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. ..
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.
This talk introduces the tenth week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on The Five Hindrances.
This talk introduces the ninth week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on Kamma and Rebirth.
This talk introduces the eighth week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on The Five Clinging Aggregates. The week eight talks were presented over two classes. The first talk is on Dependent Origination and the second talk on The Five Clinging Aggregates.
This talk introduces the seventh week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on the Three Linked Characteristics Of Human Life. Also known as The Three Marks Of Existence, Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha are easily understood when viewed in the context of The Four Noble Truths.
This talk introduces the sixth week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on the Concentration factors of the Eightfold Path, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Meditation. Included at the end of the talk is a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation session. The talk concludes with Metta Intentional Meditation.
This talk introduces the third week’s Truth Of Happiness course Dhamma study on developing understanding of The Four Noble Truths and how Shamatha-Vipassana meditation and the broader framework of the Eightfold Path supports release from craving and clinging and the cessation of dukkha. Included at the end of the talk is a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation session. The talk concludes with Metta Intentional Meditation. This talk was recorded in Frenchtown New Jersey on December 15, 2015.
Truth Of Happiness Week Two Talk The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness Introduces the week two Dhamma Study topic of The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness…
This talk introduces the Truth Of Happiness course and Shamatha-Vipassana meditation. It includes sangha Q&A and discussion and a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation session.