Weekly Online Programs (times EST):
An online program held in Zoom. At 7pm EST, join an online, ...
Upcoming Programs:
7pm EST - 8:45pm: An online program held in Zoom for the ...
Latest Talks and Essays
For the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto discusses MN 6, 'If One Might Wish', and how the answer for most of the ...
Begins with a reading of SN 35.101, 'What Isn't Yours'. The theme of this sutta is Not-Self. Tahn Pamutto goes ...
New posts: 0
Newest (All Categories)
Tahn Pamutto describes the Theravādā definition of enlightenment - how one becomes an 'ariyā' or Noble Being, the fetters that ...
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto discusses the important first stage of meditation - even before beginning the development of mindfulness ...
For the morning of the 'Balance' daylong retreat, Tahn Pamutto talks on the importance of finding the sweet spot in ...
These sutta's were used as references for the 'Balance' daylong: AN 6.55 - Sona (and the Lute strings) AN 4.93 ...
From Tea Time Chat with Tahn Pamutto, February 25, 2026 Question: What about those deva's who love to create? How ...
Essays/Reflections
When one enters into a forest monastery, whether Thai or Burmese or Sri Lankan, one understands pretty quickly that they’ve ...
By the time they we are adults, virtually everbody knows all too well what it is like to stay up ...
The Foundations of Mindfulness: Satipatthana Sutta Majjhima Nikaya 10 Transcript of an eight-week presentation 2022 by Tahn Pamutto Part Three: ...
The Foundations of Mindfulness: Satipatthana Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 10 Transcript of an eight-week presentation 2022 by Tahn Pamutto Part One: ...
This talk by Tahn Pamutto was given on the Uposatha in New York City, September 2022: Namo tassa bhagavato, arahato ...
Talks
Morning : Tahn Pamutto goes over the various aspects of Stream Entry and how the first three fetters are actually ...
From the daylong retreat on the Three Fetters and Stream Entry, May 18, 2025. Relevant Suttas: Three fetters daylong study ...
For the first session of the Dependent Origination daylong, Tahn Pamutto goes over how the Buddha identified the problem of ...
NUTRIMENT OCTOBER 26, 2024 Nutriment Tahn Pamutto, October 26, 2024 PART I – THE FOUR NUTRIMENTS To start off with ...
Tahn Pamutto discusses the Eight Precepts in depth and how they represent the level of practice of the Once Returners ...
Unproductive Kammax by LR
Upavana Foundation
Email: info@upavana.org