Podcasts about stream entry

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "The Rewards of Stream Entry"

Send us a textI'm thrilled to share the latest episode of the "Endless Possibilities Podcast" with you. This time, I had the pleasure of diving deep into the realms of spiritual awakening, energy healing, and the nature of existence with the insightful Morgan Smith. Here's a sneak peek into our enlightening conversation:Key Takeaways from Our Conversation:The Trap of Ego and Labels:We often get overly identified with our roles and labels, leading to suffering.Recognizing these attachments can help us break free from the "us versus them" mindset.The Journey of Awakening:The importance of addressing unresolved traumas for spiritual growth.Personal stories of healing and the ongoing journey of self-discovery.Unity Consciousness:Join us in this episode as we explore the depths of our identities, the nature of reality, and the journey toward spiritual awakening. It's a conversation filled with profound insights and heartfelt moments that I believe will resonate with you deeply.**Introduction to Spiritual Awakening (00:00:00)****Podcast Welcome (00:00:41)****Guest Introduction (00:00:50)****Stages of Awakening Discussion (00:01:15)****Ignorance and Identity (00:02:46)****Attachment to Labels (00:03:21)****Understanding Dukkha (00:04:18)****Separation and Ignorance (00:05:14)****The Nature of Play (00:06:57)****Jim Carrey's Awakening (00:07:31)****The Role of Family (00:08:43)****Breaking Out of Ignorance (00:10:15)****Feedback Mechanism of Life (00:10:32)****Lifetimes of Learning (00:11:00)****Experiences of Past Lives (00:11:35)****Spirituality in Past Lives (00:12:28)****Understanding Parallel Lives (00:13:18)****Oversoul and Individual Experiences (00:15:02)****The Complexity of Atman and Brahman (00:16:02)****The Cycle of Life and Death (00:17:53)****Illusion of Reality (00:18:52)****Understanding the Interchangeable Terms (00:19:52)****The Nature of Brahman (00:20:38)****Ignorance and Levels of Awareness (00:20:53)****The Drive for Truth (00:22:24)****The Game of Ignorance (00:22:48)****First Awakening Experiences (00:23:05)****The Journey of Discovery (00:24:47)****Hypnotherapy and Awareness (00:25:38)****Stream Entry and Self-Realization (00:26:59)****Stages of Self-Realization (00:29:09)****The Essence vs. Ego (00:30:56)****Freedom from Identification (00:31:03)****The Ongoing Nature of Awakening (00:33:06)****Trauma and Awakening (00:35:30)****Childhood Triggers and Healing (00:39:30)****Shadow Work and Healing (00:40:05)****Collective Awakening (00:42:01)****Unity Consciousness Experience (00:42:44)****Essence and Expansion (00:43:31)****Meditative State Realization (00:46:14)****Awareness Dropping into the Heart (00:48:01)****Kundalini Activation (00:49:55)****Purging and Physical Discomfort (00:51:17)****Emotional Expression During Awakening (00:53:25)****Guru Dynamics and Shadows (00:56:51)****Inner Reflection and Healing (00:58:23)****Understanding Unity Consciousness (00:59:03)****The Role of Judgment (01:00:07)****Experiencing Creation (01:01:03)****Going Beyond Creation (01:02:03)****Near-Death Experiences (01:06:37)****Merging with Divine Light (01:07:56)****The Nature of Avatars (01:09:15)****Understanding Brahman (01:10:00)****Experiencing Divine Mother (01:14:09)****Simultaneous Creation and Destruction (01:16:50)****The Power of the Divine Feminine (01:19:20)****Experience of Ultimate Love (01:19:51)****The Essence of Existence (01:20:58)****The Duality of Experience (01:21:44)https://www.youtube.com/@EndlessPossibilitiesPodcast

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Gil Fronsdal about "Naturalistic Buddhism", the experience of jhāna, Stream Entry, Insight Meditation Center's reliance on dāna, parenting, and other topics. Gil is the founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California.

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "The Path to Stream Entry"

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "The Path to Stream Entry"

During this talk, Allie Vaknin provides insights regarding the four stages of Nirvana experience: Stream Entry, Once-Returner, Non-returner, and Arahant.  The recording includes comments from various participants in the meeting. Next week's talk will provide an overview of the Fourth Noble Truth, The Noble Eightfold Path; subsequent talks will address each element of the Noble […]

