Dhammarato Dhamma

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

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the practical application of dependent origination in everyday life and the importance of seclusion in developing skills. #dependentorigination #anapanasati #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOTwhfWX62k 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 How can we learn to play with dependent origination? The five aggregates; where does the self come from? 03:58 Contact is where feelings arise; wisely we can choose; everything is fluid and we can change 08:36 Tanha, upādāna, woeful states; wisdom at the point of contact; working with feelings 10:31 Watching how we feel and figuring out how we got there; taking control 17:11 Developing right effort through seclusion; the difference between vedanā and upādāna 21:37 Choosing ignorantly; not letting liking become wanting; not going into a woeful state 27:50 What kind of thoughts am I having? Attitude; ānāpānasati modifies paticcasamuppāda 34:04 You can feel the way you want to feel - if you remember 38:24 Turning around to the past instead of being in the moment and being OK right now

Robert and Dhammarato talk about ways of dealing with anxiety and tension. #fear #anxiety #tension See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk3098NUkyY 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 Fear is often misplaced and irrational 06:09 Investigating danger 12:12 Looking for anxiety and tension 16:27 Nourishing ourselves; the role of adrenaline; what causes tension and anxiety? 24:40 Noting without making a change; focussing on nourishing, protecting, and relaxing the body 31:06 Making thinking heavy

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how to deal with feeling responsible. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrV6G1JvpCw 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 Interventions can be wholesome; feeling responsible 09:44 Misery loves company; recognising the rules we are following; responding and reacting 16:04 The feeling of being responsible is the problem; reminiscing over old scars; not your business 26:51 Wake up to your feeling; spread your joy 31:39 See the issue clearly and empathise; karuna and mudita

Scott and Dhammarato talk about the insights into the streams and eddies of dependent origination that come from the jhānas and wisdom at the point of contact. #dependentorigination #beinginthemoment #enlightenment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14RANWd18nc 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 Controlling the feelings, changing the salāyatanas, removing the formatting, reading and processing, raw data 12:42 Differences with advaita; just seeing; staying with the viññana 18:12 It requires a skill; making gaps; everything is finite; no boundaries 27:38 Catching things at the point of liking; seeing the mechanism; streams and eddies; nothingness 38:02 This is not hard to do - it just needs skills; the diversity of mind moments 40:36 Taking the mystery out of the jhānas; not magic, but skills 47:11 The witness stage; being one with everything; everything is temporary; essentialising consciousness

Markus and Dhammarato talk about the four basic skills of practice #dukkha #nobleeightfoldpath #anapanasati See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThafS0QEJmQ 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 We always start with the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path 00:05:05 Seeing dukkha and coming into satisfaction; learning to feel bad 00:12:27 The second noble truth: greed, ill-will, and delusion 00:17:04 The attitude of a winner, a lion: going into the third noble truth 00:19:40 Stubbing our toes on reality; everything is in turmoil; be here now 00:23:24 Memories have three problems; problems with translation; with right effort you can make a change 00:28:22 Right noble viewing, right observation: this thought could be improved 00:31:49 Right sati (wakey, wakey), right view, right effort, right attitude - the four skills for right unification of mind 00:38:40 Clarity of mind is the route to freedom; ānāpānasati; Western Buddhism lacks key ingredients 00:45:09 Examining the mind and gladdening the mind; breathing consciously: body and mind in unison 00:47:57 The value of seclusion; samma sankappa: coming out of childhood victimhood 00:52:05 With a joyous attitude we can handle anything 00:53:54 The body is an electrochemical machine with slow features; changing the way we feel 01:00:24 Brief mind moments: ten things a second; developing fast sati 01:05:29 Habit is powerful: give yourself a break

Eric and Dhammarato talk about dealing wisely with people’s expectations and needs. #brahmaviharas #compassion #empathy See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgcyWQgIots 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 Compassion is not feeling bad for someone else; don’t jump overboard; karuna 00:18:10 Looking at the brahmaviharas; sympathetic vibrations; smiling; wearing them down with joy 00:26:28 Not having enough joy; understanding your skills 00:29:02 Political activism; not your business 00:36:50 Sympathy, empathy, and compassion; don’t get wet; one by one as they occur 00:44:58 Promotion and incompetence 00:49:09 Asteroids; existential risk 00:51:48 Your job: your joy, your satisfaction 01:02:28 Giving gratitude; using wisdom

