Tahn Pamutto – Page 7

Paṭhamasāraṇīyasutta – Six Principles of Congeniality, AN 6.11-12

“Chayime, bhikkhave, dhammā sāraṇīyā piyakaraṇā garukaraṇā saṅgahāya avivādāya sāmaggiyā ekībhāvāya saṁvattanti. Katame cha? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṁ kāyakammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi ceva raho ca. Ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo. Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṁ vacīkammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti. Ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo. Mettaṁ manokammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi ceva raho ca. Ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo. Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu […]

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Seven Conditions for the Welfare of the Community, AN 7.23

Uncategorized / Tahn Pamutto

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasikarotha, bhāsissāmī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: “Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū abhiṇhaṁ sannipātā sannipātabahulā bhavissanti, vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni. Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū samaggā sannipatissanti, samaggā vuṭṭhahissanti, samaggā saṅghakaraṇīyāni

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Maṇgala Sutta – The Highest Blessings, KN 5; Snp Cv 4

Uncategorized / Tahn Pamutto

“Bahū devā manussā ca, Maṅgalāni acintayuṁ; Ākaṅkhamānā sotthānaṁ, Brūhi maṅgala- muttamaṁ.” “Asevanā ca bālānaṁ, Paṇḍitānañ ca sevanā; Pūjā ca pūjaneyyānaṁ, Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Patirūpadesavāso ca, Pubbe ca kata-puññatā; Atta sammā-paṇidhi ca, Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Bāhu-saccañca sippañca, Vinayo ca susikkhito; Subhāsitā ca yā vācā, Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Mātā pitu upaṭṭhānaṁ, Putta dārassa saṅgaho; Anākulā ca kammantā, Etaṁ maṅgala-muttamaṁ. “Dānañ

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Bhaddekaratta Sutta – An Auspicious Night, MN 131-134

Uncategorized / Tahn Pamutto

Atītaṁ nānvāgameyya, Nappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṁ; Yadatītaṁ pahīnaṁtaṁ, Appattañca anāgataṁ. Paccuppannañca yo dhammaṁ, Tattha tattha vipassati; Asaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ – Taṁ viddhā manubrūhaye; Ajjeva kiccamātappaṁ, Ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve? Na hi no saṅgarantena, Mahāsenena maccunā. Evaṁ vihāri-ṁātāpiṁ, Ahoratta-matanditaṁ, Taṁ ve bhaddekarattoti, Santo ācikkhate Munī’ti. One should not revive the past, Nor for the future pine. For

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Khanda Paritta – Group Protection

Uncategorized / Tahn Pamutto

Khanda Paritta – Group Protection KN, 203 Khaṇḍajātaka; AN.IV.67 Virūpakkhehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ Erāpathehi me, Chabyā-puttehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ Kaṇhā-gotama-kehi ca. Apādakehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ dvipādakehi me, Catuppadehi me mettaṁ Mettaṁ bahuppadehi me. Mā maṁ apādako hiṁsi Mā maṁ hiṁsi dvipādako, Mā maṁ catuppado hiṁsi Mā maṁ hiṁsi bahuppado. Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā Sabbe bhūtā

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Opening Homage and Recollection of Triple Gem

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Namakarapāthā – Homage to the Triple Gem Arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho bhagava, buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ abhivādemi. The Lord, the Perfectly Awakened and Blessed One. I bow to the Buddha. <bow> Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, dhammaṃ namassāmi. The Teaching so completely explained by him. I bow to the Dhamma. <bow> Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, saṅghaṃ namāmi. The Blessed One’s Community of

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Talk: The Dhamma Is Outside

Talks / Tahn Pamutto

In the second talk of the ‘Only Suffering That Arises’ daylong, Tahn Pamutto continues the exploration of what it means to walk the path of meditation from ignorance to enlightenment. All that arises for us as sentient beings is within the realm of suffering – all our habits, perceptions, thoughts and feelings. They arise and

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Talk: Only Suffering That Arises

Talks / Tahn Pamutto

This phrase, “It’s Only Suffering That Arises, Only Suffering That Ceases”, encompasses the realization of the enlightened beings. But what does it mean, and how do we get there? How do we go from an unenlightened being spinning in the vicissitudes of life to a stable, calm, reflective presence that sees things clearly without suffering

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Degrees of Freedom

Reflections, Talks / Tahn Pamutto

[This talk was also given as a dhamma talk at the Long Island Buddhist Meditation Center. The video recording can be found on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/bhante.libmc/videos/550225320657471 ] My dhamma name, Pamutto, comes from the root of a very common word: Mutti. Mutti means freedom. Since freedom is so essential to the Buddhist path it’s a

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Finding Emptiness

Reflections / Tahn Pamutto

The Sāsana is what the Buddha called the religion or dispensation that began forming nearly from the moment he attained enlightenment. It is a word that encompasses not just him as a person and a teacher but also his teaching, the dhamma, and how that dhamma has survived in the hearts and minds of those

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