Seeing Views (Talk Transcript)
“Seeing Views” Transcript (edited), November 2021 Uposatha PDF of transcript here. 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
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Talks: Nibbidā Daylong Retreat
(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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AN 5.161 – Removing a Grudge
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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MN 20: Strategies for Stilling Thoughts
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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Papañca – Mental Proliferation
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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Talk: You Get Gratitude or You Don’t
For the afternoon session of the Gratitude Daylong, Tahn Pamutto expands on gratitude practice as an extension or entry point to Mettā practice. Our Mettā practice should never be a strain or create suffering. If we have crowded out the intrusive thoughts it is doing its job. However, developing the practice also allows us to
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Talk: Starting Gratitude Practice
For the morning session of the Gratitude Daylong, Tahn Pamutto explains the concept of Gratitude or Kataññu that comes through the Pāli canon and how to begin to cultivate by starting with streams of generosity we know are pure and wholesome.
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Transcript: Exploring the Sense Bases
So today we’re looking at something that’s so obvious, people don’t usually look at it. It’s usually one of the early parts of the curriculum in kindergarten or first grade, or your first experience of school. They say you have five senses and that’s it. They don’t tell you how to use ’em. They don’t
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Transcript: Gratitude and Reverence
Gratitude and reverence… culturally, they may sound like different ideas… but it’s all mettā right? It’s friendliness. The Buddha spent the last year of his life touring India and all the communities that he had taught and visited throughout his 45 years. And he reiterated the 37 Bodhipakkhiya and said, “Now carry these on into
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