Dhammarato Dhamma

Finding Home | Laurent #6 | 5.6.22

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the value of anchors for finding satisfaction in the present moment, taking actions that end action, a minimalist life in keeping with the Dhamma, and the Dhamma as entertainment. #beinginthemoment #naturebeauty #minimalism 
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00:00 Anchors as a good practice for being in the present moment03:35 Being at home is the satisfaction we’re looking for; wanting deep satisfaction 07:31 “I don’t have to do that right now” - taking out the obligation10:02 The action that brings the end of action; doing things to end the doing12:37 This is a working system15:46 The Western mind state congratulates superlatives17:58 Tiny house; tiny life: the four requisites; time structuring and entertainment23:17 The Dhamma is good entertainment; how do you spend your time in general; time outdoors26:00 Sufficiency: the minimal is easily reached; Occam’s razor

The Prison of the Person | The Sangha UK #49 | 5.12.22

The Sangha discuss the freedom that comes from understanding everything as completely empty and transient. #emptiness #transience #delusion
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00:00:00 Connecting the dots; sati; waking up enough00:06:50 Taking the right effort as soon as we wake up to unwholesome thoughts00:08:34 Everything is completely empty and transient; letting go of delusion; constricting reality to “I”, “me” and “mine”00:15:19 Fear from the familiarity of dissatisfaction; the prison of the person00:18:48 Clinging to patterns and habits; look and investigate; satisfaction is the absence of the person00:23:53 Satisfaction is effortless; relaxation is the practice00:32:44 Do your practice when you remember; take a break; work toys00:41:18 Become interested in the experience of relaxation; dukkha-nirodha is spontaneous 00:49:56 Dukkha-laden intentions; conscious and subconscious; experiential tension01:10:49 We’re not creating an ontological paradigm

The Destination is Here | The Sangha UK #48 | 5.4.22

The Sangha discuss being in the present moment, the benefits of sangha, happiness as a power, dealing with praise and blame, and enjoying life without schedules and time-keeping. #mindfulness #beinginthemoment #satipatthana
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00:00:00 Comedy, Dhamma, Dark Night of the Soul00:08:43 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; the map is not the territory00:10:41 Reprogramming habits; what’s happening right here, right now00:13:45 The value of sangha; replacing books; the book between your ears00:19:21 Sensory deprivation; not seeking validation; satisfaction now00:31:17 Buddhadāsa; art at Wat Suan Mokkh00:35:24 Happiness is an internal power; stop clinging; arising and passing away00:45:31 Sati and sensations; gorilla on the basketball court; seclusion00:55:44 Audio journals; speaking; praise and blame; wanting likes01:07:15 Seeing people instead of old data; receptivity01:17:36 Repetition and insight; better gifts than commiseration 01:21:04 Clocks and time, schedules and living; waiting for nothing

Just Relax | Dean #1 | 5.3.22

Dean and Dhammarato talk about investigating tension in the body and learning to relax, misconceptions about the jhānas, the impact of Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa, and searching for magical experiences and mystical teachers. #charlatans #magic #relaxation 
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00:00:00 Tension in the head and neck; working too hard on practice00:04:19 Thinking something bad is going to happen; being pleased with experiencing the body00:16:24 Analogy of a black cat in a dark room; right noble effort is just enough effort to get the job done00:31:30 Relaxing the body00:33:11 Western attitudes to the jhānas; applied and sustained wholesome thoughts00:39:18 Never mind what the mind is doing; just relax00:41:49 Spreading the joy; this is really easy00:46:04 Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa and nobles; magic tricks and charlatans01:02:07 Who is a noble? Who is enlightened?

Right Effort: Just Let Go | The Sangha UK #47 | 5.1.22

The Sangha discuss right effort, stream entry, Dark Night of the Soul, and the seven knowledges of the sotāpan. #darknightofthesoul #enlightenment #enlightened 
Majjhima Nikāya 117Mahācattārīsakasutta - The Great Fortyhttps://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
“Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.”—“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Blessed One said this:“Bhikkhus, I shall teach you noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.”—“Yes, venerable sir,” the bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this:“What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness? Unification of mind equipped with these seven factors is called noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites.”
Majjhima Nikāya 48Kosambiyasutta - The Mendicants of Kosambihttps://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhiikhu)
The Buddha explains the seven knowledges of the stream-enterer to the quarrelling monks of Kosambi.
“When a noble disciple has these seven factors, they have properly investigated their own nature with respect to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry. A noble disciple with these seven factors has the fruit of stream-entry.”
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00:00:00 Right effort (samma vayama) in context (MN 117): bringing about right noble unification of mind00:04:09 The noble eightfold path; noble sila as the result of unification of mind00:08:42 Stream entry is a state of little effort, but we have to let go of the struggle repeatedly00:12:20 Just let go; Dark Night issues: not letting go or gladdening the mind00:16:13 Cleaning the house: one stone at a time00:22:35 Working too hard; just the right amount of effort00:30:30 From performance mode to practice mode; non-functioning methods00:38:37 Right view as the skill of recognising wholesome thoughts; from zero to ten00:42:59 Gladdening the mind; you’re never going to be finished00:46:11 Stream entry and milestones; the real practice of the Buddha is a process (MN 48)00:53:06 Samma sankappa - right attitude; coming to meditation as a loser; first jhāna01:07:13 The knowledges of the sotāpan; the tipping point between the path and the fruit01:21:56 Effort becomes easier01:27:25 Energy as a factor of enlightenment

