Nibbāna Above, Nibbāna Within
The recording of Venerable Santi’s talk and Q & A session at Vihara Parivara Dhamma Acala is now available on “The Resident of Dhamma” YouTube channel.
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Courage
My grandfather passed away when I was nine years old, and I remember attending the funeral service and hearing my father get up in front of a large group of friends and family and give a moving eulogy. It really struck me at the time because he was such a good speaker, so confident and
Living with a Speech Impediment
Over the last few weeks, there has been a strange bug with my laptop’s keyboard. It was very subtle at first. Every now and then the ‘o’ key would stop registering. I was puzzled by it for a little while but eventually found that I could get out an ‘o’ by rapidly hitting a nearby
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Upavana Events
Please note, upavana’s Zoom meeting channel will now have the password ‘upavana’. The meeting I.D. number will stay the same. https://zoom.us/j/6578079769 passcode: upavana This week’s Zoom offerings: Wednesday 7-9 PM and Friday 8-9 PM EST. Saturday Uposatha: Meditation, Precepts, Talk and Meditation starting at 8PM. Talk at 9PM. Information about Upavana’s ongoing meditations and dhamma
Ven. Santi arrives at Vipada
With Bhante Jayasāra’s departure on Saturday, there were a few days of quiet at the vihara. Most Americans seem to be operating under the premise that to have things all to themselves is the best situation. I must admit, there was a certain allure to being alone – to be able to move about freely
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Vipada Sunday Morning Session
This week’s Sunday morning session with the Indonesian Buddhist family will be a talk by Bhante Pamutto, “Fear and Prudence”, about using wisdom to understand risk and find the way forward in a challenging world. Q & A including Tan Santi will follow. The program will be 9:45-11 AM EST broadcast on Zoom and on
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Vipada Sunday Service
This week’s Sunday Service at Vihara Parivada Dhamma Acala: a talk by Bhante Pamutto entitled ‘The Lay Vinaya’, with precepts before and Q & A after. The talk reviews the themes in DN 31 – The Advice to Sigālaka, where the Buddha gives very practical advice to a young man on how to find his
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Magha Puja – The Arahants Balance
On the Uposatha Full Moon night of Magha Puja, Tahn Pamutto gives a dhamma reflection encouraging keeping of the uposatha precepts and practicing ‘As the Enlightened Beings Live Their Lives’.
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Bhante Jayasāra Departs
After two months together, Bhante Jayasāra departs from the Queens Vihara and his close assocation with Upavana. Bhante J is setting off for the rural community outside his first monastery Bhavana Society, where he will spend time in nature and prepare for a coming year of travelling and seeing other Buddhist monastic communities. It’s good
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Dhammapalooza
Last evening’s Dhammapalooza recording is available now on the MaggaSekha YouTube channel. Lots of questions around practical matters – why do monks shave their heads? Why are there multiple Buddha statues? Why do some places have no statues at all? Also a reading of the Sigalāvada Sutta, DN 31, which includes what some in the