Dhammarato Dhamma

The Sangha discuss the foundations of mindfulness in the context of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda). See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4YjVM87GUk 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. 00:00:00 What is practice useful for? Not getting anything out of meditation. Feeling anxiety 00:05:07 The Mahasi method has a piece missing 00:06:46 We remove hindrances by putting in wholesome thoughts 00:15:02 Doing the same thing and expecting a different result 00:20:07 The impact of childhood dependency 00:22:32 We remember to look and know what to look for; help from the Sangha 00:26:47 The Mahasi method is all hammer and no chisel; the self as a product (the five aggregates - khanda) 00:36:57 Victims of our own feelings because we don’t know them 00:41:08 Talking ourselves into feeling good 00:47:16 Fear of injury was worse than injury; analogy of playing dodgeball 00:55:41 Life is not a dress rehearsal; victimhood 01:03:11 Nurture yourself; let yourself feel really satisfied; getting past the Mahasi method 01:07:53 The skill of accepting a little bit of satisfaction 01:09:57 The real show is in the Sangha

Dhammarato and Stefan talk about desire how it relates to paticca samuppada. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81BCBE6BZ_A 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. 00:00:00 Paticca Samuppada (trail analaogy, sewage/hamburger analogy) 00:19:24 Take in more data to connect more dots and suffer less 00:24:10 Liking, but not wanting 00:27:42 Change the attitude (sankappa) from the woeful state of an dumb animal 00:38:50 The dhamma is simple (diamond analogy) 00:47:10 Right effort to be satisfied with not getting what you want 00:50:19 Anapanasati to clean the garbage and put humburgers in the sore 00:52:16 Paticca Samuppada: interconditionality, not cause-and-effect; Ignorance and Sankara 00:59:53 Concluding thoughts

Scott and Dhammarato talk about the loss of a relationship in the context of wanting, clinging, and how to be satisfied without what we want. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_u_LADZZc 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 Freedom from and freedom to 02:03 Grief comes from those who are dear; wanting and dukkha 15:09 Uncompromising worldviews; whataboutisms 24:16 Magical thinking; what’s not right here right now? 29:10 Matriarchy and patriarchy 32:09 Sadie Hawkins Day; being satisfied without what you want 40:41 Things will come to me on my terms; don’t do that dukkha 47:00 One who is honourable - kind, generous, fun-loving, truthful 52:14 Catch on to wanting quick - I see that right now - wakey-wakey 58:34 There’s no dukkha that I can’t nirodha

The Sangha discuss the conditions behind needy states and how to change causes and conditions to form wise feelings. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOc_4alvAuE 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 Direct causes, conditions, catalysts, dependent origination 11:43 The five aggregates and their results are paticcasamuppāda; hell, hungry ghost, dumb animal, asura 15:43 Functionality from the ways things are put together: rūpa, vedanā, saññā, sankhāra, viññāna 19:47 There is no self in the five aggregates (four foundations of mindfulness) 33:02 Perception is a mental creation system; we attach names as handles to create something new (salāyatana) 36:50 Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result; forming wholesome new sankhāra 44:10 Having wise feelings; being satisfied

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the wisdom that leads to skilful choices and how lineage supports passing on the spark of Dhamma. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX4g0Ho8JzE 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 Drowning in dukkha; fear, rule following, failing to relax, losing the nurturing mind 12:17 Wanting to do stuff; wanting to have stuff 16:58 I like satisfaction but I can do without it 19:16 The Second Noble Truth; social conditioning 24:02 The Third Noble Truth; it’s OK not to get what you want 27:44 When does our quiet desperation get noisy? 32:16 Letting go of a painful life; wanting becoming needing is the delusion 34:58 Relax - effort sucks; just testing 36:02 Teaching drums as teaching Dhamma 43:08 Lineage is about passing on the spark of the Dhamma 44:23 Teaching, wisdom, friendship 50:50 Wake up and handle it well

The Sangha discuss right effort, right livelihood, and ethical approaches to dealing with other people. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW5z9Edkw-0 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 Using right effort to come to relaxation - shoulds, oughts, musts 06:07 Right livelihood - ethical sales, marketing, teaching 35:30 You don’t know me… active giving 44:55 ‘Dirty little scoundrels’, selfishness, tribalism 50:21 German rap; 90s Memphis Gangsta rap

Alex and Dhammarato talk about the ups and downs of practice and being satisfied. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdVnrc6M2bA 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 Enthusiasm, energy, change: keep looking 04:20 Viktor Frankl ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ 07:25 The jhanas don’t matter - look at gladdening the mind 10:01 Congratulate yourself whether there’s dukkha or not 14:57 Being a little bit satisfied 18:18 Up and down; back and forth - no zero to ten scale

