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Dhamma talks on the direct teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the second book of the Pali Canon, the Sutta Pitaka.
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Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 14 2019.
This Tuesday’s class is class 16 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below.
This Tuesday’s Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the second of two talks on the Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. In the Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta the Buddha teaches that developing the profound and liberating understanding of the true nature of individual contribution to stress and suffering – Dukkha – is the distinguishing factor between his Dhamma and common “spiritual” disciplines of his time.
“Friends, when wanderers of other sects say this you should ask them ‘What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to sensuality? What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to forms? What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to feelings?…” (Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: The Greater Discourse on Dukkha - The Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 12, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This Saturday’s class is class 15 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below.
This Saturday’s Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the first of two talks on the Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. In the Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta the Buddha teaches that developing the profound and liberating understanding of the true nature of individual contribution to stress and suffering – Dukkha – is the distinguishing factor between his Dhamma and common “spiritual” disciplines of his time.
“Friends, when wanderers of other sects say this you should ask them ‘What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to sensuality? What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to forms? What is the allure, the drawback, and the release with regard to feelings?…” (Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: The Greater Discourse on Dukkha - The Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 8, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This Tuesday’s class is class 14 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below.
My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Dukkha Sutta. In the Dukkha Sutta, Venerable Sariputta teaches Jambukhadika a simple, direct, and useful understanding of three forms of Dukkha.
“Wise teacher, is there a path, a practice, for the full understanding of these forms of stress?”
“Yes, there is a path, a practice, for developing a full understanding of these three forms of stress. The path is precisely the Noble Eightfold Path…” (Dukkha Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: The Personal Experience Of Ignorance - Dukkha Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 5, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This Saturday’s class is class 13 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below.
My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Sikkha Sutta. The Sikkha Sutta teaches that the Eightfold Path is a path that incorporates the three aspects or trainings necessary for becoming Rightly Self-Awakened as the Buddha instructs. The Eightfold Path is a path directly developing heightened virtue, heightened concentration, and heightened wisdom
“Friends, there are three trainings that I teach. I teach training in heightened virtue. I teach training in heightened concentration. I teach training in heightened wisdom…” (Sikkha Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Three Trainings For Liberation - Sikkha Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on October 1, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This Tuesday’s class is class 12 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta. The Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta explains how a wrong view of self arises and how the interrelationship between this wrong view of self within an ever-changing environment results in ongoing stress and suffering.
“Bhikkhus, form is not-self. Were form self, then this form would not lead to suffering, and one could have it be any form desired, and stress free. Since form is not-self it leads to suffering and none can have it be any form desired and stress free.…” (Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Anatta Lakkhana Sutta - The Not-Self Characteristic
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 28, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This Saturday’s class is class 11 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Cittavagga, the third chapter of the Dhammapada. The Cittavagga teaches the suffering that follows from a mind rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths and the peaceful mind developed through the Eightfold Path.
“The mind, fickle, unsteady, difficult to restrain. Even so, the wise Dhamma practitioner straightens the mind like a skilled fletcher straightens an arrow.…” (Cittavagga, Dhammapada 3)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Cittavagga - A Well Restrained Mind
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 17, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This Tuesday’s class is class 10 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Dhatu-Vubhanga Sutta. This sutta shows the Buddha’s view on the complete and impersonal ordinariness of human life. The objects of life that are constantly personalized though self-identification are shown to be common, fleeting, and having no substance worth self-identification.
“Through refined mindfulness, one understands that with the cessation (of self-identification) of that very sensory contact the feeling of pain has arisen independently of that contact. What is to be felt as pain ceases– is stilled.…” (Dhatu-Vibhanga Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Nothing Personal - A Buddha’s Analysis Of Self - Dhatu-Vubhanga Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 21, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This Saturday’s class is class 9 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the meaning of becoming. There is much confusion as to the meaning of “becoming.” Due to this confusion, great license is taken in interpreting what is meant by becoming as taught by the Buddha. This confusion and the following misapplication of the Dhamma can be avoided by simply looking at the Buddha’s own words from the following three sutta’s.
