How do we feel about our lives – where we’ve been, where we are, and where we are going? How do we feel about our health? Our finances? How do we feel about technology? Medicine? The people around us? The country? Society? The planet? What state is it all in? Where is it headed? If […]
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For full pāli/english: https://buddhistauckland.org/ratana-sutta-jewels-discourse-pali-english/ Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāniBhummāni vā yāni va antalikkheSabb’eva bhūtā sumanā bhavantuAtho pi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ Tasmā hi bhūtā nisāmetha sabbeMettaṁ karotha mānusiyā pajāyaDivā ca ratto ca haranti ye baliṁTasmā hi ne rakkhatha appamattā Yaṅkiñci vittaṁ idha vā huraṁ vāSaggesu vā yaṁ ratanaṁ paṇītaṁNa no samaṁ atthi tathāgatenaIdam-pi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁEtena saccena suvatthi
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An online program held in Zoom. At 7pm EST, join an online, informal tea-time chat for asking questions and exploring dhamma. The program continues at 8pm EST with a 45-min group meditation. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6578079769?pwd=RjFBckpZZnk3R3lwd0VzNll1YVpYZz09 Participants can join and leave for any portion of the evening.
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Join Tahn Pamutto and friends for an online daylong retreat in the Upavana Zoom, Sunday, December 29. The theme of the day will be Faith – how to establish and develop our confidence in the practice and the Triple Gem. This faculty is important for directing our progress and keeping us from losing momentum. When
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Tahn Pamutto explains the deep teaching on nutriment – the ‘food’ on which our minds become dependent and bound to. He also reads through sutta SN 12.64 and explains how this teaching is used in the higher training. Seeing that our unwholesome mental states of greed, hatred, and delusion are dependent on these four nutriments
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Tahn Pamutto discusses recognizing the Five Hindrances as patterns of mind that derails our intended mindfulness and activity. MP3 for “The Hindrances” Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto talks on the subject of Viññana, or Consciousness. MP3 for “Consciousness”: Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio
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Morning Session – For the morning session of the Khanti daylong, Tahn Pamutto defines the quality of Khanti or Patience/Tolerance and describes how it tends to be used in the suttas of the pāli canon. Afternoon Session – In the afternoon, the daylong continues by exploring MN 21 and the themes of how we can
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Morning: Tahn Pamutto does a deep investigation of the nature of Intention in Buddhism. It is the meeting point of two important concepts – that being Right Intention, or Sammā Saṅkappa, and Volitional Formations, or Saṅkhāra. When we see how one feeds the other in an endless loop, and how zooming out to get a
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PDF of Transcript: Views, Kamma, Judgment Tahn Pamutto: The starting point is view. Yeah. So at the very least, if you’re going to do something stupid, at least be reminding yourself while you’re doing it, this is stupid. It sounds like a small thing and it sounds counterintuitive, but it’s actually very huge. The last
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