My fellow travelers of the aural universe, I'm so very happy to have you all here as we lazily flow into a continuation of the Mental Drift series. As with any amalgamation that is woven, special consideration is given to those of you that may feel alarmed by disruptive and angular sonic anomalies. Our mission here at the Spaceman's Transmissions laboratory is optimized towards the analyzation of our sketches. It is during these rigorous processes that the removal of diluted mish-mash and scratchy, if not, dull and turbulent static are discarded. Dear listeners, we have baked you a morsel of mental release made with only the freshest natural ingredients. All allergy free. This sweetly baked bite-sized snack is a mere hour(ish) of an escape journey, and is one which requires only a very tiny fraction of of your devotion. This will allow you to paint your grey matter with colorful light and provide your creative spirit a smooth path inward towards your cerebral control center. Allow the gears of your mind the pleasure of connecting with what really matters: you! Sink deep into your own universe, you owe yourself that. There will be no bumps or turbulence along the way, as we are drifting calmly and slowly upon a mental breeze of comfort and beauty. Take a moment to gaze skyward and marvel at how wonderful you are. Celebrate your uniqueness with a smile and a sense of motivation towards your utopian sunset. Don't hurry through this journey. Rather, let the slight breeze set the course of the voyage. It will steadily (and purposefully) carry you to where your creative oasis resides. Stay there awhile, and rejoice over the beauty of everything around you. Your old boy Tonepoet is there to ensure that your mellow flight of peace is every bit as rejuvenating as it should be.    Revisit Spaceman's Transmissions often, and invite your loved ones along so that they, too, may take advantage of the mental reset that we afford everyone. The journey was, is, and always will be a free ticket to the calm skies within your amazingly underappreciated personal space: the galaxy between your ears.   Turn on, tune in, drift away...   https://www.tonepoet-music.com https://www.facebook.com/tonepoetmusic     TRACK LISTING “Station ID” by Tonepoet's Daughter from Goodnight, Lady (Start Time: 00:00) “Space Travel” by Ancient Astronaut from Through The Tunnel of Love (Start Time: 00:31) “Two Divers” by Isik Kural from Maya's Night (Start Time: 02:42) “Follow the Stream Entry” by J. Arif Verner from From A Distant Horizon [Remastered Edition] (Start Time: 04:43) “116” by Hidden Sky from 3 (Start Time: 08:24) “Nummer 2” by Anne Mueller from Heliopause (Start Time: 11:11) “Words Appear Lost” by An Imaginal Space from Anniversaries (Start Time: 16:41) “Layered Sun” by William St Hugh from Anomaly (Start Time: 17:57) “Before We Were Born (Bonus Track)” by Hammock from The Sleepover Series, Volume Two (Start Time: 20:09) “Audition” by Jim Wallis from Return Train (Start Time: 26:18) “Through Summer Rooms” by John Foxx from The Complete Cathedral Oceans (Start Time: 31:03) “Hypermorph Swingstellar X” by Rikaar from Malin 1 (Start Time: 36:39) “Damaged” by Endless Melancholy from A Perception Of Everything (Start Time: 41:30) “Live and Die (Excerpt)” by Spencer Bott from Abstract Reflex (Start Time: 45:53) “Icebergs Melt (Excerpt)” by Static Storm from Burial At Sea (Start Time: 48:18) “Empty Packs Of Thai Cigarettes” by Benoît Pioulard from These Clouds… (Start Time: 50:58) “Carta Atlántica II (Excerpt)” by bahía mansa & Yama Yuki from Cartas Náuticas (Start Time: 55:09)

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'A Guide to Stream Entry' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 25 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

The Buddha's teaching on the Four Noble Truths are eminently practical. They are not just a theory or mental gymnastics, but they are directly applicable to our life with it's pains and pleasures, it's disappointments and tribulations. They can be experienced right here and now in our own conscious experience. In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to observe with mindfulness and awareness how craving arises in our mind, and how it creates tension, stress, suffering for our mind. These are the first and second noble truth in action, right here and now in our awareness. Similarly, we can observe how the moment we can let go of that craving, the tension, stress and suffering recedes. This is, at least partially, the third and fourth noble truth in action, right here and now in our awareness. Naturally, our letting go is usually only partial, not deep enough to really experience the third noble truth fully, i.e. the experience of Nibbāna, or the arising of the Dhammacakka at the experience of Stream Entry. But whenever we succeed in letting go based on wisdon and insight, and then observe mindfully how suffering diminishes, we gradually train our heart to disengage and detach. One day, as wisdom sharpens and insight matures, we will be able to fully let go of craving and experience the total end of dukkha: Freedom, release, Nibbāna. 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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In this talk, Ajahn Nisabho details the stages of Awakening described by the Buddha, and emphasizes the importance of practicing for Stream Entry, the first stage of Enlightenment.

Ajahn Karunadhammo reflects on contemplation of the five aggregates, leading to stream entry. This talk was offered on January 28, 2023 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

For most people, continual spiritual effort is required to counteract the 'gravitational pull' of mundane existence. However, there is a point on the path of ethics, meditation and Wisdom beyond which the Transcendental becomes the dominant influence, and one has 'entered the stream'. From Triratna's founder Sangharakshita, excerpted from the talk Stream Entry: the Point of No Return, as part of The Higher Evolution series, 1969. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

