Dhammarato Dhamma

The Sangha discuss how Dhamma helps us to change the habits of mind from dukkha to sukkha using the analogy of the leading a horse from the world, to a pasture, to a corral, and finally into a stall. #fournobletruths #eightfoldpath #mantra Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn12 https://suttacentral.net/mn19 https://suttacentral.net/mn111 Dhammarato’s mantra video https://youtu.be/n7hae8VRy1g itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi, satthā devamanussānaṁ, buddho bhagavā’ti ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those who wish to train, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGxaDJ3xp3I Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY 00:00:00 Wanting happiness and choosing happiness 00:03:50 If thoughts are unwholesome change them; don’t dig a dukkha hole before you get to step 12 00:08:31 Three lifetimes: the immediate past, the immediate present moment, and the immediate future 00:12:06 Wanting magical powers; magical belief systems; fear and wanting power 00:26:03 Sukha -step 6 of ānāpānasati; the first minute of practice 00:28:42 After the joy, confidence; how to spend time now (MN 111; MN 19) 00:34:38 From first to second jhāna: how the mind is working, how good we feel; third and fourth jhāna; the end of perception and feeling 00:38:28 Hindrances: whacking the cow; using the breathing 00:43:26 Sati is training to be ready for the danger of engaging the world; friendliness; remembering safety & security 00:48:17 Changing the habits of the mind; if fruitions exist you don’t live your life in them; cessation of thought and feeling 00:55:30 From the world to a pasture; to a corral; to a stall; getting into a wholesome state is most of the work 00:57:52 Mantras are best when they mean something (MN 12); any wholesome song will do

The Sangha talk about family and friendship and finding the best place to practice during each phase of life. #wat #bhikkhu #seclusion See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2u2W9usBLg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY 00:00:00 The family can be a good place to practice; becoming a bhikkhu; open wounds: āsava 00:12:03 Western Buddhism and sporadic retreats 00:15:17 Dogen’s advice to laypeople; an old and open path; Mullah Nasruddin 00:26:34 Noble monarchs and officials; reform of the sangha; ordination: up to seven times 00:36:48 Mini-seclusion in daily life; no distinction between ordination and lay life 00:40:47 Finding community in the West; noble friends; the noble desert 00:55:49 Enjoy the emptiness; enjoy your duties

Markus and Dhammarato discuss how the Dhamma helps us out of the wrong lessons we learned as a child by explaining how the mind works.#dependentorigination #transactionalanalysis #fournobletruths See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzNcQkP7S8 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY 00:00 The OK corral; society teaches us to be losers; listen to the language you are using; Gestalt & Fritz Perls 05:49 Wrong lessons we learn as a child; coming out of victimhood; rites of passage; GREB 10:15 The relevance of the Buddha’s teaching: feeling good 16:39 What the practice is all about: control 19:29 How the mind works; feelings and attitude; mind is the forerunner 24:04 Observing ourselves; sammā sankappa is a skill to be developed: attitude change 28:21 How to stay out of unwholesome thoughts; dependent origination explains the second noble truth

Scott, Dean, Laurent, and Dhammarato talk about the skills of entering first jhāna and re-entering it fromsecond jhāna. #jhana #mindfulnessofbreathing #samadhi Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://sutacentral.net/mn19 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBWbofvB5-M Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY 00:00 Peaks and plateaus; seeking highs; consistent wholesome thoughts 06:37 Subtle unwholesome thoughts; using the breathing 09:56 Three skills associated with first jhāna; sati; repetition of entry into first jhāna; applied thought 14:00 Sustained thought 15:06 The skill of coming out of first jhāna; going into jhāna 16:31 The Middle Path; ordinary unwholesome thoughts are one extreme; higher jhāna are another extreme 21:12 Unwholesome thoughts; the cowherd (MN 19); experiencing how good we feel; breathing & chanting; mantras 37:02 Song lyrics as a corral; advaita; training to make the mind wholesome 45:13 Working with the early parts of dependent origination; perception; creating a wholesome past 48:35 Just using the present moment; the higher jhāna shows how the mind works; just look 52:03 Coming out of first jhāna as an opportunity for skill development

The Sangha discuss the hindrances, how Western misconceptions impede practice, Buddhism in society, the timelessness of the Dhamma, and the lawfulness of nature. #buddhadhamma #beinginthemoment #buddhiststory Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn36 https://suttacentral.net/mn38 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTAyIR-uAMg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Arising and passing away; personality view; seeing the reality of things (MN 36, MN 38) 00:13:44 The five hindrances; sati; wisdom at the point of contact 00:18:46 Western insight meditation and concentration; separating samatha and vipassanā 00:21:05 The fiction of access concentration; samādhi as unification of mind 00:23:29 The bad example of education 00:27:30 Restlessness: perceiving things with greater clarity and greater subtlety; āyatana vs. fabrications 00:33:18 Retreats and restlessness; Amaravati; going into nature; finding a state of comfort 00:39:05 Dhammarato’s farmer story: fixing the fence; seeing restlessness 00:44:16 Being around wise people on a daily basis; time to relax 00:46:57 Permaculture and farming in a Buddhist setting; Sepp Holzer 00:52:04 Integration of Buddhist institutions and the community; adjusting to the local culture 00:56:25 The Buddha’s Dhamma as the science of experience; lawfulness; how dukkha arises

