Dhamma Articles And Talks Archive
This is the complete archive of all Dhamma articles and talks on Becoming-Buddha.com, organized with most recent class’ first.
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Three Governing Principles For Vipassana – Adhipateyya Sutta
Rather than treating vipassana as a hybrid meditation practice, in the Adhipateyya Sutta, the Buddha teaches Jhana meditation as one factor of a complete Eightfold Path…
Right Speech And True Compassion – Abhaya Sutta
Right Speech is always compassionate speech as it is speech informed by the wisdom of Four Noble Truths developed through the Eightfold Path…
Sumangala – Freedom Through Jhana
In this poem, The awakened monk Sumangala concisely describes the quality of an awakened mind through Right Meditation practiced as part of the Eightfold Path…
Five Factors Of Concentration – The Samadhanga Sutta
The Samadhanga Sutta is another sutta on the proper use of the singular method of meditation as an awakened human being teaches – to engage with Jhana meditation to increase concentration…
Wise Restraint – Understanding Dispassion – A Structured Study
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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. ..
Mittakali – A Nuns Path Completed
In this poem, the nun Mittakali recounts her going forth still affected by continued clinging to wrong views ignorant of Four Noble Truths. ..
The Personal Experience Of Ignorance – Dukkha Sutta
These three forms of stress referred to are rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths and Three Marks Of existence resulting in fabricated (corrupted) wrong views…
The Greater Discourse On Dukkha – Maha Dukkhakkhanda Sutta
In the Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta the Buddha teaches that it is the profound and liberating understanding of the true nature of – Dukkha …
Vitakkasanthana Sutta – Refined Mindfulness
The Vitakkasanthana Sutta — the sutta on the relaxation of thoughts — the Buddha teaches that the refined mindfulness developed through the Eightfold Path brings a relaxed and peaceful quality of mind…
The Lesser Discourse On Dukkha The Cula Dukkhakkhanda Sutta
In this sutta, the Buddha teaches his cousin Mahanama that the common manifestation in individual human beings of stress is greed, aversion, and deluded thinking…
An Admirable Sangha – Upaddha Sutta
The Upaddha Sutta provides guidance on an underlying theme running throughout the Buddha’s Dhamma – wise associations.
The Bhaddekaratta Sutta – Mindfulness of What Is Occurring
The Bhaddekaratta Sutta teaches the importance of being mindfully present of life as life unfolds. The title of this Sutta means an auspicious day…
Shunyata – Three Discourses on Emptiness
Shunyata – Three Discourses on Emptiness is an article on the Buddha’s teachings on emptiness. I will cite three suttas where the Buddha teaches the meaning and application of emptiness, shunyata (Pali: Sunnata)…
Simsapa Sutta A Handful Of Leaves
“This is what I teach. I teach these things because they are related to my Dhamma and they support the principles of a life integrated with the Eightfold Path. These things that I teach lead directly to disenchantment, to dispassion…
A Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path Structured Study
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Jhana Meditation – A Structured Study of The Buddha’s Meditation
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Right Intention – Emptiness of Clinging
Right Intention – Emptiness of Clinging. Right Intention develops the true meaning of emptiness: to empty oneself of clinging…
The Yasa Sutta – Freedom From Entanglements
The Yasa Sutta – Freedom From Entanglements teaches importance to avoid creating a “Dhamma” practice that depends on external entanglements as its theme…
Kaccayanagotta Sutta – Right View
The Kaccayanagotta Sutta – Right View is a teaching on Right View and also a clear explanation of the common misunderstandings of “emptiness” and non-duality…
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…
Analysis of Four Noble Truths – The Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta
In the Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta, one of the Buddha’s chief disciple, Sariputta presents a complete analysis of the Four Noble Truths including a simple and direct explanation of the Eightfold Path…
Tissa Sutta: Uncertain
Tissa is a cousin of the Buddha and a monk in the original Sangha. Tissa’s mind is still troubled from continued clinging to wrong views rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths…
Magga-Vibhanga Sutta: Analysis of the Path
Friends, I will now give you a detailed analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path. Listen mindfully. This is the Noble Eightfold Path…
Agantuka Sutta: For All Who Reside In The Dhamma
In the Agantuka Sutta, the Buddha uses the metaphor of a common residence to show that the Eightfold Path is a true refuge for anyone seeking to develop the profound understanding of the nature of stress and suffering,..
The Nagara Sutta – The Buddha Describes His Awakening
The Nagara Sutta is remarkable in its simplicity in describing Dependent Origination in a practically applied way. In this sutta the Buddha clearly shows how ignorance of Four Noble Truths and of The Three Marks of existence “originates” the process that all manner of disappointment, unsatisfactoriness, distraction, and suffering – in a word Dukkha – is “dependent” on…
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…
Truth Of Happiness Dhamma Study
Below is the complete text of The Truth Of Happiness Dhamma Study, a companion study of Becoming Buddha - Becoming Awakened. Also below are audio recordings from our past Truth of Happiness Dhamma Studies. Prior to each week’s class, participants in our study read...
Sumangala’s Mother – Freedom Through Jhana, Too
In this poem, the awakened monk Sumangala’s mother concisely describes the quality of an awakened mind through Right Meditation practiced as part of the Eightfold Path…
Welcome To BBCRMC – What The Buddha Taught And Why
Approximately two thousand six hundred years ago a human being, Siddharth Gotama, realized a profound and penetrative path to understanding the cause and underlying condition of all human discontent, stress, and disappointing life experiences: Ignorance of Four Noble Truths.
Avarana and Bahiya Suttas – Hindrances To Refined Mindfulness
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Jhāna Sutta – Meditative Absorption – Mind And Body United
The four levels of Jhana are impermanent and are developed from engaging in Jhana meditation as taught by the Buddha and so should not be viewed as meditative achievement. ..
Passaddhi – The Calm Mind of a Buddha Midwinter Retreat
These are the most recent talks on this subject. As of December, 2019, There are more than 600 Dhamma talks on this and other teachings of the Buddha in my audio and video archives:...
The Waste-Water Pool – Jambali Sutta
The Jambali Sutta is another sutta on the proper use of meditation – to engage with Jhana [1] meditation to increase concentration. Jhana means meditative absorption…
Dependent Origination – The Paticca Samuppada Vibhanga Sutta
Dependent Origination is the Buddha’s teaching on how ignorance of Four Noble Truths results in confusion, delusion, and ongoing suffering -Dukkha…
Anatta Lakkhana Sutta – The Not-Self Characteristic
The Not-Self Characteristic and The Five Clinging-Aggregates
The Buddha’s Second Discourse…
An Auspicious Handful of Leaves – Two Defining Suttas
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Karma, Rebirth, and Intentional Becoming
These are the most recent talks on this subject. As of December, 2019, There are more than 600 Dhamma talks on this and other teachings of the Buddha in my audio and video archives:...
The Sabbasava Sutta
In the Sabbasava Sutta the Buddha teaches the ending of mental fermentations from the refined mindfulness developed through the Eightfold Path…
Released From Affliction – Khajjaniya Sutta
The Khajjaniya Sutta is a profound teaching on the confusion and suffering that follows from clinging to speculative views rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths. The Buddha’s described the personal vehicle for ongoing stress and suffering as “Five Clinging Aggregates.”
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