Dhammarato Dhamma

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

Robert and Dhammarato talk about how to use seclusion to build skills. #seclusion #beinginthemoment #righthererightnow See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQfIkhRwv-k 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 Building up seclusion time; start in bed in the morning 04:38 Maintaining motivation; types of motivation; positive winner’s attitude 13:51 Switching between different modes of being and losing balance; right here, right now 22:35 Let go of dukkha; pick up sukha 30:07 Getting real; avoiding romantic thinking 33:13 Feeling the need to track the past to avoid traps 37:06 Wisdom is becoming a win-win person; seeing the world as a farce 41:58 The power is you don’t have to be part of it; it’s the Keystone Cops 48:20 Back to seclusion 50:12 The gift of a smile; the gift of joy; the gift of the present moment

Robert, Beau, and Dhammarato talk about the relationship between music skills and meditation skills, investigating the hindrances, and gaining mastery and control through play and crazy thinking. #mindfulness #smoking #playfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfujvpLHmm8 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 Can meditation skills be used in music? Analogy of changing gears: similarities and differences 00:05:57 Mastering skills; dealing with things right here, right now 00:11:21 Becoming tired of gladdening the mind; strategies for exhausted and exhausting; just stop (MN 86) 00:20:11 Investigating cause and effect - a missing element in Western Buddhism; analogy with chemical reactions 00:25:07 Figure out what it is you’re doing; you’re already in the holy place 00:29:36 Wanting to smoke; hatred for the desire; hatred for yourself 00:45:21 We imprison ourselves in rules; self-flagellation 00:48:47 Feelings and associated sensations in the body; crazy thinking and taking control 00:56:33 Sati one of five faculties, four foundations of mindfulness, seven factors of awakening, and the noble eightfold path 01:00:03 Secondary self-hatred; self-acceptance - or complete friendliness; the mentality of always

The Sangha discuss meditation as analogous to training a puppy in that we enjoy immediate rewards as opposed to delayed gratification, or seeking grace and mercy as a reward for working hard. #righteffort #concentration #delayedgratification See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8c-Hfl7I1M 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 Meditation takes a little bit of effort; immediate benefit, no benefit; fits and starts 00:08:48 What are you doing right now? Remembering and making a change; perfect sila 00:11:13 Concentration is what losers do because they expect to fail 00:14:52 Attitude and immediate benefit (MN 111); being completely free from unwholesome thoughts 00:19:05 Sati is the number one skill to be developed; like training a dog 00:23:31 “Enlightenment” is something you can experience right here, right now; practice being satisfied 00:36:12 Gaining benefit right here, right now is missing from Western meditation; wholesome pleasure (MN 36; MN 139) 00:42:52 Pseudo-discipline; grace and mercy; suffering greatly from things that never happen 00:46:21 Right effort: the least amount of effort to get the job done 00:57:19 Passive meditation vs. skin in the game; noting vs. discrimination and change 01:04:21 Free falling into fear; from conceptualisation to observation/examination 01:20:05 Panda the puppy; right watching is putting the mind into another gear; remember to look at what you’re doing and make a change

The Sangha discuss wholesome thoughts and emptiness, the value of interactive communication, the qualities of the jhānas, and learning to live by the law of nature in friendship and satisfaction. #friendship #jhana #enlightenment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_YCuk9iuAc 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 Investigating thoughts and feelings; anxiety as a concept; having wholesome thoughts and feelings 00:07:17 Wholesomeness, emptiness, and happiness; is this dukkha or dukkha-nirodha? 00:14:38 Emptiness all the way; the Tathāgatha 00:19:32 Gladdening the mind and Sangha; communication-intensive media; meditation competition 00:24:52 Insights come through conversation 00:26:46 The Alex Channel; the need for live dialogue; there is a path and a method 00:30:54 Improvisation and the Dhamma; the natural method and the organised method 00:35:00 First jhāna is everyday; byproducts of being satisfied; second, third, and fourth jhāna; arūpa jhānas 00:49:23 Empty thoughts; living by the law of nature; fear; self-preservation; existential threats 00:59:39 The Buddha was a homeless person who learned how to feel good 01:01:01 There’s nothing magical about satisfaction; friendship is the path

