Podcasts about bodhisatta

The story of the birth of the Bodhisatta (the being who would become the Buddha) in Lumbini told by Ajahn Moneyyo. The appearance of a Buddha, a perfectly awakened one who teached the path to liberation is the rarest event in the universe. The Buddha says from his recollection of previous lives that sometimes for 30 or 60 eons no Buddha will arise in the universe. So it is not surprising that his conception and birth was accompanied by special events.This is a summary of the account of the conception and birth of the Bodhisatta according to the Middle Length DIscourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikaya) Sutta Nr. 123:This Dhammatalk is part of "The Life of the Buddha" series by Ajahn Moneyyo. For a complete playlist click on the link below. It will be gradually expanded to about 20 talks that recollect the life and outstanding qualities of the Buddha:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbxbuMjfRsvxKRNGf2OpxFD322oyZzfWk Two recommended Sutta Anthologies about the life of the Buddha are available for free download:"The Life of the Buddha according to the Pali Canon" by Bhikkhu Nyanamoli Therahttps://www.bps.lk/library-search-sel..."Noble Warrior" by Ajahn Thanissarohttps://www.dhammatalks.org/books/#No...If you are interested to visit the places where the Buddha lived, walked and taught you can read "Middle Land, Middle Way" by Ven. S. Dhammika, the best travel guide about the buddhist holy sites in India:https://www.bps.lk/library-search-sel...MORE INFO:Dhammagiri Website: https://www.dhammagiri.net Dhammagiri YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Dhammagiri Newsletter: https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter

Before his supreme awakening, the Bodhisatta tried to reach enlightenment by extreme self mortification. He becomes so emaciated and weakened that he collapses and almost dies. At this crisis moment, he remembers how he attained the first jhāna as a child, and recognizes that the rapture and bliss of samādhi are actually the way to enlightenment. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify Playlists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Youtube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pics⁠⁠⁠⁠#buddha #bodhisatta #enlightenment #awakening #middleway #majjhimapatipada #asceticism #samadhi #jhana

A bodhisatta is a being who is striving for awakening ... a being who follows the dharma, who practices the dharma in accord with what the Buddha taught.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the qualities of the bodhisatta, and the elements of a practice in accord with the dharma.  As he explains, we all have the ability to follow this path ... and to know the happiness of heart that it leads us to.  The talk was given in November 2024.

Today is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar: Vesak / Visakha Puja, celebrating the birth, Supreme Awakening, and final Parinibbāna of the Buddha. As it's also Mother's Day in the Western calendar, Ajahn Dhammasiha speaks about the birth of the Bodhisatta, and the marvellous qualities of the Bodhisatta and his mother. Strictly speaking, we shouldn't refer to him as the 'Buddha' at his birth, but rather as the 'Bodhisatta', as he wasn't enlightened yet. However, the little baby could walk 7 steps and announce that it's his last birth immediately after delivery.You can read how the Buddha himself described the events surrounding his birth in: Majjhima Nikāya / Middle Length Discourses, #123 'Acchariya-Abbhuta-Sutta' / 'Wonderful and Marvellous'.⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify Playlists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Youtube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pics⁠⁠⁠#buddha #babybuddha #vesak #dhammatalk #buddhism

Apa yang terjadi setelah Pangeran Siddhattha meninggalkan istana dan menjadi seorang #pertapa? Bagaimana perjalanan Bodhisatta kita sampai akhirnya mencapai Ke-Buddha-an dan menembus kemahatahuan? Mari kita bersama-sama mendengarkan penjelasannya oleh #AshinKheminda hanya berdasarkan Pāḷi dan kitab komentar di kanal Youtube #Dhammavihari#Buddhist Studies.Selamat menikmati.Informasi :• Pusat Informasi DBS •Telp/WA : 0813 8700 3600www.dhammavihari.or.id

Di kelas ini #AshinKheminda melanjutkan penjelasan tentang #kehidupan Bodhisatta setelah kejatuhan-Nya dari #Surga Tusita dan terlahir kembali di rahim Ratu Mahāmāyā serta masa kecil Pangeran Siddhatta. Mari kita bersama-sama mendengarkan penjelasan beliau hanya berdasarkan Pāḷi dan kitab komentar di kanal Youtube Dhammavihari #Buddhist Studies.Selamat menikmati.Informasi :• Pusat Informasi DBS •Telp/WA : 0813 8700 3600www.dhammavihari.or.id