James and Dhammarato discuss control of the breath and gladdening the mind as the route to a change of attitude and fulfilment of the factors of awakening. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkQeCte15c 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. 00:00:00 Western Buddhists miss the central points of ānāpānasat; the breath of life; discursive thought; mind moments 00:16:41 The purpose is the fulfilment of other things especially a change of attitude (samma sankappa) 00:20:54 Understand first; fill the gaps in afterwards; everything is ok now; we are safe and secure 00:30:57 Develop wholesome thoughts rather than trying to drop thoughts altogether 00:35:45 Western Buddhism misses “gladdening the mind” which appears in so many suttas 00:39:10 Always look on the bright side of life; the first knowledge: “I can handle it” 00:45:12 Changing the mind from unwholesome thoughts to wholesome thoughts is gladdening the mind 00:57:22 We have to learn to control the mind; right effort is the stick 01:09:18 Master sukha; samādhi is the quality of a mind fit for work

Eric and Dhammarato discuss the perception of tiredness, making friends on the inside, and the benefits of Sangha. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeydGbUDBbw 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 Investigating tiredness; cycles of feedback 02:52 Pay attention to your breath now 09:53 If it’s not here it’s not worth spending time on 13:16 Making friends on the inside 20:41 Tiredness is relative to the burden you perceive 22:43 Talking about the Dhamma; keeping each other focussed on the wholesome 28:34 Developing Sangha 34:45 Ten minutes six times a day making friends with yourself

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the properties of a mind fit for work and wisdom at the point of contact with reference to greed, ill-will, and confusion conditioned by rule-bound perception. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w5LU2qFYH4 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. 00:00:00 The moment is the frame of reference; gaining distance 00:05:31 Rules are often the highway to hell 00:11:56 A mind fit for work (1st jhana); wisdom at the point of contact (what to do in 1st jhana) 00:15:29 Three kinds of ignorant feeling lead to dukkha; ill-will, confusion, greed; rule-bound perception 00:29:57 It doesn’t matter what’s going on: am I satisfied? 00:31:49 Wise confusion is to be satisfied and await more information; Devadatta’s story 00:37:00 Analogy of the rat hole (paticcasamuppāda) 00:46:01 Dhammarato has no method 00:49:40 Pride; intentionally pointing-out; Aṅgulimāla’s rehabilitation; bully or a bull? 01:02:15 Learning to recognise confusion; asking questions 01:05:15 Catching old rules 01:06:34 Vedanā is the crux of paticcasamuppāda; dukkha is a grand discovery

Alex and Dhammarato discuss how doubts and fears become imaginary survival issues and how the wisdom of situational awareness and being in the senses restores our sense of safety and security. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymeiQUCKQiE 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. 00:00:00 I’m not my thoughts or feelings 00:07:22 Representation and reality in paticcasamuppāda 00:12:50 The language of the self-preservation instinct is fear: I’m in danger 00:18:38 Get into the senses and gather new information 00:25:52 Wisdom, situational awareness, childish fear: freezing, fight, flight 00:33:42 Unwholesome thoughts proliferate in modern society 00:38:46 Seeing fear as a survival issue; zero-sum games; generosity 00:46:16 Sukha has the qualities of safety, security, and wealth borne of generosity 00:57:12 Seeing a thought as empty is a wholesome thought 01:02:09 Liking something without wanting it 01:04:01 Investigating nothing; fear and OCD 01:10:41 Doubts as fears; being satisfied with fear 01:15:02 Whataboutisms, holding things lightly; waking up 01:18:28 There’s more music to learn

The Sangha discuss satisfaction and enthusiasm as core skills of practice, friendliness as our approach to the world, and the difference between causality and conditionality. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He71rmtJcDE 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. 00:00:00 Piti and sukha are both skills to be developed; enthusiasm rather than dedication 00:08:25 Nothing is worth worrying about; nothing is an emergency 00:21:08 Judging and comparing as unwholesome thoughts 00:26:49 The whole point is satisfaction; just enough is enough 00:33:47 The energy gets intense, never mind 00:38:42 The Sangha is about sharing the joy 00:43:55 Friendliness as default 00:53:27 David Hume, causation vs. conditionality; paticcasamuppāda and inter-relatedness 01:09:12 Sati sampajañña - seeing inter-relatedness 01:14:51 Western psychology and Buddhism complement each other

DJ and Dhammarato talk about the three types of Sankara and how they fit into Paticca Samuppada. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOjUh0C950M 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 Sankara, three types (Bodily, Mental, Verbal) 01:40 Bodily Sankara is the muscle memory 06:15 Verbal Sankara are the rites, rules, and rituals (silabataparamasa) 09:23 Citta Sankara is the emotional memory 10:45 The child, parent, and adult from Transactional Analysis 20:41 The Five Aggregates and Paticca Samuppada 48:58 Correct anapanasati practice creates new Sankara, which will stop Paticca Samuppada at the point of contact (phassa)