Michael and Dhammarato talk about the development of the foundational skills of practice from the noble eightfold path to the five faculties and ending with the seven factors of awakening. #nobleeightfoldpath #buddhadhamma #beinginthemoment Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/an4.162 https://suttacentral.net/mn48 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VrzNEhOjBk Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Fast or slow, hard or easy? (AN 4.162) Strong determination sitting in Goenka practice 00:06:14 The five faculties; samādhi: the two types of concentration; skills to be developed 00:10:14 Saddhā: confidence; the quality of attitude: sammā sankappa 00:13:34 Investigation and sati 00:17:17 Taking the effort to make a change 00:20:35 GREB: Government, religion, education, and business; resisting change 00:28:26 The factors of awakening; enlightenment: light (knowledge), heaviness (deliverance) 00:42:32 Wholesome and unwholesome; past and future; right now… 00:56:34 Practice when you remember; sit down intentionally six times a day for ten minutes 01:00:43 The first step (MN 48); the eightfold noble path 01:11:26 Before (the noble eightfold path); now (balancing the factors); the end result (the seven factors of awakening)

The Sangha discuss the background and lineage of Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa and nobility in the context of Buddhism’s historical background. #buddhism #dhamma #buddhadasa Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://www.suttacentral.net/mn48 Sanghanayok Somdet Phra Buddhaghosajarn (Buddhadāsa’s teacher) https://www.suanmokkh.org/articles/8 Prince Watchirayanawarorot / Manusyanagamanob (Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phramahasamanachao Kromphraya Vajirananavarorasa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajirananavarorasa Supreme Patriarchs of Thailand (Sangharaja) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Patriarch_of_Thailand The Saṅghādisesa https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/vin/sv/bhikkhu-pati.html#sg Santikaro https://cloudmountain.org/profile/santikaro/ Emperor Ashoka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g29g_dnBKE Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Marcus working at a wat; abbots and nobles 10:02 Buddhadāsa’s teacher Somdet Phra Buddhaghosajarn; Supreme Patriarch Prince Vajirananavarorasa (‘The King and I’) 14:06 The teaching has not been lost, just badly translated 17:51 Achan Chah and Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa; Amaravati 19:41 Buddhadāsa’s Saṅghādisesa in Bangkok; teaching the right thing to the wrong people; Santikaro 32:23 Emperor Ashoka and the development of Buddhism; Third Buddhist Council 38:06 Hunger and thirst for the Dhamma (MN 48) 40:49 The Universe has been left unlocked 42:47 The objective is to watch each step; a thicket of views; remember to look and make a change 51:25 Become a child to enter the kingdom of heaven

The Sangha discuss the twelve links of dependent origination from ignorance to dukkha. #dependentorigination #beinginthemoment #wisdom Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentra.net/mn117 False memory syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA18nQ9qJJw Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda): ignorance is the foundation 00:07:52 Sankhāra are old memories of little value 00:08:15 Consciousness (viññāna, sensory input) is a type of sankhāra; understanding of sensory input is perception 00:10:45 Nāmarūpa is perception 00:13:09 Salāyatana: our understanding of perception; the nun’s habit example 00:17:56 AI and creativity; recognition 00:25:22 Contact: ignorance embedded in processed data 00:33:29 Liking, wanting, grasping, clinging: ignorance in this moment; wisdom at the point of contact (MN 117) 00:51:09 Crafting an identity: the personality view 00:56:44 Physical pain, piti, sukha; responding to pain that cannot be alleviated 01:06:36 Goals, desires, cravings; wanting validation; have little goals that you can meet 01:13:06 Handling this moment; time frame: only a day long; enjoy this next breath

Laurent, Dean, and Dhammarato talk abou practicing during covid19 and other illnesses and whether students should aim for fourth jhāna. #jhana #mindfulnessofbreathing #recuperation Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn19 Bhikkhu Vimalaramsi https://www.dhammasukha.org/ven-bhante-vimalaramsi Hillside Hermitage https://www.hillsidehermitage.org See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIeBL6jzTmY Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Congestion; breathing better; nose and mouth; practice during illness 00:16:57 Tiredness; oxygen depletion 00:19:57 Covid fears; sitting upright; the many benefits of ānāpānasati 00:33:53 Avoiding being a victim during illness; playing with new toys 00:45:44 Right view is investigating, inspecting, looking; wake up and look right here, right now (MN 19) 00:56:50 Smear campaigns; don’t deal with people when you’re in the wrong mood 01:00:31 Vimalaramsi’s students reach sotāpan on a 10-day retreat, why don’t you encourage your students with the jhāna 01:03:28 We don’t manipulate reality in the jhāna; enjoy the show 01:05:43 You don’t answer the question; why not aim for fourth jhāna? 01:08:09 Enthusiasm and the sotāpan 01:09:02 Ajahn Nyanamoli Thero and Hillside Hermitage; senses and sense pleasures; laypeople and monks 01:13:55 Don’t make rules, look; remember to shut up 01:17:30 Piti and sukha are temporary; things change; skills develop 01:21:42 Someday directly answer my questions

Markus and Dhammarato talk about the foundational skills of the noble eightfold path. #nobleeightfoldpath #mindfulnessofbreathing #confidence See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObcfcHZOf5c Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Being pro-active about wholesome thoughts; gladdening the mind is the first thing that should be done 05:01 The Dhamma is best learned in small groups; Western Buddhism misses the point 08:30 Transmission of joy, enthusiasm, delight for the Dhamma 10:28 The value of the Dhamma is great but repetition is essential; mindfully wake up; mind state influences mind objects 20:35 Investigating the state of mind is the first thing we do; then: how can we tweak this thing? 24:26 Ānāpānasati is like a jigsaw puzzle: seeing body, feelings, and mind working together 26:55 Diffuse anxiety and being unaware of unwholesome thoughts; fear is primary 31:10 Gladdening the mind is working with body and feelings: out of the past, out of the future; the breath is life-giving 38:19 Safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction, the basis of ānāpānasati 42:38 The various postures are about whether we are comfortable; 10 minutes for practice; confidence grows 46:15 The progress of skill development; feeling wealthy (sammā sankappa) 48:45 Unification of mind and perfect morality; the teaching is simple: don’t worry be happy