The Sangha discuss wholesome thoughts and emptiness, the value of interactive communication, the qualities of the jhānas, and learning to live by the law of nature in friendship and satisfaction. #friendship #jhana #enlightenment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/SOIqfKzhbZM Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 Investigating thoughts and feelings; anxiety as a concept; having wholesome thoughts and feelings 00:07:17 Wholesomeness, emptiness, and happiness; is this dukkha or dukkha-nirodha? 00:14:38 Emptiness all the way; the Tathāgatha 00:19:32 Gladdening the mind and Sangha; communication-intensive media; meditation competition 00:24:52 Insights come through conversation 00:26:46 The Alex Channel; the need for live dialogue; there is a path and a method 00:30:54 Improvisation and the Dhamma; the natural method and the organised method 00:35:00 First jhāna is everyday; byproducts of being satisfied; second, third, and fourth jhāna; arūpa jhānas 00:49:23 Empty thoughts; living by the law of nature; fear; self-preservation; existential threats 00:59:39 The Buddha was a homeless person who learned how to feel good 01:01:01 There’s nothing magical about satisfaction; friendship is the path

Laurent and Dhammarato discuss the insights and practical methods we find from combining ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) with paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination). #dependentorigination #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/etKQk-5VVRg Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 The Five Aggregates are the sum total of what you are; not something that stays something 04:14 Contact is where feelings arise; finding places where changes can be made 08:36 Not going all the way to dukkha; resting at feelings; catching thoughts and gladdening the mind 12:45 Right effort is the change; seclusion; enjoying the show 19:10 Wisdom at the point of contact - salāyatana, contact (phassa), feelings (vedanā) 20:47 The distinction between vedanā and upādāna; “I like it but I don’t want it” 24:36 Playing with things at an ordinary level; reframing good and evil 27:50 Feeling bad about feelings; anxiety doesn’t happen on its own 32:20 Why ānāpānasati and paticcasamuppāda fit closely together 35:12 The secret of paticcasamuppāda is that you can feel the way you want to feel: safe, secure, content, satisfied, successful 38:23 Not feeling successful because of distraction; never mind, start again

Dean and Dhammarato talk about the experience of first jhāna in various settings, developing generosity, the definition of “enlightenment”, and why expensive retreats are best avoided. #retreat #jhana #enlightenment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/5MfDEpdY8fk Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00 Being generous for the right reason; arrogance and noble thoughts 04:30 Enjoying the jhānas; developing skills 05:33 First jhāna at the gym seems less intense; bodily discomfort; oxygen in the brain 10:00 Walking meditation; breathing; in the present moment; open to sensation (from the five senses) 12:09 Sensing rather than processing is noble 14:10 Expectation is a hindrance; wanting something you don’t have 17:15 Developing generosity; gladdening the mind 20:54 Expensive retreats are selling something they don’t have; eagerness for the Dhamma 29:08 Removing unwholesome thoughts is not taught in Mahasi or Goenka 31:32 Being in first jhāna is enlightenment; sustain it minute by minute

The Sangha discuss the difference between wholesome and unwholesome questions, dependent origination, wisdom as free will, and wisdom at the point of contact. #wisdom #freewill #socraticmethod See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/GQMUbpJPOIY Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 What is the value of asking questions? Wholesome and unwholesome questions; the Socratic method 00:09:45 Understanding the connection between the mind, the feelings, and the body 00:16:00 Free will is not an issue 00:28:15 Stay out of the past because it’s fraught with bad feelings; the will to change 00:33:04 Everything is connected; dependent origination; our memories are based in ignorant delusions 00:44:32 Wisdom is free will; freedom from wanting; it’s a downhill journey 00:50:23 You can handle anything; come back to feeling (vedanā); wisdom at the point of contact 01:04:08 Visiting a wat