Alex and Dhammarato talk about changing a goal-oriented perspective into being present right now. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8x2Obzilyo 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. 00:00:00 The ditch is getting shallower 00:01:55 You don’t need any help; events are not challenges or struggles 00:08:29 Looking for love in all the wrong places 00:13:22 Find the smallest unit of win 00:14:36 You don’t have to focus 00:19:08 The order is “one by one as they occur” - no mental gymnastics required 00:23:40 Come out of the rule-following and nurture yourself 00:37:16 So I can just relax? 00:43:41 Planning for future dukkha is dukkha: just nurture yourself 00:48:08 Be satisfied without answers; let unwholesome thoughts go 00:51:05 There’s nothing to it 00:52:33 Using one thorn to pull out another thorn: hello darkness my old friend 00:58:52 Being a better dog than the dogs; the way of the ancients 01:02:49 It doesn’t need to work out in any particular way

Alex and Dhammarato discuss new skills of being in the present by paying attention happily and developing wisdom. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4qGaqSqyE0 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 What’s not here right now? 03:23 Doubt: is this good enough? 09:43 Come and join the joy 15:14 Dispersion: pay attention to what you’re doing now 22:29 Metta: change unwholesome thoughts by attention on the present 25:27 Piti-sukha and a new skill to be developed 33:15 Back to basics; joy as an anchor 40:51 Sukha to upekkha 45:49 Begin to notice how many thoughts are self-referential 47:53 Practice getting out of the ditch; slipping without falling 51:34 Dukkha declines in importance 53:32 Get out of your frame of reference: the map is not the territory

The Sangha chat about mindfulness in different settings, being aware of meaningless rules, wholesome practice and hindrances, positive feedback loops, and mindful news consumption. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-a27elHb3c 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. 00:00:00 Sati at work; unmet needs and overconsumption 00:08:07 Popular culture, trivia, and sports 00:17:59 Rites, rules and rituals in daily life 00:23:19 Enjoying the weather 00:25:15 Experience of practice; good practice maintains itself 00:31:25 Being at the right stage for retreats 00:38:00 Addicted to being dissatisfied 00:45:58 Making happiness into a rule; fear of fear 00:53:30 “No pain, no gain” is not a wholesome idea 00:55:49 Seeing the house of cards 01:01:30 The imaginary journey with its imaginary obstacles 01:09:08 Dukkha and positive feedback loops 01:16:02 The witness, the dreamless, and self-enquiry 01:23:47 Boredom, time, seclusion 01:28:13 Mindful news consumption

Ron and Dhammarato discuss how to deal with atypical experiences as just another mind moment, controlling the feelings, and spreading the joy. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SiAnC3tjJA 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 Elusive experiences, Mahasi, attainments 05:45 We have to see dukkha to embark on the journey 07:19 Dependently arising 09:56 Experiences are ordinary - no superlatives required 13:00 Getting stuck in the past (hindrances) 17:04 Setting a standard, seeing the measure 21:47 There’s nothing to it 22:53 You can control your feelings and there’s a process for doing it 23:46 The Buddha figured this out 2500 years ago but most will never listen 27:07 Whistle while you work

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the five aggregates as a basis for understanding anatta and conditionality. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-FKgLw_pQk 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. 00:00:00 The arising and passing away — what’s not there? 00:11:49 The five drivers of TA - the mechanisms of destiny 00:16:02 The five aggregates - smoke gets in your eyes 00:26:12 Products of the past - analogy of the library 00:28:59 The delusion of being the body 00:36:40 The delusion of being the feelings 00:39:08 The delusion of being the memory 00:49:00 The delusion of being perception 00:49:36 The delusion of being consciousness 01:00:38 The baby shower game - laughing at me, mine, I 01:14:36 Pick yourself up, dust yourself off… 01:19:22 I want to keep this and get more 01:25:44 More naturally grown moments of joy - just be

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the many forms of doubt, seeing emptiness and dukkha as friends, compounding wholesomeness, and coming technological change. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqtgfRnc7w 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 Worrying about the hindrances is a hindrance 05:37 The labyrinthine nature of doubt 08:48 Arising and passing away: Nagarjuna’s sea foams 11:23 Emptiness is your friend 18:13 Attachment to joy 25:17 Keep compounding 29:02 Consistent wholesomeness 34:20 Getting above the dukkha is nothing special 42:27 Being grateful for dukkha as guidance 44:16 The thoughts in your head are not you 46:16 See the passing away 49:00 Technological revolution is coming

The Sangha discuss how the suttas are mutually reinforcing and give a coherent explanation of the path and how it should be practiced. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCpLFzIfkzY 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. 00:00:00 Piti-sukha, the four elements, and sattipatthāna 00:06:40 The Great Forty, Mindfulness of Breathing, and Mindfulness of the Body (MN 117-119) 00:10:49 Understanding right attitude provides security 00:16:29 The ordinary path works but Achan Pho wanted us to start at the Noble - graduate school 00:20:33 Back to the three suttas 00:28:48 If at first you don’t succeed look at what you’re doing 00:32:07 Why the foundations of mindfulness are set out as a tetrad 00:51:03 Things done with a noble mind are noble 00:58:28 The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (MN 64) 01:02:59 Connecting the ānāpānāsatisutta and the Great Forty 01:04:31 Experience builds confidence 01:07:40 Investigation starts when we have the fruits of 1st jhana 01:12:16 The integration of ānāpānāsati, paticcasamuppāda, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, the satipatthāna, and the five aggregates 01:13:19 Is the noble path path slow? 01:17:55 Remember to take five 01:27:46 It’s OK to ask for help - the Sangha 01:30:39 Practice, performance, play 01:32:22 How can my practice be this good?

