This Dhamma talk discusses the importance of using the Buddha’s teachings for the practical purpose of ending suffering, rather than ontological knowledge about the world. It also discusses how the teaching on not self is not meant to lead to a state where one ‘realizes’ no self, but to a state where the mind is…

In this talk, Bhante Joe reflects on “de-meshing with the world”: how the world praises outward expansion—more roles, more projects, more involvement—while the Dhamma points in the opposite direction, toward inward contraction and release. Using the idea of papañca (proliferation), he explains how the mind rushes out, mixes with things, and then suffers when those…

Ajahn Nissarano is the abbot of Newbury Buddhist Monastery. He trained at Bodhinyana monastery for almost ten years setting out to stay in Thailand and later Sri Lanka. He spent 13 years in Sri Lanka, eight of which were in a solitary cave. For more information on Ajahn Nissarano’s teachings, Newbury Buddhist Monastery, and the…

A Dhamma discussion based on the question (paraphrased) ‘We’ve talked about how ease is important in practice, is there a role for more rigorous practices?’

This talk discusses how inspiration is a skill. It discusses strategies for making the mind inspired and for using inspiration well when it arises. *Note: this talk was given as a backup for our regular monthly meditation session for North America. For more information about our monthly events, see our Luna calendar… https://luma.com/user/dhammavinayap

A Dhamma discussion based on the question (paraphrased…) Hey, Bhante… what I find sometimes with myself is this: I’ll sit down, and then there’s this resentment or anger from something during the day. Someone said something wrong to me or whatever, right? So I’ll be trying to look for the root or the background of…

This talk examines the lives of the Buddha’s lay noble disciples in ancient and modern times to see what lessons their lives can hold for practitioners today. It also examines the Buddha’s specific advice to laypeople in the Pali Canon that can act as a checklist for lay practice.

An interview with Ajahn Kovilo of Clear Mountain Monastery. Links Website http://www.clearmountainmonastery.org The Wellbeing Cascade: https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/2024/06/11/the-wellbeing-cascade/ Thus You Should Train Yourselves https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/2024/06/11/thus-should-you-train-yourselves/

This talk discusses how the Buddha defines the self as a process. We can create selves that are based on increasingly refined levels of happiness, until we don’t need to create a self at all.

Dhamma discussion based on the question… ‘..sort of following the connection from last week, the comments you made about observing cause and effect and especially observing causes of happiness today. I was wondering if you could clarify the difference between the latter two types of happiness that you mentioned. So, happiness from stillness and that…