Setelah mendapatkan “ramalan” dari #Buddha Dīpaṅkara, #Pertapa Sumedha memulai perjalanannya dalam mengumpulkan pāramī selama 4 waktu yang tidak terhitung lamanya dan 100.000 eon demi kesejahteraan makhluk lainnya. Bagaimana kisah perjalanan Bodhisatta dalam mengumpulkan pāramī? Mari kita bersama-sama mendengarkan penjelasannya oleh Ashin Kheminda hanya berdasarkan Pāḷi dan kitab komentar di kanal Youtube Dhammavihari #Buddhist Studies.Selamat menikmati.Informasi :• Pusat Informasi DBS •Telp/WA : 0813 8700 3600www.dhammavihari.or.id

Setelah mendapatkan “ramalan” dari #Buddha Dīpaṅkara, #Pertapa Sumedha memulai perjalanannya dalam mengumpulkan pāramī selama 4 waktu yang tidak terhitung lamanya dan 100.000 eon demi kesejahteraan makhluk lainnya. Bagaimana kisah perjalanan Bodhisatta dalam mengumpulkan pāramī? Mari kita bersama-sama mendengarkan penjelasannya oleh Ashin Kheminda hanya berdasarkan Pāḷi dan kitab komentar di kanal Youtube Dhammavihari #Buddhist Studies.Selamat menikmati.Informasi :• Pusat Informasi DBS •Telp/WA : 0813 8700 3600www.dhammavihari.or.id

It's so important not to only look at all the bad things happening, or to be mostly focussed our own faults. Without denying negative events, we can discoved so much that's good, wholesome and admirable, both in ourselves and in others. If we only pay attention to the bad things, we feel miserable. If we notice and appreciate all that's good, we fill our lives with rejoicing, joy and muditā. Ajahn Dhammasiha also addresses questions about: 23:27 Meaning of 'psasāda' (confidence/faith)? 25:10 Is the desire to realize Nibbāna a 'good' desire? 29:20 Why didn't the Bodhisatta's first teacher didn't attain nibbāna themselves, as they had already realized very deep samādhi? 33:55 Anāpāṇasati (mindfulness of the breath) or Mettā (loving kindness) as meditation object? Related to the last question, Ajahn explains how to easily find any of our podcasts with guided meditations. Just enter 'Guided Meditation' in the search bar on the podcast page of our website, and all podcasts with guided meditations will show up. Or enter 'Loving Kindness', 'Ajahn Amaro', 'Sutta Exploration', or any other subject you're interested in, and all the relevant podcast will show up to listen to. ⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify Playlists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dhammagiri Youtube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pics⁠ #joy #rejoicing #mudita #goodness #meditation

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about three main events in the Buddha's life that we commemorate on Āsāḷhā Full Moon Day: Teaching of the first formal discourse, the 'Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta' Conception of the Bodhisatta / Dream of Queen Mahāmāyā with the Bodhisatta approaching her in the form of a white elephant with 7 tusks and entering her body via her right side Great renunciation of the Bodhisatta (Mahābhinikkhamana), leaving the household life in the palace, and riding out into the Indian full moon night on his white horse Khantaka, to become an ascetic ⁠Dhammagiri Website⁠ ⁠Our Spotify Playlists⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠ ⁠Dhammagiri Youtube Channel⁠ .

Bodhisatta or Bodhisattva is a term often used to describe an enlightened individual who possesses wisdom and compassion. These are people who demonstrate the paramitas or perfections in their lifestyle. We says this as a compliment, a form of admiration.   The definition of Bodhisattva extends beyond being a beacon of relief in a world of suffering, especially when considering the term across the three major ways of being Buddhist - Theravāda, Mahāyana, and Vajrayāna. However, we won't explore a full-scale exposition of what Bodhisattva signifies in these varied paths of Buddhism this time around. Instead, we ponder, how fully developed does one need to be in order to help others with their suffering?  Are all those who help others deal with their suffering Bodhisattvas? Must one wait to embark on the noble journey of aiding others in their suffering? 