Prasadachitta talks about the appeal of Buddhism and the concept of 'Stream Entry' -- the initial point at which one is drawn to Buddhism and enlightenment. He shares what drew him to Buddhism and how it relates to the concept of faith. Then he explores how expanding our thinking about what is possible and worthwhile can enliven and broaden our practice. He explains that Stream Entry involves the falling away of: Doubt and indecisionA fixed identitySuperficial rights and ritualsHe also responds to the question of the role of worship in Buddhism, that what we worship and appreciate is actually the value of the dharma.  ____________ Prasadachitta was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2011 and he became the Chair of the San Francisco Buddhist Center in April 2022. He was born on a “back to the land” commune in rural Northern California and that background has inspired his engagement with others in building the SFBC's rural meditation center called Dharmadhara. He also helped to establish a community of sangha members who support the retreats there. He supports himself as a documentary filmmaker and photographer but his real life's work is training others who want to practice Buddhism within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. This is an EXTRACT from the Full Unduvap Poya Dhamma session (on 7 December 2022) explaining the Buddha's teaching of the Seven Knowledges that arise from possessing the noble right view: making one ready to realise the fruit of Stream Entry, or one has attained and is able to maintain the fruit of the attainment as a concentration. Often people use this as a checklist to determine if they are ready to attain or have attained to fruit of the path. Or apply it as a basis for how to identify a stream enterer. A table of these seven knowledges for easy reference has been posted to our YT Community page and to Telegram (https://t.me/suttameditationseries/633) This follows on from an earlier Dhamma Q&A on "How can you identify a stream enterer?" - https://bit.ly/3Y5vtDe (video) or https://bit.ly/3UEDoVe (audio) For the Full Unduvap Poya Dhamma session AND the list of sutta references (on 7 December 2022) - https://bit.ly/3h5EKue (YT video) or https://bit.ly/3VZmTUQ (audio) The video of this Extract has also been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loKrTXAbY3s 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

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Role models play an important part in all of our lives, whether we seek them out or not. And whether we walk the Buddhist Path or not, they can have the power to shape the direction we take and the ability to influence the decisions that follow on from there. For Buddhist practitioners, the Buddha is our most eminent role model, teacher and the Perfectly Enlightened One. And there are also many noble and great disciples of the Buddha. In this session we delve into the story of Jīvaka Komārabhacca, an accomplished lay disciple of the Buddha who was also the physician of the Sangha headed by the Buddha. Due to his skill as a doctor and other good qualities, he was foremost among the Buddha's lay followers who people had confidence in. He also realised the fruit of stream entry despite leading a very busy life. Jīvaka Komārabhacca's story is a very interesting one. He had plenty of encounters with wealthy merchants, families, kings, the Buddha and the Sangha. His story is inspiring for a number of reasons, including the qualities he demonstrated, his skill at healing, his devotion to the Triple Gem, his good fortune to regularly interact with the Buddha, his influence over some of the Vinaya rules, his Dhamma questions, and his attitude towards wealth. We can learn much from Jīvaka's wonderful example. Some of the suttas referred to in this Dhamma talk: — Chaṭṭhavagga (AN 1.248–257) — Sattavagga (AN 1.258-267) — Sāmaññavagga (AN 6.128) — Cīvarakkhandhaka (Kd 8) — Mahakhandhaka (Kd 1) — Khuddakavatthukkhandhaka (Kd 15) — Sanjiva Jātaka (Ja 150) — Saṅkicca Jātaka (Ja 530) — Cūḷaseṭṭhi Jātaka (Ja 4) — Sattigumba Jataka (Ja 503) — Cullahamsa Jataka (Ja 533) — Jīvaka Sutta (AN 8.26) — Jīvaka Sutta (MN 55) — Jīvakapañhavatthu (Dhp 90) — Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2), — Cūḷapanthakavatthu (Dhp 25), In learning about such noble beings, we can delight in their lives and accomplishments; recognise the importance of seeing them as worthy role models; and use it as inspiration towards progress on the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. Bohoma pin (much merit) to the kalyanamitta who contributed towards producing this Dhamma session. Much mudita. The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRqTMpdeq8 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 Nisabho describes the Buddha's teachings regarding the first stage of awakening, or Stream Entry.

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this Dhamma session, we are addressing a Dhamma question (or topic) on the Dhamma-follower (dhammānusārī), Faith-follower (saddhānusārī), and Stream Entry. In addressing this topic, we delve into the Buddha's words on these two kinds of persons, the fixed course of rightness, and how they enter the stream; reference to learning ability; the importance of developing the spiritual faculties (indriya); understanding the distinction between this two kinds of persons and the stream-enterer; revisit the definition of "the stream" and the factors leading to Stream Entry; reinforce the benefit of thoroughly learning the Dhamma; look into the commentarial reference to the “cūla sotāpanna”; and take in the Buddha's encouragement that this is a gradual training, gradual practice and gradual progress. Suttas referred to directly or indirectly: — Kīṭāgiri Sutta (MN 70) — Paṭhamavibhaṅga Sutta (SN 48.9) — Paṭipanna Sutta (SN 48.18) — Ugghaṭitaññū Sutta (AN 4.133) — Cakkhuvagga (SN 25.1-10) — Sotānugata Sutta (AN 4.191) — Sāsanapaṭṭhānadutiyabhūmi (Pe 2) — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person that asked this question. A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjyG5e_PqxE Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Can Contact with the UFO Phenomenon trigger an Awakening Experience? In this video we explore those themes in the contexts of the Therevadan Buddhist Progress of Insight maps!