“The world is aflame. Rooted in ignorance the world is afflicted by sensory contact and perceives suffering as ‘self.’ Rooted in ignorance, it misunderstands ‘self’ and becomes anything other than self…” (Loka Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Becoming Explained - The Loka, Bhava, and Mula Suttas
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 17, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This Tuesday’s class is class 8 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Magga-Vibhanga Sutta. The single path the Buddha taught to develop introspective insight into the Three Marks Of Human Existence and overcome ignorance of Four Noble Truths is this Eightfold Path. Adapting, accommodating, embellishing, diminishing, or dismissing outright the Eightfold Path only results in a “spiritual” or “religious” practice that can only ignore an awakened human being’s teaching.
“For one who has developed Right Meditation their concentration increases, their mind rests in equanimity, neither pleasure nor pain have a footing. They enter and remain in the Fourth Jhana. Their mindfulness and equanimity is pure, free of wrong views rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths…” (Magga-Vibhanga Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Analysis Of The Eightfold Path - Magga-Vibhanga Sutta
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 14, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This is class 7 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta. In the Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta, one of the Buddha’s chief disciples. Sariputta, presents a complete analysis of the Four Noble Truths including a simple and direct explanation of the Eightfold Path.
“Sariputta is like a mother giving birth and Moggallana is like the nurse that attends to the baby. Sariputta trains others on developing the Dhamma, Moggallana, to the highest culmination.” … (Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Analysis of Four Noble Truths - The Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta-
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 10, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This is class 6 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Adhipateyya Sutta. This sutta shows the primary importance of skillful introspective insight into the clinging relationship between impermanence, fabricated views of self, and the stress and suffering that follows.
“How is the self a governing principle for the cessation of ignorance? A skillful disciple having established seclusion and quiet reflects on this: ‘It is not for the sake of robes, alms, lodging, or future becoming that I am practicing the Dhamma…” (Adhipateyya Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/three-governing-principles-for-vipassana-adhipateyya-sutta/
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 7, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This is class 5 of 32 classes of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Past talks are linked below. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Cula-Saccaka Sutta. In the Cula-Saccaka Sutta, the Buddha is confronted by Saccaka, a follower of Nigantha Nataputta, the local leader of a Jain sect. The Buddha’s response is a powerful and concise teaching on the Three Marks Of Existence.
““Listen closely to what I am saying, Aggivessana, and answer only after you have paid attention! Your answer is inconsistent with your statements. Is form impermanent or constant?” … (Cula-Saccaka Sutta)
- Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Cula-Saccaka Sutta - A Fearless And Independent Dhamma
- Vipassana Structured Study Schedule And Class Recordings
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on September 3, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This is class 4-2 of 32 of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the second of two talks during our study on the Paticca Samuppada Sutta, the primary sutta on Dependent Origination. Dependent Origination shows that it is clinging fabricated views of self (anatta) to impermanent phenomena (anicca) that results in ongoing confusion, delusion, and unsatisfactory experiences. (Dukkha) It is ignorance of Four Noble Truths that is the originating condition that dukkha is dependent on.
“"From the cessation of birth comes the cessation of sickness, aging, death, sorrow, pain, distress, despair and confusion. Wisdom brings the cessation to the entire mass of stress and suffering.” (Paticca Samuppada Sutta)
Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Dependent Origination - The Paticca Samuppada Sutta - Vipassana - Introspective Insight Class 4
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
- Android Device: Zoom Android App
- IOS Device: Zoom IOS App
New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please Email John
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
If you find benefit from this talk and to support future recordings please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 31, 2019. The live-stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
This Saturday is class 4 of 32 of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the first of two talks during our study on the Paticca Samuppada Sutta, the primary sutta on Dependent Origination. Dependent Origination shows that it is clinging fabricated views of self (anatta) to impermanent phenomena (anicca) that results in ongoing confusion, delusion, and unsatisfactory experiences. (Dukkha) It is ignorance of Four Noble Truths that is the originating condition that dukkha is dependent on.