The Sangha discuss the four foundational skills of the Dhamma and how these are missing in thr Mahasi and Goenka methods. #mahasi #goenka #anapanasati Suttas mentioned in this discussion: https://suttacentral.net/mn22 https://suttacentral.net/mn117 https://suttacentral.net/mn48 https://suttacentral.net/mn87 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5WZBWOdB8 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 simile of the snake (MN 22) Dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; life is not dukkha 00:08:30 The second and third noble truths; the noble eightfold method is the solution 00:14:47 Seclusion and the purification of mind: right noble view, right sati; meta is the outcome of practice 00:20:42 Right effort: make a change right now; any thought can be improved 00:23:23 Wholesome and unwholesome thoughts; getting rid of the hindrances immediately; sukha 00:29:20 Right noble unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117); samādhi 00:38:15 Right attitude: samma sankappa; the attitude of a winner, a lion 00:41:50 The Mahasi method: setting up your private accommodation in the city dump; the 16 stages of insight 00:47:36 Mahasi and Goenka are missing elements; work with the noble eightfold path 00:53:31 Breathing well; using body and mind to control feelings (MN 48) 01:00:29 Kusala and akusala; wholesome and unwholesome; to diagnose; stop wanting things 01:07:28 This is all you need; forget about it; throw it out 01:11:50 What is important to you? (MN 87)

The Sangha have a wide-ranging discussion about the three types of ignorance. #ignorance #wisdom #craving See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLmrzEr7p0 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 Needing information and near misses; paying attention 00:09:17 Having inadequate information; ignorance; recognising when we don’t know something 00:11:50 Wise ignorance; delusional ignorance; doubt 00:16:19 The delusion of things we have been told; ownership and control of information 00:24:04 Testing hypotheses; the four noble truths; learned mentality 00:32:48 The evil question; value judgments; wisdom at the point of contact 00:40:12 Using dependent origination; understanding what the feeling is 00:45:56 Biological drives and cultural conditioning; backing up one step: the salāyatana; the desirability of the new 00:59:04 How to recognise wise feeling; letting go; feeling heavy 01:14:14 Not fulfilling a want; reminiscing is wanting things to be new again 01:28:44 The wisdom of seeing where things are headed; wise reflection; the right direction

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about how the skill of seeing dukkha develops into wisdom-in-action. #dukkha #dependentorigination #wisdom See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH10XGmeIo4 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 We can’t knowledge our way into skill development; don’t worry be happy 07:55 Practice the Noble Eightfold Path; we only need the knowledge of dukkha 11:52 A tired mind is prone to dukkha; take a break; wisdom takes care of the situation directly 22:08 We can improve whatever is happening; tiredness is not dukkha 24:03 Hitting rock bottom and Dark Night of the Soul; skill in seeing dukkha early; wisdom is looking where things are going 32:26 Dukkha is not life itself but the product of greed, ill-will, or delusion 37:54 Dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda) backwards and forwards; making changes as early as possible

Dean and Dhammarato talk about developing the skills to see dukkha in advance, first jhāna, strem entry, and enlightenment. #streamentry #enlightenment #wisdom See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXgCn5xejHk 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 students think there is a lot to learn; seeing dukkha; looking at cause and effect 12:33 Challenge your thoughts joyfully; right effort 15:53 Feeling light; seeing dukkha in advance 21:35 The Buddha and first jhāna; from dukkha to sukha; reviewing first jhāna 25:48 Wanting more 28:10 Safe, secure, comfortable, satisfied; not a path, a method; getting out of unwholesome thoughts 30:42 Stream entry is being in the flow of the Dhamma; developing the right skills 36:11 “Enlightenment” is just a label 40:53 No magic in the Dhamma; seeing coincidences 43:50 Have fun, make friends

Robert and Dhammarato talk about the habits of thought that end in clinging and woeful states. #habit #wisdom #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVSJCZtfmbo 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 four modes of clinging and the four woeful states; compliance and rebellion 08:18 Habits, heaviness, and importance 17:54 Is that all there is? Is that all there is to it? 30:54 Wisdom at the point of contact; guarding the sense doors 36:53 Quicksand and ānāpānasati 37:52 Appreciating the reality of life; closing down the conceptualised world 47:43 Mundane or exalted? It’s a matter of attitude