In this episode I host a third dialogue between Dhammarato and Daniel Ingram, this time on the vipassana meditation method of the highly influential Burmese monk Mahasi Sayadaw. While Daniel's own path has been deeply informed by the Mahasi Method, Dhammarato has critiqued it as incomplete - particularly as it has been applied by the American Vipassana movements that it influenced. In this episode Daniel and Dhammarato share their own experiences of the method, reflect on its changes from Mahasi to U Pandita to America, and reveal rarely seen teachings from Mahasi's own writings. Daniel and Dhammarato also debate different approaches to working with meditation hinderances, compare the results of Mahasi practitioners to those of fire kasina meditation and Culadasa's ‘Mind Illuminated' school, and address topics such as the Dark Night, Stream Entry, and perennialism. … Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/ep125-the-mahasi-debate-dhammarato-daniel-ingram/ 
Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast'. … Topics Include: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Dhammarato vs Daniel on the internet 03:55 - Daniel's practice history with the Mahasi Method 12:47 - Who was Mahasi Sayadaw and what was his emphasis? 16:16 - Dhammarato's experiences with the U Pandita and the Mahasi method 18:52 - ‘U Pandita was not the nicest of people' 19:20 - What was lost in the translation of Mahasi's method to America? 29:46 - Dry vs wet vipassana 31:08 - Daniel on rare and surprising Mahasi teachings 32:52 - U Pandita's stern personality 34:45 - The joyful vibe at the Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Centre 37:53 - Open discussion of attainments 38:47 - Does Mahasi noting dwell on hinderances and cause Dark Nights of the Soul? 39:57 - Do different people need different meditation methods? 46:16 - How to deal with hinderances 49:52 - Comparing Mahasi, TMI, and Fire Kasina 01:00:21 - Is there a good side to hindarances? 01:07:03 - Is the Dark Night inevitable or a sign of practice gone wrong? 01:23:42 - Dhammarato's rock bottom and investigation vs noting 01:29:03 - The richness of the full Buddhist tradition 01:30:28 - Different definitions of stream entry and Daniel's personal experience 01:35:47 - Perspective on practice 01:40:33 - Daniel's concluding reflections on the varieties of insight experiences 01:42:59 - Has Daniel nuanced his perennialsm? ..
 Dhammarato Episode Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlkzlKFgdknyGISEfksirYaYpsrXdf8va Daniel Ingram Episode Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlkzlKFgdkny_MJSecHyvKHPpvxTskBAC … To find out more about Dhammarato, visit: - https://dhammaratoblog.wordpress.com/ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxg5GJFsRqnS-YLTzyrjLQ To find out more about Daniel, visit: - https://theeprc.org/ - integrateddaniel.info … 
For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - www.guruviking.com … Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Another session to accompany the second module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series looking into Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on VIRTUE (sīlakathaṁ) In this additional episode, we look at VIRTUE AS A FACTOR OF STREAM ENTRY. When it comes to the mundane path, virtue plays a key part in rebirth in a good destination as a result of merit-making and good conduct. However, on the supramundane path, virtue is only part of what helps us to walk the Noble Eightfold Path, which is the way out of all suffering. In this session we examine — why it's important to enter the stream and one of the Buddha's similes to explain that — how virtue helps us to slant, slope and incline towards liberation — "virtue dear to the noble ones" (ariyakantehi sīlehi) as a factor of stream entry and explain a little of what the Buddha teaches on this and how to develop it — and link to our "Metta School" meditation — how we purify our conduct and look at the Simile of Heartwood to understand where virtue fits into developing our Path and Practice. Some of the suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session: — Samudda Sutta (SN 13.7) — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) — Dutiyamahānāma Sutta (SN 55.22) — Paṭhamasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8) — Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) — Mahāsāropama Sutta (MN 29) **For the full poya Dhamma session on BUDDHA'S ADVICE TO LAY PEOPLE ON STREAM ENTRY - Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) - EPISODE 80 - https://bit.ly/3q0YUYx If you have any questions or comments regarding this talk, please email them to suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com or leave a voicemail message via anchor.fm A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QajzGqUvJNA AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

This Sunday talk was given by Ajahn Amaro on 17 October 2021 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. It's an audio version that was firstly live-streamed on Amaravati's YouTube channel during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Holy Shift: the Liberation of Stream Entry appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This Sunday talk was given by Ajahn Amaro on 17 October 2021 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. It's an audio version that was firstly live-streamed on Amaravati's YouTube channel during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Holy Shift: the Liberation of Stream Entry appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

In this episode of Meta Perspective we are joined by Janusz Welin of Deep Mindfulness Collective. We discussed Mindfulness, Awakening, Vipassana, Stream Entry, and navigating the territory of The Path. See Here: https://youtu.be/u02xe7EKGE8 Janusz Links: Website: https://deepmindfulness.io/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DeepMindfulness Instagram: https://instagram.com/deepmindfulness?utm_medium=copy_link

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Another session to accompany the first module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series looking into Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on GIVING (dānakathaṁ) We look into the significance of developing giving and generosity as a factor stream entry. In this short session we examine: — what is stream entry? — why is stream entry important? — what does the Buddha say about generosity as a factor of stream entry? — how Anathapindika entered the stream (note - forgot to mention lay disciple, Visākhā entered the stream at 7yo) — how the gradual teachings or instructions that we are learning together help with the process of entering the stream and leaning towards Nibbana Some of the suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session: — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) — Nakhasikhā Sutta (SN 13.1) — Thapati Sutta (SN 55.6) — Sudatta Sutta (SN 10.8) If you have any questions or comments regarding this talk, please email them to suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com or leave a voicemail message via anchor.fm A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDCt8yyZ1c AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

2021.09.21 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells the story of Lady Uttarā and Lady Sirimā, and how it is possible to go from a heart afflicted by very strong, painful emotions to seeing the Dhamma. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

Leigh Brasington - Right Concentration In this episode of Meta Perspective we discussed Right Concentration; The Jhanas, Insight practice, Stream Entry and Dependant Origination. See the video interview on the Meta Perspective YouTube channel.

