Anapanasati And Saccaka Suttas 2018 Spring Retreat Excerpts
The following is excerpted from the full articles for use during our 2018 Becoming Buddha Foundations of Mindfulness and Meditation spring retreat …
Malunkyaputta Sutta – Staying Focused
I do not answer these questions as they are not fundamental with the goal. They do not develop disenchantment, dispassion, with calming, with unbinding, with direct knowledge, with awakening…
Cula-Saccaka Sutta – A Fearless And Independent Dhamma
In the Cula-Saccaka sutta the Buddha is challenged to debate by Saccaka, a follower of Nigantha Nataputta, the local leader of a Jain sect….
Anuradha Sutta Authentic Dhamma
The Anuradha Sutta is another sutta where the Buddha is asked questions whose basis is rooted wrong views ignorant of Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination…
Agi-Vacchagotta Sutta, Foolish Questions
“Vaccha, the notion that ‘the cosmos is eternal’ is a thicket of views, as are all these views. These views are a wilderness of views. These views distort reality. These views are fetters…
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Four Noble Truths
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta is the very first teaching ever presented by the Buddha. It occurred a few weeks after Siddhartha Gotama awakened…
Five Hindrances to Awakening
Hindrances or distractions will arise. They will have no permanent effect on your practice if you persevere. Hindrances are recognized mind states to be aware of. Be with them as dispassionately as possible. As long as you continue with your practice, hindrances will arise and subside until they no longer are a part of your conditioned thinking…
Becoming Explained – The Loka, Bhava, and Mula Suttas
There is much confusion as to the meaning of “becoming.” Due to this confusion, great license is taken in interpreting what is meant by becoming as taught by the Buddha. This confusion and the following misapplication of the Dhamma can be avoided by simply looking at the Buddha’s own words from the following three sutta’s…
Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
In the Satipatthana Sutta the Buddha teaches the Four Foundations of Mindfulness for developing concentration and refined mindfulness of the Eightfold Path…
Skillful Insight And Knowledge Gained
These are recordings of our end-of-year classes at Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown New Jersey On December 26, 28, and 30, 2017…