“"From the cessation of birth comes the cessation of sickness, aging, death, sorrow, pain, distress, despair and confusion. Wisdom brings the cessation to the entire mass of stress and suffering.” (Paticca Samuppada Sutta)
Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Dependent Origination - The Paticca Samuppada Sutta - Vipassana - Introspective Insight Class 4
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 27, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This is class 3 of 32 of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Ariyapariyesana Sutta. This sutta describes Siddartha Gotama’s search for a path leading to the cessation of ignorance by developing profound introspective insight into Three Marks Of Existence through the framework and guidance of the Eightfold Path.
““Likewise, these are all subject to sickness, to aging, to death, to sorrow, regret, pain, distress, despair, to greed, to aversion, to delusion. Seeking happiness with what is subject to sorrow, regret, pain, distress, despair, to greed, to aversion, to delusion is ignoble searching.” (Ariyapariyesana Sutta)
Read This Week’s Full Article Here: The Noble Search For A Noble Path
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 24, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This is class 2 of 32 of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the second of two talks on the meaning of Vipassana in the context of the Buddha’s Dhamma. It is by developing introspective insight into Three Marks Of Existence through the framework and guidance of the Eightfold Path that the skillful disciple gains profound understanding of Four Noble Truths and liberation from the bonds of ignorance.
“All conditioned things that arise will pass away.” (Venerable Kondanna - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta)
Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Vipassana - Introspective Insight
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 20, 2019. The live-stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
This is class 1 of 32 of our structured study of vipassana - introspective insight into Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the first of two talks introducing the meaning and proper application of Vipassana in the context of the Buddha’s Dhamma. It is by developing introspective insight into Three Marks Of Existence through the framework and guidance of the Eightfold Path that the skillful disciple gains profound understanding of Four Noble Truths and liberation from the bonds of ignorance.
“All conditioned things that arise will pass away.” (Venerable Kondanna - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta)
Read This Week’s Full Article Here: Vipassana - Introspective Insight
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Aug 17, 2019
Saturday Aug 17, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 17, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the eighteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Malavagga. In the Malavagga the Buddha teaches the importance of wholehearted engagement with his Dhamma. The Buddha taught a Dhamma to develop awakening - full human maturity - in this present life.
“There is no hidden path or other understanding. All fabrications are impermanent. Awakened minds are stable...” (Dhammapada 18)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/stainless-malavagga-dhammapada-18/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 13, 2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the twentieth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Maggavagga. The Maggavagga is remarkable in its clarity and directness of the Buddha’s words and his singular path to the cessation of craving rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths.
“Of all paths, the Eightfold Path is unsurpassed. Of all truths, the Four Noble Truths are incomparable. The noblest attainment is dispassion. The One Who Knows (The Buddha) is foremost among teachers.....” (Dhammapada 20)
Read Full Article Here: Maggavagga - The Eightfold Path - Dhammapada 20
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Jhana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
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Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 10, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the twentieth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Maggavagga. The Maggavagga is remarkable in its clarity and directness of the Buddha’s words and his singular path to the cessation of craving rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths.
“Of all paths, the Eightfold Path is unsurpassed. Of all truths, the Four Noble Truths are incomparable. The noblest attainment is dispassion. The One Who Knows (The Buddha) is foremost among teachers.....” (Dhammapada 20)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/maggavagga-the-eightfold-path-dhammapada-20/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
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If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 6, 2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the nineteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Dhammatthavagga. The Dhammatthavagga teaches the importance of developing the Heartwood of the Dhamma - the Eightfold Path.
“Judging mindlessly does not define a judge.
The wise one knows both right judgment and wrong....” (Dhammapada 19)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/judgment-and-wisdom-dhammatthavagga-dhammapada-19/
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
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If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on August 3, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is from the twenty-fourth chapter of the Dhammapada. The twenty-fourth chapter of the Dhammapada is the Tanhavagga. Tanha means "thirst," "craving," "desire," and constantly grasping after satisfying life experiences.