The Sangha discuss the progress of practice through experience of tensions in the body as insight into the causes and conditions of dukkha. #anapanasati #beinginthemoment #mindfulnessofbreathing Suttas mentioned in this discussion: https://suttacentral.net/mn111 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3hp4ljRtY Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Our relationship to unpleasant sensations 00:06:58 Misinformation about waking up; needing at least 1st jhāna 00:15:31 Cleaning vs. brute force vipassanā; a common sense attitude to happiness 00:22:23 Heaviness in the chest; taking a deep breath 00:31:07 Tension between the eyes; migraine; the steps of ānāpānasati 00:47:29 Gladdening the mind is powerful; winning the game of life; progress of the jhāna (MN 111) 00:55:35 The Buddha was a regular dude who became awakened 01:00:41 Elephant analogy; insight into causes and conditions 01:08:50 The true self as a useful fiction

Eno and Dhammarato talk about seeing the think-feel cycle and learning to control the feelings. #beinginthemoment #egoism #nobleeightfoldpath Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn2 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUfhhJBmEw Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Following your heart, instincts, automatic pilot; intuitions: sensations vs. magical thinking 00:03:57 Waking up to the dual process 00:07:57 Seeing critical thoughts and becoming more critical; seeing the think-feel cycle 00:21:59 Achan Pho; playing with the senses; just keep open; part of the waking up process 00:34:12 Who is having these thoughts? (MN 2) 00:44:43 Noticing egotistical thoughts; can you see what’s going on without the rule? 01:04:33 Using new delusions to challenge old delusions; developing the skill to control the feelings

Markus and Dhammarato talk about the foundations of practice based on the noble eightfold method and the development of investigation into the wholesomenesses of thoughts as a skill. #beinginthemoment #nobleeightfoldpath #wholesomememes See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1N4UdST5pI Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Practice and skill levels; the results of correct practice can be seen 00:07:45 The Buddha teaches only one thing: dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; never mind, start again; don’t worry, be happy 00:16:35 Being a victim; rites of passage; victimhood is a mentality; feeling safe and secure 00:30:21 The four noble truths; greed and ill-will based in ignorance; the eightfold noble path: a method for right attitude 00:42:23 Fear, survival, false positives 00:47:03 Practicing being in a state of satisfaction; practicing joy, not endurance 00:56:27 Samādhi: gathering the factors together 00:59:38 Shorter periods of practice are helpful 01:01:21 Wholesome thoughts: easily found in the here now; investigation is a skill

Eric and Dhammarato talk about the finer points of ānāpānasati practice. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJajT2a2Z38 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Playing with the breath; don’t put too much work into it, just build sati 00:04:02 Sati joke; mind, behaviour, heart, breathing; remember often enough 00:09:16 A bit of time after the out-breath for relaxation and getting in touch with feelings; being in touch with body 00:23:30 The wholesome use of imagination; “karuna” translated as “nurturing”; avoiding thankas becoming kasinas 00:34:06 You don’t have to close your eyes 00:37:56 Sati: do you come back with an in-breath or an out-breath? The breath is life itself; waking up to satisfaction 00:47:08 Sustained deep breathing is like a layer of wholesomeness 00:58:34 The emotions are the language of the child; taking control of the feelings

Christian, Laurent, and Dhammarato talk about the Dhamma as a simple teaching that works for everyone. #dependentorigination #anapanasati #nobleeightfoldpath See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaa-hvAvQjo Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 The teaching is small; one size fits all 09:02 The mind is the forerunner; anchors: motivation devices to wake up 17:24 We use the mind to train the body and then to feel the way we want to feel 19:35 Ānāpānāsati works for everyone 22:01 A moment-to-moment practice 24:20 The four noble truths and the noble eightfold path 30:42 Practice, practice, practice

The Sangha discuss perception and consciousness through the lens of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda). #perception #consciousness #dependentorigination Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn140 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNHjA-Oy-M Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Consciousness, perception, Escher, propaganda, news 00:04:41 Confirmation bias; the truth is quite small 00:09:47 Perception has to be developed as a skill; fresh information, sankhāra; nāmarūpa; salāyatana 00:14:13 Ignorantly in the world; know how to look: paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination) 00:19:07 Ignorance, craving, aversion; look at where you’re going; artisans and arhats 00:36:14 The five faculties (indriya); names and qualities to be developed 00:41:55 Sati; remember to wake up and look; right effort; two types of consciousness 00:45:03 Raw input data; watch every step; forward and reverse sequences (MN 140) 00:53:59 Is this poison? The first jhāna — a mind fit for work 00:55:55 Wisdom at the point of contact; safe; secluded; fear is part of the sankhāra 01:00:43 Being satisfied right now; just take a deep breath; flickering in and out of fourth jhāna; neither perception nor non-perception; boundless states 01:09:43 The boundless states are different for different people; clock metaphor; samādhi

Tessa and Dhammarato talk about finding satisfaction in the breath. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85r0Q2XHuuQ Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Complaining; wanting results; becoming process-oriented; being satisfied with not getting what you want 00:11:32 The lies we tell ourselves; we can change the mind; recognise the feeling of disappointment 00:14:23 Everyone’s mind wanders; there are no results 00:18:34 Misery and high standards; everything falls apart 00:22:20 You won’t get what you want; continue to investigate 00:28:28 Dependent origination vs. making life into a photograph; life is a movie 00:32:47 Practice (guided meditation) 00:52:03 Be in the present moment; see the complaints 00:54:33 The same thoughts keep happening; holding your breath 01:03:38 Play with the breath