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received following the Esala Poya Dhamma Session on the Four Noble Truths: “From the Stream Entry talk and subsequent Q&A, I think I understand what is meant around “not clinging to virtue and observances” – that virtue does not definitively lead to ultimate liberation, the Noble Eightfold Path does. My question is to do with the four developments and the Noble Eightfold Path, that you outlined in the Four Noble Truths talk. It seems that the virtue we are encouraged to cultivate on this Path has something to do with this. Can you please go over this again?” Most of us in Dhamma understand the overall framework and component parts of the Noble Eightfold Path, however, not many are able to explain what the Buddha means by fully developing the Noble Eightfold Path (through development of body, virtue, mind and wisdom) and how it all comes together as the Path to Liberation, which is, the way leading to the end of the whole mass of suffering. If you understand this, then you begin to understand what is bhāvanā (what we call "meditation") that is taught by the Buddha. To listen to the ESALA POYA FULL DHAMMA SESSION - https://tinyurl.com/24yd5drz **This session is for anyone who sincerely wants to follow Gautama Buddha's original teaching of the Four Noble Truths** Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) — Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) — ­­Cūḷaniddesa (PTS 1049, explanation 475) ­­­ — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 7) — Paccaya Sutta (SN 12.27) — Cūḷavedalla Sutta (MN 44) — Loṇakapalla Sutta (AN 3.100) — Mahācunda Sutta (AN 10.24) — Bhāradvāja Sutta (SN 35.127) Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38h-jnFp19Y A VIDEO of this ESALA POYA FULL DHAMMA SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuNy43Ke2g AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “You briefly mentioned the four factors leading to Stream Entry – associating with good people, hearing the True Dhamma, wise attention and practicing in accordance with the Dhamma. Appreciate if you could explain each factor and how to develop them” To answer the question the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced (more are cited in the video's presentation slides): – Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) – Avijja Sutta (AN 10.61) – Cūḷapuṇṇama Sutta (MN 110) – Sappurisa Sutta (MN 113) – Dhamma (nāvā) Sutta (Sn 2.8) – Sakka Vatthu (Dhp 206-208) – Punabbasu Sutta (SN 10.7) – Dutiyaparihāni Sutta (AN 7.29) – Erakapattanagaraja Vatthu (Dhp 182) – Paṭhamasekha Sutta (Iti 16) – Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122) – Paṭhamamārapāsa Sutta (SN 4.4) – Janavasabha Sutta (DN 18) – Dutiyanaḷakapāna Sutta (AN 10.68) – Dukkara Sutta (SN 39.16) Bohoma pin to the people who have asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm website or podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLIeLeA0gVs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In today's session we look at Dhammapada Verses 206-208 and THE STORY OF SAKKA, KING OF THE DEVAS, and how he came to personally attend to the Buddha when he became sick. The Buddha later tells the story of what led Sakka in his previous life to realise the fruit of Stream Entry. In this saying of the Buddha, he encourages associating with good and wise people and steering clear of foolish people as a factor leading towards entering the stream. The verses in Pali: Sāhu dassanamariyānaṁ, sannivāso sadā sukho; Adassanena bālānaṁ, niccameva sukhī siyā. Bālasaṅgatacārī hi, dīghamaddhāna socati; Dukkho bālehi saṁvāso, amitteneva sabbadā; Dhīro ca sukhasaṁvāso, ñātīnaṁva samāgamo. Tasmā hi— Dhīrañca paññañca bahussutañca, Dhorayhasīlaṁ vatavantamariyaṁ; Taṁ tādisaṁ sappurisaṁ sumedhaṁ, Bhajetha nakkhattapathaṁva candimā. Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk: - Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) - Sikkhāpada Sutta (AN 4.201) - Assaddha Sutta (AN 4.202) - Sattakamma Sutta (AN 4.203) - Dasakamma Sutta (AN 4.204) - Aṭṭhaṅgika Sutta (AN 4.205) - Dasamagga Sutta (AN 4.206) - Paṭhamaasappurisa Sutta (SN 45.25) - Sappurisa Sutta (MN 113) - Sappurisānisaṁsa Sutta (AN 4.242) - Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 8.37) To read the full chapter (Sukha Vagga) of the Dhammapada - https://suttacentral.net/dhp197-208/en/feldmeier The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQbGIMcxrG0 AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “Can you explain what is abandoned once you enter the stream? I've often heard that three fetters are no longer an issue. In fact, that seems to be the focus of teachings on stream entry. But is there anything more?” To answer the question the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Nakhasikha Sutta (SN 13.1) – Maggañāṇaniddesa, Ñāṇakathā (Ps 1.1.11) – Appahāya Sutta (AN6.89) – Pahīna Sutta (AN 6.90) – Saṁyojana Sutta (AN 10.13) – Sakkāyadiṭṭhi Sutta (SN 22.155) – Samādhi-bhavana Sutta (SN 22.5) – Diṭṭhikathā (Ps 2) – Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6) – Cetokhila Sutta (MN 16) – Aggappasāda Sutta (AN 4.34) – Sīlabbata Sutta (AN 3.78) – Vimuttiñāṇaniddesa, Ñāṇakathā (Ps 1.1.13) – Paṭhamagiñjakāvasatha Sutta (SN 55.8) – Bahudhātuka Sutta (MN 115) Bohoma pin to the people who have asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss8Iz1UvrDw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: "I practice diligently and try to live according to the Dhamma, but at times I have a doubts about whether I'm on the right track with my meditation and if I'm developing insight. This also makes me question stream entry. Are these doubts blocking stream entry?