Dhammarato Dhamma

Finding the Balance | Alex P #19 | 2.18.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the wisdom that leads to skilful choices and how lineage supports passing on the spark of Dhamma.
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00:00 Drowning in dukkha; fear, rule following, failing to relax, losing the nurturing mind12:17 Wanting to do stuff; wanting to have stuff16:58 I like satisfaction but I can do without it19:16 The Second Noble Truth; social conditioning24:02 The Third Noble Truth; it’s OK not to get what you want27:44 When does our quiet desperation get noisy?32:16 Letting go of a painful life; wanting becoming needing is the delusion34:58 Relax - effort sucks; just testing36:02 Teaching drums as teaching Dhamma43:08 Lineage is about passing on the spark of the Dhamma44:23 Teaching, wisdom, friendship50:50 Wake up and handle it well

Selfishness vs. Win-Win | The Sangha UK #30 | 2.17.22

The Sangha discuss right effort, right livelihood, and ethical approaches to dealing with other people.
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00:00 Using right effort to come to relaxation - shoulds, oughts, musts06:07 Right livelihood - ethical sales, marketing, teaching35:30 You don’t know me… active giving44:55 ‘Dirty little scoundrels’, selfishness, tribalism50:21 German rap; 90s Memphis Gangsta rap

Don’t Try Your Best | Alex P #18 | 2.17.22

Alex and Dhammarato talk about the ups and downs of practice and being satisfied.
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00:00 Enthusiasm, energy, change: keep looking04:20 Viktor Frankl ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’07:25 The jhanas don’t matter - look at gladdening the mind10:01 Congratulate yourself whether there’s dukkha or not14:57 Being a little bit satisfied18:18 Up and down; back and forth - no zero to ten scale

Anapanasati: Formal and Informal | James H #1 | 2.17.22

James and Dhammarato discuss control of the breath and gladdening the mind as the route to a change of attitude and fulfilment of the factors of awakening.
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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 Western Buddhists miss the central points of ānāpānasat; the breath of life; discursive thought; mind moments00:16:41 The purpose is the fulfilment of other things especially a change of attitude (samma sankappa)00:20:54 Understand first; fill the gaps in afterwards; everything is ok now; we are safe and secure00:30:57 Develop wholesome thoughts rather than trying to drop thoughts altogether00:35:45 Western Buddhism misses “gladdening the mind” which appears in so many suttas00:39:10 Always look on the bright side of life; the first knowledge: “I can handle it”00:45:12 Changing the mind from unwholesome thoughts to wholesome thoughts is gladdening the mind00:57:22 We have to learn to control the mind; right effort is the stick01:09:18 Master sukha; samādhi is the quality of a mind fit for work

Feeling Good Enough | Eric R #4 | 2.15.22

Eric and Dhammarato discuss the perception of tiredness, making friends on the inside, and the benefits of Sangha.
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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 Investigating tiredness; cycles of feedback02:52 Pay attention to your breath now09:53 If it’s not here it’s not worth spending time on13:16 Making friends on the inside20:41 Tiredness is relative to the burden you perceive 22:43 Talking about the Dhamma; keeping each other focussed on the wholesome28:34 Developing Sangha34:45 Ten minutes six times a day making friends with yourself

A Mind Fit for Work | Alex P #17 | 2.14.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the properties of a mind fit for work and wisdom at the point of contact with reference to greed, ill-will, and confusion conditioned by rule-bound perception.
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00:00:00 The moment is the frame of reference; gaining distance00:05:31 Rules are often the highway to hell00:11:56 A mind fit for work (1st jhana); wisdom at the point of contact (what to do in 1st jhana)00:15:29 Three kinds of ignorant feeling lead to dukkha; ill-will, confusion, greed; rule-bound perception00:29:57 It doesn’t matter what’s going on: am I satisfied?00:31:49 Wise confusion is to be satisfied and await more information; Devadatta’s story00:37:00 Analogy of the rat hole (paticcasamuppāda)00:46:01 Dhammarato has no method00:49:40 Pride; intentionally pointing-out; Aṅgulimāla’s rehabilitation; bully or a bull?01:02:15 Learning to recognise confusion; asking questions01:05:15 Catching old rules01:06:34 Vedanā is the crux of paticcasamuppāda; dukkha is a grand discovery

No Labels Necessary | Alex P #16 | 2.20.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss how doubts and fears become imaginary survival issues and how the wisdom of situational awareness and being in the senses restores our sense of safety and security.
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00:00:00 I’m not my thoughts or feelings00:07:22 Representation and reality in paticcasamuppāda00:12:50 The language of the self-preservation instinct is fear: I’m in danger00:18:38 Get into the senses and gather new information00:25:52 Wisdom, situational awareness, childish fear: freezing, fight, flight00:33:42 Unwholesome thoughts proliferate in modern society00:38:46 Seeing fear as a survival issue; zero-sum games; generosity00:46:16 Sukha has the qualities of safety, security, and wealth borne of generosity00:57:12 Seeing a thought as empty is a wholesome thought01:02:09 Liking something without wanting it01:04:01 Investigating nothing; fear and OCD01:10:41 Doubts as fears; being satisfied with fear01:15:02 Whataboutisms, holding things lightly; waking up01:18:28 There’s more music to learn

No Worries | The Sangha US #25 | 2.12.22

The Sangha discuss satisfaction and enthusiasm as core skills of practice, friendliness as our approach to the world, and the difference between causality and conditionality.
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00:00:00 Piti and sukha are both skills to be developed; enthusiasm rather than dedication00:08:25 Nothing is worth worrying about; nothing is an emergency00:21:08 Judging and comparing as unwholesome thoughts00:26:49 The whole point is satisfaction; just enough is enough00:33:47 The energy gets intense, never mind00:38:42 The Sangha is about sharing the joy00:43:55 Friendliness as default00:53:27 David Hume, causation vs. conditionality; paticcasamuppāda and inter-relatedness01:09:12 Sati sampajañña - seeing inter-relatedness01:14:51 Western psychology and Buddhism complement each other

Sankara and Introduction to Paticca Samuppada | DJ #1 | 2.11.22

DJ and Dhammarato talk about the three types of Sankara and how they fit into Paticca Samuppada.
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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 Sankara, three types (Bodily, Mental, Verbal)01:40 Bodily Sankara is the muscle memory06:15 Verbal Sankara are the rites, rules, and rituals (silabataparamasa)09:23 Citta Sankara is the emotional memory10:45 The child, parent, and adult from Transactional Analysis20:41 The Five Aggregates and Paticca Samuppada48:58 Correct anapanasati practice creates new Sankara, which will stop Paticca Samuppada at the point of contact (phassa)

There’s No Struggle | Alex P #15 | 2.11.22

Alex and Dhammarato talk about changing a goal-oriented perspective into being present right now.
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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 The ditch is getting shallower00:01:55 You don’t need any help; events are not challenges or struggles00:08:29 Looking for love in all the wrong places00:13:22 Find the smallest unit of win00:14:36 You don’t have to focus00:19:08 The order is “one by one as they occur” - no mental gymnastics required00:23:40 Come out of the rule-following and nurture yourself00:37:16 So I can just relax? 00:43:41 Planning for future dukkha is dukkha: just nurture yourself00:48:08 Be satisfied without answers; let unwholesome thoughts go00:51:05 There’s nothing to it00:52:33 Using one thorn to pull out another thorn: hello darkness my old friend00:58:52 Being a better dog than the dogs; the way of the ancients01:02:49 It doesn’t need to work out in any particular way