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the joy of gently relaxing into deeper practice, the tears of a arhat, investigating sati, non-zero-sum games, and Western meditation as dukkha practice. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDahuDFVpU 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. 00:00:00 Gently relaxing into deeper practice 00:04:11 The tears of a arhat 00:09:01 Ajhan Maha Bua’s cry of relief 00:12:22 Complete conviction as a fruit of practice 00:15:28 Wholesomeness compounds 00:23:32 Welcome to the world of relief 00:24:50 How is your sati? Investigating your tools 00:28:22 The mind gets more settled 00:30:07 Being in the world but not of the world 00:33:09 The next trigger is seeing that a thought is already wholesome 00:37:56 The burden of delayed gratification fades away 00:40:22 “I’m afraid I’ll lose this” is our whole life story 00:43:31 Using a gentler image changes my being 00:44:35 Finding a spark and passing it on 00:46:56 Non-zero-sum games - everyone can win 00:49:10 Western meditation is dukkha practice in search of a reward 00:51:37 Optimism and pessimism are both delusional 00:55:14 Developing three triggers for sati 01:01:52 Being aware that there’s less to be aware of

Dhammarato and other members of the Sangha discuss how to deal with finding more unwholesome thoughts, the evolutionary history of the brain, being raised as a victim, and the power we have to change our attitude. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOlRQp3gxDM 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 Finding more unwholesome thoughts 02:38 Is more investigation required? 12:25 Brains built for survival not happiness 14:39 Escaping danger into fear 16:35 Wisdom sees the difference between a real danger and a false positive 17:48 Void - of unwholesome thoughts 20:51 Anticipation of the future; recollection of the past 25:28 Long-term thoughts and beliefs 29:06 Mating and self-preservation 32:25 I wonder what my next thought will be? (guarding the mind) 38:15 From constant anxiety to bliss 44:55 Being raised as a victim 48:06 The power we have to change our attitude 53:21 It’s great to have a community 55:27 Right viewing or investigating; not “having a viewpoint”

Sandra, Robert, and Dhammarato ponder the connections between food and mood, concepts and forms, moral issues vs. medical issues, having a child, and teaching for the benefit of future generations. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCi5DwdyVU 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 Cooking, mood, music 08:35 Chickens, eggs, and the Platonic Realm 11:22 Reality, observation, copies, and gossip 13:08 Bible stories 18:24 Having a child; transformation of moral issues into medical issues 25:29 Teaching children to be awake 27:58 Why are we following this rule? 30:01 “I teach for the benefit and the welfare of future generations” 35:31 Don’t worry about a thing…

Gavin and Dhammarato discuss following rules and rituals instead of accepting our power to build the skill of sati with enthusiasm See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnAteIAVeU 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. 00:00:00 Peak experiences rarely repeat but being OK is the base 00:02:27 “Aha” moments come from connecting the dots 00:05:40 Lineage: it doesn’t matter where the information comes from 00:10:00 Westerners “touch” one tradition & think they’ve seen the whole; the story of the ten blind men 00:13:30 Your choice: to be the cause or the affect 00:15:08 The Dhamma is small - there’s nothing to it 00:23:50 Doing nothing; not being a victim 00:28:06 Right effort: I can change 00:33:19 Have yourself a merry little moment one by one they come… 00:36:20 The Universe will welcome you home 00:39:00 The solution is that there was never a problem 00:40:40 Right effort is the least effort needed to get the job done 00:45:38 Equanimity 00:52:39 The whole Dhamma has been lost in translation 00:56:42 Everything is different except our belief it is 01:02:15 Rites, rules and, rituals - the big cat 01:05:40 “I’m right because that’s how I feel” 01:07:41 Nobility is not well-understood in the West 01:16:20 You are the victim, the persecutor, and the one who sees the show 01:17:56 Sati is a skill to be practiced with enthusiasm

Alex and Dhammarato discuss enjoying the practice, making friends, the real meaning of piti, relaxing from piti into sukha, whataboutism, and shifting cultural norms. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZPCWJQdYkY 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. 00:00:00 Enjoying the practice & making friends 00:07:55 Relaxing from piti into sukha 00:12:32 The Dhamma is fast when practiced correctly 00:16:56 Relax and stay on guard 00:20:17 Whataboutism & OCD 00:27:48 Skillful observation & being good enough 00:42:40 Cultural norms are shifting 01:01:06 What’s next & playing music you can play

