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)”

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)”

Dharma Questions: Miscellany — Part 7

Could Asuras under the ocean, yet not water beings, be due to being below the water table, or could they be in the astral realm (as astral is often related to “water” and/or SEE/SEAing? Could polarity — or again, maybe referencing the astral aka distortion planes — help explain the stark contrast of the twoContinue reading “Dharma Questions: Miscellany — Part 7”

Dharma Questions: Abhidhamma (With Beth Upton)

[10/3/22 UPDATE: This post was originally published on 8/4/2022. Since then I decided to ask Beth Upton back to address some of these questions and had to change the blog post publishing date in order for WordPress to push this out as a new podcast. I told Beth beforehand I’d do an extra audio introContinue reading “Dharma Questions: Abhidhamma (With Beth Upton)”

(My) Mentions To Ajahn Amaro: Unconcoctibility, Always-Other-Than-That Reality & “Is That So?”

Grateful and fortunate enough to put a few things to Ajahn Amaro via his zoom teaching on the Niramisa Sutta hosted by Mid America Buddhist Association on May 22, 2022. Also thankful for the patience of the audience while I stammered and stuttered around in the process of sharing and question formulation with plenty ofContinue reading “(My) Mentions To Ajahn Amaro: Unconcoctibility, Always-Other-Than-That Reality & “Is That So?””

Death Contemplation And Meditation

The description for the April 14th “Death Contemplation & Meditation” Insight Timer live event: Unwise, unskillful choices can come from an unconscious fear of death. The most profound contemplations and meditations on death protect us and help us appreciate every moment Some revised notes: it’s springtime, why death? disclaimer: loss of loved ones, graphic detailContinue reading “Death Contemplation And Meditation”

Multi-month Pāramitā (Perfections) Challenge For March 2022

[4/29/2022 UPDATE: Zero Pāramitā Challenge provided (to me) for Month 8 / April 2022 yet and 5/23/2022 UPDATE: same thing for the month of May and presumably ongoing unless — barring other possibilities — readers and listeners see a new Pāramitā Challenge from the source and/or a new post/podcast published on IntegratingPresence.com] Expediency, supreme enlightenment,Continue reading “Multi-month Pāramitā (Perfections) Challenge For March 2022”

Multi-month Pāramitā (Perfections) Challenge For February 2022

Sangha, criticism, the two truths, service to others, emptiness, generosity, conduct, non-clinging, non-harming, energy, the three unwholesome roots, and clarity round out the main topics for February 2022, month six of “The Pāramitā Challenge”. See also Months 1-3, Month 4 and 5. Instructions are to journal contemplations resulting from observed intentions, opportunities, and actions toContinue reading “Multi-month Pāramitā (Perfections) Challenge For February 2022”