Monks In Cyberspace

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on mindfulness's qualities of attending, zeal, desire and sense restraint. Dhamma talk on parables from the Satipattana Saṁyutta: SN47.19 At Sedaka (about the wise caṇḍāla pole acrobat) and SN47.6 A Hawk.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation as slow and growing like a tree does, rather than engineering for an outcome. Dhamma talk on a range of Q + A topics focusing on consciousness, rebirth, and the idea of a soul.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on metta for a loved person. Dhamma talk on matter (rupa).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on metta. Dhamma talk on the lizard king - Jeffrey Epstein and the crisis of leadership. Trigger warning - child sexual assault and rape is spoken about. Discussion of the how bad Epstein and Trump's histories are, how such horrific abuse could occur. Week starting on the first Tuesday of each month may discuss things that are not light-hearted - next will be April 10th.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on samatha and vipassana. Dhamma talk on the Platform Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra, mostly a story about these sutras and how they might relate to samatha and vipassana.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on thoughts and feelings. Dhamma talk on meditation on dhammas/principles - final part of four part series on meditation. Discussion of what is meant by principles/dhammas, the five hindrances, and the seven awakening factors.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on awareness. Dhamma talk on consciousness and citta bhavana in Buddhist meditation - part three of four part series on meditation.

Bhante Sujato. From Blackboard to Browser : What digital education and Artificial Intelligence is not telling parents.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on feeling. Dhamma talk on feeling in Buddhist meditation - part two of four part series on meditation.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation discussion of posture and relatoinship of meditation to other things in one's life. Dhamma talk on mindfulness of breathing in Buddhist meditation - part one of four part series on meditation.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath and the role of reviewing. Dhamma talk on integration of the different aspects of the dhamma path. Discussion of bringing lessons from one space into the other and how mindfulness means building up wisdom slowly over one's life. Reference: Khandhaka Chapter 10

Bhante Sujato and Brother Tenzin. Meditation by Bhante Suddhasso on watching the flow of sensations. Dhamma talk on Deeper Ecology. Speaking on behalf of nature, the climate, and how the Buddha related to nature. References: Gaia Forest, Yatra, deepecology.net, Joanna Macy + others - Thinking Like a Mountain, Rising Tide.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath, why progress can be slow. Dhamma talk on AN3.65 Discourse to the Kālāmas / Kesamuttisutta: how to relate to doctrines and views and engage with various teachers.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on peace and the breath, being truly mindful. Dhamma talk on more questions from attendees: Bhante Sudhasso asks about the translation of 'sankhara', talent's relationship to kamma, the meaning of delusion with concrete examples, mettā meditation for the disliked.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on observing the peace inside the breath. Dhamma talk on questions from attendees: Kaya in the context of jhana: sukhuma rupa (subtle body) and olarika rupa (course body), time as fractal, feeling of floating in the air while meditating.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on what the breath feels like. Dhamma talk on moving house. Sutta mentioned: Attadaṇḍa Sutta

Venerable Pasanna. Meditation on the breath and kindness towards the body. Dhamma talk on the three unskillful roots (greed, hate and delusion) as presented in AN3.69 Akusalamūla Sutta with a focus on delusion and how delusion operates.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on contentment, energy and the breath. Dhamma talk on the practical implications of Dependent Origination continued. Part eleven (last) of rains series talks on Dependent Origination. The relationship of happiness and joy to dependent origination, exploration of the sequence truly knowing and seeing, dispassion, freedom and knowledge in SN12.23 Upanisasutta.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the whirplool of desire and peace. Dhamma talk on the practical implications of Dependent Origination. Part ten of rains series talks on Dependent Origination. Cessation of ignorance as right practice in SN12.3 Paṭipadāsutta. The end of five types of fear and enmity in this and future lives, stream entry as investigating and understanding DO in SN12.41 Fears and Enmities.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on wrong interpretations of Dependent Origination: Only a response/rehashing of Vedic ideas, that it evolved from shorter to longer form and 'one-life' Dependent Origination. Part nine of rains series talks on Dependent Origination. Discussion of Vasubandhu's defense of three-life D.O. in Abhidharmakośabhāṣya. Talk's focus on refutal of the kinds of evidence given by Ajahn Buddhadassa of one-life D.O. in Paṭiccasamuppāda: Practical Dependent Origination. Other works mentioned: P.A. Payutto - Dependent Origination, Venerable Sunyo - Is Dependent Origination a parody of Vedic cosmology?, Jurewicz - Playing With Fire

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on mindfulness and contentment in the present. Dhamma talk on Nagarjuna's work Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Part eight of rains series on Dependent Origination. References: Mūlamadhyamakakārikā in Sanskrit (GRETIL).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on not underestimating our own potential to be free. Dhamma talk on Dependent Origination part seven of rains series. Discussion of "the oldest cosmology" of "all exists" and its Vedic origins. References: SN12.48 Lokāyatikasutta, SN12.15 Kaccānagotta Sutta, Rig Veda 10.129.1 as translated by Jamison and Brereton

