Morning session for the daylong on AN 3.102, the Nimitta Sutta. Tahn Pamutto reads the sutta and expounds on the three themes the Buddha points to for attaining balance in our practice. He goes on to explain the meaning and use of the word ‘nimitta’ and how understand the way the mind uses symbols to […]
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Recollection of Peace meditation with Tahn Pamutto: I’ll give a little bit of guidance and then we’ll do our thing. There is a core meditation that the Buddha refers to as upasamanussati. Upasama is peace. So it is the recollection or the remembrance of peace. Thinking of this for those who have some experience of
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For the daylong retreat on ‘Ditthasava: The Pollution of Views’, Tahn Pamutto begins the day by talking about the nature of what a view is and how it becomes a corrupting influence on the mind. In the afternoon the instructions continue by looking at a few suttas which point to the problem with holding to
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Tea time chat transcript – Comments on Refuge Tahn Pamutto: “Well, I mean, “refuge” is really, in some ways, it is an awkward word to use for the concept, because it’s very multifaceted. So as far as we can pin it down, refuge is about the sasana, the “religious” part of Buddhism. So as long
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“Seeing Views” Transcript (edited), November 2021 Uposatha Tonight I’d like to offer a reflection about something which is actually very useful in our practice and useful to contemplate in life in general. …….When we go through the oldest strata of teachings, what we see again and again is the Buddha encouraging his disciples to
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(Morning) For the morning session of the Nibbidā daylong, Tahn Pamutto reviews a variety of sources to help narrow down a definition and experience of Nibbidā or Disenchantment. This important state is the gateway to enlightenment and is referred to throughout the pāli canon. But rather than an activity to be done it is the
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On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto reflects on AN 5.161 – the Buddha’s five strategies for overcoming a grudge or resentment. Starting by recognizing the drawbacks and suffering inherent in Anger, we can then use these strategies to free our mind from the object of our resentment, which is usually a person or group of people.
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Tahn Pamutto reads and expands on MN 20, which provides five strategies for coming out of unwholesome thinking and switching to wholesome thinking. These are given in order – from quickest and most effective to last ditch strategies to use when all else fails.
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To begin the daylong on the theme of ‘Papañca – Mental Proliferation’, Tahn Pamutto reflects on how we see the mind drift, get distracted, and compulsively elaborate on a theme. The process is directly linked to Sañña and how we build the perspectives and opinions that dominate our viewpoints on the world. Tahn also goes
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