Deeper Dhamma

2018 Rains Retreat (8/12) | What's Wrong With Thinking? | Ajahn Sujato

Rains Retreat teachings from 1^st August to 17^th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.  

Track 8/12: What's Wrong With Thinking? – 19th September 2018.

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2018 Rains Retreat (7/12) | The 5 Puncher | Ajahn Sujato

Rains Retreat teachings from 1^st August to 17^th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.  

Track 7/12: The Five Puncher – 14th September 2018.

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2014 Rains Retreat (9/11) | Verses of the Senior Monks Part 2 | Bhante Sujato

Rains Retreat teachings from 23rd July to 1st October 2014. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm and Bhante Sujato at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.

Track  9/11 : Verses of the Senior Monks Part 2 – Bhante Sujato 17^th September 2014.

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Right Knowledge, Right Liberation Workshop IV (Part 8) | Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato & Ven Sunyo | 29 Jul 2023

In the final part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses Right Liberation:

• Liberation from what exactly?
  o Defilements
  o Suffering = the five aggregates = existence
  o Liberation in both respects
• Liberation and Nibbāna (SN 23.1, SN 1.2)
• The meaning of “Nibbāna”
• The two types of Nibbāna (Iti 44, Thag 15.2)
  o Nibbāna at enlightenment
  o Nibbāna at passing away
• Nature of Nibbāna
  o Awakening vs. enlightenment
  o Only potsherds being left (SN 12.51)
  o All feelings become cool at the end of life (MN 140)
• Anattā: no entity comes to an end, only suffering (MN 72, SN 22.85)
• Conceit and enlightenment (MN 140, Ud 1.10)
• To help others, aim for enlightenment yourself; get out of the mud (MN 8)
• Some say Nibbāna is cessation, others that it is a kind of eternalism; so how do we choose?
  o We need to zoom out and take a bird’s eye view
  o The safe bet: let go of as much as possible. “Nothing is worth holding on to” (MN 37)
  o The view of cessation of existence is closer to non-clinging (MN 60)
• What’s the purpose of extinguishment? (SN 23.1)

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Right Knowledge, Right Liberation Workshop IV (Part 7) | Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato & Ven Sunyo | 29 Jul 2023

In the final part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses Right Liberation:

• Liberation from what exactly?
  o Defilements
  o Suffering = the five aggregates = existence
  o Liberation in both respects
• Liberation and Nibbāna (SN 23.1, SN 1.2)
• The meaning of “Nibbāna”
• The two types of Nibbāna (Iti 44, Thag 15.2)
  o Nibbāna at enlightenment
  o Nibbāna at passing away
• Nature of Nibbāna
  o Awakening vs. enlightenment
  o Only potsherds being left (SN 12.51)
  o All feelings become cool at the end of life (MN 140)
• Anattā: no entity comes to an end, only suffering (MN 72, SN 22.85)
• Conceit and enlightenment (MN 140, Ud 1.10)
• To help others, aim for enlightenment yourself; get out of the mud (MN 8)
• Some say Nibbāna is cessation, others that it is a kind of eternalism; so how do we choose?
  o We need to zoom out and take a bird’s eye view
  o The safe bet: let go of as much as possible. “Nothing is worth holding on to” (MN 37)
  o The view of cessation of existence is closer to non-clinging (MN 60)
• What’s the purpose of extinguishment? (SN 23.1)

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Right Knowledge, Right Liberation Workshop III (Part 6) | Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato & Ven Sunyo | 22 Jul 2023

In the 3rd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses the myths and misconceptions:

• Myth 1: Nibbāna is a kind of consciousness
• Myth 2: Nibbāna is kind of mind
• Myth 3: Extinguished fires keep existing
• Myth 4: The Buddha/arahants do not suffer
• Myth 5: Cessation is just annihilation
• Myth 6: Only the clinging aggregates are suffering, not the pure aggregates
• Myth 7: Nibbāna is “the unborn” thing, the “deathless” thing
• Myth 8: Nibbāna is a state or sphere.

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Right Knowledge, Right Liberation Workshop III (Part 5) | Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato & Ven Sunyo | 22 Jul 2023

In the 3rd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses the myths and misconceptions:

• Myth 1: Nibbāna is a kind of consciousness
• Myth 2: Nibbāna is kind of mind
• Myth 3: Extinguished fires keep existing
• Myth 4: The Buddha/arahants do not suffer
• Myth 5: Cessation is just annihilation
• Myth 6: Only the clinging aggregates are suffering, not the pure aggregates
• Myth 7: Nibbāna is “the unborn” thing, the “deathless” thing
• Myth 8: Nibbāna is a state or sphere.

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AN7.66 Sattasuriya Sutta - The Seven Suns | Ajahn Sujato | 14 December 2014

Ajahn Sujato discusses sutta 7.66 of the Anguttara Nikaya: Sattasuriya Sutta - The Seven Suns.

Click here to read AN 7.66 on Sutta Central.

"A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up.", Sutta Central.

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AN3.36 Devadūta Sutta – Messengers of the Gods | Ajahn Sujato | October 2014

Ajahn Sujato discusses sutta 3.36 from the Anguttara Nikaya: Devadūta Sutta – Messengers of the Gods. “The god of death questions us, but we are punished by our own deeds”, Sutta Central.

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (10/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 10 : Final session

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (9/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 9

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (8/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 8

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (7/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 7

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (6/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 6

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (5/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 5

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (4/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 4

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (3/10) | Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

 

Track 3

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (2/10)| Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.

Track 2  

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2021 June | Dependent Origination in Early Buddhism Workshop (1/10)| Ajahn Brahmali & Ajahn Sujato

A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.

 

Track 1 : This is the first session of the first day of the retreat. Introductory material.

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Udana 5.4: Kumāraka Sutta - A lesson to young boys | Ajahn Sujato | 26-01-2014

Ajahn Sujato discusses sutta 5.4 from the Udana in the Khuddakanikāya Nikaya - The Collection of Minor Discourses.
"A lesson to young boys: If you don’t want to suffer from pain, don’t inflict pain on other beings." Sutta Central. 

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