Will and Dhammarato talk about developing the four basic skills. #goenka #mahasisayadaw #nobleeightfoldpath See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4EibicfU-8 Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Seize the object and let it go; relaxing the body 07:15 Practicing the Noble Eightfold Method; practicing seclusion; practicing purification of mind 14:01 Any thought can be improved: coming out of the hindrances (MN 19) 20:43 Talking ourselves into feeling good; safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction 27:19 Wake up, take a look, make a change - developing these three skills inspires confidence 32:16 The first jhāna is applied and sustained thought 35:17 The supermundane Dhamma is practical

Joe and Dhammarato talk about how basic daily practice satisfies the deepest aspects of the Dhamma. #mindfulnessofbreathing #anapanasati #mindfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_oN2_iz3I Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 difference between formal and functional ānāpānasati; the four foundations of mindfulness; the four elements 07:38 Focus on the Noble Eightfold Path; sila, samādhi, pañña 18:31 Knowledge of the body and relaxation; drawing the factors together; Dhamma mind objects 35:38 Investigating the jhāna factors; Goenka practitioners stick on step 3 of ānāpānasati 41:02 Stop trying to make sense out of things (MN 111); the progress of the jhānas; equanimity 47:04 Samādhi, anicca, dukkha, anatta

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the qualities of a good retreat and the benefits of finding real seclusion. #retreats #seclusion #nobleeightfoldpath See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qsaoWntJc Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 ideal personal retreat; seeing dependent origination 07:06 Blaming retreats for our own negativity; benefits 09:57 The value of understanding correct practice; crash landing 14:10 Success from hitting rock bottom vs. understanding the four noble truths 19:29 The Buddha teaches that you don’t have to hit rock bottom; retreats are not seclusion 24:04 Goenka retreats never develop; Mahasi is not tailored to student needs; forest seclusion 30:01 Letting students make their own decisions; seeing and throwing out the hindrances 38:33 The pleasure of seeing student success 40:10 A weekend in the woods; removing unwholesome thoughts; short sits; more walking in nature 45:13 Summary; no longer doing retreats; being awake 48:47 Congratulations

The Sangha discuss practical approaches to the Dhamma in everyday life, the importance of seeing childhood conditioning for what it is, and the difference between the map and the territory. #mindfulnessofbreathing #breathing #themapisnottheterritory See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIc15wmMnZI Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Procrastination: good (I don’t need to do this) and bad (fear of doing this); numbing discomfort 05:47 Effective ānāpānasati: the air is sweet; breathing and morality 09:22 An antidote to being bogged down; sweet sensations; samādhi 14:03 Opportunities to become awake; transitions; less reactivity; triumphant aspect of the path 20:41 Pausing and clearing things out; goodies on the path; enthusiasm and joy is effective practice 26:03 The jhānas and fear; a deep-seated belief that we should not be happy; conditioned fear of the child (MN 111) 37:27 Scientific research into the flow state; coming out of magical thinking 43:19 The present moment is a miracle; experiential not intellectual; corporate culture 46:49 The map and the territory; describing the map of the Dhamma is wholesome; Dhamma bombs

Robert and Dhammarato talk about methods to leave behind the self-created hell of the thoughts and get back into the senses. #walkingmeditation #beinginthemoment #mindfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86bBD-iNwdw Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Aha, I see you… 03:26 Taking unwholesome states as true; the victim’s position; senses and concepts 12:41 Feeling how you want to; mettā and muditā 16:45 Using fewer absolutes; “wouldn’t it be fun to… “; the wagon in the creek 25:23 Clenching as a physical manifestation of anxiety; using the breath 33:07 Being disconnected from the body; bad habits; take a walk

