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A Journey into Buddhism

March 17, 2024 21:32 - 16.1 MB

A Journey into Buddhism by Elizabeth J. A. Harris . "The themes of the talks are rooted in my journey, as a Christian, into Buddhism. In the mid-1980s I felt the need to ’let go’ of my own religious conditioning to enter the world of another faith. It grew from a conviction that people with an interest in religion should not remain imprisoned within one framework but should explore others. The choice of Buddhism and Sri Lanka was a natural one for me. Buddhism’s emphasis on meditation and...

Deconstructing Constructions: The Role of Saṅkhārā in the Buddha’s Discourses

February 26, 2024 23:35 - 23.4 MB

Deconstructing Constructions: The Role of Saṅkhārā in the Buddha’s Discourses by Bhikkhu Bodhi . In this paper I intend to explore the Pāli term saṅkhārā, one of the pivotal concepts in the Buddha’s discourses. The Pāli word has such a rich gamut of meanings that merely to draw them out into the open sheds a flood of light on the Buddha’s understanding of reality. The word occurs in a variety of contexts that are subtly and intricately interwoven. To explore their contextual meanings and ...

Your Best Friend

January 27, 2024 21:23 - 17.9 MB

Your Best Friend: And Other Essays by M. B. Werapitiya. "To understand ourselves, we must live with ourselves and know all about ourselves. The mind for that matter is flickering, fickle, difficult to guard and control and flutters like a fish taken out of its watery abode and thrown upon the land. Somebody causes you hurt and although the aggressor has disappeared from sight, the hurt grows within you and every so often keeps surfacing with an overpowering intensity to give you a warp. Th...

Part 6 - Expanding Into New Frontiers by Bhikkhu Bodhi

September 23, 2023 16:41 - 3.38 MB

Part 6 - Expanding Into New Frontiers from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . Mindfulness has traveled a long way from its homeland in northeast India. It has journeyed to the island of Sri Lanka, the river basins of southeast Asia, the mountain monasteries of China, Korea, and Japan, and the hermitages of the Himalayan kingdoms. But the last lap of its journey is without parallel. Today Buddhist meditation has been lifted from its traditio...

Part 5 - Clear Comprehension by Bhikkhu Bodhi

September 16, 2023 16:38 - 2.9 MB

Part 5 - Clear Comprehension from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . While I said just before that clear comprehension plays a more prominent role in the contemplation of experiential phenomena, the refrain on right mindfulness shows that clear comprehension has been present to some degree all along. The formula describes clear comprehension as a constant entering each exercise virtually from the start. Whether contemplating the body, feeli...

Part 4 - What the Suttas Say by Bhikkhu Bodhi

September 09, 2023 16:33 - 4.39 MB

Part 4 - What the Suttas Say from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . Nevertheless, despite my reservations about the use of “bare attention” as an alternative expression for sati, if we consider how mindfulness is to be practiced in the system laid down in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, we can find considerable support for the idea that the initial task of sati is to “keep to a bare registering of the facts observed” as free as possible from distorting conceptual elaborations....

Part 3 - Mindfulness and Bare Attention by Bhikkhu Bodhi

September 02, 2023 16:29 - 10.2 MB

Part 3 - Mindfulness and Bare Attention from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . Many commentators who teach and practice in the contemporary vipassana movement have sought to convey the experiential flavor of mindfulness by means of the expression “bare attention.” With certain reservations (which I will discuss), I believe this characterization is acceptable if understood as a procedural directive for cultivating mindfulness in accordance with certain methods. It helps...

Part 2 - The Meaning of <em>Sati</em> by Bhikkhu Bodhi

August 26, 2023 16:25 - 11.1 MB

Part 2 - The Meaning of Sati from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . A problem in hermeneutics, with intimate bearings on the actual practice of meditation, concerns the exact meaning of the word sati both in general and in relation to Buddhist contemplative activity. We take the rendering “mindfulness” so much for granted that we rarely inquire into the precise nuances of the English term, let alone the meaning of the original Pāli word it represents and the adequacy o...

Part 1 - Mindfulness in the Buddhist Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi

August 16, 2023 22:01 - 5.84 MB

Part 1 - Mindfulness in the Buddhist Path from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi . The entry of systematic mindfulness practice into the fields of stress reduction and psychotherapy has dramatically altered modern medicine’s perspectives on our capacity to regulate and overcome our human vulnerabilities. Mindfulness made its debut as a therapeutic discipline in 1979, when Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced his program of “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction” at the University of ...