Cathal and Dhammarato talk about travelling to Amaravati Monastery and about Westerners in Thai wats. #buddhistmonk #bhikkhu #buddhadhamma Amaravati Monastery https://amaravati.org/ Ajahn Amaro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Amaro See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfujSJ6gvIQ Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Amaravati Monastery; Achan Chah 09:40 The characteristics of the sotāpan 12:25 Taking refuge: monk and layperson 15:45 Westerners in Thai wats; making friends 27:33 Fears and uncertainties; knowing the Thai community 32:53 Fear of non-acceptance

Markus and Dhammarato talk about psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective. #psychiatry #psychotherapy #buddhadhamma The OK Corral http://ernstokcorral.com/Publications/OK%20CORRAL%20monograph.pdf See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HzFahd0JW4 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Thinking and feeling disorders and the capacity for change 04:21 The Dhamma is one size fits all; the second noble truth: the cause; delusion 07:45 Eric Berne and the OK Corral; transactional analysis; wake up to the rules 12:22 Delusions drive people crazy; Thai attitude to work and family; medical issues and religious issues 17:56 Morality and ethics in school; the noble eightfold path; clean up the mind so we are satisfied 22:03 Explaining the ok corral; helplessness and helpers; GREB; wake up and become a winner 29:40 Wake up; right view; using your chair as an anchor; feelings as a driver; nurturing 40:03 Parent, adult, and child from a Buddhist viewpoint; turning GREB into a toy 44:12 Music; repetition; rehearsal - this is the practice; cognitive behavioural therapy

The Sangha discuss how wise choices lead to dispassion and disenchantment. #wisdom #choices #buddhadhamma The Death of the Buddha: A Medical Enquiry https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26880057_The_death_of_Buddha_a_medical_enquiry See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMqCRp3VVEw Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Impermanence; contemplation of the body; emptiness; arising and passing away 00:11:23 Dispassion and disenchantment; chasing after sensual pleasures 00:13:38 The noble eightfold path; the body as a distraction; biological processes 00:19:51 Cloudiness, wisdom, and judgment; supermundane right view 00:27:35 Medicine and prevention; wholesome dying; comfort and acceptance; knowledge and fear 00:44:01 Mind and body as one system; good sleep, good people; good friendships; remove the hindrances 00:52:40 Western issues; piti and sukha; comfort and ease; eliminating dukkha

Tessa and Dhammarato experience a guided meditation. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #guidedmeditation See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvrP7WsIeYc Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Things are constantly changing - even cycles; 90% of people don’t get any value from the Dhamma 15:50 Analogy of a security system; discounting reality/change 23:42 Making impossible rules; being broken; finding satisfaction in little things 28:03 The Dhamma is small; one breath at a time; remind yourself, again and again; let it be good enough (guided meditation) 46:01 Just ten minutes several times a day; don’t worry about anything; establish a practice; dispense with the rules

John and Dhammarato talk about the Goenka method, right livelihood, morality and the precepts, the differences between the beginner’s path and the supermundane path, cultivating sukha, and being in the present moment. #dukkha #nobleeightfoldpath #goenka See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPTtD3wFmw Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Right livelihood — something to revisit throughout your life; right speech - the four kinds; right action 00:15:53 The crowd inside; incongruent rules and laws; child ego state - compliance and rebellion; we can’t fix the world 00:31:10 Sila, samādhi, pañña is the beginner’s path; sila and solitude; seclusion and camping; the path of the nobles 00:55:52 The wrong definition of samādhi; we don’t practice concentration; gladdening the mind 01:11:53 Staying awake because of mindfulness; the Buddha teaches wakefulness 01:19:15 Is the lotus posture important? Postures and comfort; sukha: safe, secure, comfortable, and satisfied 01:27:10 The desire for worldly things diminishes; scholarship; meditation apps 01:32:11 Childhood traumas and old stuff; stay out of the past and the future; never mind start again; the three watches 01:41:28 Sati: being in the present moment; interpretation of the three watches; the Tathāgatha 01:47:00 Get rid of the dukkha

The Sangha discuss cruelty, revenge, and other unwholesome thoughts in the context of developing Dhamma skills. #buddhadhamma #buddha #buddhadasa The Giving of the Dhamma Eyes https://en.bia.or.th/dhamma-eyes See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aWHoUhmkM Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Cruelty, revenge, and other unwholesome thoughts; getting even; schadenfreude 00:05:55 Anxiety and scanning for threats in the environment; problem solving vs. creative thinking; whataboutisms 00:19:24 Sudden danger; seeing the thoughts that give us anxiety attacks 00:27:25 Ānāpānasati and avoiding unwholesome thoughts; drinking poison and expecting someone else to die 00:35:19 A clock analogy; clean your clock 00:38:59 You can’t push my buttons; only we can harm ourselves 00:46:03 Reparenting; social context; the first two fetters; set the burden down 00:57:39 It takes a while to see; the Dhamma is not for everyone; Giving of the Dhamma Eyes

The Sangha discuss, desire and will, laws, rules, and standards, and habits and emotional investment. #craving #clinging #wanting Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn10 https://suttacentral.net/mn2 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG-ARo8PCkc Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Will and desire; the will to live; free will; the choice of path; desire and will as synonyms 00:11:40 Wise desire and ignorant desire; upādāna and tanhā; wanting something we can’t have 00:15:06 The danger: what is and is not dukkha? 00:20:41 Nietzsche’s viewpoint; adopting rules and standards 00:24:47 Game theory and self-preservation; where is the ignorance? 00:31:13 Desire and wisdom; wisdom in each mind moment; child, parent, and adult; knowledge and education 00:59:38 Positive reinforcement; never mind, start again; excessive socialisation 01:11:34 The proliferation of rules, laws, and rituals 01:14:18 Buddhism and abundance; advertising; waking up to the lies; selling happiness 01:34:40 We have to practice 01:35:51 Immersion periods at wats; being mindful of what your hands are doing (MN 10); habits; eating (MN 2) 02:02:45 The story of the centipede; free will and expensive will; will takes effort 02:10:32 Using fewer words; short and clear; mindfully break it down; markets and misery; emotional investment

