Down with the Dharma
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRev. Dr. John Freese (Dhammabodhi) and friends discuss all things Dharma.
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Discourses on the Four Noble Truths from the Samyutta Nikaya
April 11, 2024 20:42 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBSN 56.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn56.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 56.11 https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Icchānaṅgalasutta from the Samyutta Nikaya
March 24, 2024 18:23 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss a discourse on the Buddha's meditation practice of mindfulness of breathing during the three month retreat. SN 56.11 https://suttacentral.net/sn54.11/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The One Thing Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing from the Samyutta Nikaya
March 03, 2024 19:07 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBSN 54.1 Ekadhammasutta (One Thing) https://suttacentral.net/sn54.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourse on Absorption and Discourse with Five Factors
February 25, 2024 18:47 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBSN 53.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn53.1-12/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin AN 5.28 https://suttacentral.net/an5.28/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourses on Right Effort, Five Powers, and Four Bases of Psychic Power from the Samyutta Nikaya
February 04, 2024 23:09 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBSN 49.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn49.1-12/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 50.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn50.1-12/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 51.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn51.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 51.22 https://suttacentral.net/sn51.22/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es...
Simple Discourse and Second Analysis Discourse from the Linked Discourses on the Five Faculties
January 28, 2024 19:41 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBSN 48.1 https://suttacentral.net/sn48.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 48.10 https://suttacentral.net/sn48.10/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove Discourse from the Satipatthanasamyutta
January 21, 2024 19:55 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the early Buddhist teaching on establishing mindfulness (satipatthana) which provides the early Buddhist contemplative structure. That structure is the body, body sensation, the heart-mind, and the Dhamma as the teachings on the 12 links of dependent origination. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Skillfull Discourse and Corruptions Discourse from the Discourses on the Awakening Factors in the Samyutta Nikaya
January 07, 2024 19:37 - 44 minutes - 41 MBRev. Dhammabodhi, Upasaka Dustin, and Brother Robert discuss two discourses from the Bojjhangasamyutta (Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors) from the Samyutta Nikaya. SN 46:31 https://suttacentral.net/sn46.31/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 46:33 https://suttacentral.net/sn46.33/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo...
Discourses on the Eightfold Path from the Maggasamyutta
December 17, 2023 20:29 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the following discourses from the Maggasamyutta SN 45:91 https://suttacentral.net/sn45.91/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 45:175 https://suttacentral.net/sn45.175/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 45:177 https://suttacentral.net/sn45.177/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=lati...
Ignorance Discourse and Analysis Discourse from the Discourses on the Eightfold Path in the Samyutta Nikaya
December 10, 2023 19:02 - 51 minutes - 47 MBSN 45:1 Ignorance Discourse (Avijjasutta) https://suttacentral.net/sn45.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 45:8 Analysis Discourse (Vibhangasutta) https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Spiritual Discourse from the Vedanasamyutta SN 36:31
December 03, 2023 19:07 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the Spiritual Discourse where the Buddha talks about three levels of body sensation, namely material, spiritual, and more spiritual. https://suttacentral.net/sn36.31/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Abyss Discourse and the Arrow Discourse from the Discourses on Sensation in the Samyutta Nikaya
November 26, 2023 19:27 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the teachings on body sensations from the Vedanasamyutta in the Samyuta Nikaya SN 36.4 https://suttacentral.net/sn36.4/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 36.6 https://suttacentral.net/sn36.6/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourses on Samadhi and Abandonment from the Teachings on Sensations in the Samyutta Nikaya
November 05, 2023 18:44 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBSN 36:1 Samadhisutta (Discourse on Immersion) https://suttacentral.net/sn36.1/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false SN 36:3 Pahanasutta (Discourse on Abandonment) https://suttacentral.net/sn36.3/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Interior as Impermanent Discourse and The Exterior as Impermanent Discourse from the Discourses on the Six Sense Fields from the Samyutta Nikaya
October 22, 2023 18:12 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBSN 35:1 https://suttacentral.net/sn35.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 35:4 https://suttacentral.net/sn35.4/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourses on Impermanence Suffering and Not Self From the Teachings on the Aggregates in the Samyutta Nikaya
October 15, 2023 18:36 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss three short discourses on impermanence, suffering, and not self in the sub-collection of discourses on the five aggregates (khandasamyutta) in the Samyutta Nikaya SN 22:12 https://suttacentral.net/sn22.12/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 22:13 https://suttacentral.net/sn22.13/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 22:14 https://su...
