Dhammarato Dhamma

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?

The Sangha discuss right effort, stream entry, Dark Night of the Soul, and the seven knowledges of the sotāpan. #darknightofthesoul #enlightenment #enlightened Majjhima Nikāya 117 Mahācattārīsakasutta - The Great Forty https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) “Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.”—“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Blessed One said this: “Bhikkhus, I shall teach you noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.”—“Yes, venerable sir,” the bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this: “What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness? Unification of mind equipped with these seven factors is called noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites.” Majjhima Nikāya 48 Kosambiyasutta - The Mendicants of Kosambi https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhiikhu) The Buddha explains the seven knowledges of the stream-enterer to the quarrelling monks of Kosambi. “When a noble disciple has these seven factors, they have properly investigated their own nature with respect to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry. A noble disciple with these seven factors has the fruit of stream-entry.” See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWY5JpDB-U4 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 Right effort (samma vayama) in context (MN 117): bringing about right noble unification of mind 00:04:09 The noble eightfold path; noble sila as the result of unification of mind 00:08:42 Stream entry is a state of little effort, but we have to let go of the struggle repeatedly 00:12:20 Just let go; Dark Night issues: not letting go or gladdening the mind 00:16:13 Cleaning the house: one stone at a time 00:22:35 Working too hard; just the right amount of effort 00:30:30 From performance mode to practice mode; non-functioning methods 00:38:37 Right view as the skill of recognising wholesome thoughts; from zero to ten 00:42:59 Gladdening the mind; you’re never going to be finished 00:46:11 Stream entry and milestones; the real practice of the Buddha is a process (MN 48) 00:53:06 Samma sankappa - right attitude; coming to meditation as a loser; first jhāna 01:07:13 The knowledges of the sotāpan; the tipping point between the path and the fruit 01:21:56 Effort becomes easier 01:27:25 Energy as a factor of enlightenment

David and Dhammarato discuss the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path: right unification of mind with its supports and features. #nobleeightfoldpath #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment Majjhima Nikāya 117 Mahācattārīsakasutta - The Great Forty https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn117/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) “Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.”—“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Blessed One said this: “Bhikkhus, I shall teach you noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.”—“Yes, venerable sir,” the bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this: “What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness? Unification of mind equipped with these seven factors is called noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites.” See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2Kz3nkQ5E 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 The reasons and rationale for the practice: Western Buddhism’s bad translations 00:07:20 Change the mind right now; take the struggle out of things 00:09:33 Life is not dukkha; the first noble truth 00:12:01 The second noble truth; paying attention to dukkha 00:16:17 The third noble truth; the end of dukkha 00:17:20 The fourth noble truth: right unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117) 00:21:46 The supports for right unification of mind: right view; right sati; right effort; right attitude 00:26:26 Conceptualisations, past, future - unwholesome thoughts; changing gets easier; right thought, intention, attitude (samma sankappa) 00:39:37 How to practice this: ānāpānasati, the body, feeling, mind, mind objects - right now 00:44:56 Gladdening the mind: safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction - sukha - piti 00:53:21 Conditioned states and skills; gratification, danger, and escape 00:57:57 Be a Tathāgata: the one who is in the present moment 01:01:28 10-15 minutes five or six times per day 01:03:47 What kind of word is an “always” word; hindrances 01:05:43 Jhānas and being satisfied with what you’ve got

Laurent and Dhammarato talk about taking practice off the cushion by using anchors such as hand movements and body postures. #satipatthana #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXSQ3ht28Xg 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 Intentionally putting the mind into a good state as a repeated practice 05:03 Using anchors: changing postures and using the hands 10:50 Chair meditation: how many times do you get up and why? Sitting down to relax 15:54 Taking a deep breath; praise yourself for remembering 18:29 Things don’t happen at the same time; seeing the intervals 29:13 Slowing down and finding an abundance of everything

The Sangha discuss maintaining right attitude (samma sankappa) in a society that promotes anticipation, relaxing the body by knowing the body, and ways of coping with laziness and sleepiness. #rightattitude #hindrances #nobleeightfoldpath See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5rrGC5h3nY 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 Anticipation and expectation in meditation; hunger and happiness 04:36 Society manipulates our instincts; differences and hierarchies 08:39 Religion amplifies; leaving us in a state of desire 10:31 Unwholesome thoughts are about anticipation; samma sankappa 15:05 Look at your anticipation; enjoy what you’ve already got 26:33 Back pain; relaxing the body by knowing the body 39:36 Kāyānupassanā is playing with the body to find relaxation 44:23 Never mind, start again; repetition (samādhi) 49:22 Sloth and torpor; laziness (why bother? doubt), sleepiness (craving); take a deep breath