Sangha at the Crossroads

May 20, 2023 15:00 - 17.6 MB application/x-download-file

Sangha at the Crossroads by Bhikkhu Bodhi "In this article I want to focus on one particular constituency of Buddhists in present day Sri Lanka, the Bhikkhu Sangha, the Order of Monks. I intend to examine, though briefly, the problems it faces and its prospects for the future. This task is especially critical because of the central role the Sangha plays in guiding the destiny of the Sāsana, and it is clear that if the Sangha does not learn to deal with the momentous forces inundating prese...

The Changing Face of Buddhism

May 13, 2023 15:00 - 13.8 MB application/x-download-file

The Changing Face of Buddhism by Bhikkhu Bodhi "If Buddhism is failing to penetrate deep into the hearts of those who profess it as their faith, we have to ask ourselves why, and to ask what can be done to reverse present trends. I would like to approach these questions by first asking what role Buddhism is intended to play in our lives in the first place. I will deal with this question by distinguishing two aspects of Buddhism both stemming from the Buddha’s original teaching. I shall cal...

A Buddhist Approach to Economic and Social Development

May 06, 2023 15:00 - 20.9 MB application/x-download-file

A Buddhist Approach to Economic and Social Development by Bhikkhu Bodhi "The notion of economic and social development has today become the rallying call of politicians, business leaders, and policy planners clear across the globe. This notion thus exercises a tremendous influence on the lives of all human beings, both at the personal level and as a determinant of social policy. Although the Buddhist texts prescribe certain principles to guide human beings in their economic and social acti...

A Buddhist Social Ethic for the New Century

April 29, 2023 15:00 - 29.3 MB application/x-download-file

A Buddhist Social Ethic for the New Century by Bhikkhu Bodhi "In Theravada Buddhist circles during the past few decades a debate has repeatedly erupted over the question whether or not jhāna is necessary to attain the “paths and fruits,” that is, the four graded stages of enlightenment. The debate has been sparked off by the rise to prominence of the various systems of insight meditation that have become popular both in Asia and the West, especially among lay Buddhists. Those who advocate ...

The Jhānas and the Lay Disciple According to the Pāli Suttas

April 21, 2023 15:03 - 34.7 MB application/x-download-file

The Jhānas and the Lay Disciple According to the Pāli Suttas by Bhikkhu Bodhi . "In Theravada Buddhist circles during the past few decades a debate has repeatedly erupted over the question whether or not jhāna is necessary to attain the “paths and fruits,” that is, the four graded stages of enlightenment. The debate has been sparked off by the rise to prominence of the various systems of insight meditation that have become popular both in Asia and the West, especially among lay Buddhists. ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 98 excerpt)

April 15, 2023 17:45 - 6.14 MB application/x-download-file

Story 98 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . There is an old story about a young seeker who asks the abbot of a nearby monastery for guidance on how to become enlightened. The abbot declines his request but sends him to a shoemaker in a nearby village. The abbot assures him that the shoemaker will help him achieve enlightenment. The young seeker went to find the shoemaker, with one caveat from the abbot: “Learn everything you can from the s...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 97 excerpt)

April 12, 2023 17:42 - 2.57 MB application/x-download-file

Story 97 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . How long will it take to be enlightened? This is such a firstworld question. We want the truth and we want it now, to paraphrase Jim Morrison. There is no answer to that question, because it is the wrong question. And what’s more, enlightenment is not simply an answer, similar to the woman in Saks Fifth Avenue who asked how much the fur coat cost in the window who was told, “Madam, if you have to...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 96 excerpt)

April 08, 2023 17:33 - 3.08 MB application/x-download-file

Story 96 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . My teacher in India eventually attracted so many students that he began to appoint assistants to lead retreats on their own. I began assisting him in 1996 and soon was made a senior assistant teacher. I led ten-day retreats throughout Canada, the United States, England, Myanmar, and India. I especially enjoyed addressing the many issues my students faced, most of whom were dealing with the daily ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 95 excerpt)

April 05, 2023 17:32 - 3.13 MB application/x-download-file

Story 95 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Doing non-doing is a long path and is not always straightforward. To understand what you need to do and why and how is relatively easy, and in this regard I hope this little book has been a help. However, old habit patterns, especially latent tendencies, are pernicious. You may continue to be sidetracked by their beguiling beckoning to react. You may succumb from time to time. You may find the pr...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 94 excerpt)

April 01, 2023 17:29 - 2.03 MB application/x-download-file

Story 94 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . With the death of a loved one, a grieving period is important, as is understanding how the mind works and how doing nothing with clear comprehension does not eliminate the grief. Once again, grieving is a natural condition of the mind. It is neither good nor bad. Some may be tempted to put on a happy face to demonstrate the powers of meditation. They can keep up the façade for a while. In time th...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 93 excerpt)

