These sutta’s were used as references for the ‘Balance’ daylong: AN 6.55 – Sona (and the Lute strings) AN 4.93 – Samadhi or Wisdom AN 4.94 – Finding the right Teacher SN 46.53 – Fire (Balancing Enlightenment Factors) AN 9.3 – Meghiya (Well-Rounded Practice) AN 8.2 – Wisdom (Conditions for Growth)
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From Tea Time Chat with Tahn Pamutto, February 25, 2026 Question: What about those deva’s who love to create? How do they get that way? Tahn Pamutto: There is one aspect of Samādhi that is very important: the third Noble truth, the realization of cessation, is something that we have to do. It’s something that
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‘Anussati’ – Recollection Tahn Pamutto (excerpt, Uposatha November 20, 2025) The recollection of the Buddha is said to be an antidote to suffering, dukkha. We don’t really have a technical manual on how this works. But when you reflect on the Buddha, it makes your suffering more tolerable. This is not just because the Buddha
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Samādhi Is Inevitable Tahn Pamutto, November 12, 2025 Q: At one point you said Samādhi is inevitable. It may mean a bunch more lives ahead for some of us, but it is inevitable. Could you expound on that because it was a very comforting, positive thing to hear. A: Well, that’s the primary thing… the
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Study materials from the retreat on Sunday, July 27th. The theme of the day was the Seven Factors of Enlightenment. Relevant Suttas: The Chapter on the Factors of Enlightenment (Samyutta Nikaya Ch. 46) SN 46.2 – The Body SN 46.3 – Virtue also 46.13, 46.24, 46.32, 46.35 Anapanasati – Mindfulness of Breathing, MN 118 Schedule
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The Dependent Origination daylong was held on Apr 6, 2025. The following references were used before the retreat for study and read/referenced during the daylong itself. Relevant Suttas: SN 12.2 – The Expanded Analysis (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.2/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN12.15 – To Kaccānagotta (https://upavana.org/kaccanagotta-sutta-chant/) SN 12.44 – The World (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.44/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN 12.11 – Nutriment (https://suttacentral.net/sn12.11/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) SN 12.12 – The
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Comments on Samādhi —Informal comments March 19, 2025 by Tahn Pamutto [Tahn Pamutto:] …. Yes, exactly. We sometimes don’t credit the the beginning stages of practice as having samādhi. As an illustration, let’s understand that there is malice. I will use malice as a word for wishing harm: actually wanting to harm another person. In
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From an online daylong retreat Sunday, February 23. The theme of the day was ‘Nirodha’, the Third Noble Truth of Cessation. “Just as the great ocean has but one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma and discipline has but one taste: the taste of liberation.” (AN 8.19) What is this taste of
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Join Tahn Pamutto and friends for an online daylong retreat in the Upavana Zoom, Sunday, January 26. The theme of the day will be ‘Fear’. Relevant Suttas: MN 4 – Fear and Dread https://suttacentral.net/mn4/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin AN 4.184 – Some Don’t Fear Death https://suttacentral.net/an4.184/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin SN 55.14 – Fear of the Bad Place https://suttacentral.net/sn55.14/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin SN 55.21 –
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Join Tahn Pamutto and friends for an online daylong retreat in the Upavana Zoom, Sunday, December 29. The theme of the day will be Faith – how to establish and develop our confidence in the practice and the Triple Gem. This faculty is important for directing our progress and keeping us from losing momentum. When
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