Paker, Chris, and Dhammarato talk about aspects of Western Buddhism that create a need for an organisationa like the Open Dhamma Foundation. #opensanghafoundation #buddhadhamma #buddhateachings See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0UElB1j0uc 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 Traditional support for Buddhadhamma (dana) and the Western business model: books and retreats 05:31 Residence and education in Western wats - ordination optional 10:02 Dhamma teachers; competition for students; pan-Buddhism 12:47 Website, newsletter, Zoom for teachers 15:22 Monks in the West are very experienced; family matters 20:21 A little effort from many people; test runs; classes 27:57 The quality of the Sangha; the Triple Gem; living with nobles 37:20 Real friendship in the Sangha; spreading joy; finding the right environment 45:25 Buddhism doesn’t do outreach; wats don’t need money 50:16 Community; a place where people can find out about wats and retreats 55:35 Starting small

Karl and Dhammarato talk about pain as an opportunity for investigation and change. #pain #beinginthemoment #mindfulnessofbreathing Majjhima Nikāya 9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta - Right View https://suttacentral.net/mn9/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn9/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkuDvEebqQQ 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 Looking into your own rules to find dukkha 13:36 The pain of not liking; the winner’s attitude 18:07 Using ānāpānasati to change our thoughts; don’t scratch your thoughts 26:02 Paticcasamuppāda shows that you do have a choice over how you feel 28:50 Raising kids in extremes; defining dukkha (MN 9) 34:50 Picking ourselves up; the lion’s attitude 40:35 Excellent times to practice 42:12 Why sati is such a valuable skill

The Sangha talk about the history, politics, and significance for practice of marijuana use, leading to a discussion of the precepts, vinaya, and the pātimokkha and understanding the difference between wisdom-based investigation and blindly following rules. #marijuana #wisdom #precepts Majjhima Nikāya 22 Alagaddūpamasutta - The Simile of the Snake https://suttacentral.net/mn22/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn22/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false (Bhikkhu Bodhi) “Bhikkhus, this bhikkhu is called one whose cross-bar has been lifted, whose trench has been filled in, whose pillar has been uprooted, one who has no bolt, a noble one whose banner is lowered, whose burden is lowered, who is unfettered. And how is the bhikkhu one whose cross-bar has been lifted? Here the bhikkhu has abandoned ignorance, has cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, done away with it, so that it is no longer subject to future arising. That is how the bhikkhu is one whose cross-bar has been lifted. “And how is the bhikkhu one whose trench has been filled in? Here the bhikkhu has abandoned the round of births that brings renewed being, has cut it off at the root…so that it is no longer subject to future arising. That is how the bhikkhu is one whose trench has been filled in. “And how is the bhikkhu one whose pillar has been uprooted? Here the bhikkhu has abandoned craving, has cut it off at the root…so that it is no longer subject to future arising. That is how the bhikkhu is one whose pillar has been uprooted. “And how is the bhikkhu one who has no bolt? Here the bhikkhu has abandoned the five lower fetters, has cut them off at the root…so that they are no longer subject to future arising. That is how the bhikkhu is one who has no bolt. “And how is the bhikkhu a noble one whose banner is lowered, whose burden is lowered, who is unfettered? Here a bhikkhu has abandoned the conceit ‘I am,’ has cut it off at the root …so that it is no longer subject to future arising. That is how the bhikkhu is a noble one whose banner is lowered, whose burden is lowered, who is unfettered.” The Vinaya (The texts on Monastic Law) and the Pāṭimokkha (Code of Monastic Discipline) https://suttacentral.net/pitaka/vinaya See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQqGY_hOLVk 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 Marijuana use in Thailand; introspective escapism 00:08:56 The fifth precept and heedlessness; wisdom not boundaries 00:16:11 Wandering through the woods; new opportunities for investigation 00:30:15 Dhammarato’s experience; how deep do you have to go into the dukkha? 00:35:36 Whatever you do, do it mindfully; dukkha dukkha-nirodha 00:48:06 Reframing experiences 00:49:44 Koh Pha-ngan’s Full Moon Party 00:54:55 Wisdom-based organisations; non-judgmental; (MN 22 Alagaddūpamasutta) 01:05:29 Investigate your rules

