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File05_The_four_truths_pain_pleasure.mp3The Four Truths1004 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Continuing with Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Turning the dharma wheel), we examine the four truths, and in particular how they show the Buddha's understanding of pleasure and pain. The truths provide the fundamental structure of the teaching. We see dukkha presented as the pain arising from our delusion and drivenness. Then we look at how Siddhartha, before he became Buddha, turned his practice around through a spontaneous memory from his childhood which stimulated the arising of a fundamental question: “Why am I afraid of pleasure?†The practice requires pleasure — but what kind of pleasure? Jan 10, 2010
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File04_(AM)_Contemplating_elements.mp3Contemplating the Elements1212 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
The foundation of satipatthana (establishing mindfulness) is the tracking (anupassana), or contemplation, of our experience of body. As we remain present to physical experience over time, we learn to drop beneath our concepts of body to its direct, sensual impact. What we normally take to be “my body†becomes, as we go deeper, different manifestations of the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. Jan 10, 2010
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File03_The_middle_way.mp3The Middle Way1128 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Tonight we begin our examination of Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Turning the dharma wheel), the Buddha's first recorded teaching, delivered to his five ascetic companions. He has found a strategy to communicate the dharma, which he calls the "middle way" (majjhima pa?ipada). What is the middle way, and how does the Buddha communicate it? And what does "turning the wheel" refer to?
We also preview the four truths, how their basic structure reveals the Buddha’s dynamic vision of dependent arising (paticcasamuppada). Jan 10, 2010
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File01_At_Bodh_Gaya.mp3At Bodh Gaya1419 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery (2009)
Tonight we look at the Buddha's activities during the weeks immediately after his awakening. We see him as a powerful shaman, and how he wrestled with the question of whether or not he should attempt to communicate his awakening. It took the intervention of Brahma Sahampati to persuade him to teach. Why was the Buddha so reluctant? And what does his reluctance tell us about the dharma he wanted to teach — and about himself?Jan 10, 2010
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File02_(AM)_Introducing_Mahasi_method.mp3Introducing Mahasi Method2269 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Today we introduce the method of meditation we are practising during this retreat. Yesterday morning we just brought a sense of open curiosity to the examination of mind/body experience. This morning we are applying system to this investigation, stimulating what the Buddha calls yoniso manasikara, “appropriate attention.†We do this through the meditation method created by Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma (1904-1982), which is structured by his division of experience into primary and secondary object, along with the fundamental activities of noting, naming and noticing. Jan 10, 2010
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12_Continuing-practice-home.mp3(12) Continuing the Practice at Home1652 viewsAfter a retreat, the challenge of continuing the practice at home needs to be considered. Strategies and advice on how to cope with the daily routine and incorporating the practice into daily life is given.Jul 29, 2009
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08_Paying-attention-feelings.mp3(8) Paying Attention to Feelings2796 viewsThe Buddha said: "All things converge in Feelings", so paying attention to feelings, whether they are pleasant, unpleasant or indifferent is the is the primary focus in Vipassana meditation.Jul 29, 2009
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10_At-six-sense-doors.mp3(10) At the Six-Sense Doors2353 viewsThis is an orientation to Sense Doors or sense spheres: i.e. the five senses as well as the mind itself.Jul 29, 2009
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11_Support-loving-kindness.mp3(11) The Support of Loving-Kindness1878 viewsLoving-kindness as a concentration based meditation is used to uplift and sweeten the mind, which compliments the Vipassana practice. Jul 29, 2009
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09_Investigating-bodys-reality.mp3(9) Investigating the Body's Reality2025 viewsInvestigating the Body's Reality is based on the Buddha's words in the Dhammapada: "They awaken, always wide awake: Gautama Buddha's disciples whose mindfulness, both day and night, is constantly immersed in the body". Dhp 299 Jul 29, 2009
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