Christian and Dhammarato talk about how the noble eightfold path, ānāpānasati, satipaṭṭhāna, and the seven factors of awakening fit together. #nobleeightfoldpath #anapanasati #sambojjhanga Suttas mentioned in this discussion: https://suttacentral.net/mn48 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0f7ER6JtKI Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Guilt and honour societies; original sin; trying one’s best; mind moments 00:10:38 Right sati, right investigation, right effort, right attitude; looking at success; finding satisfaction 00:14:21 Ānāpānasati for the fulfilment of the seven factors of awakening (sambojjhanga) — the skills of the noble eightfold path 00:19:24 Spending less times in the mental sense door and more time in the other senses: ānāpānasati 00:21:54 The satipaṭṭhāna: the Buddha’s understanding of the four elements 00:23:37 The 16 steps of ānāpānasati: four steps for each element; the order of practice comes from the noble eightfold path and the sambojjhanga 00:26:19 Step 9 is where we start; then step 10; repetition, repetition, repetition; control in ānāpānasati; step 3; step 4: relax 00:34:11 Adding in the feelings, vedanā; being a victim to the way we feel; fear; practicing being safe and secure 00:41:59 Sukha: safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction - success! 00:44:34 Right noble unification of mind is the outcome; not wanting anything; seeing dukkha and being on guard 00:49:05 Summary of how we do the practice - the seven factors and the sixteen steps 00:50:05 Simplifying life; consuming Dhamma (MN 48) 00:56:10 Oh, I don’t have to do that right now 01:00:24 Society puts us to work

Cathal, Dean, and Dhammarato talk about chanting, places to visit, and skill development during travel. #amaravatibuddhistmonastery #travelinspiration #rightattitude The Complete Book of Pali Chanting by Dhammarato https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-complete-book-of-pali-chanting.html?page=1 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI07JZH-0WM Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Monks eat food; uses of chanting; memorising the suttas in the time of the Buddha; ‘The Complete Book of Pali Chanting’ 00:08:20 Being around nobles 00:11:12 Kadampa Buddhism; Dalai Lama; magical beings and ideal qualities 00:18:21 The effect of gladdening the mind; magical thinking 00:31:13 Cathal’s plans; Amaravati Buddhist Monastery; Chithurst Buddhist Monastery 00:39:35 Being in the world; developing character; smile; be where you are now openly and enthusiastically 00:47:36 Travel is valuable; meeting unhappy people; becoming delighted; smile 00:53:16 One step at a time; the path is easy; sammā sankappa ripens 00:56:13 Thinking about play; enthusiasm, joy, and remembering it’s ok to play; being around playful people 01:00:42 Being alive right here right now; four primary skills

The Sangha discuss playful approaches inspired by the Dhamma to dealing with anxiety feedback loops. #anxiety #fear #negativefeedback See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWTjGD-kKE Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Experiencing anxiety; self-preservation; anxiety about anxiety feedback loop; wisdom 07:36 Anxiety and environment; views; mind; threat 15:18 Wholesome anxiety; relaxation and investigation; not here right now; staying open to wisdom; unknown scenarios 19:31 Playing with sensations; visceral experience; anxiety and the breath 25:17 Levels of anxiety; momentum 27:02 Social anxiety; correct practice; whatever takes away the terror of anxiety is the right approach 29:20 Identifying as an anxious person: I see you Mara 30:57 Being discouraged by recurrent anxiety; relief is impermanent; concepts and experience; cycles and wisdom 37:54 Seeing more is progress; confidence 38:55 Take refuge: Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha; everything is ok; imagination; fiction; magical thinking 42:01 Opportunity to bring calm and peace to others; thoughts and feelings are not a problem 46:05 Insights into thoughts, habits, cycles; present moment; seeing the periphery 55:19 Wholesome relaxation and habitual relaxation; wake up to fear, anxiety, resistance

The Sangha discuss experiences of different methods of controlling the breath. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAa_31csMkE Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Bhante Vimalaramsi; retreat; teaching Westerners; lack of sangha 00:05:10 The value of ānāpānasati is missed by most teachers; most of Western Buddhism is highly intellectual and not experiential 00:10:51 Intellectual frameworks and enthusiasm; the monk who couldn’t learn anything 00:17:16 The experience of the breathing meditation: take a long deep breath; reducing to 10 from 20 breaths; box breathing 00:34:15 Changing the wait time between breaths: energising and relaxing 00:41:35 Both short and long breaths are longer than normal breaths; short breathing has its value 00:46:06 Slightly longer breaths; down to three breaths a minute 00:54:52 The importance of the out breath; from 1st to 2nd jhāna 01:06:06 Spend time on this practice and play with it 01:08:57 Controlling the breath is the method

Markus and Dhammarato talk about safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction in professional practice. #psychiatry #buddhadhamma #confidence See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suex61V9QmU Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Having the thoughts we want to think; skills and tools; we’re not at ease - dis-ease 08:10 Ānāpānasati - only the next breath is important 12:18 Institutionalisation 14:08 Coming out of the mental prison; the freedom to think everything is easy 16:21 This is the way we practice; working with the breath; safety, security 24:25 Everything is fine; confidence will grow; safe, secure, comfortable, and satisfied 27:02 How do I feel right now: sati, right investigation, right effort, right attitude 38:05 Give people your cheer; paying attention; giving people permission to change