Vesak is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar. We remember, commemorate, celebrate and rejoice in three main events in the Buddha's life, which all occurred on the Full Moon in May ('Visākhā'): 1. Birth of the Bodhisatta in beautiful Lumbini grove 2. Supreme Awakening ('Sammāsambodhi') under the Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya, at the banks of River Neranjana. 3. Final Nibbāna ('Mahā-Parinibbāna') between the twin Sāla trees in the park of the Mallas'. In this talk, Ajahn Dhammasiha describes the events leading up to the Buddha's final victory against greed, hatred and delusion, while meditating all night under the Bodhi Tree. He relates the crucial insight that occurred to the Bodhisatta while he was practising austerities until he almost died: When the Bodhisatta collapsed from the extreme fasting he had done, he remembered how he had spontaneously attained the first jhāna (full samādhi) as a young child when left alone under a Rose-apple tree. He realized that the happiness and bliss from samādhi is utterly free from sensuality and unwholesome phenomena. He ralized that the happiness and bliss from samādhi is actually the path to full awakening, a crucial condition for liberating insight to arise. The Bodhisatta abandoned the extreme of ascetic self-mortification, started eating suitable amounts of food, and regained sufficient strength. Then he sat down under the Bodhi Tree and resolved: "I will not break this posture, even if my blood and flesh dries out and only bones and skin remain, until I have experienced total release from suffering ... Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 .

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. This is the FULL DHAMMA SESSION, conducted on VAP POYA (9 October 2022) via zoom, on "SKILLLED THOUGHTS, JHĀNAS & THE RIGHT PATH" We examine the Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19), where the Buddha gives an account of what he did as the unenlightened Bodhisatta to develop the mind towards Nibbāna. It's a very inspiring and useful teaching that we can learn and incorporate into our practice, to develop the Noble Eightfold Path. **Please note - we are examining this teaching from the Buddha with the aspiration for the supramundane development of the Noble Eightfold Path** Note - the short 10 minute meditation around the 40min mark has been included in this recording. In this Dhamma session, we cover: Introduction to the Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19) “Deep dive” into how the Bodhisatta (1) understood thoughts, (2) his instruction for developing and maintaining skilled thoughts as the means to (3) enter and abide in the four jhana concentrations, (4) accomplish the three knowledges and realise Nibbāna The Simile of the Deer Herd - encouragement and urgency As part of this Dhamma session, we will address some of the misconceptions around thinking or dealing with thoughts in meditation, attaining the jhanas and how to know you have entered into each one, as well as certain difficulties regarding the jhanas. We will also briefly look at how to develop the three knowledges. It is useful to remember the four jhanas and three knowledges are part of the trainee's mode of progress. Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session: — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta(MN 117) — Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 137) — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN 53) — Mahāassapura Sutta (MN 40) — Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22) — Dukkhadhamma Sutta (SN 35.244) — Bhoga Sutta (AN 5.227) — Mahāvedalla Sutta (MN 43) — Avijjā Sutta (AN 10.61) — Akusalarāsi Sutta (AN 5.52) — Cūḷavedalla Sutta (MN 44) — Cūḷasuññata Sutta (MN 121) — Pubba Sutta (SN 51.11) — Samādhibhāvanā Sutta(AN 4.41) — Vibhaṅga Sutta (SN 51.20) — Cūḷaniddesa (PTS 1049, explanation 475) — Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6) — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) — Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 7) Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who requested this sutta. The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybxWAeV4lI4 Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar. Selected tables, slides and documents are shared via the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel - https://t.me/suttameditationseries For all enquiries - suttameditationseries@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Ajahn Dhammasiha relates the amazing, mind-blowing events surrounding the birth of the Bodhisatta as described by the Buddha himself in the "Acchariya-Abbhuta-Sutta"/"Wonderful and Marvellous"; #123 in the Majjhima Nikāya/Middle Length Discourses.Additionally, he points out that we all can be 'Bodhisatta-Mātās'/'Mother's of the Bodhisatta' in a metaphorical sense: We all harbour the potential for awakening in our mind, which is known as 'Tathāgata-garbha' = 'Embryo of the Tathāgata' in Mahāyāna Buddhism. If we carefully nurture this seed until it reaches maturity through dedicated Dhamma practice, we will ultimately give 'birth' to the 'Buddha' = realize Awakening.https://www.dhammagiri.nethttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwhttps://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive

