The Phena Sutta – Emptiness and The Five Clinging-Aggregates
The Phena Sutta is another sutta on emptiness as the Buddha uses the term. In this sutta he teaches the emptiness of The Five Clinging Aggregates and the emptiness of creating self-identities by clinging to fleeting objects, events, views and ideas…
Dependent Origination, Anatta, And The Myth Of Non-Duality
Modern Buddhist doctrine continues to evolve in contradiction to the Buddha’s original teachings to provide for the continuing establishment of “anatta” through misunderstanding…
Dependent Origination And Conditioned Mind
All of human life is anicca, impermanent and uncertain. Life in the phenomenal world is ultimately unsatisfactory, dukkha, due to life’s inescapable qualities of impermanence and uncertainty. Arising from a wrong view of life in the phenomenal world, an impermanent and insubstantial “self” is formed…
Nothing Personal – A Buddha’s Analysis Of Self – Dhatu-Vibhanga Sutta
This most profound sutta relieves the fear and aversion that arises from the desire for continued self-establishment in impermanent objects, events, views, and ideas fabricated from ignorance of Four Noble Truths. ..
Anatta Lakkhana Sutta – The Not-Self Characteristic
The Not-Self Characteristic and The Five Clinging-Aggregates
The Buddha’s Second Discourse…
Emerging From Lockdown – The Freedom and Safety of the Middle Way
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The Sallatha Sutta – The Two Arrows is a key teaching as it clearly explains what for many is a confusing aspect of the Dhamma – individual contributions to suffering…
Salvation-Free Buddhism
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BBCRMC Teaching Staff
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Dhammapda – Concise Dhamma Instruction
The Dhammapada is a twenty-six chapter book in the fifth collection of the Sutta Pitaka known as the Khuddaka Nikaya. It is a profound, authentic, and concise Dhamma instruction.
Vipallasa Sutta – Fabrications Explained
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The Assutava Sutta is another simple and direct sutta on Dependent Origination that also references the Five Clinging Aggregates…
Khanda Sutta Five Clinging-Aggregates
The Five Clinging-Aggregates are the Buddha’s description of the ongoing personal experience of ignorance of Four Noble Truths and the stress and suffering that follows this initial condition.
Ratana Sutta – True Refuge
Nearly all schools of Buddhism refer to “The Triple Refuge” or taking refuge in “The Three Jewels.” Refuge is a place or state of mind that is a source of comfort and peace…
Online Forum Comments
These are comments of mine from online Buddhist forums. My intent here is not to disparage other dharmas. My intent is to provide clarity to what an awakened human being actually taught as preserved in the second book of the Pali Canon, the Sutta Pitaka…
Vipassana – Skillful Introspective Insight
Search for: Vipassana Structured Study Introduction Talks Vipassana - Introspective Insight Class 1 Introduction Talk 1 August 20 2019Class 2 - Introduction - Vipassana - Introspective Insight Class 2 August 24 2019 These are the most recent talks on this subject. As...Anapanasati Sutta – An Example Of Authentic Dhamma Practice
The Anapanasati Sutta is the Buddha’s instruction for Jhana meditation. The purpose of meditation is to deepen concentration to provide the foundation necessary to understand the Three Marks Of Existence…
Rahula – The Buddha’s Son – Two Suttas
These are two suttas referencing Rahula, the Buddha’s son, who was born just before Siddhartha he left his home seeking understanding. Now seven years later, the Buddha teaches his seven-year-old son a profound lesson in mindfulness. The second sutta has Rahula describing the results of his own awakening some years later.