At Devadaha Discourse from the Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
October 08, 2023 18:29 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBRev. Dhammmabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the At Devadaha Discourse on the five aggregates from the connected discourses on the aggregates (Khandasamyutta) in the Samyutta Nikaya. SN 22:2 At Devadaha Discourse (Devadahasuta) https://suttacentral.net/sn22.2/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourse on Nakula's Father from the Teachings on the Aggregates in the Samyutta Nikaya
October 01, 2023 18:54 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBRev. Dhammabodhi talks about this discourse on the five aggregates of body, sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness then he and Rev. Dot Saunders Perez discuss. SN 22:1 Nakulapitusutta (Nakula's Father) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Nagarautta (City Discourse) from the Samyuttta Nikaya
September 24, 2023 18:06 - 1 hour - 56 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the Nagarasutta where the Buddha describes the 12 links of dependent origination and the Eightfold Path like an ancient path to an ancient city. SN 12:65 Nagarasutta (The City) https://suttacentral.net/sn12.65/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Interview with Ricky Derisz from Mind That Ego Podcast
September 19, 2023 20:08 - 1 hour - 106 MBJohn interviews Ricky Derisz from Mind that Ego Podcast. Ricky shares how he got into meditation to deal with depression and how that opened up to a deeper spiritual path. Topics include, therapy, mindfulness, loving kindness, Jung, working with the shadow, the deeper ground of innate goodness, scientism vs science, and yogic spirituality vs dogmatic religion. https://www.mindthatego.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourses on Intention and Suffering from the Nidanasamyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya
September 17, 2023 19:21 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBSN 12:38 Cetanasutta (Discourse on Intention) https://suttacentral.net/sn12.38/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 12:43 Dukkhasutta (Discourse on Suffering) https://suttacentral.net/sn12.43/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Discourses on Fuel and on Ascetics and Brahmins from the Samyutta Nikaya
September 10, 2023 18:59 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBSN 12:11 Āhārasutta (Fuel) SN 12:13 Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta (Ascetics and Brahmins) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Discourse on Dependent Origination and Analysis Discourse from the Nidanasamyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya
August 28, 2023 06:31 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin discuss the teachings on the 12 links of dependent origination in the first two discourses of the Nidanasamyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya SN 12:1 https://suttacentral.net/sn12.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 12:2 https://suttacentral.net/sn12.2/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c...
Renounced and With the Nun Sukkha Discourses from the Samyutta Nikaya
August 20, 2023 20:52 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about two discourses from the Saghatavaggasamyutta (Discourses with Verses) from the Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses. SN 8:1 Renounced (Nikkhantasutta) https://suttacentral.net/sn8.1/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 10:9 With the Nun Sukkha (1st) (Pathamasukkhasutta) https://suttacentral.net/sn10.9/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=fals...
Jeta's Grove and With the Nun Soma Discourses from the Samyutta Nikaya
August 13, 2023 18:26 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBRev. Dhammabodhi, Rev, Bodhipala, and Upasaka Dustin discuss two discourses from the Collection of Discourses with Verses (Saghatavagga) from the Samyutta Nikaya. SN 1:48 Jeta''s Grove https://suttacentral.net/sn1.48/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 5:2 WIth Soma https://suttacentral.net/sn5.2/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...