On occasion of Visākhā Pūjā, Ajahn Dhammasiha relates the events leading up to the Buddha's Supreme Awakening under the Bodhi Tree.Initially, the Bodhisatta practised extreme austerities in the believe that only through pain one can eradicate desire and attain perfect release. He fasted and tortured his own body until he almost died. When he collapsed, the Bodhisatta fortunately remembered how he had attained Samādhi (the first Jhāna) as a little child, sitting in the shade of a Roseapple tree.The insight occurred to him that the happiness of Jhāna is not be be feared of avoided, as it is utterly seperated from sensuality or unwholesome states. He realized that the wholesom, spiritual rapture and bliss of Samādhi is not an obstruction to awakening, but actually an essential part of the path.Eating and regaining his strength, he found a suitable location for developing samādhi, and after attaining the various jhānas, he sat down under the Bodhi Tree with the famous resolution:"Even if my blood and flesh completely dry out until only skin, sinews and bones remain; I will not break this posture unless I have attained complete freedom from suffering!" ...https://www.dhammagiri.nethttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwhttps://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the "Great Renunciation", how the Buddha left the pampered life as prince behind, and set out alone to find freedom from suffering and death: The Buddha's father, King Suddhodhana, had confined his son, the young Bodhisatta, in the pleasure palace, where he tried to keep all suffering away from him. He wished for him not to renounce, but to continue in household life, and to become a most powerful wheelturning emperor. No old or sick persons were ever allowed into his presence, and all flowers were removed before he could see them wilting. However, when the Bodhisatta went on an outing to the pleasure gardens, he encountered a very old man. Having never seen anyone old at all, he enquired from his Charioteer, Channa: "Who is that? What happened to him?" Being informed by Channa, he returned straight back to the palace and started contemplating. "Will I become so old one day as well? What about my beautiful wife Yasodhara? How about my own father and family?" The same happend on similar outings when he encountered a sick person and a dead body, and finally, on the last outing, the Bodhisatta saw a calm and peaceful looking renunciant. He resolved to leave the palace life behind right today, and to become a homeless ascetic himself. He rode out into the Indian Full Moon Night on his white stallion Khantaka, cut of his hair and beard with his sword, and started his spiritual journey. Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that this story is also a powerful metaphor for our own mind. Like the Buddha's father, our own mind tries to hide the realites of old age, sickness and death from ourselves, so that we can continue "living in the pleasure palace" = enjoying the sensual pleasures in life. If we can break out of this delusion, we can set out on a spiritual search, just like the Bodhisatta.https://www.dhammagiri.nethttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwhttps://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive

On occasion of Vesak, commemorating the birth, supreme awakening and final Parinibbāna of the Buddha, Ajahn Moneyyo offers reflections on the marvellous qualities of the Bodhisatta. The Bodhisatta's birth was accompanied by several miraculous events, but his extraordinary qualities extend far back into the past into previous lifes.A description of his birth in the Buddha's own words can be found in Majjhima Nikaya/Middle Length Discourses, #123 "Wonderful and Marvellous". www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive

Teatime at Birken (9 of 9) streamed live as part of the Virtual Metta Retreat (December 23-31, 2020). Index of questions: 00:00 - Welcome 00:30 - How does one practice Loving-kindness when entangled with unskillful people? 09:12 - In the past, I used to end my sittings with a smile and start to laugh. Is this “laughing-kindness” like “Loving-kindness”? 11:41 - In a Jataka story, the Bodhisatta practices patience (Khanti). Isn’t it a practice of Loving-kindness as well? 15:34 - What strategies can we undertake to keep from getting overwhelmed beyond one’s capacities for Loving-kindness? 20:53 - As a psychotherapist, how can I express to patients, family, etc, that I am not available for periods of time? 27:01 - Please explain how something persisting through many lifetimes, carrying the kamma from many lifetimes, is separate and distinct from an idea of a self? 35:14 - What thoughts, feelings and wishes are appropriate when seeing a dead animal on the street? 37:47 - How does eating meat relate to Loving-kindness towards animals? 43:50 - When I am in a rush and time pressure, it is hard to sustain Metta. Any advice? 48:34 - Can you speak to balancing our own inner wisdom with that of outside voices (teachers, etc)? 51:55 - Any advice in keeping Metta that we’ve cultivated in daily life after the retreat?

