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Retreat Dharma Talks

July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-01 (31 days) Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

  
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2018-07-02 Practical Causality: Seeing Causes and Conditions Intimately. 52:22
Sayadaw U Jagara
General introduction to the one-month retreat theme together with the 3 modes of mindfulness, adjustable according to circumstances.
2018-07-04 Wholesome ethical behavior --> non-regret --> gladness --> .... --> liberation 57:56
Nikki Mirghafori
This talk discusses the first two conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non-regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation. Parallels to Upanisa Sutta and Cetana Sutta are discussed.
2018-07-05 Morning Instructions: Practicing with the Internal Dimension of Ethics on Retreat 29:21
Nikki Mirghafori
2018-07-07 Morning Instructions: Investigating conditionality through 1) root condition and 2) object condition 35:44
Nikki Mirghafori
This morning’s instruction is an invitation to investigate the first two (of the twenty-four) conditions outlined in the Patthana, the last section of Abhidhamma. The first is root condition (hetu-paccaya) and the second is object condition (arammana-paccaya). A brief Q/A by both Nikki Mirghafori and Sayadaw U Jagara ends the session.
2018-07-09 Morning Instructions: Investigating the mind and body, and how they condition one another 36:19
Nikki Mirghafori
2018-07-09 Joy —> Tranquility —> Happiness 54:44
Nikki Mirghafori
This talk discusses the third, fourth, and fifth (piti —> passadhi —> sukha) conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation. Conditionality (root condition and object condition) are also discussed at the end of the talk, the latter related to the pith and profound teaching to Bahiya.
2018-07-10 Morning Instructions: Exploring gladness, joy, tranquility, and happiness 33:10
Nikki Mirghafori
2018-07-11 Q/A Session 58:50
Sayadaw U Jagara
Both Sayadaw U Jagara and Nikki Mirghafori share answers and reflections on pre-written questions: What’s the nutriment for equanimity and doubt? What is the difference between a cause and a condition? Explain anatta — If there is not a self, whose kamma gets reborn? Etc.
2018-07-12 Morning Reflection 32:14
Sayadaw U Jagara
2018-07-12 Dharma Talk - Metta 52:53
Caroline Jones
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