Laurent and Dhammarato discuss the twelve steps of dependent origination, which is a detailed explanation of the origins of dukkha. #dukkha #dependentorigination #fournobletruths See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/eWzSqmA3EmU Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. ►Podbean - https://dhammaratodhamma.podbean.com/ 00:00:00 How to figure out dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda); the second noble truth 00:02:31 The Five Aggregates (khandas) and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (satipatthāna) as function and structure 00:05:40 The Five Aggregates are impermanent; clinging to the body; anatta 00:17:08 Viññana - consciousness: a sense organ that can sense something; the ability of knowing; the mind senses old data (sankhara) 00:27:36 We can change how we fee about things; perception can be changed; reaction time 00:31:55 Sati is the noble way of dealing with the Five Aggregates; ignorant sankharas; new sankharas 00:37:25 Guarding the sense doors; choosing the right environment; wise endurance 00:43:01 Salāyatana is what impacts us; contact; feelings; “neutral” feelings are actually confusion 00:53:00 Interrupting the cycle of liking, wanting, needing 00:55:43 Pali terms; delusional ignorance; making the name into reality (nāmarūpa/perception); kicked by the salāyatana 01:03:09 Four types of clinging: self, things, rules, views; instincts; dukkha-dukkha-nirodha 01:15:05 All twelve steps and the four woeful states; hell (anger), hungry ghost (wanting), dumb animal (rule follower), asuras 01:20:02 Just a few mind moments; wisdom at the point of contact; first, wise vedanā

The Sangha discuss the apparent allure and function of self-pity and how we can give it up to find success in the breath. #anxiety #fear #selfpity See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/yn-NAQ6Gpgg Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Self-pity is not a route to happiness; truth vs. pattern recognition; waking up to unwholesome thoughts 00:27:17 Rules and resistance to change; exaggeration; separating from unwholesome thoughts 00:31:20 What’s the point; giving up; relinquishing to success; taking a deep breath 00:52:21 Practice when you remember to do it; resistance and live scripts 00:56:33 Success is immediately available; long-term goals and pity parties 01:04:50 Changing focus; being distracted from distractions by the breath 01:08:29 Positive reframing of situations; noticing the success; remember, remember, remember 01:18:09 Just thoughts; using discrimination; suññata; meaninglessness 01:24:57 Practice enjoying being alive by taking a deep breath; wisdom, not commiseration 01:30:45 It’s not important 01:33:13 Open Sangha Foundation; community and friendship

Robert and Dhammarato discuss the meaning of the Sabbāsavasutta. #sutta #meditation #obstacles See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/UeilxSgp8kA Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Majjhima Nikāya 2 Sabbāsavasutta - All the Defilements https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhikkhu) Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Āsava (discharge from a sore) and kilesa (obstacle, fetter); wise attention (seeing) is the solution 00:05:59 Seven ways of giving up āsava: seeing, restraint, using, enduring, avoiding, dispelling, developing 00:07:11 Ignorance skews our attention; the second noble truth; past and future; self 00:37:23 The things right in front of you are the things fit for attention: this is dukkha, its origin, its cessation, the way leading to cessation 00:44:40 Three fetters are abandoned through wise attention 1) personality view 2) doubt about what is and is not the path 3) doing what we’re told to do 01:15:01 The sotāpan: path and fruit 01:22:49 Restraining the senses: choosing the wholesome 01:28:59 Using: the four requisites 01:40:07 Enduring: good opportunities for practice; patience 01:46:58 Avoiding dangerous things 01:51:54 Dispelling, removing, investigation 01:55:19 Developing sati; unremitting; the seven factors of enlightenment are the noble eightfold path; right noble unification of mind with its supports and features 02:00:39 A doable path

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the differences between raw and processed experience and how the process of becoming helps us understand the jhānas. #jhana #paticcasamuppada #sensations See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/TDP1ZD_Wrpc Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Enjoying walking meditation; experience and the self; nouns and verbs 11:52 Arising and passing away of the self-concept; dukkha and protecting the self 16:02 Jhānas are not something for the self to attain; raw experience and processed experience 19:23 A computer analogy; just receiving data; flickering sensations and fourth jhāna as a way of looking 25:30 Paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination) consciousness and database matching; salāyatana, processing, thinking 31:45 Sampling rate; always in the past; fast thinking - stopping and taking more data 37:09 Answers as separation and confusion; happily ignorant; the nun’s habit 42:11 Fourth jhāna; arūpa-jhānas: “mental” jhānas; magic; “infinite” is a bad translation; boundary-less 45:39 “Infinite space” - the boundaries in space don’t exist; direct experience is not magical 47:54 “Infinite consciousness” - consciousness has no boundary; a flood of data 48:41 The experience of sensation fades away and becomes less solid 50:00 “Neither perception nor non-perception” and “nothingness” - processing and dukkha