We've all heard the old adage: "No pain - no gain!" In the Buddha's time, they took that to the extreme and thought that to reach the highest gain, enlightenment, one would have to forgo all pleasure, and endure the most intense pain. Even the Bodhisatta fell into that trap and mortified his body with the most extreme ascetic practices.But when he had fasted himself close to death, he finally had the crucial insight: We only have to abondon sensual and unwholesome happiness. But wholesome happiness of generosity, virtue and samādhi is nothing to be feared.Spiritual happiness should be developed, and is the path to awakening.We can use happiness as a means to attain even more happiness.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks

In this episode, Kimberly Fludd joins me once again to discuss another work of Indian literature. This time we cover the ancient tales of the Jataka. We draw parallels between the heroic self-sacrifices of the Bodhisatta as Monkey King and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. We also consider the parallels between the different characters in The Golden Goose and the family members in Knives Out as they relate to greed, giving, and the loss of trust. For this episode we utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume A, 4th edition. You can follow Kimberly @Kimplaints_NYC on all the things. Follow the podcast! Twitter: @whydowereadthis Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast For podcast merch check out: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/55982933 Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This is a recording from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Our Dhamma classes are streamed live on Tuesday evenings at 7:15 pm and Saturday mornings at 8:30 am Eastern Us Time.    If you find benefit from this talk and to support  future recordings and the continued restoration, preservation, and presentation of the Buddha's Dhamma, please consider a donation: Support John and B ecoming-Buddha.com   My Thursday Dhamma Class and our class discussion is on the Mula Sutta and is the third of three talks on the meaning of Becoming. “Monks, if those of other sects ask you ‘In what are all phenomena rooted, how do they come into play, what is their origination, how are they established, what is their foundation, what is their governing principle, what is their defining state, what is their heartwood, where do they gain footing, and what is their cessation?’ On being asked this you should reply…" Read Thursday’s class sutta here: Mula Sutta   My Saturday Dhamma Talk and our Sangha discussion is on the Nagara Sutta. Here the newly awakened Siddartha describes in remarkable and profound detail his awakening.   “Friends, before my awakening, when I was only an unawakened Bodhisatta, (Sanskrit: Bodhisattva) I came to the realization of the difficulties of the world. The world is born, it ages, it dies, it falls away and returns, but there is no understanding of ending the stress and suffering of aging and death. When will the world understand the cessation of the stress and suffering from aging and death…”   Read Saturdays’ class sutta here: Nagara Sutta     Each Dhamma class will have a Jhana meditation session followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion. We conclude with mindfulness of Metta. My talks and classes can be joined live: Through your web browse: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 Through your Android device here: Zoom Android App Through your IOS device here: Zoom IOS Ap   My video archive has over 600 videos, and my audio archive has over 700 audio recordings.   New audio and video recordings are posted typically within twenty-four hours post-class: Podcast/Audio Archive (700+ Audio Recordings) Video Archive (600+ Video Recordings) If you are subscribed to my Podcast on Podbean or iTunes, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.   To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference please  Email John   The goggles I am wearing are Irisvision low-vision aid that helps with macular degeneration and other eye diseases. Please feel free to contact me if you would like more information.   Thank You. Peace.