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 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_AZGxu7b7c Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 An organic approach to the Dhamma; the four path model; the 16 steps of vipassanā 05:27 Confirmation bias; good samma sankappa without competition with others for attainments; himdrances 08:49 Dukkha ñanas; quicker cycles 13:20 From dukkha to neutral; joy is the fuel: piti, sukha, jhāna, insight into dependent origination; equanimity; clear seeing 22:22 Seeing parallels in different types of practice 25:14 Applying gladdening the mind in any practice; psychedelics; remaining equanimous 29:54 Feedback from experience; perception of constructs; building your serotonin machine; Dark Night of the Soul 36:00 Going down the rabbit hole: dukkha is bad; finding a more effortless state; letting go 38:17 Using enthusiasm for the Dhamma to enter jhāna; samma sankappa and craving; seeing coping mechanisms 43:37 Thinking of the future as a current experience 46:58 Anticipation; measurement; standards; no better or worse, just what it is 54:15 Being comfortable; relaxation; borderless sensations; confounding categories and language

Cathal and Dhammarato talk about understanding life as a game and playing with it as a toy. #lifelessons #wisdom #play See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNIwKTUKTA Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 The feeling that something should be done; arriving home 06:35 All the world’s a stage… life scripts; the show on the inside and the outside 12:30 Small moments of satisfaction 14:44 Being awake to being unsettled; signs of confusion; step four of ānāpānasati: relax; the mind is the forerunner 27:11 Cultivate liking who you are as you are; seeing clearly so we can make a change 32:07 Craving to feel more; turning negative feelings upside down; remember to look and gladden the mind 38:16 Mindfully breathe in long; mindfully breathe out long; it’s beautiful right here 45:30 Be satisfied with very little; Western greed for experiences and attainments 55:22 Life is a game, play with it as a toy; learning control

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 discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn22 https://suttacentral.net/mn117 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8fb4ZItPM Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 The Buddha’s old path; learning from others; misapplication of the Dhamma 05:57 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 method 13:38 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 enlightenment 24:56 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 development 33:59 Gladdening the mind; experiencing the whole body; not the nose tip 37:00 Skin in the game: right effort; things are not inherently dukkha 42:01 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

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 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMKnfd_rNXQ Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Dealing with subtle doubts; seeing hindrances; wise ignorance 07:28 Not needing an answer 09:06 Setting things down; maintaining watchfulness: guarding the thoughts 12:03 Changing attitude: samma sankappa as a skill; intentionally enjoying something: an exalted mind 22:29 Once you are free from the hindrances… 25:48 The confidence to know you can do it again; being wealthy

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 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyOGl6N5Xsg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Piti is a process; elation; imagine that you’ve been without something 09:53 Being elated as an object of meditation: internally and externally; bliss; joy; rapture; spiritual peaks 23:59 The Lion King: finding sangha; no worries for the rest of your days; control of piti and sukha 32:18 The steps of ānāpānasati; being satisfied, comfortable, free from fear — the skill of elation; Artesian well example; kundalini 43:02 Internally: finding elation in the senses 47:53 Tying the metaphors together 50:25 Finding seclusion 51:35 First jhāna: bath powder, dough; one mind moment at a time

Tessa, Robert, and Dhammarato talk about breaking the habit of self-criticism and becoming friends with ourselves. #anxiety #criticism #nurturing See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjC_hdykA4 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Making friends with anxiety; false positives: thanks for the alert, thank you for coming by again 00:08:48 Some hindrances we welcome, others we resist; pulling and pushing; status and disgrace; praise and criticism 00:13:30 Going against your rules; praise and nourish yourself 00:15:15 Shades of grey; moving in the right direction; making friends with ourselves 00:22:42 Give yourself credit; praise yourself; criticism undermines the ability to change (samma sankappa) 00:28:43 The habit of critical thoughts 00:34:52 Just do it! Now; the noble eightfold path; praising other people 00:42:55 A ripple, convoy effect, sangha; bioenergetics; somatic experiencing; grandiosity; defeatism 00:49:49 Feeling afraid to take the reins; right noble effort to change; congratulations on seeing the cycle 00:58:52 From winning and losing to being more harmonious 01:02:00 From jealousy and competition to letting others win; don’t worry be happy; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; never mind start again

The Sangha discuss a variety of topics around the themes of example, repetition, and confidence. #repetition #peergroup #confidence See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ylRXzBXXg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Being around nobles; visit to a wat in British Columbia 00:15:12 Shinzo Abe; outbreaks of shocking violence in Japan; other cultural/social problems 00:33:06 The value of sangha; the “secret” of repetition 00:35:33 Aesthetic practice in the Zen and Tibetan traditions compared to Theravada 00:41:22 Thai Buddhism; Thai culture; uncomfortable austerities; wholesome austerities 00:57:08 Practicing being alone and being together; needing to win an argument; diminishing yourself 01:21:00 Heroic attitude of a recovered addict; confidence

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 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1WpdTuQODs Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Two types of procrastination 00:04:00 Duty to the Dhamma; liberation from suffering 00:06:34 Wisdom to acquire the necessities but not to cling to them; doing things for the sake of dukkha, dukkha-nirodha 00:13:23 Jumping to conclusions; wisdom at the point of contact; sati and right effort 00:24:11 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 peacock 00:33:16 Jordan Peterson is miserable; don’t map the dungeon, just go for the exit 00:37:02 Taking advantage of a cold to practice being in the moment 00:46:40 What sort of insights and how often? Don’t cling to the insight; remaining in jhāna; this moment is beautiful 00:54:06 We don’t have to wait for the conditions to change to be satisfied; vigilance about doubt 01:00:02 You’re already here; just let go 01:04:58 Philosophy is like bubblegum; the suttas and sati 01:12:30 Dealing with bureaucracy; rules, limits, and opportunities; farming and wilding; wrong view, ordinary right view, supermundane right view