The Sangha discuss the Open Sangha Foundation and why meditation is not important. #meditation #enlightenment #community See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/coYydrcvzaI Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 Open Sangha Foundation: a universal gathering place for Western Buddhism 00:19:51 Taking money and business out of Western Buddhism; forming relationships; encouraging generosity 00:26:06 Working with what’s already available; no-hierarchy friendship model; hierarchy of respect 00:42:57 Preparing for cultural differences; using existing networks 00:50:09 The Triple Gem; nobility rubs off; being in seclusion; light and heavy thoughts 00:58:01 Sati (“waking up”) means “practice over and over again”; remember to investigate; paying attention to our senses 01:03:44 Thinking about thinking clearly 01:06:15 Let it go; relax; the job is done 01:10:27 “Emptiness” - there’s nothing to it, no importance, no heaviness; re-arranging our priorities 01:16:34 Be compassionate to yourself now; suffering is in demand; meditation is not important

Agnes and Dhammarato discuss the joy of practice and of sharing happiness, as well as the ability to see dangers coming so we can avoid them and continue to enjoy the breath and to love life. #life #breathing #tranquility See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/gvnrymTuyCU Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 profound happiness of practice; fear as a primary motivator 00:10:36 Seeing dangers coming so we can avoid them in advance; importance and emptiness 00:19:32 Danger and willingness to make a change; limits and boundaries 00:21:35 The four requisites: housing, clothing, food, medical care - plus entertainment and transportation 00:29:28 Life as the most important thing; what we can do without; breath is life itself 00:37:10 Love of life is the gateway to the first jhāna; doubt and not needing to know 00:44:28 The first thing to realise about the hindrances is that they are interrelated 00:51:34 Tune into the rules you are following 00:55:25 Being friends with people; gratitude for parents 01:03:09 Happy, joyous, and free; boredom and restlessness

The Sangha discuss ways of approaching the fetters. #fetters #fear #competition See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://youtu.be/3Ebe2dJuBiA Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT - 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 fetters; asava and kilesa; the first five fetters are physical; the second five mental 00:06:23 The one-two punch: knowledge and deliverance; mature, unremitting mindfulness; seven factors 00:16:36 Paying wise attention to dukkha; knowledge and vision of what is and is not the path 00:22:50 The real sotāpan; seeing things through the lens of the four noble truths (MN 48) 00:26:59 Fetters four and five (greed and anger): take care of them one by one as they occur 00:44:05 Dealing with fear; clinging; self-preservation; rūpa and arūpa; acceptance of what happens 00:54:10 Conceit; competition; jealousy and envy 01:13:55 Ignorance is the last fetter; knowing enough 01:17:03 Helping others get past anger

Laurent, Scott, and Dhammarato talk about the skill of being in the present moment. #enlightenment #beinginthemoment #mindfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLtJeUmB_s Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 “Importance” in the Western mindset; weight; heaviness, coming out of being a victim 00:06:43 Satisfaction; it’s so easy; lighter; we remember to change our attitude about stuff 00:11:23 The teaching of the Buddha is about subtraction; become lighter 00:17:20 Boredom is agitation, restlessness; there’s nothing to do 00:24:21 Imagining instead of looking at what’s real 00:30:00 Being in the present moment and knowing you can handle anything (samma sankappa) 00:33:53 Knowing enough; the four noble truths, the noble eightfold path, ānāpānasati 00:37:53 Samādhi and piti: collecting together the things that are needed; applied and sustained wholesome thoughts 00:42:07 A mind fit for work: superior investigation 00:44:49 An analogy with reading; reading what’s real; first jhāna 00:56:31 It’s so simple; nothing is good enough; there’s nothing to it