“The mindless person, the currents of craving flowing unrestrained, are always grasping after pleasure and are swept away by the flood of their own passionate thoughts....” (Dhammapada 24)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/abandon-craving-tanhavagga-dhammapada-24/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on July 30, 2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the sixteenth chapter of the Dhammapada known as the Piyavagga. The Piyavagga teaches the hurtful results of unskillful desire rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths and the liberation from stress and suffering developed through the skillful desire or true affection or “holding dear” the Buddha’s Dhamma.
“The wise Dhamma practitioner, intent on release (from wrong views) dwells in profound wisdom, free of all sense desires. This Dhamma practitioner is in the stream of my Dhamma...” (Dhammapada 16)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/piyavagga-skillful-desire-dhammapada-16/
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
New and archived audio: Becoming-Buddha.com and Podbean
If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
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Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on July 27, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Kuta Sutta. In the Kuta Sutta, the Buddha teaches Anathapindika the importance of protecting one’s mind through wise restraint. Anathapindika was a wealthy businessman and early benefactor of the Buddha and the original Sangha.
“When restrained the mind is protected. When the mind is protected bodily, verbal, and mental actions are also protected. A comfortable and content abiding is present. (Refined) Mindfulness is well-established and the opportunity for an auspicious life is present...” (Kuta Sutta)
Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/kuta-sutta-a-good-roof/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with an offering of Metta.
My live talks and classes can be joined live:
- Web Browser: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
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New audio and video recordings are posted typically within a few hours of the end of our class and my weekly podcast. My video archive has over 400 videos and my audio archive has over 500 recordings as of June 2019.
New and archived videos: Becoming-Buddha.com and my YouTube Channel
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If you are subscribed to my Podcast on iTunes or Podbean or my Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.
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Thank You. Peace.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
“Better it is to live one day knowing the Four Truths than to live a hundred years in ignorance...” (Dhammapada 8)
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Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
“Insight into the Three Marks is known, I have done what must be done.
Craving has ended, darkness overcome...” (Theragatha 7:3)
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Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
“Engage in Right Effort! Root out the constant stream of craving! Abandon sense desires! Know the destruction of all conditioned things. Know the cool, calm peace of cessation...” (Dhammapada 26)
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Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
“Friends, there are five hindrances that overwhelm mindfulness and weaken wise discernment:..”
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Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
“Just as a stained and dirty cloth is cleaned with pure water, just as gold is purified with the heat of a furnace, a wise Dhamma practitioner, established in wisdom, virtue, and concentration, eats the most delicious alms-food, they will not lose their way...” Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/of-stained-and-pure-cloth-vatthupama-sutta/
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Saturday Jul 06, 2019
Saturday Jul 06, 2019
“Just as a stained and dirty cloth is cleaned with pure water, just as gold is purified with the heat of a furnace, a wise Dhamma practitioner, established in wisdom, virtue, and concentration, eats the most delicious alms-food, they will not lose their way...” Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/of-stained-and-pure-cloth-vatthupama-sutta/
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
My Dhamma talk for the week of July 2, 2019, will be from the Dhammapada. The twenty-fifth chapter of the Dhammapada is the Bhikkhuvagga. This chapter teaches wise restraint as the defining characteristic of the wise Dhamma practitioner. As one develops the Buddha’s Dhamma, wise restraint at the point of contact with objects, events, views, and ideas, with all impermanent phenomena, becomes possible from a mind and the body united through Jhana meditation practiced within the framework and guidance of the Eightfold Path
“Good is restraint in the body. Good is restraint in speech. Good is restraint in thought. Restraint is always good. The wise Dhamma practitioner, well-restrained is free of all suffering...” Read Full Article Here: https://becoming-buddha.com/wise-restraint-bhikkhuvagga-dhammapada-25/
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
“Just as if one were to grasp a branch with clean hands they would not cling to the branch. In the same manner, one who engages fully with the Eightfold Path remains in mental-absorption and experiences a certain peaceful awareness-release they continue to diminish wrong views and their mind is enraptured with release, with cessation. They do grow confident and steadfast and well-established in the cessation of self-identification. For them, the final cessation of self-identification can be expected...” (Jambali Sutta)
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Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
My Dhamma talk for the week of June 24, 2019 will be from the Dhammapada. The twenty-fourth chapter of the Dhammapada is the Tanhavagga. Tanha means "thirst," "craving," "desire," and constantly grasping after satisfying life experiences.
