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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Tahn Pamutto reflects on the major teaching found throughout all strands of Buddhist thought – that of the categorizing of mental states into the three roots of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion. The names for these categories suggest very coarse and rare mental states and it’s easy to shy away from speaking about them openly. But
PDF of transcript In response to a question on jhāna, by Tahn Pamutto on June 12 2024: What is jhāna? Jhāna is… Well first, samādhi is the overarching word for Buddhist meditation. It’s sort of like composure of mind. But jhāna is a more technical term. Like, when samadhi reaches particular stages, very deep
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On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto reflects on the wide and impactful subject of kamma or Action. The three types (Mental, Verbal, and Physical) break down into ten skillful and ten unskillful types of activity. We cultivate the wholesome as a vehicle to our end destination – the kamma leading to the end of kamma and
Link to PDF (Excerpt from Wednesday chat, May 2024) Tahn Pamutto: The Buddha talks about “equanimity based on diversity” and “equanimity based on unity.” There’s a way that you can arrive at understanding through following a crisscrossing, zigzagging kind of trail through the weeds of a topic. You can start out and be like, “Hey,
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Buddhist Death Practices (Transcript of https://upavana.org/buddhist-death-practices/, PDF here ) Tahn Pamutto, May 2024 Hello, everybody. Today, something a little different. Recently, I’ve been asked in a few different ways, various aspects about how Buddhists relate to death, what to do in preparation for death, should we want to know how to prepare ourselves, or what to
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Tahn Pamutto reviews what information is available in the suttas and various Buddhist sources about the nature of life and death: the cycles we move through in life, what to expect at the time of death, and the various actions and practices that can make this an opportunity for growth for us and our loved
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The morning session of the ‘Becoming and the Middle Way’ daylong. Tahn Pamutto describes with examples the threefold division of Bhava/Becoming found in the Pāli Canon. Existence, and the Craving for Existence, is the driving force leading us into future birth. The afternoon session of the ‘Bhava and the Middle Way’ Daylong. Tahn Pamutto explains
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This is the transcript of a short talk which can be found at: The Refuge of Dhamma – https://youtu.be/87jv9zTWPVI?si=JnCn_OCxVitPN5AT And the PDF can be found here. Tahn Pamutto: The Dhamma is not one book. That’s because the Dhamma that the Buddha pointed to isn’t just one thing. It it isn’t a teaching that comes from
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