Virtual Sangha Podcast

Chris shares a talk on the subject of Right Effort. Study and practice with our online Buddhist Discord at https://virtualsangha.org.

Always avoid speech that is untrue, pointless, or harmful, and be mindful of proper timing when explaining what you know to be true and beneficial.

Right Intention, samma-saṅkappa, also called Right Thought, is the wholesome application of the mind, described in MN 19. Read along at https://virtualsangha.org/right-intention-mn-19/

Nick-Chöden shares his deep connection to both Buddhism and Christianity. His Buddhist roots trace back to his mother's practice of Nichiren Shōshū, which was followed by a decades-long practice of Tibetan Buddhism that began in his early thirties. The pinnacle of his Tibetan practice was his ordination as a novice monk in 2012 by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in India, who granted him the...

This is how we chant the Heart Sutra at our English services.

Pam and Mike talk about the Dhammapada. Check out Pam's Dharma Art Journal at: https://www.dharmaartjournal.com/ Dhammapada app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intradarma.dhammapada.en_buddharakkhita&pcampaignid=web_share Join the discord at https://virtualsangha.org

How important is Right View? What does Right View even mean? Read along in the suttas and find out: https://suttacentral.net/an1.306-315/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=none&highlight=false&script=latin https://suttacentral.net/mn9/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=none&highlight=false&script=latin Find other resources a...

Mike here... feeling burnt out today. Let's take another look at SN 45.8, especially the section on Right Effort, and see if I can take some motivation from it. https://virtualsangha.org

https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=main&highlight=false Join our Buddhist Discord: https://virtualsangha.org

Mike reads the discourse on non-self, and the heart sutra.

Maybe you've heard of the Eightfold Path: Right view, right intent, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. But have you heard of the Threefold Training? This divides the Eightfold Path into three sections: Paññā (wisdom, as in wise view and wise intention), Sīla (moral ethics, as in ethical speech, ethical action, and ethical liv...

The Buddha spends a night in the woods, confronting fear. https://suttacentral.net/mn4/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

Is "the path" endless? https://suttacentral.net/sn51.15/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

https://suttacentral.net/mn21/en/sujato Even is someone is trolling your Discord server, you should train like this: ‘My mind will not degenerate. I will blurt out no bad words. I will remain full of sympathy, with a heart of love and no secret hate. And with them as a basis, we will meditate spreading a heart like the earth to everyone in the world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity a...

Mike gave his "Milk and Water" talk via Zoom to his friends at the Phap Nguyen Temple. --- How do you handle difficult conversations or situations, both inside and outside of the practice community? One of the phrases that helps me is "Dear friend, I love you more than I love being right." I hope we will always love each other more than we love the sound of our own voices, and that...

How do you handle difficult conversations or situations, both inside and outside of the practice community? One of the phrases that helps me is "Dear friend, I love you more than I love being right." I hope we will always love each other more than we love the sound of our own voices, and that we will always be honest, especially to ourselves, about our intentions in any conversation: are w...

The Buddha answers a trick question, and teaches about Right Speech. If something is not true and/or beneficial, don't say it. If something is true and beneficial, then depending on whether it will be liked or disliked by other people, know when to speak in the proper time. Additional resources on Right Speech: https://zenstudiespodcast.com/right-speech/ https://www.deepdharma.org/beliefs/righ...

Read along: https://www.lifelonglearningcollaborative.org/silkroads/articles/diamond-sutra-translation.pdf

Read along: https://www.lifelonglearningcollaborative.org/silkroads/articles/diamond-sutra-translation.pdf

With continued humility, Mike gropes blindly through more chapters of the Diamond sutra. Read along: https://www.lifelonglearningcollaborative.org/silkroads/articles/diamond-sutra-translation.pdf

Read along: https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/jataka-tales-english/d/doc80068.html

With great humility, Mike stumbles through a reading of the first few chapters of the Diamond sutra. Read along: https://www.lifelonglearningcollaborative.org/silkroads/articles/diamond-sutra-translation.pdf

Mike gives some historical context about the Heart Sutra. Notes on The Heart Sutra Historical Context - Up To The Fourth Council This is our first episode in our series on Mahayana Sutras, starting with the Heart Sutra. I’ll start by giving some historical context, starting with the traditional, orthodox suttas of the Pali Canon. During the lifetime of Shakyamuni Buddha, His teachings were preserv...

Timothy reads a pair of suttas on overcoming resentment.

Only after understanding the Five Aggregates did Shakyamuni declare Himself to be fully enlightened. Maybe we should try to understand them as well...