Sangha Foundation; community and friendship

All the Taints (MN 2 Sabbāsavasutta) | Robert C | 5.26.22

Robert and Dhammarato discuss the meaning of the Sabbāsavasutta. #sutta #meditation #obstacles
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Majjhima Nikāya 2Sabbāsavasutta - All the Defilementshttps://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi)https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhikkhu)
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00:00:00 Āsava (discharge from a sore) and kilesa (obstacle, fetter); wise attention (seeing) is the solution00:05:59 Seven ways of giving up āsava: seeing, restraint, using, enduring, avoiding, dispelling, developing00:07:11 Ignorance skews our attention; the second noble truth; past and future; self00:37:23 The things right in front of you are the things fit for attention: this is dukkha, its origin, its cessation, the way leading to cessation00:44:40 Three fetters are abandoned through wise attention 1) personality view 2) doubt about what is and is not the path 3) doing what we’re told to do01:15:01 The sotāpan: path and fruit01:22:49 Restraining the senses: choosing the wholesome01:28:59 Using: the four requisites01:40:07 Enduring: good opportunities for practice; patience01:46:58 Avoiding dangerous things01:51:54 Dispelling, removing, investigation01:55:19 Developing sati; unremitting; the seven factors of enlightenment are the noble eightfold path; right noble unification of mind with its supports and features02:00:39 A doable path

Life is Sensational | Alex #31 | 5.25.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the differences between raw and processed experience and how the process of becoming helps us understand the jhānas. #jhana #paticcasamuppada #sensations
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00:00 Enjoying walking meditation; experience and the self; nouns and verbs11:52 Arising and passing away of the self-concept; dukkha and protecting the self16:02 Jhānas are not something for the self to attain; raw experience and processed experience19:23 A computer analogy; just receiving data; flickering sensations and fourth jhāna as a way of looking25:30 Paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination) consciousness and database matching; salāyatana, processing, thinking31:45 Sampling rate; always in the past; fast thinking - stopping and taking more data37:09 Answers as separation and confusion; happily ignorant; the nun’s habit42:11 Fourth jhāna; arūpa-jhānas: “mental” jhānas; magic; “infinite” is a bad translation; boundary-less45:39 “Infinite space” - the boundaries in space don’t exist; direct experience is not magical47:54 “Infinite consciousness” - consciousness has no boundary; a flood of data48:41 The experience of sensation fades away and becomes less solid50:00 “Neither perception nor non-perception” and “nothingness” - processing and dukkha

It’s Not Important | The Sangha UK #52 | 5.22.22

The Sangha discuss the Open Sangha Foundation and why meditation is not important. #meditation #enlightenment #community
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00:00:00 The Open Sangha Foundation: a universal gathering place for Western Buddhism00:19:51 Taking money and business out of Western Buddhism; forming relationships; encouraging generosity00:26:06 Working with what’s already available; no-hierarchy friendship model; hierarchy of respect00:42:57 Preparing for cultural differences; using existing networks00:50:09 The Triple Gem; nobility rubs off; being in seclusion; light and heavy thoughts00:58:01 Sati (“waking up”) means “practice over and over again”; remember to investigate; paying attention to our senses01:03:44 Thinking about thinking clearly01:06:15 Let it go; relax; the job is done01:10:27 “Emptiness” - there’s nothing to it, no importance, no heaviness; re-arranging our priorities01:16:34 Be compassionate to yourself now; suffering is in demand; meditation is not important

Loving Life | Agnes #29 | 5.22.22

Agnes and Dhammarato discuss the joy of practice and of sharing happiness, as well as the ability to see dangers coming so we can avoid them and continue to enjoy the breath and to love life. #life #breathing #tranquility
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00:00:00 The profound happiness of practice; fear as a primary motivator00:10:36 Seeing dangers coming so we can avoid them in advance; importance and emptiness 00:19:32 Danger and willingness to make a change; limits and boundaries00:21:35 The four requisites: housing, clothing, food, medical care - plus entertainment and transportation 00:29:28 Life as the most important thing; what we can do without; breath is life itself00:37:10 Love of life is the gateway to the first jhāna; doubt and not needing to know00:44:28 The first thing to realise about the hindrances is that they are interrelated 00:51:34 Tune into the rules you are following00:55:25 Being friends with people; gratitude for parents01:03:09 Happy, joyous, and free; boredom and restlessness

Dealing with the Fetters | The Sangha US #39 | 5.21.22

The Sangha discuss ways of approaching the fetters. #fetters #fear #competition
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00:00:00 The fetters; asava and kilesa; the first five fetters are physical; the second five mental00:06:23 The one-two punch: knowledge and deliverance; mature, unremitting mindfulness; seven factors00:16:36 Paying wise attention to dukkha; knowledge and vision of what is and is not the path00:22:50 The real sotāpan; seeing things through the lens of the four noble truths (MN 48)00:26:59 Fetters four and five (greed and anger): take care of them one by one as they occur00:44:05 Dealing with fear; clinging; self-preservation; rūpa and arūpa; acceptance of what happens00:54:10 Conceit; competition; jealousy and envy01:13:55 Ignorance is the last fetter; knowing enough01:17:03 Helping others get past anger