In this episode I speak with Sarah Shaw. Sarah received her PhD in English from Manchester University. After studying Pali and Sanskrit at Oxford, she began teaching and writing on Buddhist subjects. She has written several books on meditation theory and practice, and Jātaka literature. She is the author of several books including Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, The Jātakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta and her most recent book, The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation. She is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, and Wolfson College. She is a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. You can hear her two most recent audio courses The Early Teachings of the Buddha and Lives of the Buddha at wisestudies.comIn this discussion Sarah gives us a brief introduction to the Pali Canon, the collected teachings of the Buddha:Learning Sanskrit and PaliSynthesis between scholarship and practiceLay practice and traditionBackground to the composition of the Pali CanonOral and textual traditionsThe three basketsHistorical authorship of the Pali CanonHistorical accuracy of The Buddha's lifeChanting the Pali CanonThe VinayaThe SuttasThe AbhidhammaHow to read the texts

Queen Mahāmāyā gave birth to the Bodhisatta in beautiful Lumbini Grove, shaded by large Sālā trees, standing and holding on to the branch of a blossoming Asoka tree. The newborn Bodhisatta walked 7 steps to the North and declared solemnly that this is his last rebirth.Ajahn Dhammasiha explains that the most authentic report on the birth, in the Buddha's own words, can be found at Majjhima Nikāya #123 'Acchariya Abbhuta Sutta' (Middle Length Discourses Sutta #123).He points out how the Buddha himself adds one more marvellous quality to the long list of miracles reported by Ven Ānanda: the Tathāgata has perfect mindfulness and full awareness of all feelings, perception and thoughts arsing and passing away in his mind.Ajahn encourages us all to become 'Mothers of the Bodhisatta' in the sense that we all should nourish and develop the potential for awakening in our mind, to ultimately 'give birth' to the experience of the deathlass, Nibbāna.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks

Few have told the story of the Buddha's life as well as Grevel Lindop in his poem, "Touching the Earth". Ajahn Jayasāro's reading of an excerpt from the epic infuses the story of the Bodhisatta's birth with faith come from of a life of practice. A PDF of the full poem can be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.

In the last episode we started to learn about a previous life of the Supreme Buddha when he was named Visahya. If you haven’t listened to that episode, you should go back and listen to it now. But just to refresh our memory, the Bodhisatta was practicing giving so much that god Sakka noticed. God […]

Have you ever heard the word Jātaka before? The Jātaka stories are good information about the previous lives of the Supreme Buddha before he became enlightened. When we are talking about the supreme Buddha in those times we call him the Bodhisatta. You know, most people in this samsara waste their time either doing bad […]

Kemunculan kematian ada empat jenis, yaitu melalui kehabisan usia (āyukkhaya), kehabisan kamma (kammakkhaya), kehabisan keduanya secara bersamaan (ubhayakkhaya) dan ada kamma yang menghancurkan (upacchedakakamma). Di kelas kesepuluh ini, Ashin Kheminda mulai menjelaskan tentang sub-bab terakhir dari bab kelima Abhidhammattasaṅgaha, yaitu tentang Proses Kematian dan Kelahiran-Kembali (Cutipaṭisandhikkama). Saat mempelajari ikhtisar objek (arammaṇasangaha) di bab ketiga, kita sudah mempelajari tentang objek untuk kesadaran penyambung kelahiran kembali (paṭisandhi citta) dan kesadaran kematian (cuti citta). Objek tersebut ada tiga yaitu kamma, tanda-kamma (kamma nimitta) dan tanda-tujuan (gati nimitta). Di bab kelima ini ketiga objek tersebut diuraikan dengan lebih detail. Tanda-kamma dan tanda tujuan dapat dibagi berdasarkan objek utama dan sekunder. Ashin Kheminda juga menjelaskan tentang beberapa jenis proses kognitif yang dekat dengan kematian baik di pintu mata maupun di pintu batin. Hal yang sama dari jenis-jenis proses kognitif tersebut adalah tidak adanya jeda antara kesadaran kematian dengan kesadaran penyambung kelahiran kembali. Setelah kelenyapan kesadaran penyambung kelahiran kembali proses dilanjutkan dengan kemunculan faktor-kehidupan sebanyak 15-16 kali dan kemudian proses kognitif aktif di pintu batin yang pertama muncul dengan mengambil penyambung kelahiran kembali sebagai objek pelekatan di tujuh impuls yang pertama. Demikianlah proses kognitif di pintu batin yang pertama untuk semua makhluk kecuali Bodhisatta di kelahirannya yang terakhir. Selamat menikmati! Materi kelas bisa di unduh di sini: http://dhammavihari.or.id/?ddownload=... Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang kelas ini, silakan menghubungi: SEKRETARIAT DHAMMAVIHARI BUDDHIST STUDIES (DBS) Email: yayasandhammavihari@gmail.com Telpon: 0857 82 800 200, 0812 86 30 3000 dan 021 22556430 Website: dhammavihari.or.id Facebook: Dhammavihari Buddhist Studies.

