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3.mp3Basic Instructions1326 viewsPracticing Vipassana 03: The Basic Instructions
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File13_Preparing_the_fire.mp3Preparing the Fire1324 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Tonight we follow the Buddha from Baranasi back to the area where he practised before his awakening, the Nerañjara River near Gaya. First, at Baranasi, the Buddha awakens Yasa, the son of a rich banker. This is the first time the Buddha awakens a lay person, proving the dharma can be understood by the laity as well as by professional ascetics; and the first time the Buddha gives a “graduated discourse,†which becomes the basic template of his teaching method. Yet this is not counted as the third teaching. Why not?
After his successes in Baranasi the Buddha goes alone to visit Uruvela Kassapa, the important head of an order of dreadlocks ascetics. He spends at least a month performing miracles to convert Kassapa and his followers. Why was Kassapa so important? Finally the Buddha leads the newly converted ascetics to Gayasisa, near Gaya, to give them the third teaching, Adittapariyaya Sutta (Burning …).
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12_Kamma_Aggacitta.mp312. What is consciousness?1315 viewsTo what extent do we believe in kamma? The fine line between fatalism and belief in kamma. An edited Dhamma discourse given by Ven. Ayasama Aggacitta - with Q & A
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heart_thirteen.mp3The "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Thirteen)1312 viewsThe "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Thirteen)
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File14_(AM)_The_last_full_day.mp3The Last Full Day1303 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
This morning we review the nature of the practice, applying it to the circumstances we presently find ourselves in — the final full day of this retreat.
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10_Inspiration.mp310. Climb the Path with Gladness (Songs)1299 views
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heart_four.mp3The "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Four)1293 viewsThe "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Four)
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Sallekha_Sutta_04_IV_Mahasi_Sayadaw_p24-31.mp3Sallekha Sutta - A Discourse on the Refinement of Character1293 views4. Jhana in Vipassana
Sallekha Sutta by Mahasi Sayadaw, Translated by U Aye Maung (read by Ven. Rakkhita)
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08_Kamma_Aggacitta.mp38. Diversity of Kamma1285 viewsTo what extent do we believe in kamma? The fine line between fatalism and belief in kamma. An edited Dhamma discourse given by Ven. Ayasama Aggacitta.
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04_Kamma_Aggacitta.mp34. Eight Causes of Our Experience1283 viewsTo what extent do we believe in kamma? The fine line between fatalism and belief in kamma. An edited Dhamma discourse given by Ven. Ayasama Aggacitta.
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