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File12_(AM)_Contemplating_citta.mp3Contemplating Citta1383 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
This morning we are looking at how we can track the state of our citta. Citta is a key technical term used by the Buddha. It could be translated as “mind,†“heart,†“heart-mind,†or even “soul,†in the non-theological sense of that word. In the context of our practice, citta represents our inner state; how we are, at this time. It is intimately connected to the body, and is in a state of constant change. While the state of our citta may be quite subtle, often we are moved to contemplate it when we find ourselves disturbed by emotion. Here we discuss using emotion as a meditation object.
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V03-Vajra-Guru-Mantra_3.mp3The Vajra Gura (Padmasambhava) Mantra 031381 viewsA high quality chanting of the Vajra Gura Mantra.
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Track02_Being_an_Emotional_Wreck_15_Mar_2001_Ajahn_Sumedho.mp3Being an Emotional Wreck1379 views
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08_Vesak_Track.mp38. Thoughts1375 views
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heart_seven.mp3The "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Seven)1368 viewsThe "Perfection of Wisdom" (Part Seven)
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06_Vesak_Track.mp36. The Light of Asia1367 views
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huxter_mindful_standing_and_walking.mp3Mindful Standing and Walking1365 viewsMindful Standing and Walking, provides simple instructions for mindful standing and walking. It is very slow. After the listener is familiar with the instructions they can then apply them to faster walking without the aid of the audio file.
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File05_The_four_truths_pain_pleasure.mp3The Four Truths1365 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?
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Sallekha_Sutta_06_VI_Mahasi_Sayadaw_p43-53.mp3Sallekha Sutta - A Discourse on the Refinement of Character1363 views6. The Permanent Remedy
Sallekha Sutta by Mahasi Sayadaw, Translated by U Aye Maung (read by Ven. Rakkhita)
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File13_Preparing_the_fire.mp3Preparing the Fire1361 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Tonight we follow the Buddha from Baranasi back to the area where he practised before his awakening, the Nerañjara River near Gaya. First, at Baranasi, the Buddha awakens Yasa, the son of a rich banker. This is the first time the Buddha awakens a lay person, proving the dharma can be understood by the laity as well as by professional ascetics; and the first time the Buddha gives a “graduated discourse,†which becomes the basic template of his teaching method. Yet this is not counted as the third teaching. Why not?
After his successes in Baranasi the Buddha goes alone to visit Uruvela Kassapa, the important head of an order of dreadlocks ascetics. He spends at least a month performing miracles to convert Kassapa and his followers. Why was Kassapa so important? Finally the Buddha leads the newly converted ascetics to Gayasisa, near Gaya, to give them the third teaching, Adittapariyaya Sutta (Burning …).
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