Spiritual Communist Book Club: Revolution in Peru: Mariategui and the Myth by John M. Baines
August 13, 2023 18:17 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBLopon Dorje Khandro and Rev. Dhammabodhi discuss the life of writer and activist Jose Carlos Mariategui (1895-1930), a proponent of indigenous socialism in Peru. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Eightfold Path and the Five Precepts as Committed Action in ACT
August 06, 2023 17:48 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBRev. Dhammabodhi gives an overview of the Eightfold Path that includes the five precepts. He provides a monastic version, a lay version, and a collective version of the path of practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Dhamma Talk on Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels and on the Discourse on Blessings
July 30, 2023 18:16 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the practice of taking refuge in the Three Jewels of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha as well as the Buddhist values in the Discourse on Blessings (Mangala Sutta). These teachings are correlated with the ACT process of Values. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Dhamma Talk on Self Inquiry Practice
July 23, 2023 17:42 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBRev. Dhammabodhi talks about Self Inquiry (atma vichara) practice aa taught by Sri Ramana Maharishi and then he and Upasaka Dustin discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
20 Minutes Self Inquiry Practice
July 23, 2023 17:40 - 21 minutes - 19.1 MBRev. Dhammabodhi gives instructions on Self Inquiry practice (atma vichara) as taught by Sri Ramana Maharishi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Dhamma Talk on Mantra Meditation
July 09, 2023 18:27 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the technique of mantra practice coordinated with the breath and focused on the source of the mantra. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
20 Minute Mantra Meditation
July 09, 2023 18:09 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBRev. Dhammabodhi gives instructions for the mantra Ma Om coordinated with the. breath. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Dhamma Talk on the Bodyscan Meditation
July 02, 2023 18:41 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBRev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the bodyscan meditation from the Ledi Sayadaw Vipassana lineage. They compare that with early Buddhist teachings and Yoga asana practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Buddhist Chanting: Opening Verse, Three Jewels, Five Precepts, and Closing Verse
July 02, 2023 18:39 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBRev. Dhammabodhi offers Buddhist chanting. https://muktivihara.org/three-refuges-and-five-precepts-liturgy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
33 Minute Bodyscan Meditation
July 02, 2023 18:37 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBRev. Dhammabodhi offers a guided bodyscan meditation practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Spiritual Communist Book Club: "The Theory of Moral Incentives in Cuba" by Robert Bernardo
June 30, 2023 18:50 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBLopon Dorje Khandro (Lourdes Arguelles) and Rev. Dhammabodhi (John Freese) discuss the book The Theory of Moral Incentives in Cuba by Robert Bernardo. Lopon Dorje Khandro grew up in Cuba during the revolution. Her father was the technical head of the Institute of Agrarian Reform under Che Guevara. Bernardo's book focuses on the Guevara-led effort to use moral incentives instead of financial incentives to bring about communist revolution in Cuba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podca...
Counting the Breath in the Belly
June 26, 2023 01:48 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBRev Dhammabodhi gives a Dhamma talk on the practice of counting the breath in the belly. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
20 Minutes Meditation: Counting the Breath While Focusing on the Belly
June 26, 2023 01:47 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBRev. Dhammabodhi gives instruction on counting the breath while focusing on the belly. 3 bells Instructions for a few minutes About 17 minutes of silence 3 bells --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Pluto Entering Aquarius: Time for Spiritual Communist Revolution
June 18, 2023 18:23 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBRev Dhammabodhi (John) and Upasaka Dustin talk about Pluto having just entered Aquarius, the Plutonic generational groups, and the need for spiritual communist revolution. From "The Cut" website https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/pluto-in-aquarius-2023-transit-meaning.html#:~:text=Pluto%20will%20be%20in%20Aquarius,and%20addressing%20any%20unfinished%20business Because Pluto moves so slowly, it’s going to take a minute before we really begin to feel the effects of this changing of the guard. ...
Eightfold Path and Five Precepts as Committed Action in ACT
June 11, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBRev Dhammabodhi (John) and Upasaka Dustin discuss two discourses from the Samyutta Nikaya on the Eightfold Path and the Five Precepts. SN 45.8 Vibhaṅgasutta (Analysis) https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato?layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 14.25 Pañcasikkhāpadasutta (The Five Precepts) https://suttacentral.net/sn14.25/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice message: https:/...
The Three Jewels and the Mangala Sutta (Discourse on Blessings) as Values in ACT
June 04, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBJohn, Chris, and Dustin discuss the teachings on the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha and the Mangala Sutta as core Buddhist values. SN 11.3 Dhajaggasutta (The Banner's Crest Discourse) https://suttacentral.net/sn11.3/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin Kp.5 Mangalasutta (Discourse on Blessings) https://suttacentral.net/kp5/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin --- Send in a voice mess...