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Tissa Sutta (SN 22.84) – Paṭhamamahānāma Sutta (SN 55.21) – Dutiyamahānāma Sutta (SN 55.22) – Vammika Sutta (MN 23) – Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6) – Cetokhila Sutta (MN 16) – Cakkavattirājasutta Sutta (SN 55.1) – Aggappasāda Sutta (AN 4.34) – MahāAssapura Sutta (MN 39) – Kāya Sutta (SN 46.2) – Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51) – Nīvaraṇappahānavagga (AN 1.15) – Niddesavāra (Ne 3) – Avijjā Sutta (AN 10.61) Bohoma pin to the people who have asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhPJVW01wo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “It's not easy to understand paṭiccasamuppāda or dependent origination. Is it necessary to understand the Buddha's full teaching of dependent origination to enter the stream?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Dhammadinna Sutta (SN 55.53) – Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) – Paṭiccasamuppāda Sutta (SN 12.1) – Samādhi-bhavana Sutta (SN 22.5) – Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) – Paccaya Sutta (SN 12.27) – Dukkha Sutta (SN 12.43) – Pañcaverabhaya Sutta (SN 12.41) – Natumha Sutta (SN 12.37) Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWwCWaqq0ns --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: "Virtue or moral conduct (sīla) is encouraged throughout the Buddha's teachings. I was wondering if perfect virtue is a requirement for stream entry?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) — Dutiyagilāna Sutta (SN 35.75) — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) — Akusala Sutta (AN 10.136) — Sīlabbata Sutta (AN 3.78) — Kukkuravatika Sutta (MN 57) — Mahāsāropama Sutta (MN 29) — Sīla Sutta (AN 5.213) — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn 1.8) Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfDBtlcUNc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “I've heard there are different types of stream-enterers, can you explain what they are?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: - Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87) - Vitthāra Sutta (AN 4.162) - Ugghaṭitaññū Sutta (AN 4.133) - Sāsanapaṭṭhānadutiyabhūmi (Pe 2) Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzXl29z2bEk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “I've listened to some Dhamma teachers that say it's wrong to want to become a stream-enterer. They say not to entertain thoughts about stream entry as it's linked to craving for existence. Is this true?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: — Dhammadinna Sutta (SN 55.53) — Mahāpadesa Sutta (AN 4.180) — Dutiyadhāraṇa Sutta (SN 56.16) — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) — Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) — Akusala Sutta (AN 10.136) — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) — Padhāna Sutta (AN 4.13) — Manonivāraṇa Sutta (AN 1.24) — Veludvareyya Sutta (SN 55.7) — Paṭhamapuggala Sutta (AN 8.59) — Āyācana Sutta (AN 4.176) — Samudda Sutta (SN 13.8) To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzhACLg5k4U --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “Can a stream-enterer break the five precepts or other kinds of sīla? Sometimes I wonder about this when I'm around people who I think are highly attained but demonstrate a lack of virtue from time to time” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87) – Kalahavivāda Sutta (Sn 4.11) – Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 11) – Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) – Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) – Ratana sutta (Sn 2.1) – Paṭhamasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.24) – Dutiyasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.25) To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMh0nYibVgU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: "Is it possible to identify a stream-enterer? If so, what are the characteristics or identifying traits?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Migasālā Sutta (AN 6.44), (AN 10.75) – Dutiyalakuṇḍakabhaddiya Sutta (Ud 7.2) – Bahudhātuka Sutta (MN 115) – Ratana sutta (Sn 2.1) – Paṭhamasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) – Thapati Sutta (SN 55.6) – Sarada Sutta (AN 3.94) – Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) – Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlCNaRFgrqE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: "I'm a busy working parent with limited time to meditate and even less to study suttas. What's the best approach to stream entry given my situation and time constraints?” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Dhammadinna Sutta (SN 55.53) – Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) – Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question. PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ieQFYpbgk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. This session was conducted on POYA (26 April 2021) on the ADVICE TO LAY PEOPLE ON STREAM ENTRY, specifically looking at the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) and supporting teachings. Suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session: – Anīvaraṇa Sutta (SN 46.38) – Nakhasikha Sutta (SN 13.1) – Paṭhamasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.4) – Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5) – Aṅga Sutta (SN 55.50) – Sotāpattiphala Sutta (SN 55.55) – Thapati Sutta (SN 55.6) – Nandakalicchavi Sutta (SN 55.30) – Avijjā Sutta (AN 10.61) – Paṭhamagiñjakāvasatha Sutta (SN 55.8) – Anisansa Sutta (AN 6.97) – Paṭhamaanāthapiṇḍika Sutta (SN 55.26) – Anathapindikaputtakala Vatthu (Dhp 178) – DutiyasikkhāSutta (AN 3.87) – DaṭṭhabbaSutta (SN 48.8) – Paṭhamapuggala Sutta (AN 8.59) – Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN8.40) To read the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7) - https://suttacentral.net/sn55.7/en/sujato A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9_5vi6Bej8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