Alex and Dhammarato discuss how Right View develops as our Sati gets quicker. As Right View develops, we see through the lies, and we develop Right Attitude. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5yatsTgyo 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. 00:00:00 Seeing more mind moments (samma ditthi) 00:08:22 Observation and change 00:18:09 Authority and stasis 00:19:00 We draw to us the things we fear 00:24:58 Out duty to the Dhamma is to stop spreading dukkha 00:36:12 Internalised rules, tradition, & insight (Silabattaparamasa) 00:39:55 Disgust & arrogance, being above the world (samma sankappa), feedback loops 00:50:00 The Buddha was a bull elephant 00:55:53 Seeing doubt. This moment is good enough 01:07:30 Guarding the mind is sustained thought 01:09:00 Protection, permission, potency

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the basic principles of practice by analogy with cooking, whack-a-mole, pulling the plug, the cowherd, and the dog with ticks. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iritLaHYj1w 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. 00:00:00 I can’t get no satisfaction 00:05:42 Frustration, anxiety, fear 00:10:58 Don’t turn wisdom into a set of rules 00:12:34 Dukkha or dukkha-nirodha? 00:22:56 One by one as they occur 00:23:43 Meditation is whack-a-mole 00:31:01 I don’t want to do this 00:36:40 I don’t want to do this wrong 00:39:50 I can’t do this 00:46:10 I can do this 00:48:40 The analogy of the cowherd 00:53:27 Being aware watching a movie 01:01:57 I can master this 01:04:05 Analogy of the dog with ticks 01:06:58 I will keep practicing - I’m in control 01:09:20 How the breathing comes into it

Daniel and Dhammarato have a wide-ranging discussion covering topics such as how focus on an object of meditation is off-track, the seven factors of awakening, doubt as a hindrance, the lack of skill in determination without discrimination, the uselessness of magical beliefs, the map trap, and personality view as the first fetter. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfg5LE6s0tc 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. 00:00:00 Focus on an object is off-track 00:07:16 Objects worthy of attention 00:10:25 A good chronological sequence: the seven factors of enlightenment 00:17:13 Is this thought worth having? 00:21:39 Wholesome thoughts, lead to wholesome feelings, lead to wholesome relaxation 00:27:35 What’s the issue with the fire kasina? 00:29:39 Doubt is a hindrance 00:34:05 The Dhamma is a mosaic and Western Buddhism is missing pieces 00:38:50 Be the lion of the Buddha 00:44:15 We learn through observation 00:46:14 Our language is riddled with impossibilities 00:52:48 Determination without discrimination is unskillful 01:07:36 There’s satisfaction in small things 01:08:27 Magical beliefs, tulkus, religion 01:23:30 The Dark Night of the Soul is wanting what you don’t have 01:27:39 We don’t need heaven to feel good 01:30:52 The map trap is living in the past and the future 01:36:10 After you awake go back to sleep 01:37:56 Rebirth is moment to moment 01:43:00 Personality view is the first fetter 01:45:03 Half a second from heaven to hell 01:47:20 Handling sensations and thoughts wisely

Peter and Dhammarato explore seclusion, dispassion, and cessation and how these English translations of the Pali terms imply a harsher interpretation than is intended in the suttas. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Svx5I1JM7A 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 Seclusion, dispassion, and cessation in the Samyutta Nikāya 01:19 Seclusion from a noisy environment 08:47 Dispassion is distance from greed, hatred, and delusion 11:30 Sati is a handle for the whole Eightfold Path 13:43 Dispassion should have a relaxed and friendly quality 17:07 Atammayatā is throwing back with loving kindness 18:43 Relaxation is a practical approach 24:50 Cessation is the lack of struggle that comes with satisfaction

David and Dhammarato talk about friendship, community, the influence of companions, and the capacity for change that comes through right effort and remembering to look. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PrfaZpumQ 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. 00:00:00 Teaching and friendship 00:05:10 Just one spark is enough 00:07:35 The supramundane dhamma only exists in a community 00:09:25 Our duty springs from the nature of reality 00:15:19 Sangha is the missing element in the West 00:25:19 The influence of nobles and companions 00:33:30 The first fetter and believing you can change 00:37:24 There is power in the dhamma 00:47:30 Life sucks because we’re sucking 00:52:30 Ending suffering is easier done than said 00:55:00 The metaphor of the woeful animal 00:58:40 We can have satisfaction 01:03:39 Noble right viewing 01:07:55 Remembering to look 01:14:34 Right attitude 01:21:02 Right effort

