Dharma Talks
given at Dharmagiri
2009-01-19
Through the Gateway of Dukkha
40:19
|
Kittisaro
|
|
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them
The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger
Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace.
When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
|
Original Brightness Retreat
|
|
2009-01-19
The End of Mark Making
37:39
|
Kittisaro
|
|
The tendency of the proliferating mind to designate permanence to the transitory through the process of thought
Papanca – conceptual proliferation creates the billion fragments of the world
The Diamond Sutra – The Guest and the Host
What remains?
Kappa’s question to the Buddha
|
|
|
2009-01-18
The Centrality of Minfulness
37:16
|
Thanissara
|
|
Replacing reactivity of mind with mindfulness
Mindfulness as container & as that which reveals & discerns what is
Citta conditioned by perception & sankhara
Healing the citta through mindful awareness
Finding balanced energy as a support for mindfulness
|
Original Brightness Retreat
|
|
2009-01-16
It's Uncertain
40:49
|
Kittisaro
|
|
Meeting Ajahn Chah in Thailand
Know the breath and you’ll know everything
Opening the Dharma Eye
Underlying pervasive peace
Samsara & Nibbana arise at the same place
|
|
|
2009-01-14
The Terrorist and the Treasure
33:55
|
Kittisaro
|
|
Kittisaro’s father and mother meeting Ajahn Chah
The terrorists of the heart that rob the true treasure
Finding a solid footing
Ajahn Chah's encouragement to be an earth worm rather than a bodhisattva
Ajahn Chah’s take on Samatha & Vipassana
Letting go is peace
|
Original Brightness Retreat
|
|
|