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Talks on Buddhist Suttas by Bhante Vimalaramsi and Delson Armstrong- A variety of suttas is discussed and what they mean. We teach Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM) . We teach the BrahmaVihara Metta (Lovingkindness) practice with the goal of attaining Nibbana in this very life.
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Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Jan 9 ,2022
Mahahatthipadopama Sutta The venerable Sariputta starts with a statement of the four noble truths. He expounds by way of the four elements and the 5 aggregates.
https://www.dhammasukha.org/dsmc-zoom-group
A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/
How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation
https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness
What are the 6Rs https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs
Bhante Vimalaramsi https://www.dhammasukha.org/bhante-vimalaramsi
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Jan 2 ,2022
Alagaddupama Sutta The Simile of the Snake
This sutta is about a monk with pernicious views. No-not Sati this time! The Buddha reprimands him with many suttas how the Dhamma could be misrepresented and misunderstood.
https://www.dhammasukha.org/dsmc-zoom-group
A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/ How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation
https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness
What are the 6Rs
https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs Bhante Vimalaramsi
https://www.dhammasukha.org/bhante-vimalaramsi
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Dec 26 ,2021
Āneñjasappāya Sutta The Way to the Imperturbable
This sutta discusses the higher jhanas and the problem of holding on to them.
http://www.suttas.com/mn-72-aggivacchagotta-sutta-to-vacchagotta-on-fire.html
Zoom Recorded: 11-28-21 Where: DSMC Talk by Bhante Vimalaramsi Abbot - Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
https://www.dhammasukha.org/dsmc-zoom-group
A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/ How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation
https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness
What are the 6Rs
https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs Bhante Vimalaramsi
https://www.dhammasukha.org/bhante-vimalaramsi
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Dec 5, 2021
Vacchagota Suttas MN 72 and partial MN 73
Vaccha:
"How is it then, Master Gotama? When Master Gotama is asked each of these ten questions, he replies: 'I do not hold this view.' What danger does Master Gotama see that he does not take up any of these speculative views?"
Buddha: "Vaccha, the speculative view that the world is eternal is a thicket of views, a wilderness of views, a contortion of views, a vacillation of views, a fetter of views. It is beset by suffering, by vexation, by despair, and by fever, and it does not lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbana. Similarly for the speculative view that the world is not eternal...that the world is finite...that the world is infinite...that the soul and the body are the same...that the soul is one thing and the body another...that after death a Tathagata exists...that after death a Tathagata does not exist...that after death a Tathagata both exists and does not exist...that after death a Tathagata neither exists nor does not exist is a thicket of views
http://www.suttas.com/mn-72-aggivacchagotta-sutta-to-vacchagotta-on-fire.html
Zoom Recorded: 11-28-21 Where: DSMC Talk by Bhante Vimalaramsi Abbot - Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
https://www.dhammasukha.org/dsmc-zoom-group
A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/ How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation
https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness
What are the 6Rs
https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs Bhante Vimalaramsi
https://www.dhammasukha.org/bhante-vimalaramsi
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Delson Armstrong talks to Liam McClintok of Fitmind about his Yogi Meditation background and his discovery of Buddhist Meditation practice. Delson is a master Kriya Yoga 6th level meditator who discovers another path which takes him into the Jhanas and ultimately the Cessation of all mental activity. Neuroscience researchers do some brain scans in the Netherlands and come up with some surprising conclusions.
https://www.fitmind.co/podcast
https://www.suttavada.foundation/
https://www.fitmind.co/podcast-collection/bhante-vimalaramsi-twim-metta A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught:
https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/
How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation
https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness
What are the 6Rs https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs
Bhante Vimalaramsi https://www.dhammasukha.org/bhante-vimalaramsi
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
MN 22 Simile of the Snake A wrong view arises and the Buddha has to set a monk straight with many similes. The deepest view of non-self in the canon may be at the end of this sutta.
Zoom Recorded: Oct 24, 2021
Where: DSMC Talk by Delson Armstrong
https://www.dhammasukha.org/ https://suttavada.foundation
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
MN 106 Anenjasappaya Sutta Delson discusses the higher Jhanas and the path through them to Nibbana. Many interesting questions in Q&A Zoom Recorded: Oct 17, 2021 Where: DSMC Talk by Delson Armstrong
Delson's book https://www.suttavada.foundation/book-a-mind-without-craving/
A complete guide to the meditation the way the Buddha taught: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
For Beginning Instructions go to https://youtu.be/JCiVBvptZyk
Common Questions from Meditators using the TWIM system only
0:25 I have a knot in my forehead. I have a headache. Is that tension? What to do?
2:46 Related to above: When I 6R the feeling of tension in my forehead it just won’t go away! I really want to get rid of it!
6:24 I can’t bring up the feeling of lovingkindness or keeping it going. What do you suggest? 9:31 Does smiling really work?
12:16 Do you use the 6Rs to get “rid” of hindrances or how do you use them?
14:19 How long should I do the release and relax step when I 6R? a minute? Seconds?
17:57 I get sleepy while meditating- what solution is there?
20:32 How much attention should be on visualizing the spiritual friend or on watching the feeling.
21:17 I am used to watching my breath. Shall I synchronize the breath to making the wishes for lovingkindness?
22:22 I can’t really do the lovingkindness and would rather go back to breath. I used to do a lot of breath meditation and am more comfortable with that. Can I just do breath?
24:46 What if I have a lot of doubts about the practice? What to do?
28:14 When I pick a spiritual friend does he or she have to be perfect or a kind of a saint?
29:07 How strong does the feeling of Metta have to be to progress?
28:13 Once I get a feeling of Metta do I keep repeating the phrases?
30:40 I am feeling some joy now. What to do next? 33:04 I feel like my hands or parts of my body are missing. The body is very calm. What do I do?
34:11 The feeling of lovingkindness has moved up to my head. What do I do now? Starting on Breaking Down Barriers and the 6 Directions (*Progressive Instructions after letting go of the Spiritual Friend ) 37:06 How do I Radiate to the directions?
39:32 Its really hard for me to send lovingkindness to each direction. Sometimes I get a headache.
41:51 Do I keep sending lovingkindness no matter what feeling comes up? How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness A complete guide to the meditation: https://www.thepathtonibbana.com/ Available in Kindle or Paperback any online bookstore or free from DSMC website
How to practice Metta/TWIM Meditation https://www.dhammasukha.org/beginner-lovingkindness What are the 6Rs https://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
The fifth interview in this series. Can lovingkindness meditation be used to achieve Enlightenment? Just what is Enlightenment? What is your definition?
TWIM -Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation is based on the earliest Buddhist Suttas from the Majjhima Nikāya from the Pali Canon.
More Information on meditation
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Zoom Recorded: 10-31-21 Where: DSMC Talk by Delson Armstrong Delson reads some Peta (Hungry Ghost) stories from the Petavatthu followed by stories of Devas of mighty power and how they arrived at that place. Q&A with more ghost stories from the zoom participants.
https://www.suttavada.foundation/