Joe and Dhammarato discuss how confidence grows through an understanding of conditionality as explained in the Upanisasutta and the knowledges of the stream-enterer detailed in the Kosambiyasutta. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZeWEUf-Phs 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. 00:00:00 Understanding dependent origination in the Upanisasutta 00:03:40 There are many words for “satisfaction” 00:07:30 Conditionality vs. causality 00:09:10 Dukkha leads to wisdom 00:10:45 The first knowledge of the stream-enterer 00:13:20 Links to the stages of insight 00:15:18 Confidence comes from understanding conditionality 00:20:08 Links to the 1st jhana and seven factors of enlightenment 00:26:50 The qualities of the four jhanas 00:34:48 Unification of mind (samādhi) 00:36:54 “Access concentration” is a bad translation 00:39:10 Fourth jhana and seeing how the mind works 00:40:40 “Truly knowing and seeing” 00:45:17 The sankharas as stored data 00:47:24 The meaning of “disillusionment” 00:55:20 “Dispassion” step 16 of ānāpānasati 00:57:10 Freedom and “ending the defilements” 01:00:05 The analogy of the mountain river and silabattaparamasa 01:04:00 How to read the suttas; advances in translation

The Sangha discuss ethical and practical issues surrounding relationships and earning a living, teaching and learning, and the difficulty of maintaining a practice in the restaurant of samsara. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEo1exXO-Zs 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. 00:00:00 Friendship, relationships, dependency, compatibility 00:20:52 Liking, wanting, clinging, greed 00:32:17 Right livelihood, day trading, gambling 00:51:43 Teaching, using the Dhamma, languages, learning 01:20:34 Social priorities, assessment, measurement, fear 01:25:06 Struggling to maintain a practice; doing it unmotivated 01:39:13 Social conditioning and choosing dukkha

Tyler and Dhammarato discuss the right attitude to practice, weaknesses in the Mahasi method as taught in the West, and the optimal duration of practice sessions. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPkth-h0gk 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 Everyone struggles too hard - except for those who think they’ve already arrived 05:22 Actively relax into practice 10:04 Hating a hindrance is a hindrance 14:30 Investigate wholesome things 16:49 Playing with anxiety 20:50 The Mahasi technique gets too close to dukkha 23:20 The breath is an anchor against waves of extraneous thoughts 24:52 Satisfaction not equanimity 27:06 Relax & soak in the reality of the moment 31:24 Satisfaction will grow 36:36 The Mahasi method in the West 39:50 An hour is too long

Dhammarato gives Corey an introduction to anapanasati. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwDEi2YBi0 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. 00:00:00 Talking about things we hide from 00:02:13 Peace, teaching, “enlightenment” 00:11:40 Just chill (nibbana) 00:17:00 Seeing the cycles 00:20:02 Using better language 00:23:08 Why ānāpānasati helps 00:28:48 Unwholesome thoughts trigger instinctual behaviours 00:46:02 Don’t use automatic pilot 00:53:05 Sati, right viewing, right effort, right attitude 01:06:15 Sharing dhamma with others 01:19:26 Mind moments

Dhammarato and friends discuss the duties and benefits of Sangha, the lack of a Sangha in the West, friendliness and honesty as duties to the Dhamma, volunteering without the need to be in charge or to take ownership, a new model of Dhamma-teaching, and informal distribution of support through the mechanisms of an open Sangha. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljA5RYyRu88 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. 00:00:00 Sangha is the gem in the crown 00:03:22 We all have a duty to the Dhamma 00:08:20 Friendliness and honesty 00:14:05 Cultivating a wide variety of friends 00:17:40 Western Buddhism lacks a Sangha 00:29:53 The importance of monks and nobles 00:48:09 How can we promote Sangha? 00:58:46 No one needs to be in charge of have ownership 01:06:11 The benefits of volunteering 01:10:01 Work should not be too burdensome 01:13:38 A new model of Dhamma-teaching 01:19:23 Informal distribution of support & no formal ordination process 01:22:37 The sotāpan has the highest duty 01:32:29 Gaining benefit from volunteer work 01:33:14 How to investigate the causes of depression

Dhammarato and friends discuss Sangha, rebirth, the four imponderables, the present moment, the future of Western Buddhism, Western wannabes, and meditation as competition. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m5-q1EDhxs 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. 00:00:00 Friendliness, honesty, the power of being in the moment 00:01:37 Rebirth (jāti) is moment-to-moment 00:03:47 The four imponderables 00:22:31 Zen, fearless, bushido and Samurai 00:29:44 Future technology and the extent of the mind 00:31:30 Metaphor in the lives of the Buddha’s disciples 00:33:36 Suicide and ordinary right view 00:37:05 Speculative futures and friendliness 00:40:43 Rikyū being in the moment 00:46:25 Lessons from jiu-jitsu 00:49:57 Individualism & noise; impersonal Dhamma 00:53:46 Three lifetimes: past, present, future 01:01:38 The Dhamma goes meta 01:10:46 Other techniques and Western wannabes 01:17:23 Where will Western Buddhism go? 01:18:40 Monastic life and sit-down practice 01:25:10 Success and knowledge 01:29:42 Being a Sangha teacher 01:33:02 Meditation as competition 01:44:22 The supramundane Dhamma is a breath of fresh air

