Viññana – Consciousness
On the Uposatha, Tahn Pamutto talks on the subject of Viññana, or Consciousness.
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Talks
Khanti – Tolerance Daylong
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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A Note About the Transcriptions at Upavana.org
These transcriptions are offered in the spirit of the Dhamma to be freely accessed by all. It is a volunteer effort initiated and supported by participants at Upavana.org They are meant as an aid to better understand and contemplate the Dhamma talks and explanations offered by Tahn Pamutto, and to share these teachings and concepts
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Transcript: Kamma
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
Intention Daylong Talks
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 Samma 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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The Three Roots
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
Kamma
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
Buddhist Death Practices
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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Becoming and the Middle Way Daylong
The morning session of the ‘Becoming and the Middle Way’ daylong. Tahn Pamutto describes with examples the threefold division of Bhava/Becoming found in the Pāli Canon. Existence, and the Craving for Existence, is the driving force leading us into future birth. The afternoon session of the ‘Bhava and the Middle Way’ Daylong. Tahn Pamutto explains
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Apparent in This Very Life
This is the transcript of a short talk which can be found at: The Refuge of Dhamma – https://youtu.be/87jv9zTWPVI?si=JnCn_OCxVitPN5AT Tahn Pamutto: The Dhamma is not one book. That’s because the dhamma that the Buddha pointed to isn’t just one thing. It it isn’t a teaching that comes from a god and it isn’t a teaching
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