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Bhante Bodhidhamma's Dharma Talks
Bhante Bodhidhamma
​Bhante Bodhidhamma, as lay person practiced at Throssel Hole Zen Priory in north England, later with Sayadaw U Janaka in Burma and at various places with Sayadaw U Pandita.​ ​He ​ ordained in ​1986 and spent 8 years in Sri Lanka, returning to UK in 1998. He was the resident teacher at Gaia House, UK, 2001-2004. In 2007, he founded Satipanya Buddhist Retreat on the borders of Wales., devoted to vipassana in the tradition of the Mahasi Sayadaw. ​
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2024-05-18 Guided metta practice 43:05
London Insight Meditation Bhante Bodhidhamma – “Vipassana Insight Meditation as Practiced in the Mahasi Tradition”
2024-05-18 Mindful eating vs investigative eating 4:19
London Insight Meditation Bhante Bodhidhamma – “Vipassana Insight Meditation as Practiced in the Mahasi Tradition”
2024-05-18 Right Awareness 34:31
London Insight Meditation Bhante Bodhidhamma – “Vipassana Insight Meditation as Practiced in the Mahasi Tradition”
2024-05-18 Guided standing and sitting meditation 53:38
London Insight Meditation Bhante Bodhidhamma – “Vipassana Insight Meditation as Practiced in the Mahasi Tradition”
2024-05-04 Dharma Talk 43:28
What is ‘right awareness’ ? What takes us away from it ? What is it we are investigating ?
Gaia House Insight Meditation Retreat (Mahasi)
2022-07-18 Social Conditioning or Karma 13:53
Our social conditioning is a given, but even so we have to take responsibility for it and cleanse it any unwholesomeness.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-07-18 Need Sufficiency and Greed 18:01
With coming downturn in the economy around the world, fear and anxiety are boud to arise. We are attached to what we own and to oiur lifestyle. By contemplateing what we actually need at physical level and then to consider what we need at a social and personal, emotional level, a lot of the fear and anxiety can be undermined. Contemplating the Four Requisites of a monastic help to ground us.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-05-26 The Buddha and War. 23:19
The Buddha was involved in disputes and war in various ways. He gave the principles by which we shojld behave, but would not make decisions for us.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-05-10 Dependent Origination Revisited 44:26
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Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-05-01 Karma- Specific, Conditionality the Five Laws, ethical behaviour, social karma-Neoliberalism 53:24
date estimated - Forgot to say towards the end of this talk that since Neoliberalism is powered by greed, it is by nature insatiable. The investment in wealth and power will make it very difficult to change to a more socially based capitalism.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-04-18 Neoliberalism and Mindfulness 19:36
Not an economic critique, but looking at the basic moral attitude of greed/acquisitiveness and antagonistic competition and the consequences. And the role that Mindfulness, especially Mindfulness and Stress Reduction plays.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-03-21 Non-Violence is not Pacificism 16:07
Pacificism is an ideal, a concept placed opon reality and so can lead to unwise reaction. Non-violence is an attitude which may mean the use of force, but not violence which is force plus anger.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-03-04 DHP 314-317 From the Chapter on Hell 26:31
The Verses describe the sort of wrong understanding that leads to the lower realms and those that lead to happy realms. The Six Realms of Existance can also be takes as human states of mind that each of experinces at one time on another in our lives. But if there is moral justice, thre must be some way that our karma works out towards Nibbana.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2022-02-21 Sympathy Empathy and Compassion 17:25
What are main characterists of Sympathy, Emapthy and Compassion and what are their subtle corruptions? Is there a place for just sympathy?