Emil and Dhammarato talk about the four features of practice that lead to right noble unification of mind. #goenka #mahasisayadaw #metta See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkwlbcX_oEM Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Goenka, Mahasi, Vimalaramsi; not liking metta; 16 stages of insight and noting hell 06:51 Not liking ourselves; missing the noble eightfold path; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha immediately 10:54 Changing dukkha to sukha; not choosing dissatisfaction;.start feeling safe 15:51 Stop being critical of yourself so you can stop being critical of the world; right noble sati, looking, immediate change 22:34 Looking at how we feel in the body: the footsteps of the crime scene 25:53 The features of right noble unification of mind: right sati, right viewing, right effort, right attitude 32:17 Do this instead of metta; starting to like yourself the way you are; criticise yourself or nurture yourself 35:55 What should I do right now? Stop talking yourself into feeling bad and start talking yourself into feeling good 40:37 Nurture yourself so you can nurture others 44:25 Don’t worry about the jhānas; making friends

Cathal and Dhammarato talk about the foundations of good practice. #mahasisayadaw #vajrayana #darknightofthesoul See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsVGl5R7Vg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Not taking right effort to make a change; many different kinds of thoughts; six-shooter senses 07:52 Wanting things we don’t have; not knowing what we want 11:52 Elation; jumping with joy; being successful; Mahasi noting 18:26 Samādhi is not concentration but unification of mind; repetition; 25:17 Maps and right effort: 11 wasted steps out of 16; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; not dukkha, dukkha, dukkha…. 28:04 The real Dark Night of the Soul; vajrayana: choiceless awareness; Mahasi: the Popeye method 37:58 What to do in seclusion; playing with new toys; breathing really well; visualisations; change of attitude 45:07 From loser to lion; playing and gladdening the mind 50:14 Attitude and effort

Robert and Dhammarato analyse the eight wordly conditions discussed in the Dutiyalokadhammasutta, Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.6. #sutta #pali #buddhadhamma Suttas mentioned in this discussion: https://suttacentral.net/an8.6 https://suttacentral.net/mn20 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ33oCFHyv8 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 An explanation of the second noble truth; four examples of liking; four of not liking 00:09:51 It’s over when you decide it’s over 00:13:07 Waking up and looking at what you’re doing (step 9 of ānāpānasati); greed for the object 00:15:57 Translations take out the essential repetition; loss has arisen 00:17:47 Gain and loss; the first of four pairs; caught in a cycle 00:26:50 Status and disgrace; inconsistency 00:31:01 Censure and praise; pleasure and pain; stoics; welcoming and rebelling 00:40:57 A well-instructed disciple of the nobles discerns things as they are and makes a change; this too shall pass 00:53:31 The change is that the greed does not remain in the mind; neither welcome nor rebel ignorantly; change of lineage (MN 20) 00:57:26 Friendship as a core teaching; wholesome scams; knowledge and wisdom; lack of delusion 01:06:53 Being mindful of changing conditions; welcoming and rebelling are scattered 01:12:08 The further shore is a mental change (saddhā); skepticism, doubt, sati; Bhagavad Gita; Ramayana in Thai culture; Lao Tzu 01:25:22 Becoming ungoverned; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how to deal with changing priorities. #friendship #lifestyle #thailife See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufqD6setZy4 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Finding work less important; dealing with fear so we can act with wisdom 13:40 Being more secure than we feel; just making friends 16:26 Being professional vs. acting professional

Tessa and Dhammarato talk about reclaiming childhood joy as the basis for developing wholesome thoughts and positive attitudes. #mindfulnessofbreathing #joy #emptiness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2eSw88U3I Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Not waking up to unwholesome thoughts; remembering childhood joy; pointless psychological archaeology 12:08 Reclaiming stolen property: you can have delight 16:29 Investigation and changing attitude; making friends with yourself; using music 23:02 It’s your party; changing your mind one little step at a time 26:08 Positive psychological archaeology; unreasonable rules and hypocrisy 31:38 The concept of suññata (emptiness); cycles of things; heavy-duty effort vs. finding your mojo 38:54 Taking control; “I don‘t have to think about that” - “I see you Mara” 47:55 Take a deep breath; look at what we’re doing

The Sangha discuss various approaches to the fundamentals of practice, including the analogy of choosing red or green for unwholesome or wholesome thoughts. #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness #wisdom See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=969mo9N4SkM Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Removing the sankhāra; relaxing the body; fulfilling the satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness) to fulfil the sambojjhangā (factors of awakening) 00:06:08 Seeing red and green; replacing red with green; the foundations of confidence (saddhā); seeing the four elements on the inside 00:13:20 Body scanning vs. putting out the fire in your mind; seeing the mind’s conditioners (mind-body-feeling) 00:18:53 Working with the attitude - victim or winner? (samma sankappa); adding success 00:25:01 Relax, you’re alive! Being free - things just get green! 00:28:02 Generating a positive attitude; practice your skills instead of having a pity party; telling jokes to yourself 00:39:17 Sustain your sukha! The coca-cola mantra 00:46:49 The best hack is repetitive practice 00:48:19 Right noble effort is what we require; never mind, start again 00:49:58 It’s counter-intuitive because we’re misinformed; drifting off into delusion; wisdom is the starting point 00:55:59 The luminous mind (bhavanga); the fundamental nature of mind is change 01:01:43 Courage and enthusiasm to change the things we can; live the present moment 01:08:25 Rehearsing to soothe our nerves; looking, investigating

