7pm EST – 8:45pm: An online program held in Zoom for the New and Full Moons. 7pm EST – 45 min meditation 7:50pm – Refuges and Precepts 8:00pm – Dhamma Reflection and Discussion Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/6578079769?pwd=RjFBckpZZnk3R3lwd0VzNll1YVpYZz09 Participants can join and leave for any portion of the evening.
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Morning: Tahn Pamutto reviews the idea of ‘Transcendent Dependent Origination’ which appears in the Upanissa Sutta, SN 12.23. The structure of this teaching mimics the 12-link structure of dependent origination but with a twist – it illuminates how liberation is not an isolated occurrence but is built upon a foundation of preceding causes. Afternoon: For
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From the daylong meditation retreat on Sunday, June 8th. The theme of the day was ‘Transcendental Dependent Origination’. Take this quote from DN 2: “When one sees that these five hindrances have been abandoned within oneself, gladness is born. In one who is gladdened, rapture is born. Enraptured at heart, one’s body grows calm. With
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Morning : Tahn Pamutto goes over the various aspects of Stream Entry and how the first three fetters are actually parts of a whole package of views and attachments that fall away when stream entry is attained. Afternoon: For the afternoon session of the Three Fetters Daylong, Tahn Pamutto explores some of the various views
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From the daylong retreat on the Three Fetters and Stream Entry, May 18, 2025. Relevant Suttas: Three fetters daylong study guide, What is Abandoned/Secured by Stream Entry Wikipedia – Sotāpanna and the Three Fetters AN 1.15, 1.20 – Cause for Arising and Non-Arising of Doubt Into the Stream, Thanissaro Bhikkhu Right View, Thanissaro Bhikkhu Transcript
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For the first session of the Dependent Origination daylong, Tahn Pamutto goes over how the Buddha identified the problem of suffering and then used wisdom and logic to figure out all the causal steps that lead to its arising. “With Ignorance as Condition, Volition arises; With Volition as Condition, Consciousness Arises; With Consciousness, Name-and-Form; With
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The Dependent Origination daylong was held on Apr 6, 2025. The following references were used before the retreat for study and read/referenced during the daylong itself. Relevant Suttas: SN 12.2 – The Expanded Analysis (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.2/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN12.15 – To Kaccānagotta (https://upavana.org/kaccanagotta-sutta-chant/) SN 12.44 – The World (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.44/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN 12.11 – Nutriment (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.11/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN 12.12 – The
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NUTRIMENT OCTOBER 26, 2024 Nutriment Tahn Pamutto, October 26, 2024 PART I – THE FOUR NUTRIMENTS To start off with a little story: everybody knows Anāthapiṇḍika? He was a very famous householder in the time of the Buddha; he was a benefactor of the Buddha and the Sangha. His name means “one who gives to
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Tahn Pamutto discusses the Eight Precepts in depth and how they represent the level of practice of the Once Returners.
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Comments on Samādhi —Informal comments March 19, 2025 by Tahn Pamutto [Tahn Pamutto:] …. Yes, exactly. We sometimes don’t credit the the beginning stages of practice as having samādhi. As an illustration, let’s understand that there is malice. I will use malice as a word for wishing harm: actually wanting to harm another person. In
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