The Sangha discuss the value of Sangha and change of lineage, knowledge and vision of what is and what is not the path, maintaining practice in everyday life, and dreams, sense anchors, and the progression of the jhānas. #jhana #beinginthemoment #sangha See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG2U05cJED0 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 Communicating experiences and the value of Sangha; change of lineage 00:11:46 Knowledge and vision of what is and what is not the path (MN 24 and MN 48) 00:22:49 Go into a state of practiced liking; maintaining your joy and happiness in everyday life 00:31:12 Our duty to the Dhamma is to spread joy; states of avoidance 00:36:41 Polishing the buckle 00:39:02 Direct awareness - seeing without processing; first jhāna is the base camp 00:45:57 Burning by day and smouldering by night; dreams and reality; anchors and habits 00:59:18 Sense anchors; thusness - interrupt habitual processes and find new combinations 01:10:42 The progression of the jhānas; the path and the fruit; wisdom at the point of contact

Danny and Dhammarato discuss the practice of ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) by analogy to music and sports commentary to appreciate that it’s an active process of intervention and choice. #mindfulnessofbreathing #nobleeightfoldpath #meditation See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B72jL6shQ84 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 Books don’t give what needs to be transmitted 03:30 Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) is like music; analogy with driving instruction 07:02 Experience the body; control the body 09:03 Monkey mind and been stuck on something; sati, investigation, effort, attitude 17:47 A blow-by-blow description - changing the mind and body 20:43 Directing the mind and body into the state we want to be in 22:34 It is essential to direct yourself; ānāpānasati is counterintuitive 24:08 Be on guard to be in the here now and have wholesome thoughts 26:15 Make your own rules; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha 28:03 Bringing the factors together in the here now 30:38 Samma sankappa - right attitude; being performance-oriented 33:17 Meditation makes more sense! Skill development: your whole life becomes a song 35:40 Look at how you feel and nudge it back into a better place

Corey and Dhammarato discuss wholesome and unwholesome, discursive thought and other thoughts, the role of rites, rules and rituals in anxiety and panic, maintaining a state of relaxation, and satisfaction as not wanting. #anxiety #panic #mindfulnessofbreathing See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLrZ4wJy9Jc 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 Neither fiery nor icy: two unwholesome reactions 00:11:06 Fast internal dialogues: rebellion, conflict; guilt; remorse 00:15:21 Change by recognising unwholesome thoughts and choosing nurturing thoughts 00:19:11 Anxiety and panic disorder - recognising that the body is becoming tense; doing good as a rule 00:27:59 Feeling that there’s a wound to be healed; cleaning out the rules; duty to the Dhamma 00:36:48 Wanting to follow in the footsteps of valued people; things don’t need to happen 00:40:23 Gratification, danger, and escape - thoughts pulling us out of relaxation 00:48:12 Being taken out of the present moment; doing things without being tormented 01:03:31 Discursive thoughts: shoulds, woulds, coulds; types of thought 01:10:29 Western Buddhism and the goal of being thoughtless; right now is not good enough 01:16:06 Exploring satisfaction; not wanting more; immediately available; anchoring

Alek and Dhammarato talk about the nature of the knowledge and vision that arise from the practice of ānāpānasati. #mindfulnessofbreathing #meditation #nobleeightfoldpath Majjhima Nikāya 48 Kosambiyasutta - The Mendicants of Kosambi https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/suddhaso?reference=none&highlight=false (Suddhāso Bhiikhu) The Buddha explains the seven knowledges of the stream-enterer to the quarrelling monks of Kosambi. “When a noble disciple has these seven factors, they have properly investigated their own nature with respect to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry. A noble disciple with these seven factors has the fruit of stream-entry.” See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syD_vD24uc 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 Discernment in breathing in and out - wholesome and unwholesome on a sliding scale 00:07:17 Being both rule-maker and rule-breaker; we’re not unified or whole 00:10:13 Looking at the question machine 00:13:27 Looking for perfection; repetition, repetition, repetition 00:16:59 Now and now and now; the path and fruit of the sotāpan 00:33:47 Prison retreat with Goenka 00:34:42 When the mind is dull take a deep breath; right effort 00:42:56 Seclusion and restraint from sensuality; away from others; finding comfort 00:48:12 Enjoyable vs. desirable sits 00:50:39 In reading start with the works of Buddhadāsa then the suttas 00:54:24 The word “enlightenment” refers to investigation and gladdening the mind 00:57:15 The five aggregates and selfishness; spiritual vs. magical

