Dependent Origination, Anatta, And The Myth Of Non-Duality
Modern Buddhist doctrine continues to evolve in contradiction to the Buddha’s original teachings to provide for the continuing establishment of “anatta” through misunderstanding…
The Truth Of Happiness Course Talk on The Fire Discourse
About a month later the Buddha presented The Fire Discourse. At the time there were many different cuts, one of which was a cult that used fire worship in their rituals. The Buddha used this as metaphor to teach how we become aflame with passion through contact with our six-sense base. ..
Truth Of Happiness Dhamma Study Talk On The Ratana Sutta
This is a recording of a Dhamma talk on the Ratana Sutta and the Buddha’s teaching on the true meaning of taking refuge in The Buddha, The Dhamma,and The Sangha. Included in this recording is sangha discussion and Q&A.
Fire Discourse Attachments to Passion
About one month after the Buddha’s first two discourses, he presented The Fire Discourse to approximately 1,000 followers. Upon hearing this short discourse, most of those in attendance awakened…
TOH Week Five Saturday Q&A
This is a recording of the Truth Of Happiness course week five Saturday class discussion and Q&A on developing the Eightfold Path as the broader framework for Shamatha-Vipassana meditation in the context of the Four Noble Truths. This is a recording of our Sangha discussion on the virtuous factors of the Eightfold Path and was recorded in Frenchtown NJ on January 2, 2016.
TOH Tuesday Closing Talk
This is the closing talk for our Tuesday Truth Of Happiness ten-week Dhamma Study. This talk summarizes the dhamma study and includes very insightful Sangha Q&A and comments.
TOH Week Ten Tuesday Sangha Q&A
This is a recording of the Truth Of Happiness course week ten Tuesday class discussion and Q&A on developing the Eightfold Path as the broader framework for Shamatha-Vipassana meditation in the context of the Four Noble Truths. This is a recording of our Sangha discussion on The Five Hindrances.