The Sangha discuss the qualities of investigation, suicide & despair, growing confidence, and the value of the Sangha. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukduxQFaGLs 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 There’s no way to happiness, happiness is the way 02:25 Hilarious suicidal thoughts 08:35 Trying too hard 17:49 Vipassana, Daniel Ingram, The Mind Illuminated 21:45 Investigation has an active quality, more like a security camera than a photograph 28:16 You have to use what you know 33:00 Read the suttas; don’t beat yourself up 36:47 Shifts in perception vs. habits become less effortful 39:10 Che sarà sarà 43:23 The Sangha has wonderful momentum 45:02 It gets easier to notice wholesome thoughts 47:02 Restlessness and conceit 50:27 Doubt. The teaching is simple 53:49 Wherever you are take a breath, everything is OK

Tommy and Dhammarato discuss the difference between reality and thoughts of reality, thinking wholesomely, and the first step on the path. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XAavOXtSxI 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 Our thoughts of reality are not reality 04:06 There’s always one more level of letting go 07:45 Guide the mind into thinking wholesomely 10:20 The first step on the path 10:40 Don’t go too deep

The Sangha discuss the dichotomy of “good” and “bad" in the origin of our misconceptions, unwholesome thoughts, and fear. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfNAfO0yRk 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. 00:00:00 We are OK: permission, protection, potency 00:03:56 “Good” and “bad” are part of the problem 00:17:05 Practice like your hair is on fire 00:27:44 Freedom from things and right noble viewing 00:34:16 Allow yourself to be happy; body scanning; Covid-19 symptoms 00:48:36 Everything is about paticcasamuppāda: nothing happens without conditions 01:01:02 Childhood origins of fear 01:12:18 The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off (Gloria Steinem) 01:19:59 The key concept is wholesome vs. unwholesome thoughts 01:29:16 Judging wholesome thoughts 01:43:02 Two types of past: memories and habits 01:45:21 Reacting and reactivating; gaining perspective 01:51:33 Wake up, look, make a change, enjoy the change - success builds confidence

See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BexUdhyzE7M 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.

The Sangha discuss how we are conditioned to feel bad, being results-oriented instead of process-oriented, the meaning of dependent origination, sources of inspiration, and experiences on retreat. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCT-7dnUDcg 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. 00:00:00 The Sangha is a joy; sati is the special sauce 00:07:11 We are process oriented and don’t demand anything 00:14:14 Freedom and dependent origination 00:23:28 Investigation is a joy; laughing at the absurdity of the whole thing 00:31:55 Work, music, wholesome thoughts, Beethoven’s ninth 00:44:42 Pali canon, philosophers, monastics, inspiration 00:49:17 Natthiko, reflecting on death and fear, cemetery meditations 00:59:39 Experiences of Wat Suan Mokkh, retreats, seclusion 01:17:59 It’s all in the mind; conditioned resistance to change

Scott and Dhammarato talk about enjoying the 1st jhana, repressive rule-making, sustaining wholesome thoughts, and the meaning of “anatta” See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Ks_TlFk6s 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 Enjoying the 1st jhana 05:45 Become aware of repressive rule-making 10:20 Crash landing 13:46 Catch it before it gets out of control 18:40 Anatta is over-rated 32:17 The three characteristics 34:25 Does change need an observer? 41:42 The Buddha taught one practice 44:55 Sati is number one on the list 45:40 Mind moments are not always thoughts 51:05 The map is not the territory

The Sangha discuss the differences between physical and mental pain, life after death, magical thinking, and basic steps of the path. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOl45LwrSUU 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. 00:00:00 Physical pain is a feature of our being; mental pain is a choice (Sallasutta) 00:08:20 Nirodha-samāpatti; Delson Armstrong 00:19:34 Life after death; emptiness and no-self; solipsism 00:30:21 Does this help me see dukkha or not? Experiences of physical pain 00:38:59 Happiness as an unnatural state; the first knowledge 00:48:02 Change in identity; siddhis; magical thinking; spiritual materialism 00:59:33 Five factors of enlightenment; controlling the breath; practicing with freedom and ease 01:07:18 Gently practicing through existential angst; thoughts in the room 01:32:46 The ānāpānasatisutta - 16 steps 01:44:59 Seven factors of awakening (sambojjhanga); jhanas 01:52:05 Lokuttara paticcasamuppāda 01:54:50 Eightfold Noble Path; the Great Forty (MN 117); safety and security 02:23:54 Nurturing ourselves; maintaining right attitude

The Sangha discuss whether certain philosophical ideas can be reconciled with the Dhamma. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKLKvH44vE 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 Omnipresence and dependent origination 01:23 Confusion of categorisation 04:27 Philosophy as inspiration for investigation 05:28 Is what I completely believe true? 06:41 The philosophy spiral of death

