Monks In Cyberspace

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.

Bhante Sujato. Breath meditation. Dhamma talk on AN5.78 Future Perils (2nd), a text included in the list of most important suttas when the canon was first written down. Dicussion of Bhante's upcoming talk on Sunday "Not my tomorrow: reclaiming the future from the technofascists" on the set of beliefs held by many of the wealthy in Silicon Valley and now in the White House (the TESCREAL bundle of beliefs) - details on Lokanta website.

Bhante Sujato. Breath meditation. Dhamma talk on the beginning of DN16 Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, and the Buddha's advice to King Ajātasattu as a response to the US election.

Bhante Sujato. Breath meditation. Dhamma talk on DN5 Kūṭadanta Sutta in relation to the US election.

Bhante Sanatavihari. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on keeping it moving.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on counselling and psychology, how to be a good counsellor. References: Dr Vanessa Sinclair - Rendering Unconscious, Bhante Punnaji - Buddha the Radical Shrink.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on caring for those without a protector. References: Sarah Shaw - The Art of Listening

Bhante Sanathavihari. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on death and helping those who are grieving.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on the mind in Buddhism. References: Some of Bhante Punnaji's works in translation, Padmasra De Silva - Introduction to Buddhist Psychology

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on inner mettā. Dhamma talk on practicing mettā in your life, not holding on to what others do to you. Expanding your mettā field.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on metta. Dhamma talk on the four kinds of people, from darkness to light, from darkness to darkness, from light to light.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on friendliness towards all beings. Dhamma talk on finding harmony between all the Buddhist traditions.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on identity. he loosening of the self as something that happens from the beginning of the path, that we are quite different people as we age. Discussion of the the khandas, threatening-ness of identity, the definition of sati-sampojañña.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on mettā. Dhamma talk on the mind moving. Discussion of 6th patriarch of Zen Hui Neng's decision to go forth, Ataloka Dhammas; the eight worldly vicissitudes.

Bhante Sanathavihari. Meditation on mettā. Dhamma talk on what it means to go to refuge to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. What is a sammasambuddha? What does it mean to be awakened? The three knowledges: seeing past lives, the action of kamma, and destruction of the asavas. Reaching awakening while non-monastic. Q+A: How to talk about Buddhism to non-Buddhists, what is the taint of delusion? How to have faith in things you haven't seen yourself?

Ayya Karunika. Meditation on awareness of the body and breath. Dhamma talk on non-self, illness and getting angry.

Giles Barton. Dhamma talk on suffering, keeping things inside, stories about Bodhinyana, mindfulness.

Brother Pháp Hải. Meditation on the first four Anāpānasati excercises. Dhamma talk on Silk Road Buddhism, the introduction of Ānāpānasati Sutta to China from Baghdad, and the Gandharan fragments/community. Dicussion of Vietnamese Zen teachers and teachings and who illuminates the forest?. References: Mountain Spring Monastery in Bilpin, NSW, MN32 Mahāgosiṅga Sutta, MN118 Anapanasati Sutta

Bhante Sujato. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on fear and stories about other monastics, among other Q and A questions. Last talk from Bhante Sujato for the year.

Bhante Sujato. Mettā meditation. Dhamma talk on climate change/global chaos. References: 1989 global warming projections, Volcaholic thread on flooding events

Bhante Sujato. Meditation as not being optimised for input-output efficiency. Dhamma talk on intergenerational influence/trauma and trauma in general.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on letting the breath come to you. Dhamma talk on a range of Q and A questions: stopping thoughts about the past, why do we sometimes feel anger after metta meditation or after a retreat, if you can't stay focused on the breath for long, what is a good meditation to do instead? Do all defilements arise from a wrong view? How can an impermanent not-self has a connection with another impermanent not-self that carries on from one existence to another?

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on pleasantness of the breath. Dhamma talk on Baka the Divinity (Brahma), from the eighth stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. The Buddha's visit to Baka the Divinity and Māra in MN49 On the Invitation of Divinity and its links to MN1 The Root of All Things. References: Roko's basilisk (Wikipedia), Roberto Calasso - Ardor (goodreads)

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on Nandopanda the serpent elder, from the seventh stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Readings from recounting of this Jataka story by Buddhagossa in the Visuddhimagga BPS edition 2010 pages 1055-1060. Discussion of how to read such magical stories mythologically as signs rather than just symbols.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on Saccaka part 2, continuing the last part of MN35 Shorter Discourse with Saccaka and MN36 from the sixth stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on Saccaka who argued with the Buddha in MN35 Shorter Discourse with Saccaka from the sixth stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Saccaka as an early 'troll' figure. MN35's elaboration of the argument in the cardinal sutta Characteristic on Non-self that having a self implies control.

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the growth of the mind, letting the breath do its work. Dhamma talk on sexual assault and accusations of sexual assault in the vinaya/suttas. Discussion of Udana 4.8 With Sundari, a similar story to that of Ciñcā which is found in the Jātakas in the fifth stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Discussion of the monks' rule on believing a woman without a monk's confession, so-called "Aniyata Rules".

Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the mind healing itself, control and progres as natural; dhammata. Dhamma talk on the Aṅgulimāla Sutta, from the fourth stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā .

Bhante Sujato. Meditation as something you achieve, just nature bringing us to peace. Dhamma talk on Nāḷāgiri the elephant who attacked the Buddha under the direction of Devadatta, from the third stanza of the Jaya-maṅgala Gāthā. Readings from the Theravada Vinaya Khandhaka 17 The chapter on schism in the Sangha. The way Devadatta was dealth with by the Buddha and the scripture's description of some of his behaviour and motivations.