How You See the Links of Dependent Origination (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 6 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is the sixth talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by the Most Venerable Pa-AukContinue reading “How You See the Links of Dependent Origination (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 6 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

How You Discern Mentality (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 5 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is the fifth talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by the Most Venerable Pa-AukContinue reading “How You Discern Mentality (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 5 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

Four Elements (Meditation) Resources

This great earth is grounded on water, the water is grounded on air, and the air stands in space. At a time when a great wind blows, it stirs the water, and the water stirs the earth. First of eight causes and reason for a great earthquake according to the Mahāparinibbānasutta translated by Bhikkhu SujatoContinue reading “Four Elements (Meditation) Resources”

How You Discern Materiality (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 4 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is the fourth talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by the Most Venerable Pa-AukContinue reading “How You Discern Materiality (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 4 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

How You Develop the Sublime Abidings and Protective Mediations (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 3 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is the third talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by the Most Venerable Pa-AukContinue reading “How You Develop the Sublime Abidings and Protective Mediations (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 3 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

How You Develop Absorption on Other Subjects (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 2 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is the second talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by the Most Venerable Pa-AukContinue reading “How You Develop Absorption on Other Subjects (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 2 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

How You Develop Mindfulness-of-breathing To Absorption (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 1 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)

This is my reading of the first talk from the book Knowing and Seeing by the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw read by me and is a gift not for sale / to be sold. It is from the Fifth Revised Edition via: https://static.sariputta.com/pdf/tipitaka/1221/1pas-01-knowing-and-seeing-5th-rev-ed-pamc-032019pdf.pdf More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaddanta_Āciṇṇa https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/ebooks More English Dhamma Books by theContinue reading “How You Develop Mindfulness-of-breathing To Absorption (Knowing & Seeing – Talk 1 by Pa-Auk Sayadaw)”

Neither Pleasant Nor Unpleasant Follow-up To “Engaging The Abhidhamma With Tony Bernhard”

This is a clip of my comments to Tony Bernhard about not needing to believe nor disbelieve fantastical accounts from the suttas during “Engaging the Abhidhamma” live event. But most of this is actually my newly recorded follow-up to musings to Tony on the “neither pleasant nor unpleasant” portion of vedanā (hedonic/feeling tone) not seemingContinue reading “Neither Pleasant Nor Unpleasant Follow-up To “Engaging The Abhidhamma With Tony Bernhard””

Lankavatara Sutra: Notes And Questions

Shortcut to this blog post: https://tinyurl.com/redpinelanka If remembering correctly the only text the legendary Bodhidharma took with him to the East was the Lankavatara Sutra. That in itself ought be enough to read it. So after urging of a Dharma friend; the perception were it seems Chan has moved away from [amazon affiliate program link]:Continue reading “Lankavatara Sutra: Notes And Questions”

Buddhist Cosmology Structure And Access With Ajahn Punnadhammo

On August 23, 2023, I spoke mainly with Ajahn Punnadhammo about Buddhist cosmology and related topics. Part of the Ajahn’s comments towards the end dropped from the high quality recording, but have been patched in from a backup recording. There’s also short portions of distortion due to wind to bear with. My pre-recording notes manyContinue reading “Buddhist Cosmology Structure And Access With Ajahn Punnadhammo”