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2024-05-03 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath and feeling. Dhamma talk on the Buddha's birth, early life and renunciation, given Vesak is approaching. Discussion of the Buddha going into jhana as a child, and a reading of the start of the Attadaṇḍa Sutta (Taking Up Arms).

2024-04-26 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on how you look at your breath. Dhamma talk on Snp4.4 Suddhaṭṭhakasutta (Eight on the Pure).

2024-04-19 Bhante Sujato. Mettā meditation and discussion of Simon (Bhante Akāliko)'s recent disrobing. Brief talk on some things learned at the digital Buddhism conference Bhante Sujato is currently attending in Taiwan. Resources mentioned: Chan scholar Christian Wittern's Web Space

2024-04-12 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath, natural state of peace. Dhamma talk on consciousness and the relationship of nāmarūpa (name and form) to viññana (consciousness). Discussion of consciousness as subtle, in deeper meditation, differences with Yajnavalkya's definition.

2024-04-05 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the bright breath. Dhamma talk on MN43. Discussion of Venerable Sāriputta's and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita's dialogue on the relationship between wisdom and consciousness, which they do with reference to the jhanas. Definitions of yonisomanasikāra; the three uses of the word 'yoniso'. Right view being supported by ethics, learning, discussion, serenity, and disc...

2024-03-29 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on letting go. Dhamma talk on rebirth and different perspectives on rebirth. Discussion of Jain understandings of rebirth, annihalationist views, .

2024-03-22 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on ethics. Discussion of precepts and their role, comparisons with Western ethics and utilitarianism.

2024-03-15 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on each of the five faculties: faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. Some definitions taken from SN48.9. Wisdom as the "thumb" that holds the others together.

2024-03-08 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on compassion and leadership.

2024-03-01 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on AI and the novel Dune, now that the Dune 2 film has come out.

2024-02-23 Bhante Sanathavihari. Mettā Bhavana Meditation. Dhamma talk on bringing it back to basics of the practice and the three middle parts of the eightfold path (right right speech, right action). Discussion of going out to meet people in communities, developing character, Q&A: What is sati? and other very practical questions.

2024-02-09 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on dana and sīla.

2024-02-02 Venerable Kassapa. Q+A on topics such as radiating kindness, sustaining mettā meditation, the quality of kindness.

2024-01-26 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on softness and observation, also 'watching the locusts eat your brain'. Dhamma talk on MN86 Aṅgulimāla Sutta. Dicussion of the will to power, redemption, that the Buddha's way of convincing Aṅgulimāla is a practical and brave way of practicing non-harmfulness.

2024-01-19 Bhante Sujato. Meditation on faith and reflection/inquiry. Dhamma talk on laying the foundations for dhamma practice: meditation as part of the eightfold path. Meditation's relationship to life directions/what you consider important versus more utilitarian approaches. Discussion of meditation's role in the eightfold path, how the eightfold path works according to nature.

2023-12-31 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 8 Night   Continuing the practice   Download entire retreat as .zip

2023-12-31 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 8 Morning   Recap of mettā meditation instructions

2023-12-30 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 7 Night   The four noble truths

2023-12-29 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 6 Night   Entering jhana

2023-12-29 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 6 Morning   Mettā for a neutral person

2023-12-28 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 5 Night   The Five Jhana Factors

2023-12-28 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 5 Morning   Mettā for a loved one

2023-12-27 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 4 Night   The Five Spiritual Faculties

2023-12-26 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 3 Night   The Five Hindrances

2023-12-26 Mettā Retreat with Bhante Sujato Day 3 Morning   Mettā meditation instructions