March 29, 2023 17:27 - 1.88 MB application/x-download-file

Story 93 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . According to Thoreau, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I think when people read this, they focus on the word “quiet” as the problematic one in the sentence. Echoing Pascal, quiet isn't the problem, it is the inability to accept the quiet that leads to the desperation. We don't need to change our environs as much as change ourselves, because as Anaïs Nin wrote, “We see things not...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 92 excerpt)

March 25, 2023 17:25 - 1.77 MB application/x-download-file

Story 92 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In the center of Igatpuri village is a street market. Vendors sit at stalls and sell their produce. Because every vendor sits in the same location, everyone knows what they sell. So all they need announce is the price. They don’t try to out shout one another. They take turns. This creates a sort of chant, a back and forth. Except for the Hindi, it’s a revival meeting in rural Alabama. At the main...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 91 excerpt)

March 22, 2023 17:18 - 2.3 MB application/x-download-file

Story 91 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . We needn't pause to figure out our next step in life. Life, real life, is there in the pause, in the quagmire of conflicting choices. We then choose one route and look for signs that this is the correct way to go. No doubt. “I have a good feeling about this” is more a sense of relief about finally choosing one route than a certainty that this route has been swept clean and is devoid of IEDs. Even...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 90 excerpt)

March 18, 2023 21:23 - 2.51 MB application/x-download-file

Story 90 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Most everyone is possessed by their possessions. I know people who are owned by their pets. I know others who build heated garages for their prized automobiles. My aunt bequeathed me an old rocking chair to which she added the caveat that I never change its mauve covering. In those years, I moved almost every year and carried that rocker to each apartment until its springs went and you couldn't s...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 89 excerpt)

March 15, 2023 21:21 - 3.05 MB application/x-download-file

Story 89 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I remember a Sayadaw (respected teacher) who lived in a remote monastery in upper Burma in the vicinity of Sagaing Hills. He was elderly and blind and very much loved. I visited him, excited to both meet a living legend and pay my respects. I was told to wait until he went for his evening walk when he would be with his attendant who could serve as a translator.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 88 excerpt)

March 11, 2023 22:20 - 2.79 MB application/x-download-file

Story 88 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I volunteered with Mother Theresa at her Sisters of Charity palliative care hostel in Calcutta. My service was to help with the lunch meal as well as a certain undefined “nursing.” The hostel was smaller than I had expected and the number of volunteers fewer than I had hoped. I thought a larger cohort would allow me a few days to get my bearings. That was not to be the case.... narrated by Ian M...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 87 excerpt)

March 08, 2023 22:17 - 2.05 MB application/x-download-file

Story 87 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Two more salient points about mettā. Mettā must be tempered by wisdom. There is a parable from India of a kind man who came upon a frog in the middle of a busy road. Concerned that the frog might be crushed under the wheels of a bullock cart and feeling uncomfortable leaving him to his fate, he gently picked him up and transferred him safely to the side of the road from whence he had come.... na...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 86 excerpt)

March 04, 2023 22:15 - 3.28 MB application/x-download-file

Story 86 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Mettā is a Pāli word meaning loving-kindness. As the mind deconditions, many positive mind states arise. The emergence of these so-called divine abodes had been held back by the continually self-reinforcing habitual patterns that you thought defined you.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 6 minutes 14 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 85 excerpt)

March 01, 2023 22:14 - 1.85 MB application/x-download-file

Story 85 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In Maharashtra a few decades ago, my elderly meditation teacher was delivering his evening discourse when a deranged sādhu rushed at him from the back of the hall. The sādhu screamed incoherently and thrashed his arms about, ready to strike him. My teacher stopped his talk…and closed his eyes. He remained seated.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 3 minutes 06 seconds Listen to Streaming ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 84 excerpt)

February 25, 2023 22:12 - 1.38 MB application/x-download-file

Story 84 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In her book, Educated, about growing up in a survivalist Mormon family where school was not an option and daily manual labor a necessity, Tara Westover relates how she found herself standing on a rooftop in England during a windstorm.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 3 minutes 43 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.4MB) Audio copyright, 2023 Pariyatti 'A Lif...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 83 excerpt)

February 22, 2023 22:10 - 2.13 MB application/x-download-file

Story 83 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Friendship. Where would we be without our friends? This is true for the homeless alcoholic who followed his friends’ lead, quit school, took to the road, lived high and free until he lost his health, his integrity, and the courage to turn his life around. And this is true for most of the titans of Silicon Valley who succeeded thanks to friends.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 3 minutes ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 82 excerpt)