Early Buddhist Five Aggregates and Yogacara 8 Consciousnesses for Self as Context in ACT
May 28, 2023 18:13 - 43 minutes - 40 MBSN 22:1 https://suttacentral.net/sn22.1/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin AN 3:33 https://suttacentral.net/an3.33/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness by Thrangu Rinpoche https://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Consciousness-Primordial-Awareness-Khenchen/dp/1559393793 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Heart-Mind Practice from Buddhism and Hinduism as Cognitive Defusion in ACT
May 21, 2023 18:38 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBRev Dhammabodhi (John) talks about heart-mind practice in early Buddhism, the Thai Forest tradition, Chan Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta with Upasaka Dustin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Ledi Sayadaw Vipassana Lineage Compared to Somatic Experiencing as Acceptance in ACT
May 14, 2023 22:59 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBJohn compares the theory and practice of Vipassana Meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka from the Ledi Sayadaw lineage to Somatic Experiencing developed by Peter Levine. He talks about them as the process of acceptance in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Buddhist Four Establishments of Mindfulness and Daoist Three Energies as Contact with the Present Moment in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
May 08, 2023 00:42 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBJohn presents the early Buddhist teachings on four establishments of mindfulness and the early Daoist teachings on nutritive essence, breath energy, and the heart-mind as yogic teachings that get at the ACT process of contact with the present moment. Then he, Corey, and Dustin discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Four Modes of Knowledge Production
April 30, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour - 100 MBJohn presents his theoretical framework of the four modes of knowledge production and then Corey and Dustin discuss the framework with John. The four modes are the village shamanic, the city-state yogic, the imperial clerical scholastic, and the nation-state academic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
The Chapter on the Four Noble Truths (Saccasamyutta) from the Great Book (Mahavagga) of the Samyutta Nikaya (Linked Discourses)
April 09, 2023 19:06 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBJohn talks about the Discourse on Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakkappavattanasutta) from the Chapter on the Four Noble Truths (Saccasamyutta) of the Great Book (Mahavagga). Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakkappavattanasutta) SN 56:11 https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/sujato?layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin The Realized Ones (Tathāgatasutta) SN 56:12 https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B003XRDC16&ref_=kwl_kr_iv_rec_1 --...
Chapter on the Path (Maggasamyutta) from the Great Book (Mahavagga) in the Samyutta NIkaya
April 02, 2023 18:59 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBJohn talks about the chapter on the Eightfold Path (Maggasamyutta) from the Great Book (Mahavagga) in the Samyutta NIkaya. He breaks down the Pali terms for each of the eight limbs that make up the Eightfold Path. SN 45:1 Discourse on Ignorance (Avijjāsutta) https://suttacentral.net/sn45.1/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 45:4 Discourse Regarding the Brahmin Janussoni (Janussonibrahmanasuta) https://suttacentral.net/sn45.4/en/sujato?la...
Transitioning from Monastic Life to Lay Life
March 28, 2023 20:15 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBJohn is joined again by fellow former monks from the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition Dat and Jem for the second part of their discussion on Buddhist monastic life. In this episode they talk about their experiences going from being monastics to returning to lay life. Jem's website from Sweden https://hjartatsgladje.se/sun-of-wisdom/ Dat's website from France https://maisonauxcedresbleus.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/downwiththedharma/message
Chapter of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasamyutta) from the Book of the Path (Maggavagga) from the Samyutta Nikaya
March 26, 2023 18:48 - 1 hour - 97 MBJohn discusses the Chapter of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasamyutta) from the Book of the Path (Maggavagga) in the Samyutta Nikaya. He compares the 16 exercises of mindfulness of breathing with the 12 links of dependent origination. Here are the discourses (suttas) discussed. SN 54:1 https://suttacentral.net/sn54.1/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin SN 54:8 https://suttacentral.net/sn54.8/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=ast...
Teachings from the Chapter of Links (Nidanasamyutta) from the Book of Links (Nidanavagga) from the Samyutta Nikaya (Conncected Discourses).
March 19, 2023 19:08 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBJohn talks about teachings on the 12 links of dependent origination from the Chapter of Links (Nidanasamyutta) from the Book of Links (Nidanavagga) from the Samyutta Nikaya (Conncected Discourses). https://suttacentral.net/sn12.1/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin https://suttacentral.net/sn12.2/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin https://suttacentral.net/sn12.40/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=n...