Today we’ll hear answers to a couple of questions your friends from Dhamma School have asked. We’ll also hear a new segment where we can learn about the 32 marks that all supreme Buddhas have. I think you may have heard about these before. There is the very famous story of when the Bodhisatta baby […]

In the sermon today, we’ll learn a very important story from one of the Supreme Buddha’s previous births when he was the Bodhisatta. The Bodhisatta offered to help someone but then changed his mind when that person was mean to him. Contents 5:20 Sermon20:04 Maranasati meditation. Download PDF or read online. Related Books Mahamevnawa Pali-English […]

In the sermon today, we’ll learn a very important story from one of the Supreme Buddha’s previous births when he was the Bodhisatta. The Bodhisatta offered to help someone but then changed his mind when that person was mean to him. Contents 5:43 Sermon16:24 Sadhu Sadhu Kavi17:54 Mittanisansa Sutta. Read online or Download a PDF […]

Today we will hear some answers to some Dhamma questions. You know, the Supreme Buddha taught us very clearly that we can develop our wisdom by asking questions. In fact, he explained that one of the reasons he was so wise in his last life as a Bodhisatta was that in his previous lives he […]

This is a story from the life of the Bodhisatta. Once a King decides to build a new palace, for which his workers decide to cut down a huge Sal tree. But a spirit resides in the tree, and it is worried that the younger trees that have grown around the big tree will also be destroyed int the process. He pleads with the King to spare the other trees. What does the King do? The moral of this story is that one should care for others- and that will not go in vain.

Listen to this story from the Jataka tales. A monster was attracted by the teachings of the Bodhisatta. The monster however continued his way of killing and eating unsuspecting persons. The monster one day saw a beautiful princess and fell in love with her and married her. What happened next? Listen to this story to learn more.  This story is also known as The Rakshas and the Magician, which will be published on Baalgatha Podcast in a later episode. Visit gaathastory.com/podcasts to learn more about this story and to learn how you can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Saavn, Castbox, Hubhopper, Storiyoh, and many other fine websites and apps where you listen to podcasts.

This is a story from Jataka tales, about King Brahmadatta of Benaras (Varanasi). He was an incarnation or avatar of the Bodhisatta, and was known for his righteousness and virtues, and he was respected by one and all. One day, he decided to travel to enquire from his subjects if they had any advise or complaints about him. Upon his return, he met the King of Kosala, who was his equal in almost every respect. But what was the one quality because of which King Brahmadatta was considered superior to King Mallika of Kosala? Listen to this story to learn more.  You can listen and subscribe to Myths, Legends and Fairytales of India Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/myths-legends-and-fairytales-of-india/id1224505389) , Saavn App and now on Google Podcasts (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ5MDUwNzgucnNz) . Visit https://gaathastory.com/mythsandlegends-india to learn more. Form there, you can also leave us a review on your favourite podcasting app or site, we will greatly appreciate it!

This is a story from Bodhisatta's life. Bodhisatta once took birth as the valuer for a King. The King thought that the valuer would one day spend all his treasure, and decided to replace Bodhisatta with a dullard. The new valuer used his own judgement and paid random fees for the horses and elephants. Once a horse dealer brought 500 horses from the north, and he was offered a measure of rice in return. The horse dealer seeks the help from Bodhisatta. What advice does the Bodhisatta give? Listen to this story to learn more.  You can listen to more such stories by visiting www.gaathastory.com. Every week, we bring you stories from India (Panchatantra, Jataka, Hitopadesha), and around the world.  Do you have any comments or feedback about the stories? You can write to us at: contact@gaathastory.com