Tahn Pamutto explains the deep teaching on nutriment – the ‘food’ on which our minds become dependent and bound to. He also reads through sutta SN 12.64 and explains how this teaching is used in the higher training. Seeing that our unwholesome mental states of greed, hatred, and delusion are dependent on these four nutriments […]
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Tahn Pamutto discusses recognizing the Five Hindrances as patterns of mind that derails our intended mindfulness and activity. MP3 for “The Hindrances” Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto talks on the subject of Viññana, or Consciousness. MP3 for “Consciousness”: Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio
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Morning Session – For the morning session of the Khanti daylong, Tahn Pamutto defines the quality of Khanti or Patience/Tolerance and describes how it tends to be used in the suttas of the pāli canon. Afternoon Session – In the afternoon, the daylong continues by exploring MN 21 and the themes of how we can
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On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto reflects on the wide and impactful subject of kamma or Action. The three types (Mental, Verbal, and Physical) break down into ten skillful and ten unskillful types of activity. We cultivate the wholesome as a vehicle to our end destination – the kamma leading to the end of kamma and
Morning: Tahn Pamutto does a deep investigation of the nature of Intention in Buddhism. It is the meeting point of two important concepts – that being Right Intention, or Sammā Saṅkappa, and Volitional Formations, or Saṅkhāra. When we see how one feeds the other in an endless loop, and how zooming out to get a
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Tahn Pamutto reflects on the major teaching found throughout all strands of Buddhist thought – that of the categorizing of mental states into the three roots of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion. The names for these categories suggest very coarse and rare mental states and it’s easy to shy away from speaking about them openly. But
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto reflects on the wide and impactful subject of kamma or Action. The three types (Mental, Verbal, and Physical) break down into ten skillful and ten unskillful types of activity. We cultivate the wholesome as a vehicle to our end destination – the kamma leading to the end of kamma and
Tahn Pamutto reviews what information is available in the suttas and various Buddhist sources about the nature of life and death: the cycles we move through in life, what to expect at the time of death, and the various actions and practices that can make this an opportunity for growth for us and our loved
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