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2022-02-04 Dhp 152 153 The Inner Critic 24:57
These two verses point to the hypocrite an d also suggest the Inner Critic and that we should attend to it.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2022-01-28 Ageing 18:47
Ageing is one of the 'Messemgers of the Gods' that woke the Buddha up to his spiritual journey. The others were Sickness, a Corpse and an ascetic sitting under a tree, suggesting there may be a way out suffering and rebirth.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2022-01-21 Apamado DHP 22 23 24 17:40
Apamado is a favourite word of the Buddha. It is in his last words: apamado sampadetha - Strive diligently for your liberation. An exporation of its meaning.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-12-20 Gratitude Generosity and Renunciation 12:31
There are Ten Perfection. I have centred on two: Generosiy and Renunciation. How with Gratitude they form a virtuous circle which can lead to liberation.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-12-20 Facets of a Love 14:30
LOve is a big subjects. I've taken a few qualities to look at
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2021-10-02 Pratique Metta 25:56
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2021-10-02 Ceremonie du The 6:29
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2021-10-02 Pratique debout pre enregistree PARTIE 2 consignes pratique marchee 29:17
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2021-10-02 Pratique debout pre enregistree PARTIE 1 30:25
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2021-10-02 Prise de refuge et preceptes 10:34
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2021-10-02 Intro 5:00
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2021-09-20 Kamma and Rebirth 17:25
What is not personal Karma and what is. What is the kamma that leads to liberation or continued becoming. How does Rebirth fit in. Kamma means acts and the results are properly called vipaka. Karma is now the popular word for results, your come-upance.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-09-10 The Axial Age and the Momentous Discovery of the Buddha 43:33
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2021-09-01 Dependent Orgination is based on Not-Knowing and Innocence 41:48
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2021-08-23 Dependent Origination and the Role of Desire and the Only Choice 15:13
A review of Dependent Origination, looking at the role of desire and where our choice lies, leading to liberation or continued unsatisfactoriness.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-07-26 Dukkha Unsatisfactoriness and Sila Morality and Ethics 25:23
Aplogies for the darkness, but hopefully the talk is engaging. Buddhist psychology is often termed a ethical psychology and this talk gives reasons why the Buddha was only interested in ethics and transcendence.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-07-24 Vita Quotidiana 1:11:09
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2021-07-24 Vita Quotidiana 1:11:09
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi
2021-07-09 Dhp 90 The Arahant 19:46
There are many ways the practice needed to become fully liberated, an Arahat. Here it by way of the Four Bonds (gantha).
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-07-02 Dhp 360 362 Restraint 21:48
Restraint is a word that has gone out of usage. Why restrain when the culture says more is best?
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2021-06-28 The NIne Qualities of the Buddha 22:49
May Full Moon is the day we celebrate the founder, exemplar and teacher of our religion. I thought to centre on the nine qualities that are chanted and which describe his qualities.
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2021-06-27 The Four Noble Truths 18:45
This the foundation of the Buddha's teaching. The crucial word here is dukkha - suffering, disatisfaction, pain etc.
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2021-06-25 Dhp 46 How to view the Body 18:59
The Body plays a crucial role in undemining our false view of self.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-06-13 Dhp 256 157 Judgmental v Judicious 17:56
These two verses are about the process of judging. It is something we are doing all the time whether of people, political parties, other countries and so on. So it is as well to remnd ourselves how we come to a just and correct judgements especially with all the fake news about. I made a mistake at the end quoting the Pali Dhammassa gutto which means Protector of the Dhamma/Law. I ought to have quoted Dhammattho, Standing in the Dhamma - Righteous.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-22 Dhp No4 Hatred is not pacified by hatred 16:00
This is probably the most famous of the verses in the Dhammapada proclaiming non-violence.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-22 Dhp Chapter 3 - verses 33 & 34 The Unruly Mind 17:19
The Buddha talks about the unruly mind. And in Sutta 20 of the Middle Length Discourses.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-22 Dhp 188 - 192 The Role of Confidence. 20:04
The role of confidence in our practice and the role of Taking the Three Refuges
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2021-05-22 Dhp 153 154 The Buddha's Victory Verses 17:19
These verses tell us what the kernal insight was that liberated the Bodhisatta as he sat beneath the Bodhi Tree.
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2021-05-22 Dhp 21 - 23 18:24
These three verses centre on the quality of Vigilance/Heedfulness. You can download a copy of the Tip here https://www.satipanya.org.uk/tip-o-the-day/#anchor75
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-22 Dhp 4 Hatred is not overcome with hatred! 18:03
Probably the most famous of the Dhammapada Verses declaring non-violence.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-22 Dhp 01 02 Mind is the forerunner 14:07
The Buddha makes it clear that ethically, what happens in the mind comes first, tehn it is expressed in what we say and do.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada
2021-05-10 The Mahasi Technique and What We Need to Understand to Practice Vipassana 46:43
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2021-05-01 Dependent Orignation and how all other importnant teachings are included 49:49
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2021-04-26 Saddha Confidence and Trust 8:49
A reminder of the Five Spiritual Faculties and the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, centring on Saddha - Confidence and Trust
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-04-11 Spanish Introduction - Refuges and Precepts, Standing ans Sitting Meditation 1:20:33
This introduction was given to the group in Madrid ans is my usual introduction to the Mahasi Method.
Satipanya Retreat Centre
2021-03-29 Gratitude Generosity Renunciation 18:03
According to the Commentaries this is apath to liberation!
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