The Sangha discuss the jhanas, conceit, and hindrances. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOI5LVlT_2o 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 Plum Village, affectations; depression; find what resonates 04:53 Cut out the language; past first jhana is all feeling 07:23 Slipping out of the higher jhanas 09:42 Conceit 11:56 Hindrances 14:19 If you can’t be happy right now you’ll never be happy

The Sangha discuss elements of practice, magical thinking, wholesome and unwholesome thoughts, the everyday nature of the brahmaviharas, Sangha, faith, and dependent origination. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM9GmHj5IZM 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. 00:00:00 Seeing past our sensations and feelings; there’s nothing new under the sun 00:12:48 Taking baby steps; experiencing piti; wallowing 00:31:22 The wisdom of knowing where things are headed 00:36:50 Trying to understand thoughts without conditionality 00:48:07 Wanting things to be different to how they are 00:52:01 The process only ever happens right now; brahmaviharas 01:01:02 States and boundaries; selflessness and selfishness 01:07:18 It comes back to dukkha dukkha-nirodha; there’s no unified self; magical thinking 01:23:40 Bypass magical thinking to be here in the moment 01:32:41 Understanding wholesome thoughts and why we think unwholesome thoughts will last forever 01:46:57 Sangha and being motivated by enthusiastic practitioners; brahmaviharas are everyday 02:11:23 Nobles have confidence based on skill development 02:28:55 Location, culture, tech; dependent origination; paradoxes

Gavin and Dhammarato explore the depths of ānāpānasati and how it differs from the judgmental, bottom-line oriented thinking of the West. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNP5i2ta8sE 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 Dukkha-sukha 01:18 There is only one practice of meditation 06:59 States of joy are a choice 08:15 It’s hard to repeal a law, but we can change 11:49 Using the breath helps us to wake up 14:30 Practice like your hair is on fire (piti) 18:49 The breath is a motivating anchor 21:10 The optimist and the pessimist 24:08 The anti-moral of the story of Adam & Eve 25:50 Judgment versus discrimination 27:43 The moral kick of our stories 32:45 The limitations of metta 41:40 Forgetting is forgiveness 47:15 This is how we practice 51:20 Bottom-line oriented thinking is not the Buddha’s Way

Dhammarato and Parker talk about compassion, restlessness and curiosity, and the historical context of the suttas. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5o2_1RZ1hg 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 Acting out of compassion 06:27 Right Speech, malicious gossip, handling conflict 15:10 Large movements, politics 20:44 Curiosity and restlessness 22:49 Friendship vs. truth 27:48 One-liners, playing with students' language 32:04 Restlessness and seclusion, Ajahn Sumedho's seclusion, saving the world 41:12 Lineage 43:10 Victimhood 43:54 MN 139 - How to share the dhamma 46:38 Compassion while in seclusion, asking people questions like how they feel, the Socratic method 54:41 Historical context of the suttas

The Sangha discuss the foundations of practice. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js8K2knseF8 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. 00:00:00 Ānāpānasati has a great effect. We start with four foundational skills 00:16:58 Through this practice the mind becomes organised and calm 00:21:49 Unskilful meditation lacks right effort 00:27:47 Let things cool off (nibbana) 00:36:51 The hard nibbana and how to read the suttas 00:47:45 Don’t set standards, nurture yourself 00:53:55 Over-effort hinders getting into a good state: applied and sustained 00:58:48 Maintain mindfulness when you need it; being on standby 01:05:25 Our reality is that you’re usually in a good space 01:08:01 Recognise when what you’re doing is not satisfying; break your toys 01:14:08 Many teachers express things in the same way 01:16:41 Overwhelmed by craving, not emotion 01:19:12 Everything is OK; we don’t have to feel bad 01:25:52 We don’t have to strive in meditation; Right noble attitude: there’s a gold coin right next to you 01:43:36 We’re all in the same boat together 01:44:43 The practice naturally develops toward more non-verbal experience 01:57:03 Piti and sukha are on a continuum; analogy of success in sports 02:02:01 Equanimity and the mudras; 4th jhana

Eno and Dhammarato discuss attachment to relationships, fear and uncertainty, the foundations of morality, and the character of the Dhamma. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmyOushjoj8 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. 00:00:00 Ānāpānasati is a relaxing break 00:05:40 Attachment to relationships - enjoyment without clinging 00:12:03 Grateful for the company of giants 00:13:40 How to deal with fear and uncertainty: you can handle it 00:23:46 It’s OK to screw up; the fourth knowledge; lineage and learning from mistakes 00:29:15 Fear of loss; art as instinct 00:32:35 Sati and morality; what’s right for right now? 00:44:53 There’s no rule against rules: precepts help to see things coming 00:53:13 Setting a baseline: the four requisites 00:59:47 Taking rules ignorantly: inspect, evaluate 01:04:20 Talking ourself out of fear; rules; music 01:13:52 Noble language; the repetitive quality of ānāpānasati 01:25:09 Everything happens in cycles; everything in the Dhamma is connected