It is through the development of restraint that the wise Dhamma practitioner is able to clearly recognize individual clinging to all manifestations of craving.
“Those unrefined, clinging to craving, are overcome in the world. Their sorrow grows like grass after the rains. Those refined, having overcome the world, released from craving, difficult to escape, their sorrow rolls away like water beads off a lotus...” (Dhammapada 24)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/jhana-sutta-meditative-absorption-mind-and-body-united/My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
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Saturday Jun 22, 2019
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
“Ananda, I was sensitive to the cessation of becoming (further ignorant of Four Noble Truths.) I was sensitive to unbinding (from views ignorant of Four Noble Truths.) I was sensitive to the arising and passing away of all phenomena. Just as a wood fire’s flames arise and pass away, I was sensitive to unbinding from wrong views...” (Sariputta Sutta)
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Friday Jun 21, 2019
Friday Jun 21, 2019
This Dhamma Talk is from the week of June 17, 2019, and will be from the Dhammapada. The Nagavagga is the twenty-third chapter of the Dhammapada. The Buddha uses the metaphor of a well-trained elephant to describe the wisdom of developing wise restraint if one is to develop the Eightfold Path and a calm and well-concentrated mind.
“In the past, my mind wandered mindlessly where it wished, always seeking satisfaction. Now I have thoroughly tamed my mind as trainer controls an elephant in rut...” (Dhammapada 23)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/jhana-sutta-meditative-absorption-mind-and-body-united/My live talks and classes can be joined live:
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on June 11, 2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
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My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Abhaya Sutta. The Abhaya Sutta teaches the importance of responding to questions from a well-concentrated mind supporting the refined mindfulness that frames experience through the Eightfold Path including Right Speech.
“In the same way, out of sympathy for others, words that I know to be true, unendearing, disagreeable, but helpful to developing the Dhamma, with a sense of the proper time, I do say them. (Right Speech)...” (Abhaya Sutta)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/right-speech-and-true-compassion-abhaya-sutta/
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation.
An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/
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Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on June 8, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 Am Eastern US time.
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My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Abhaya Sutta. The Abhaya Raja-Kumara Sutta teaches the importance of responding to questions from a well-concentrated mind supporting the refined mindfulness that frames experience through the Eightfold Path including Right Speech.
“In the same way, out of sympathy for others, words that I know to be true, unendearing, disagreeable, but helpful to developing the Dhamma, with a sense of the proper time, I do say them. (Right Speech)...” (Abhaya Sutta)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/to-prince-abhaya-abhaya-raja-kumara-sutta/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation.
An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/
A video of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
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This is a recording of my Thursday evening Dhamma talk on June 6, 2019. The stream begins every Thursday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
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My Thursday Dhamma talk streamed live at 7:15 pm Eastern US Time, will be from the Dhammapada. The Nirayavagga is the twenty-second chapter of the Dhammapada. It describes the living hell that follows ignorance of Four Noble Truths and the release from greed, aversion, and deluded thinking develop through the Heartwood Of The Dhamma.
“Just as kusa grass cuts the mindless handler, so to a contemplative’s life wrongly lived brings confusion, delusion, and suffering...”(Dhammapada 22)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/hell-and-nibbana-nirayavagga-dhammapada-22/
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A video archive of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
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This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on June 4, 2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time.
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My Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Saddhamma Sutta. In this sutta, the Buddha teaches that the reason for additional rules of behavior in the original sangha is due to adapting, accommodating, and embellishing his Dhamma arising from clinging to in fabricated views. Common during the Buddha’s teaching career and pervasive today, the solution to not lose one’s mind in false Dhammas is to establish and develop the Buddha’s Dhamma.