On the difference between puthujjhana and sotapanna, and benefits of not obscuring the distinction between the two. ____________________________________ If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you would be very welcome to do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

Dhamma talk about Stream-entry is Possible for Laypersons. This Dhamma talk was delivered in English.

Dhamma talk about Stream-entry is by Listening to Dhamma. This Dhamma talk was delivered in English.

If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you would be very welcome to do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings For the Buddhist Phenomenology essays see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings/writings/

Ajahn Viradhammo expounds on the first three fetters which block the fruition of Stream Entry. He explains that holding to ideals can be difficult to observe in ones mind because oftentimes we have attached to them since childhood. (Q&A recorded at Arnprior during the OBS retreat on 19 September 2019. Duration 31:32)… Read the rest

The purpose of the Tantrik methods in the Secret Heaven Noble Path is to open and strengthen the lower chakras. To attain enlightenment one must have access to one’s full energy, or in Taoist terminology, Original Chi. The DanTien must be fully charged and the sex center fully open, capable of high-energy orgasm. Then if one begins the next stage with full energy and enthusiasm, it will be very easy to accumulate enough good karma to merit Stream Entry at least. To attain full expression of the sex energy (Kundalini) one must identify one’s core erotic taste: the kind and flavor of energy one visualizes just before orgasm. That taste has to be brought out in Tantrik ritual. Society has judgmental attitudes toward many flavors of Core Taste, but this investigation is on the basis of the individual only. Any Core Taste can form the basis or foundation of the Path.

Ep18: Leigh Brasington - Guru Viking Interviews In this episode I am joined by Leigh Brasington, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of ‘Right Concentration, A Practical Guide to the Jhanas’. Leigh talked about how he transformed from a self described pot-head to a serious meditation practitioner in his very first retreat. We learn how learning the jhanas - 8 altered states of consciousness, brought on by deep meditative concentration - from meditation master Ayya Khema radically changed his life’s direction. We discuss stream entry for non-monastics, why most people underestimate their meditation potential, Leigh’s controversial take on Western Dharma teachers who claim full awakening, and why the Siddhis, or supernormal powers, are so associated with the practice of jhanas. Let me know what you think in the comments section below! 00:21 - How Leigh first became interested in meditation 00:57 - Chögyam Trungpa, Ayya Khema, and Leigh’s first meditation retreat 02:20 - Pot head to yogi - giving up heavy pot use after the retreat 03:01 - Buddhist practice vs Buddhist religion 04:25 - How Leigh quit pot 05:05 - Ayya Khema, Leigh’s first teacher 06:48 - The importance of following instructions closely 09:03 - Discovering the first jhana in Thailand with Ajahn Buddhadasa 11:16 - Further studies and learning all 8 jhanas from Ayya Khema 12:46 - Insight training with Ayya Khema 15:25 - Did Ayya Khema use the 4 Path Model? 20:00 - Leigh on Stream Entry and gradual vs sudden awakening 23:46 - Is awakening achievable by non-monastics? 25:38 - Leigh’s controversial take on Western Dharma teachers who claim full awakening 27:52 - Sutta criteria for an arhat 30:45 - Did Ayya Khema become an arhat before her death? 32:45 - Learning Rigpa practice from Tsoknyi Rinpoche 37:19 - How Leigh uses the rigpa state in his own practice 40:51 - Comparisons between Tummo and the Jhana practices 44:14 - What are the jhanas and how are they practiced? 51:23 - Are the jhanas necessary for insight practice? 54:33 - Surprising obstacles to learning the jhanas and the role of talent. 1:01:16 - Why most people underestimate their concentration potential. 1:03:01 - The role of lifestyle and sexuality in meditation success 1:08:10 - Leigh’s take on the Siddhis, supernormal powers, achieved through concentration practice 1:16:16 - Considering anecdotes about the siddhis of teachers like Guru Ma and 16th Karmapa 1:18:45 - The current frontiers of Leigh’s personal practice 1:25:41 - The Buddha’s most important teaching 1:27:51 - Nagajuna and the Suttas Video version of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xP28pzQAA To find out more about Leigh, visit: http://leighb.com For Leigh’s book, ‘Right Concentration’, visit: http://rc.leighb.com/index.html For more interviews, videos, and more visit: www.guruviking.com Music: ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

John F Simon Jr is a pioneering artist whose works have appeared in the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, Whitney, and countless others. He also wrote a book called Drawing Your Own Path, which offers a meditative path to deepening creativity. In this podcast, John and I talk about the giant robot arm that helps him build his thirty-foot art pieces, how to understand the source of your creativity, and the way technology has helped liberate artists from the privacy of galleries. BINAURAL BEATS FOR DEEP WORK are here! Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off! NEW GUIDED MEDITATIONS AVAILABLE NOW! Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off! Show love by rating the show on iTunes. It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear ★★★★★ Join me on Patreon for exclusive podcasts, monthly guided meditations, Q&As, binaural beats, and handwritten secret knowledge! Connect with Cory: Home: http://www.cory-allen.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/heycoryallen Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyCoryAllen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCoryAllen © CORY ALLEN 2019

From the Friday night videoconference with Ajahn Anan Akiñcano. Topics covered include breath meditation, abstaining from alcohol, metta meditation, Ajahn Chah stories, and Stream Entry.