February 18, 2023 22:08 - 1.54 MB application/x-download-file

Story 82 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . An old proverb says that “as a man thinketh, so he is.” I’d like to alter this somewhat and proclaim that “as a man is conditioned, so he is.” Oft-repeated behaviors, beliefs, views, and thought patterns define who we seem to be. This we feel is carved in stone, because we feel comfortable with what is familiar.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 2 minutes 26 seconds Listen to Streaming A...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 81 excerpt)

February 15, 2023 22:06 - 1.69 MB application/x-download-file

Story 81 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . One time I chose to simply live in a small guesthouse on Gnat Agi Pagoda Road in Bahan Township in Burma. I would forego all travel. Across from my guesthouse was a tea shop from which I could watch all of Burma, past and present, pass by. Further down the road was a stitcher lady who would alter and repair my longyis. And behind her was a monastery where I could meditate.... narrated by Ian McC...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 80 excerpt)

February 11, 2023 20:06 - 3 MB application/x-download-file

Story 80 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Matthew 21:22 promises us, “Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, ye shall receive.” Now I grant you that few people read the Bible these days, perhaps because they took Matthew too literally. But it doesn't matter, because today the good news of the Bible has been replaced by the Gospel according to Wellness. Pursuit of a good life has been replaced by the pursuit of the perfect life. “Everything y...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 79 excerpt)

February 08, 2023 20:04 - 1.78 MB application/x-download-file

Story 79 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Our cottage is on a small lake on the Canadian Shield. Our shoreline is very rocky, with large boulders deposited there as the glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. Amazingly this shoreline provides sufficient sustenance for trees to grow and, in their own way, thrive. They protrude out perpendicularly from crevices between the rocks before turning upwards to catch a modicum of sunlight and spread...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 78 excerpt)

February 04, 2023 20:02 - 2.64 MB application/x-download-file

Story 78 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . One summer I drove a truck for an oil company. Two of us installed the oil tanks for furnaces in the basement of houses. It was dirty work. The basements were often unheated. They were seldom clean. One day, it was particularly cold and rainy. We entered through the back door into the kitchen. On my way to the basement stairs I came upon the owners, two unwed older sisters having a breakfast of t...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 77 excerpt)

February 01, 2023 20:01 - 2.42 MB application/x-download-file

Story 77 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Doing non-doing deconditions the mind so that a happy life, defined by the Stoics as true, virtuous, and natural, arises like a phoenix from the ashes of the conditioned mind. Since the real shift is within you, your new life may retain all the appearances of your old life. After all, the difference, they say, between heaven and hell is a mere sixteenth of an inch, surely an imperceptible amount ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 76 excerpt)

January 28, 2023 19:59 - 1.57 MB application/x-download-file

Story 76 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In Korea it is considered rude to speak immediately after someone else has just spoken. Korean culture demands a slight pause to indicate the listeners have fully digested and appreciated the input. It gives them pause for thought. This promotes civilized dialogue in which everyone’s view is respected. It also calms blind reactions to some perceived fault in the argument. A pause is a conscious d...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 75 excerpt)

January 25, 2023 19:58 - 2.44 MB application/x-download-file

Story 75 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Years ago, when I would walk around my house late at night after everyone else was asleep, it felt like I had always lived there. I liked that it felt that way. As my oldest son said when he was three, “It feels as perfect as right.” I knew where the hardwood floors creaked, and I avoided those spots so I wouldn’t wake the baby who, like me, was a light sleeper. My wife and my five-year-old, he o...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 74 excerpt)

January 21, 2023 19:56 - 1.56 MB application/x-download-file

Story 74 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I loved the water buffalo I encountered in India. Despite their girth and their horns, they were very gentle creatures. They calmly abided all and sundry afflictions, heat, mosquitoes, and monsoon rains without so much as a by-your-leave. Other than whisking away unwanted bitey things with their tails, they endured, and they did so ever so calmly.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 2 minut...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 73 excerpt)

January 18, 2023 19:55 - 3.07 MB application/x-download-file

Story 73 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I loved to go fishing with my father, because he was a terrible fisherman. He never caught anything. I was fine with this. I didn't like to put a worm on the hook. I didn't like taking the hook out of the fish's mouth, and I certainly couldn't bash the head of the fish against the seat of the boat to kill it.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 5 minutes 47 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 72 excerpt)