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on minfunless of the breath. Dhamma talk on the meeaning of "is suffering made by oneself or another?" in Dependent Origination, part six of rains series. References: SN12.17 With Kassapa the naked ascetic, Jataka 126.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on mindfulness of breathing. Dhamma talk on Dependent Origination part five of rains series. Discussion of the line 'the body as produced by [old] choices and intentions as something to be felt' in SN12.37 Na tumhā sutta / Not yours - straight from sankharas to feeling. Discussion of the meaning of underlying tendencies / anusayā in SN12.38 Cetana sutta.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on Dependent Origination part four of rains series, the grammar of DO's terms. How each factor relates to the previous. References: SN12.37 (is a requirement/paccayā formulation), SN12.49 (when ignorance exists/sati formulation).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on Dependent Origination in SN12.2 which is presented in reverse order, starting with old age and death, rebirth, then bhava/continued existence - part 3 of rains 2025 talks on Dependent Origination. Discussion of the wording used in DO, inluding etymology. The traditional way of dividing DO into three parts (kilesavata, kammavata, and vipakkavata). Ways of understanding bhava as existing as appropriate to certain realms.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on is Dependent Origination in other religions? (part two of rains series of talks on Dependent Origination). Discussion of four early religious texts and their similarities to DO. References: Stela 797 Egyptian text in Joseph Campbell - The Masks of God Volume 2 - Oriental Mythology, p.74, Genesis Chapter 1 and chapter 2, Rig Veda 10.129, Joanna Jurewicz - Playing With Fire: Pratītyasamutpāda From the Perspective of Vedic Thought.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on conscious rest. Dhamma talk on dependent origination (part one of rains series of talks).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on stopping. Dhamma talk on the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11). Discussion of how the Buddha frames the discourse from the perspective of the group of five mendicants he had practiced with, something present often in the suttas. The correspondence of the 3 rounds and 12 aspects to the stages of enlightenment.

Venerable Pasanna. Meditation on the earth and water elements. Dhamma talk on the five subjects for frequent recollection (I am liable to grow old, get sick, die, be separated from all I hold dear, and am the owner of my deeds), with readings from AN 5.57 Subjects for Regular Reviewing. Final discussion of how these fit into the noble eigthfold path and meditation.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath, many great benefits of meditation. Dhamma talk on the beginning of the khandakas, the period before the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, including Brahma urging the Buddha to teach.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation by Venerable Pasanna. Dhamma talk on Bhante Sujato's recent visit to Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

Giles Barton. Meditation on silent present-moment awareness. Dhamma talk on the four brahmavihāras, contentment and gratitude among other subjects.

Giles Barton. Meditation on the breath and body sweep. Dhamma talk on subjects such as intention, Aṅgulimāla, the eight worldly winds, Giles's practice as a clinical psychologist.

Giles Barton. Meditation on sensations. Dhamma talk on practicing in lay life. Discussion of trauma and conditionality, meditation in lay life.

Giles Barton. Meditation on letting go. Dhamma talk on awareness and the ego, humility.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on avoiding matching your experience onto something which is an idea/doctrinal category. Dhamma talk on the various doctrines of the six other ascetics visited by King Ajātasattu in the Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN2).

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the river of pleasure versus little rivulets of dukkha. Dhamma talk on the origin of government as in the Agañña Sutta DN27.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on tranquility and solidity. Dhamma talk on the noble eightfold path. Discussion of each factor and implications that aren't often drawn out. Additional reference: 10-fold path?

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on mood/attitude and reviewing before and after. Dhamma talk on spies, trust, and the Buddha's words on how to tell if someone is genuine, with reference to King Pasenadi's 35 spies listed in SN3.11 The Seven Matted-hair ascestics. Other reference: Kautilya - Arthashastra (Espionage) at Wisdomlib.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on a space that draws us in. Dhamma talk on Buddhism and its relation to culture/cultures. Discussion of the diversity of Buddhism, the notion of early Buddhism. References: Did it have to be THIS impermanent? Staying sane in a mad world. - event in Newcastle April 26

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath as sacred. Dhamma talk on can a monastic punch a nazi in the face?. Discussion of ethics in hard times, vinaya rules, mind states during transgressions.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on becoming one with the giant consciousness again, talking about a clip from 'White Lotus' TV show. Links: White Lotus clip, new chanting book, Walt Whitman - Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the skeleton. Dhamma talk on the Buddha and the forest.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on being peaceful in the storm. Dhamma talk on may all beings be happy. Discussion on the importance of diversity and how to foster and support in society. Supporting women and LGBTQI+ folk. References: Queer as fact podcast, Mettā Sutta.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on anicca. Dhamma talk on AN7.66 The Seven Suns as a warning about the future. Discussion of the meanings of sankharā and its relationship to physics.

Bhante Sujato. Not my tomorrow - reclaiming the future from the technofascists. A Buddhist critique of tech run amuck: AI, TESCREAL, and the lie that a bunch of nazis in Silicon Valley get to tell us what the future is.