The Sangha discuss the benefits of using the breath as an anchor in formal practice and daily life, the meaning of “insight”, and learning from lineaged teachers and other members of the community. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rot2W_jRKZk Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Relationship challenges integrated into practice; wholesomeness in the moment 00:14:50 What should be the object of awareness? The breath as an anchor 00:24:02 The benefits of meditation; investigation and staying satisfied 00:33:06 The importance of sati; mental stability and clarity; cultivating satisfaction and success 00:37:09 Psychedelics and jhānas; not getting caught up in any particular experience 00:50:04 Philosophical verbiage and practical experience 00:53:47 Enjoying the silence 00:55:18 What is insight? Connecting the dots; being quenched first; samatha and vipassanā together 01:02:28 Meditation mode vs. being awake in daily life; blurred and blended 01:08:47 Relaxing out of craving; the desire for liberation is a hindrance 01:12:30 Dhammarato’s lineage; everyone is a teacher 01:16:40 Self-help as an intellectual pursuit vs. mindfulness as a practice 01:19:32 Throw out the categories; return home to this place of safety and satisfaction (MN 117, MN 118) 01:35:05 Playing with the breath

Eric and Dhammarato talk about how to challenge fast thinking with investigation and mindful slow thinking. #thinking #observation #contemplation See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G27JBgyikQ Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Maintaining the noble attitude out of seclusion; things we have to endure 00:22:03 Playing with endurance vs. making bad thought habits, being tense 00:31:20 Thinking, fast and slow; changing fast thinking; observation; sati 00:39:50 Instincts and the survival mechanism; reprogramming instantaneous behaviours 00:50:22 The noble in training says “I can handle this”; competition and setting up the rules 01:04:59 Using data from the past; stop and relax; the sewer: it’s inappropriate and it stinks 01:18:10 Everything has to be investigated (inside and outside): slow thinking 01:32:48 Fear is only useful for survival; joy rather than terror; choosing seclusion

Aljoscha and Dhammarato talk about developing the skill of seeing things arise and pass away and how we add emotions to perceptions in a way that hinders reorientation to the present moment. #thinking #emotions #beinginthemoment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJJn2ttphNQ Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Things change at various frequencies; the sweet spot for seeing arising and passing away 00:07:42 The fourth tetrad of ānāpānasati; seeing how reality operates 00:16:06 Knowing that things are worth looking at; being happily curious 00:22:10 Slow and fast thinking; programming our intuitions; training our instincts 00:32:08 How is my sati? Wholesome reflection; data without emotional baggage; salāyatana; sankhāra 00:43:40 Seeing the process of adding emotions to perceptions; getting the mind fit for work; paticcasamuppāda 00:51:26 Feeling the way we want to feel; the present moment is fine 00:57:38 Looking at the way we frame things; bastardising our data; permission to be unproductive 01:06:55 The judgmental mind; reorient into this present moment 01:14:56 Doing shorter sessions; staying with the quality of skill development

Will and Dhammarato talk about central aspects of the Buddhadhamma missing in Goenka’s method. #goenka #nobleeightfoldpath #enlightenment See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5zIa2Kre8 Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Goenka’s teaching misses the importance of sati and relaxation 11:17 Dukkha dukkha-nirodha; getting into a state of satisfaction 17:39 Leave strong determination behind and wake up right now 18:43 Wanting to leave dissatisfaction behind; travelling for enlightenment 21:32 Shine a light: looking, investigating, interrogating; leaving concepts and discursive thinking behind 30:15 Right effort: gladdening the mind; leaving unwholesome thoughts behind 34:53 The habit of gladdening the mind; right attitude (samma sankappa); saddhā 38:23 We can’t know the future, know the present moment; the first step, first knowledge 45:16 The Buddha’s teaching is somewhat unique; samādhi 53:33 Visiting Thailand

The Sangha discuss the first four steps on the path, the hindrances, and rebuilding our natural skills through the senses. What is Mindfulness? What are the 6 Rs? https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6eiLtH-SWc Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Using discrimination: right noble view (samma ditthi); can you see the wholesomeness of now? 00:08:46 Sati is the bouncer on duty; investigation (ditthi): the skill of wisdom through observation; right effort 00:14:45 The nīvarana: the five hindrances; the victory dance of gladdening the mind 00:26:32 Guarding: to be here now; sati is the star of the show 00:30:50 Right noble attitude (samma sankappa); the lion’s attitude 00:35:58 The four skills develop samādhi 00:37:39 Rebuilding our natural skills; your hands are alive (mudras); the senses 01:03:44 The Sangha is a spark: our friends can warm us up; spending time out of conceptual thinking 01:08:35 Relaxing with the breath; words and attitudes 01:22:52 Delson Armstrong and the six r’s: recognise, release, relax, resmile, return, repeat 01:28:51 Good metta practice: gladdening the mind