The Sangha discuss sharing practice in everyday life, and the importance of health, exercise, diet, the awareness of body posture and adapting to the impermanence of physical sensation. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXC0tyLroGA 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 Pictures, stickers, pets 00:05:16 Jobs, parents, family, sharing practice 00:12:41 Planning, ordination, retreats; Dzogchen 00:21:38 The Dhamma is an engine of peace; generating meaning 00:29:14 Microbiome, health, hindrances, Dhamma 00:38:04 Catching up with Joe and Robert 00:43:30 Alexander Technique; contact improvisation; awareness of the body 01:00:56 The senses are the A, B, C of the Dhamma; riding the wave

Parker and Dhammarato discuss the Buddhist concepts of gratification, danger and escape (from the Anguttara Nikaya 3) in the context of Freud’s theory of the five stages of psychosexual development. #developmentalpsychology #freud #transactionalanalysis Aṅguttara Nikāya 3 103. Pubbevasambodhasutta - Before Awakening https://suttacentral.net/an3.103/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin Freud’s 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development https://www.simplypsychology.org/psychosexual.html See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJ_mY2bWuU 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 Gratification, danger, and escape - enjoying seclusion; nekkhamma; authority 00:15:02 The rebel and the self-preservation instinct; oral, anal, and phallic; Alexander Lowen 00:23:58 ‘Games People Play’ and the three personality types 00:26:29 Stopping children from being children vs. nurturing 00:31:09 The needy, the rebel, and the competitor; gratification and protection 00:44:58 The universal feeling of abandonment; Maslow; Dhamma 00:52:04 Liking and disliking; pleasures of the senses and of the mind; paticcasamupāda and inter-relatedness 01:03:08 Sankhāra; durian fruit and lactose intolerance; sexuality; Edward Bernays 01:11:13 Freud, pseudoscience, theory, and practice; metaphorical understanding; arising and passing away 01:21:10 Gratification, danger, and escape as foundations of the Dhamma

Aljoscha, Asher and Dhammarato talk about how we use the 16 steps of ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) to fulfill the satipatthāna (the four foundations of mindfulness) and to perfect the Eightfold Noble Method (Ariya Atthangika Magga) in the sambojjhanga (seven factors of awakening) thus achieving freedom through wisdom (vijjāvimutti). #mindfulness #mindfulnessofbreathing #wisdom Majjhima Nikāya 118 Ānāpānasatisutta - Mindfulness of Breathing https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=true (Bhikkhu Bodhi) https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin (Bhikkhu Sujato) See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLI0pst4j7w 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 Sati means “to remember” and the satipatthāna are the four foundations; mindful breaths 07:42 Putting things together (samādhi) and learning what to pay attention to 09:31 Stargazing and vastness; controlling the feelings; a waltz with a natural progression 17:17 Remember to come back into the here now; enjoying the breath 24:22 A mind fit for work; relaxing and cultivating satisfaction; sukha 30:22 Developing right attitude (sammā sankappa); becoming a lion 34:28 The steps of ānāpānasati; breathing with sati to experience the body; feelings and the mind 37:55 Everything arises and passes away; applied and sustained wholesome thought 41:24 Investigating the jhāna factors; piti rises and falls back into sukha 44:06 Sunbathing in the good feeling; a middle way; watching the cycles; impermanence

The Sangha discuss emptiness as a concept and in practice. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFmFbOOB63M 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 Talking about emptiness: śūnyatā, suññatā ; looking at what’s not there (MN 121) 00:18:06 Emptiness as an object of meditation; relinquishment (step 16 of ānāpānasati) 00:27:18 Planned obsolescence; we want more but are never quite satisfied 00:30:05 No one cares about free will in Buddhism; destiny; following the program 00:38:08 Emptiness, right effort and the will to change; rules are empty; emptiness sets us free 00:48:16 Zendō crockery chipping: importance and emptiness; blindly following rules 00:55:26 Life has no meaning, just enjoy being alive 01:02:58 Cheering for hopelessness: hope is the thief of joy 01:12:04 The scholarly meditator always needs more; recognising hindrances 01:18:29 This is enough and complete; life is a smörgåsbord, so we need balance; better off with less