January 14, 2023 19:50 - 2.69 MB application/x-download-file

Story 72 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I think there is a place in our lives for tradition and even ritual. They keep our lives simple and understandable. In our family we have pancakes every Sunday and tea every evening. We go for walks together. We spend a month every summer at our cottage. We watch a movie every Friday night.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 4 minutes 14 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 71 excerpt)

January 11, 2023 19:49 - 2.76 MB application/x-download-file

Story 71 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The summer after high school, Tony, his younger brother Chris, and I set out in an old Vauxhall held together with spit and bailing wire for points west on the Trans-Canada Highway. We camped the entire way and cooked over an open fire. Once we reached the Pacific, we headed south to the Oregon hills before turning east and eventually home and university. On the way we camped near Mount Rushmore,...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 70 excerpt)

January 07, 2023 23:42 - 1.8 MB application/x-download-file

Story 70 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Bhante Rahula and I would meditate outside on some very flat but hard boulders because that summer was particularly hot. On this particular day, I crossed my legs and straightened my spine as usual. I closed my eyes, and almost immediately I felt nothing but subtle vibrating throughout my entire being. It appeared I had dissolved into pulsations. I felt no solidity. I had become a... narrated by...

How to Find More Psychological Stability in an Unstable Time: The Role of Meditation

January 06, 2023 17:16 - 27.8 MB application/x-download-file

"How to Find More Psychological Stability in an Unstable Time: The Role of Meditation" is an online Zoom talk by Paul R. Fleischman given on November 10th, 2022, co-sponsored by Connecticut Vipassana, Being Well at Yale, Good Life Center, MCDB DEI Committee, New Haven Library, Hindu Life at Yale, Buddhist Life at Yale, South Asian Studies Council, New Haven Insight and Woodbridge Town Library. This was his fifth talk about Vipassana given to the greater New Haven and Yale communities. Paul ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 69 excerpt)

January 04, 2023 23:40 - 2.76 MB application/x-download-file

Story 69 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The more I investigate and dissect what I focus my attention on with clear comprehension, the more apparent becomes the changing nature of the mind and body. I don’t have to chase away any uncomfortable feelings or pains with alcohol or drugs or various distractions. I am less inclined to succumb to their whispered promise to stop being the person I am for this one evening and become... narrated...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 68 excerpt)

December 31, 2022 23:37 - 1.69 MB application/x-download-file

Story 68 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . On my way to school one bitterly cold winter's day, I passed a house in the early stages of being built. The workers were framing the roof. The wind was howling, the snow was blowing, and they kept at it because that is what we all must do. We choose our path…roofer, physicist, or, like me, a solo contemplative on a hilltop in India. But we hone our craft every day, even... narrated by Ian McCro...

Pariyatti Presents... Maintaining Your Meditation Practice at Home: A Panel Discussiion

December 30, 2022 17:05 - 27.9 MB application/x-download-file

Pariyatti Presents...a panel discussion about "Maintaining Your Meditation Practice at Home: Helpful Supports and Challenges" recorded on November 13, 2022. The panel consists of meditators in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka moderated by Paul R. Fleischman. The panelists (Michal Barnea Astrog, Wayne Smith, Kory Goldberg and Marta Van Patten) share their experiences based on the questions "What helps you with your daily meditation at home?" and "What are the diffic...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 67 excerpt)

December 28, 2022 23:35 - 2.73 MB application/x-download-file

Story 67 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I was too thin to have good quality clothes fit me well. When I wore a suit, my head looked too small. When I turned my head while wearing a collar and tie, neither collar nor tie moved. Like a compass, my tie always pointed north. If it weren't for the sleeves, I could perform a full 360-degree rotation without my suit getting a wrinkle. But in the end,... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 ...

A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 66 excerpt)

December 24, 2022 23:33 - 2.93 MB application/x-download-file

Story 66 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . To be a Buddhist is to be a Stoic and to be a Stoic is to be a Buddhist. Neither is a religion. Mere belief in their precepts holds no purchase. Reciting them every morning proves futile. Both speak of universal truths and natural laws that govern human and social behavior. Both schools are empirical, which is to say they are evidence-based. And that itself is grounded or tested, even, on one’s o...

Pariyatti Presents... An Interview with Bill Crecelius, author of <em>A Meditator's Handbook</em>

December 23, 2022 16:53 - 40.9 MB application/x-download-file

This is a Pariyatti Presents... interview with Bill Crecelius, the author of A Meditator's Handbook, Vipassana teacher and practiioner of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. The interview is followed by a 30-minute Q&A session, where he answers selected questions from the audience. Bill Crecelius interviewed by Marta Van Patten 2022 1 hour 29 minutes Watch the video or download the audio. The Vimeo player has Chapter markers located at t...