The Sangha enjoy a wide-ranging discussion of breathing as a tool and waking up in institutional settings. #awakening #religion #contingency How To De-Stress In 5 Minutes Or Less, According To A Navy SEAL https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2019/05/30/how-to-de-stress-in-5-minutes-or-less-according-to-a-navy-seal/?sh=575461be3046 See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0kBP3hPQYQ Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 At-one-ment; beginning to resonate with the frequency of life 00:07:15 Religions making people feel bad and afraid; people who are cornered behave irrationally 00:14:04 From clinging to life to relishing life; waking up to being alive by practicing often 00:20:43 Every mindful breath is a good breath 00:23:38 Mindfulness of breathing is a way of developing sati; play with your breathing 00:31:05 Navy SEALs’ box breathing; being fearless without seeing dukkha 00:38:13 The Dhamma and the military; denying reality 00:44:52 Nihilists and Christians 00:48:34 Ordinary monks and nobles; planting seeds; Maha Somsak 01:02:10 Back to the military 01:09:30 Wise reflection; forgiving ourselves; procrastination 01:18:19 Relationship scorecards; forget about it; catch anger before you express it 01:28:51 Good communication; no one can hurt your feelings 01:32:58 Was the Buddha remarkable?

Dean and Dhammarato talk about sensations as a prompt for sati and investigation and recognising when we’re in a state of want. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3uTgZqQ76M Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Jhāna is relief from tensions and headaches; problems with wholesome thoughts 03:28 Experiencing joy for the first time ever; substituting anticipation for joy 07:53 Learning to control a headache or sensation by creating it 17:53 Wanting a Plan B to wholesome thoughts; formal and informal practice 25:10 Asking worried questions; recognising when we’re in a state of want 29:04 Recognising old tensions and practicing wholesome thoughts 34:57 Becoming a noble; needing a sangha; seeing the wake-up call 43:26 Meditation is not a technique; “meditation” is a Western word 48:26 Process-orientation: everything is a tiny this or that

Robert, Dean, and Dhammarato talk about the connection between enthusiastic advocacy and doubt, pain and discomfort as symptoms of struggle, investigating the causes of sensations, and practicing relaxation instead of wanting. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npnXPaL6x0Y Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 We cling to doubt; not to absolute known facts; instincts and boundaries to knowledge 24:01 Doubt is a skill; not something that ever goes away 32:37 Pain and discomfort as symptoms of struggle; you can’t work hard at relaxation 37:33 One thing in one mind moment; investigation and relaxation 42:07 Investigating the cause of sensations 46:52 Paying attention to relaxation

The Sangha discuss wakefulness, sleep, and consciousness as an object of meditation, mindfulness as profound contact, nibbāna, knowledge and vision of what is and is not the Path, the fantasy of enlightenment as an incentive for practice, and delight in practice and in the Dhamma. #enlightenment #sleep #saddha Majjhima Nikāya 2 Sabbāsavasutta - All the Defilements https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) https://suttacentral.net/mn1/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhikkhu) The diverse problems of the spiritual journey demand a diverse range of responses. Rather than applying the same solution to every problem, the Buddha outlines seven methods of dealing with defilements, each of which works in certain cases. “I am the way, the truth, and the life” https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/John%2014:6 “I and the Father are one” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010%3A30-38&version=NIV Illegitimi non carborundum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-R1XlpGp4 Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Learning about doing meditation vs. doing meditation; skill development 00:11:10 Samādhi as outcome of the Noble Eightfold Path and the jhānas 00:13:55 Piti and relaxation; staying awake during the night; wakefulness training (MN 2) 00:39:19 Consciousness as an object of meditation; experiment with your own body 00:52:27 A new way of thinking about going to bed 00:56:32 Mindfulness of swimming; golf; zen and the art of archery 01:02:15 Profound contact vs. noting or thinking about meditation; frustration with Mahasi 01:06:11 Sati vs. concentration practice; Western meditation is a set of incorrect translations 01:09:41 Nibbāna is something you make; cessation vs. everything is relative; the quality of success 01:14:34 Elimination of doubt: knowledge and vision that this is the path 01:16:12 “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6); the magic of life; illegitimi non carborundum 01:21:50 Delight in the practice; utility in the fantasy of enlightenment 01:29:00 Hindrances as melting snowflakes