Verbeke and Dhammarato talk about ethical standards and reasons for killing living beings. #ethics #buddhism #precepts Suttas mentioned in this discussion: https://suttacentral.net/an4.39 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m90rHI5lCg Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Western Buddhism and Hinduism; levels of ethical standards and rules; types of killing; meat-eating; sacrifice (AN 4.39) 10:30 Finding some balance; your place in the chain of causality 15:05 Trapped by the rules - wake up! 18:21 The supports for right speech, right action, and right livelihood: right noble unification of mind 21:55 Complexity and karma machines; the point is to get the mind cleaned up 25:29 Views on rebirth; rebirth vs. reincarnation 29:44 Plans for judgment day; light enough not to take anything seriously

Markus and Dhammarato talk about arguments as a window into basic practice. #beinginthemoment #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-t1LBHIZs Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Arguments are people speaking past each other; habitual responses 03:39 Why sati is so valuable; being alert for arguments; raised voices 08:18 Surviving criticism; dukkha interpreted as original sin 12:46 Wanting; clinging; drawing to ourselves the things we are afraid of; investigation 16:09 Checking for unwholesome thoughts; pecking order 21:30 Wake up and look at what we’re doing; recognising patterns; sankhāra and criticism 27:00 Become friends with yourself and then with other people 31:50 Wake up, look at what we’re doing, make a change, and congratulate ourself 32:47 Getting distance; that’s not who I am now 35:26 Life becomes a shiny new toy 39:15 How did I make it like this? Practice before we get out of bed; it feels good to be awake

The Sangha discuss ways of spreading the Dhamma online and of building the Sangha. #sangha #retreats #buddhistmonk See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLuON47N3oU Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Spreading the idea of sangha; spending time in wats 00:19:40 Comparing retreats and the daily lives of monks 00:24:49 Summary; coordinated effort 00:29:30 Parker looks at online forums; sharing experiences of wats; developing our sangha 00:35:05 Dhammarato’s experience of a delegation to Cambodia; learning from members of the sangha 00:44:31 Getting inspiration for web content; spreading joy is your business; using networks of nobles 00:53:09 Don’t worry about cultural differences; visit in the morning; all about sangha 01:02:15 Are there language barriers? Wats as cultural institutions 01:08:23 Matt and Scott’s visits to wats; Ṭhānissaro’s Metta Forest Monastery 01:17:05 Kloster Dhammapala, Switzerland, welcomes visitors; camping retreats

The Sangha discuss Parker’s visit to a wat and the centrality of dependent origination in understanding wisdom at the point of contact. #dependentorigination #vipassana #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SvUk4oemZA Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Parker’s visit to a Thai wat 00:10:12 What is a noble? Understanding the Dhamma 00:15:29 Suffering vs. dissatisfaction; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha 00:20:25 Vipassanā, deconstructing experience; separate consciousness 00:23:39 Feelings not emotions; sensations in the body 00:25:12 The centrality of seeing dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda); causes and conditions 00:31:59 Changing information processing; wisdom at the point of contact; a mind fit for work 00:38:30 Data; viññāna and salāyatana 00:43:23 The problem of communication; ānāpānasati; hindrances; the importance of wholesome thoughts 00:53:24 What is wisdom at the point of contact? Stop and look, change your attitude 01:01:04 Relaxation and reaction time; the intellectual level is not enough

Cathal, Eno, and Dhammarato talk about resistance to feeling good, the rule of delayed gratification, and learning to have wholesome thoughts right here, right now. #delayedgratification #instantgratification #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4UlI7mbMhA Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Repetition is a major part of the practice; how can I improve this thought? 04:41 I can think wholesome thoughts 05:54 Thinking of red and green, unwholesome and wholesome 11:47 Remember to take a long deep breath and break the resistance 13:25 Going deeper is delusional: seeing patterns; saying “no” and stopping breathing 18:43 Practice remembering 21:16 Potency, protection, permission; it’s ok to feel good 27:51 Believing old lies; seeing unworthiness; having a choice; right effort 33:13 Feeling contracted - expand the chest; wholesome thoughts 37:37 Staying alone, staying in the green; building up bit by bit 41:53 Going ahead with the practice

Eric and Dhammarato talk about relationships, sexuality, and bonding in the context of biological and cultural influences. #relationships #bonding #overstimulation Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/dn31 Dressing the Indian woman through history https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30330693 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCkpX8zu7s Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Culture as the most important source of desire 00:14:27 Looking at desire and triggering; receptiveness to bonding 00:29:00 Guarding the sense doors 00:34:42 Friendship and companionship 00:39:04 The Buddha’s advice to lay people (DN 31); forbidden fruit; resource scarcity 00:54:49 Thinking about the future; working on desire; waking up to lose-lose situations 01:13:47 Patriarchy and colonialism

Gavin, Tyler, and Dhammarato discuss the factors of the jhānas and how they relate to the 16 stages of ānāpānasati. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #jhana See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmaf0t583Ds Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends, hang out, or volunteer—join our Discord Sangha. Everyone is welcome. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY These videos are also available in Podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 The jhāna factors; piti and sukha: mastering them separately and together (MN 119) 00:04:51 Sukha is safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction; freedom from dukkha 00:11:05 The first three steps of the noble eightfold path 00:15:22 Jumping between the stages of ānāpānasati; sati; right view; right effort; confidence (MN 48) 00:27:34 Piti is very energetic, but can relax back into sukha; success; all five factors of first jhāna 00:34:06 Feeling becomes primary: second jhāna: piti; third jhāna: sukha; fourth jhāna: equanimity (upekkha) 00:37:51 Putting the horse into a corral; buddho - relax into second jhāna 00:41:41 Purifying the body and mind; wakefulness; lucid dreaming 00:51:24 Building sukha to get to the piti; everything is arising and passing away; Daniel Ingram; maps 01:03:38 Can you remember to come back to the first jhāna? 01:06:08 Anchoring and enjoyment; focussing on the entire experience; arising and passing away 01:14:00 Training ourselves to let go of things; samsara; easy come, easy go