Being Satisfied | David Ma #1 | 5.1.22

David and Dhammarato discuss the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path: right unification of mind with its supports and features. #nobleeightfoldpath #mindfulnessofbreathing  #beinginthemoment 
Majjhima Nikāya 117Mahācattārīsakasutta - The Great Fortyhttps://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
“Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.”—“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Blessed One said this:“Bhikkhus, I shall teach you noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.”—“Yes, venerable sir,” the bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this:“What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness? Unification of mind equipped with these seven factors is called noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites.”
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00:00:00 The reasons and rationale for the practice: Western Buddhism’s bad translations00:07:20 Change the mind right now; take the struggle out of things00:09:33 Life is not dukkha; the first noble truth00:12:01 The second noble truth; paying attention to dukkha00:16:17 The third noble truth; the end of dukkha00:17:20 The fourth noble truth: right unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117)00:21:46 The supports for right unification of mind: right view; right sati; right effort; right attitude00:26:26 Conceptualisations, past, future - unwholesome thoughts; changing gets easier; right thought, intention, attitude (samma sankappa)00:39:37 How to practice this: ānāpānasati, the body, feeling, mind, mind objects - right now00:44:56 Gladdening the mind: safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction - sukha - piti00:53:21 Conditioned states and skills; gratification, danger, and escape00:57:57 Be a Tathāgata: the one who is in the present moment01:01:28 10-15 minutes five or six times per day01:03:47 What kind of word is an “always” word; hindrances01:05:43 Jhānas and being satisfied with what you’ve got

Using Anchors | Laurent #5 | 4.30.22

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about taking practice off the cushion by using anchors such as hand movements and body postures. #satipatthana #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness 
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00:00 Intentionally putting the mind into a good state as a repeated practice05:03 Using anchors: changing postures and using the hands10:50 Chair meditation: how many times do you get up and why? Sitting down to relax15:54 Taking a deep breath; praise yourself for remembering18:29 Things don’t happen at the same time; seeing the intervals29:13 Slowing down and finding an abundance of everything

Anticipation & Right Attitude | The Sangha US #35 | 4.29.22

The Sangha discuss maintaining right attitude (samma sankappa) in a society that promotes anticipation, relaxing the body by knowing the body, and ways of coping with laziness and sleepiness. #rightattitude #hindrances #nobleeightfoldpath  
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00:00 Anticipation and expectation in meditation; hunger and happiness04:36 Society manipulates our instincts; differences and hierarchies 08:39 Religion amplifies; leaving us in a state of desire10:31 Unwholesome thoughts are about anticipation; samma sankappa15:05 Look at your anticipation; enjoy what you’ve already got26:33 Back pain; relaxing the body by knowing the body39:36 Kāyānupassanā is playing with the body to find relaxation44:23 Never mind, start again; repetition (samādhi)49:22 Sloth and torpor; laziness (why bother? doubt), sleepiness (craving); take a deep breath

Educating Dhamma Teachers (The Open Sangha Foundation) | Parker, Dad | 4.28.22

Paker, Chris, and Dhammarato talk about aspects of Western Buddhism that create a need for an organisationa like the Open Dhamma Foundation. #opensanghafoundation #buddhadhamma #buddhateachings 
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00:00 Traditional support for Buddhadhamma (dana) and the Western business model: books and retreats05:31 Residence and education in Western wats - ordination optional10:02 Dhamma teachers; competition for students; pan-Buddhism12:47 Website, newsletter, Zoom for teachers15:22 Monks in the West are very experienced; family matters20:21 A little effort from many people; test runs; classes27:57 The quality of the Sangha; the Triple Gem; living with nobles37:20 Real friendship in the Sangha; spreading joy; finding the right environment45:25 Buddhism doesn’t do outreach; wats don’t need money50:16 Community; a place where people can find out about wats and retreats55:35 Starting small

Pain, Investigation, & Change | Karl #2 | 4.25.22

Karl and Dhammarato talk about pain as an opportunity for investigation and change. #pain #beinginthemoment #mindfulnessofbreathing 
Majjhima Nikāya 9Sammādiṭṭhisutta - Right Viewhttps://suttacentral.net/mn9/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato)https://suttacentral.net/mn9/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
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00:00 Looking into your own rules to find dukkha13:36 The pain of not liking; the winner’s attitude18:07 Using ānāpānasati to change our thoughts; don’t scratch your thoughts26:02 Paticcasamuppāda shows that you do have a choice over how you feel28:50 Raising kids in extremes; defining dukkha (MN 9)34:50 Picking ourselves up; the lion’s attitude40:35 Excellent times to practice42:12 Why sati is such a valuable skill