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about the value of anchors for finding satisfaction in the present moment, taking actions that end action, a minimalist life in keeping with the Dhamma, and the Dhamma as entertainment. #beinginthemoment #naturebeauty #minimalism See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLV2fRbCufk Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Anchors as a good practice for being in the present moment 03:35 Being at home is the satisfaction we’re looking for; wanting deep satisfaction 07:31 “I don’t have to do that right now” - taking out the obligation 10:02 The action that brings the end of action; doing things to end the doing 12:37 This is a working system 15:46 The Western mind state congratulates superlatives 17:58 Tiny house; tiny life: the four requisites; time structuring and entertainment 23:17 The Dhamma is good entertainment; how do you spend your time in general; time outdoors 26:00 Sufficiency: the minimal is easily reached; Occam’s razor

The Sangha discuss the freedom that comes from understanding everything as completely empty and transient. #emptiness #transience #delusion See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRELRtg-Lo4 Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Connecting the dots; sati; waking up enough 00:06:50 Taking the right effort as soon as we wake up to unwholesome thoughts 00:08:34 Everything is completely empty and transient; letting go of delusion; constricting reality to “I”, “me” and “mine” 00:15:19 Fear from the familiarity of dissatisfaction; the prison of the person 00:18:48 Clinging to patterns and habits; look and investigate; satisfaction is the absence of the person 00:23:53 Satisfaction is effortless; relaxation is the practice 00:32:44 Do your practice when you remember; take a break; work toys 00:41:18 Become interested in the experience of relaxation; dukkha-nirodha is spontaneous 00:49:56 Dukkha-laden intentions; conscious and subconscious; experiential tension 01:10:49 We’re not creating an ontological paradigm

The Sangha discuss being in the present moment, the benefits of sangha, happiness as a power, dealing with praise and blame, and enjoying life without schedules and time-keeping. #mindfulness #beinginthemoment #satipatthana See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-yevnod50 Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Comedy, Dhamma, Dark Night of the Soul 00:08:43 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; the map is not the territory 00:10:41 Reprogramming habits; what’s happening right here, right now 00:13:45 The value of sangha; replacing books; the book between your ears 00:19:21 Sensory deprivation; not seeking validation; satisfaction now 00:31:17 Buddhadāsa; art at Wat Suan Mokkh 00:35:24 Happiness is an internal power; stop clinging; arising and passing away 00:45:31 Sati and sensations; gorilla on the basketball court; seclusion 00:55:44 Audio journals; speaking; praise and blame; wanting likes 01:07:15 Seeing people instead of old data; receptivity 01:17:36 Repetition and insight; better gifts than commiseration 01:21:04 Clocks and time, schedules and living; waiting for nothing

Dean and Dhammarato talk about investigating tension in the body and learning to relax, misconceptions about the jhānas, the impact of Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa, and searching for magical experiences and mystical teachers. #charlatans #magic #relaxation See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSiQSu8a0rE Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome. ►The Sangha US, Friday 7PM PDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK, Sunday 10AM GDT with Dhammarato - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh ►The Sangha UK, Wednesday 8PM GDT with Dan Goldfield - 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 Tension in the head and neck; working too hard on practice 00:04:19 Thinking something bad is going to happen; being pleased with experiencing the body 00:16:24 Analogy of a black cat in a dark room; right noble effort is just enough effort to get the job done 00:31:30 Relaxing the body 00:33:11 Western attitudes to the jhānas; applied and sustained wholesome thoughts 00:39:18 Never mind what the mind is doing; just relax 00:41:49 Spreading the joy; this is really easy 00:46:04 Bhikkhu Buddhadāsa and nobles; magic tricks and charlatans 01:02:07 Who is a noble? Who is enlightened?