“Kassapa this is the direct result of what occurs when beings are degenerating and the true Dhamma begins to disappear. This would not occur when a counterfeit Dhamma has not arisen in the world but will always occur when counterfeit Dhamma’s are revered...” (Saddhama Sutta)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/the-saddhamma-sutta-false-dhammas/
Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation.
An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/
A video of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
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This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on June 1, 2019. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 Am Eastern US time.
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My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Cula-Saccaka Sutta. In the Cula-Saccaka Sutta the Buddha is confronted by Saccaka, a follower of Nigantha Nataputta, the local leader of a Jain sect. Saccaka is accompanied by a group of approximately five hundred Licchavis. The Licchavis were a society ruled by a religious oligarchy. Saccaka was a well respected Jain teacher known for using intense philosophical rhetoric and debate to show his superior knowledge.
“I instruct my disciples in this general way: ‘Form is impermanent, feelings are impermanent, perceptions are impermanent, mental fabrications are impermanent, consciousness is impermanent. As such, form is not-self, feelings are not-self, perceptions are not-self, mental fabrications are not-self, and consciousness is not-self. All impermanent phenomena are not-self...” (Cula-Saccaka Sutta)
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/cula-saccaka-sutta/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation.
An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/
A video of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
Thank You. Peace.
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the first session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 16, 2019.
Our retreat begins with the Bahiya Sutta and the simple teaching from the Buddha to an impatient Bahiya on recognizing and abandoning fabricated views of self rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths. The Nagara Sutta is the second talk in this introductory session. The Nagara Sutta is a most significant sutta as it is the Buddha’s description of his internal process of awakening and serves to frame and inform his entire Dhamma.
This talk includes an introduction to our retreat, including the purpose of retreats that are focused on the Buddha’s Dhamma, a thirty-minute meditation session, and Sangha Q&A and discussion.
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Peace.
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the second session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 17, 2019.
This talk begins with the Arahant Sutta. In the Arahant Sutta the Buddha teaches that an Arahant, an awakened human being has recognized and abandoned the Five Clinging-Aggregates. The Five Clinging-Aggregates describe the ongoing personal experience of stress that follows from ignorance of Four Noble Truths.
This second talk and our Sangha discussion is on The Paticca-Samuppada Sutta. This sutta teaches that the pervasive human condition of ignorance is the cause of all manner of greed, aversion, and ongoing deluded thinking. Everything the Buddha taught was taught in the context of Dependent Origination and Four Noble Truths.
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Peace.
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the third session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 17, 2019.
Our Dhamma talk and our Sangha discussion is on the Satipatthana Sutta. In this primary sutta, the Buddha establishes the Four Foundations Of Mindfulness as the meditation method for deepening Jhana - concentration - and then how to apply a well-concentrated mind to establish and maintain mindfulness of the various themes of the Dhamma.
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Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the fourth session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 18, 2019.
My Dhamma talks and our Sangha discussions are on the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta and the Magga Vibhanga Sutta. The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta is the first teaching of the Buddha and established the Four Noble Truths as the overarching purpose and context for the Buddha’s entire teaching career. The Magga Vibhnag Sutta is the Buddha’s analysis of the Fourth Noble Truth, the truth of the Eightfold Path leading to awakening. The beginning of this recording is a continuation of the previous evening's session discussion on Right Speech as Right Speech relates to discussing the modern tragedy of sexual predation within modern Buddhism
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Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the fifth session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 18, 2019.
My Dhamma talks and our Sangha discussions are on the Dhatu Vibhanga and the Anuradha Sutta.
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Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Greetings Friends, This is a recording of the sixth session of our 2019 Becoming Buddha Immersion In The Dhamma Spring Retreat on May 18, 2019.
My Dhamma talks and our Sangha discussions are on the Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta and The Fire Discourse. The session concludes with the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. The first two suttas speak directly to the heart of the Buddha’s teachings and describe how views rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths establish fabricated or corrupted views of self and the world. The Bhaddekaratta Sutta teaches that developing the refined mindfulness of the Buddha’s Dhamma is an auspicious day.
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Peace.