In a wide-ranging discussion the Sangha look at the differences between Christian contemplation and prayer and Buddhist meditation; the importance of continued investigation, belief and reliance on magical stories, and compare love, lust and anticipation. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9PVL_wIq0k 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 Christian prayer and worship compared to ānāpānasati, Buddhist practice 00:18:16 Faith and belief; saying “not sure”: keep investigating; the meaning of “abba” 00:31:42 Ignorance; knowing enough; observation 00:38:47 Rumi; seeing beyond magical stories 00:55:13 Greed comes in; Pope Alexander VI; Lucrezia Borgia; power and religion 01:10:12 Love and lust; clinging; the love of that which we do have; friendship 01:44:25 God is a heavy word; not sure; adding superfluous weight 01:50:33 Safety and vulnerability; watching what we’re doing; appreciation 01:57:15 ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and the quality of anticipation vs. continuing in the present moment

Eno and Dhammarato discuss the origin or morality from the viewpoints of philosophy, psychology, theology, and Buddhadhamma. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u31yQAsXZk 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 Philosophy, engineering, and the Dhamma; planned obsolescence 00:07:42 God and morality; morality and feelings; paticcasamuppāda 00:17:59 Murder: instinct or wisdom? Mathematics and morality are both human constructs 00:29:29 Objective facts and psychological facts; natural selection 00:35:42 MN 117 the essential core of the teachings of the Buddha 00:39:59 The relevant question: do I exist or not? 00:44:46 We prefer to believe that murder is actually wrong; sensory awareness and concepts 00:53:09 Keeping our eyes open in this moment: seeing dukkha 00:54:55 How to become friends with ideological opponents 01:00:36 Studies on winning arguments 01:03:21 Descartes and ego identity; cogito, ergo sum 01:07:11 Verbal thoughts and the other five senses; don’t buy concepts 01:14:19 Wise reflection and noble renunciation 01:26:37 When the mind is clear morality is irrelevant

Alex and Dhammarato talk about the benefits of seclusion; maintaining good practice in daily life; dealing with others in a work environment; jealousy and competition; right action and right speech; understanding that karma is usually mixed; and responding to dukkha with friendliness and dukkha-nirodha. Majjhima Nikāya 57 Kukkuravatikasutta - The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog https://suttacentral.net/mn57/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=true&script=latin “Puṇṇa, I declare these four kinds of deeds, having realized them with my own insight. What four? There are dark deeds with dark results; bright deeds with bright results; dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results; and neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FrkrXDjg4c 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 Hoping for a better future is a learned behaviour 07:33 We created the box; buying into delusion 09:57 The benefits of seclusion; finding a middle path in working life 22:18 Right speech; seeing beyond competition 26:46 Jealousy and sharing Dhamma; MN 57 ‘The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog’; mixed karma and confusion 38:18 Right action and not needing to protect yourself 40:28 Friendliness is the way to go and what the teaching of the Buddha is all about; giving dukkha nirodha

Corey and Dhammarato talk about how we tend to be so obsessed with insights derived through what is arising (attainments or achievements) that we fail to take account of the richness of things passing away. Dhammarato offers advice on practicing ānāpānasati immediately before sleeping and on waking. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd9nbBuuANM 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 - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel. We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded. 00:00 Mental clarity is like putting on a clean shirt - a new way of looking 05:39 The arising and passing away: anicca; insights and process 07:47 Ānāpānasati and satipatthāna; making objects of the mind wholesome 13:23 The watching passes away; arising of things is not special 15:52 Wise reflection; how are you going to handle this moment 18:33 Gaining momentum; keeping it rolling; change unwholesome to wholesome 23:40 Look for what’s actually there 27:24 A foundation is being laid; remember right effort: throw out unwholesome thoughts 29:32 Spread joy, that’s our obligation 34:23 Satisfaction in the way things are; a reset in dreams: ānāpānasati before you sleep 42:12 Sleeping on the side; breathing well 44:22 Positive reading; reading the book between the ears; slowing things down 47:14 Start practice before you wake up; take a deep breath & 10 minutes of ānāpānasati

Tyler and Dhammarato discuss the benefits of practice within a larger community of friends. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwoMqvhj7k 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 Practice and the need for community 05:22 Many are interested in Dhamma and Sangha 06:46 Willpower vs. supportive environments 11:33 Many good monks in the West 12:49 Experienced Westerners 14:25 The Open Sangha Foundation 17:05 Making friends