John and Dhammarato talk about the things that are missing in most Western systems of meditation and compare them with the method explained in the suttas of remembering to look and making a change. #goenka #mahasisayadaw #buddhadhamma See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tjyx-g6INQ Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 We must be making choices and changes; remember to wake up, look, and make a change (MN 19, MN 117, MN 118) 07:33 Most systems are missing right effort (samma vāyāma); gladdening the mind; thus one trains oneself 13:43 Goenka misses control and gladdening; the noble Dhamma becomes self-evident 23:33 The 16 stages of insight; starting students at step 12: the four noble truths 27:43 Seeing the need for change; Muktananda 29:48 U Pandita; Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa; Achan Poh 33:34 Samādhi as unification of mind - gathering together; keeping the mind wholesome; first jhāna (MN 36) 39:56 Samma sankappa (right intention, right attitude): I can clean up the mind 43:04 Don’t worry about the long-term, practice right now; practice joyfully 46:49 Dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; the method is to remember to look at what you’re doing and make a change; hindrances (MN 2) 50:30 Life-stories don’t help; monkey see, monkey do 55:25 Choose how you feel; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha in this moment

Robert and Dhammarato talk about insight into the unreachable standards, rules, and expectations of the parent ego state and how this becomes the basis for change. #buddha #freud #transactionalanalysis See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MljR0eff-Uk Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Thou shalt not feel good; the Buddha, Freud, and Berne; neuroanatomy 09:12 Beginning to change the parent ego state; listening to the adult; the basis of investigation 14:39 The linchpin; “I see you, Mara”; remembering to make the change 17:50 Repetition, repetition, repetition - confidence will grow; make it as best you can until you make it right 22:58 Making mistakes about jhāna; you do not have to meet any standard 30:45 Standards we can’t match up too; coming out of socialisations so we can be social

Beau and Dhammarato talk about the foundational skills and attitudes that are often missing in Western Buddhism. #buddhism #skills #relaxation See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFZaBgL9gHY Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Skills that need to be developed: remembering, looking, changing 00:08:10 Music and repetition; mercy, grace, and forgiveness 00:12:06 Noting and despair; the 16 stages of enlightenment; stage 16 is “never mind, start again” 00:16:54 Back to skills; playfulness comes with the expectation of success; taking the right effort to gladden the mind 00:22:17 Steve James and Daniel Ingram on Mahasi noting; any thought can be improved; samma sankappa (right attitude or intention) 00:29:48 Developing confidence; the practice of being a lion, of being in charge 00:33:34 Working with the feelings (vedanā); getting in touch with the senses; mindful walking 00:40:47 We use the mind and body to control the feelings; the fox and the grapes (MN 12); Western passivity 00:51:58 Training in sukha (MN 118); the primary feeling of fear 00:58:51 Comfort: relaxing the body; freedom from fear; safety, security, satisfaction, confidence (piti) 01:04:12 First jhāna and panoramic openness; sustaining the quality of feeling very good; arising and passing away 01:12:27 Everything is a skill to be developed

Robert and Dhammarato talk about waking up to the crowd inside, how we create our own emotional rollercoaster (samsāra), and how we can develop a winner’s attitude by understanding that we can stop, make a change, and gladden the mind. #heroism #samsara #victimhood See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6YuIRL8yHI Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Becoming moods; waking up to the crowd inside 02:10 Congratulations on seeing the cycle: samsāra; the emotional rollercoaster we create 07:34 All personalities are a disorder 09:07 Effort is tainted with being; right effort is just enough; repetition 11:11 Start recognising what thoughts you are having at different points in the cycle 16:32 Ill will and wisdom towards oneself 21:24 Alwaysisms and being in the moment; trained to be negative; taught to be a victim 28:00 Dhamma teachers and stone Buddhas; we can change (MN 9) 35:51 Take a deep breath; the winner’s attitude is knowing you can handle it

Robert and Dhammarato talk about rules and reality, and developing the skills to build new habits. #habits #rituals #wisdom See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ujz-oY9K9o Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM BST - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM BST - 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 Wanting to be unhappy; resistance; the child (id) and the parent (superego) 00:05:20 Letting it sink in; keep practicing 00:11:30 Investigating the rules; the most common woeful state; four types in ok corral 00:21:00 Fear of losing happiness; fear of punishment; ignorance is the start 00:24:12 Giving up to being miserable; modifying lifetime habits; it’s ok to be happy 00:34:11 Reality is not the rules; protection, permission, and potency 00:42:49 Catching unwholesome thoughts; relishing being alive 00:59:16 Gladden the mind: celebrate that you’re still alive 01:00:00 Stupidity from the past; grand wisdom