In this episode I'm speaking with Jared Janes (@jaredjanes). Jared is the host of the Impactful Podcast, as well as a friend and off-air interlocuter. We share many interests in common, from meditation and philosophy to diet and productivity hacking. In this conversation, we chat about different models of stream entry, the lubricative nature of awakening, how the philosophical investigation of free will opens up the space for liberation, awakening through World of Warcraft, and the need to follow one's curiosity, even as it takes us outside of our comfortable affiliations. Impactful: Tribes https://www.jaredjanes.com/posts/2018/9/16/tribes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emerge/support

Daniel Ingram and Michael Taft talk about the Fire Kasina practice, how making mental objects the focus can lead to deep awakening, balancing wisdom and faith, processing trauma with meditation practice, and how beauty can be a great support and inspiration on the path. Daniel shares about his experiences and spiritual development with Fire Kasina work, co-teaching with Culadasa, the increasing numbers of people attaining stream entry, and the over-diagnosis of attainment. Also discussed is Michael’s experience with faith and guru based practice, the effects of of impermanence insight on concentration, “hindrances for smart people,” rapture, and more.Daniel Ingram is an emergency medicine physician and long-time dharma practitioner. He is the author of the seminal text Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha — now out in its second edition — and also the main force behind the radical dharmaoverground website, which specializes in a brand of unusually-frank discussion of meditation. Links Dharma TreasureThe Mind Illuminated (TMI) Shinzen YoungShannon Stein/The Hermitage DY Fire Kasina Interview Trauma Sensitive MindfulnessThe Body Keeps the ScoreDY Stream Entry Interview with CuladasaShow Notes2:26 – Daniel’s recent visit to Dharma Treasure4:34 – Daniel’s teaching model9:11 – Fire Kasina update12:16 – The “Play and Fun” of Fire Kasina work17:23 – Waking up the mind25:14 – How Daniel processed trauma from working in emergency medicine27:12 – Hindrances for smart people29:22 – How skillful faith can clear the way through the analytical mind32:45 – Michael’s shift from sarcasm and skepticism to beauty and love36:57 – The inspiration and dignity of beauty in spiritual practice40:47 – Daniel’s journey to embracing faith44:57 – Pragmatic faith47:05 – Working with analytical thinking51:02 – The meta-hindrance of self-loathing54:05 – Addressing attachment to intellect and drivenness in spiritual practice58:18 – Daniel’s tips for Vipassana practitioners1:01:48 – Rapture and awakening1:05:49 – The analogy of the kazoo player1:12:25 – How the insight of impermanence changes the experience of concentration1:16:29 – Stream entry and the over-diagnosis of attainment You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.

In this episode host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher, neuroscientist, and author John Yates, also known as Culadasa. Topics covered include: Are more people achieving stream entry these days?, a clear definition of stream entry, the Buddha’s concept of yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṃ or “seeing things as they really are,” reaching a tipping point of stream enterers to avert the coming world disasters, tips for meditation in action, using consciousness hacking and/or drugs to accelerate insight, paṭiccasamuppāda – the interpenetrating nature of phenomena, quantum entanglement and individual minds, the nondual viewpoint, an explanation of reincarnation and past life experiences, and much more.Culadasa has been practicing Buddhist meditation for over four decades, mainly in Tibetan lineages. He is the director of Dharma Treasure Buddhist Sangha in Tucson, Arizona where he teaches meditation and Buddhism from a modern, progressive scientific perspective. His groundbreaking book, The Mind Illuminated, is a modern road map to Buddhist meditation for a Western audience which combines age-old wisdom teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Learn more at culadasa.com.You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.

Dharma Talk by George Haas - 9/30/2015

Episode 0188 - Into the Stream (Sotapanna), part 5 (Click on the title, or here, for audio.) Extended commentary on Thanissaro Bhikkhu's study guide on Sotapanna from the original Pali. Stream Entry and its Results: Introduction & the Arising of the Dhamma Eye. ■ Citation: "Into the Stream: A Study Guide on the First Stage of Awakening", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition

Gradually or slowly, stream entry shows a profound shift within with a knowing that one cannot go back to the old patterns. In the midst of daily life, you know if the shift is authentic. One who entered the stream has experienced impermanence deeply to know nothing is worth holding onto. Dharma talk recorded in Germany, 2008.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from Sangharakshita titled: and#8220;The Three Fetters.and#8221; The Fetters of self-view, doubt, and dependence on moral rules and religious observations are described in this excerpt from the full talk, and#8220;Stream Entry: the Point of No Returnand#8221; given in 1975.

The real Bodhichitta is neither individualistic nor altruistic. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Bodhicitta Arisingand#8221; Sangharakshita talks with us about Stream Entry, a radical transformation in the nature of Going for Refuge, and the four levels of the arising of the Bodhichitta. This is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Looking Ahead a Little Wayand#8221; by Sangharakshita in 1999.

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, Punyamala delivers a rich, comprehensive talk: From Enchantment to True Delight – Reflections On Stream Entry. Here, she sets out the path from effective to Real Going For Refuge using the framework of breaking the first three fetters and gaining Stream-entry. Punyamala confidently asserts that Stream-entry is attainable in this lifetime. Using Sangharakshita’s terms for these fetters – habit, superficiality and vagueness – she gives clear, practical guidance, in a gently encouraging way, about how to weaken the fetters and develop spiritually. Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Convention, 2009