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Listen to or Download Dharma Talks for Free
For descriptions of dharma talks, please see below.
For descriptions of dharma talks, please see below.
The Monthly Sitting Group talks are also available via the PaAuk.org website. To download
them there, go to the hotlink on the Jhanas Practice Group flyer and find the appropriate date under the section "Audio
Recordings." Each talk has a hotlink by date.
Theravada Dhamma Society Talk at the Request of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw
In November, 2009, we were invited by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw to give a talk to the
Theravada Dhamma Society, a Burmese Buddhist community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Below is a hotlink to the talk in two
parts (as the talk was 2 hours long.) This talk is a good condensed overview of the samatha practice as it is presented
in the lineage of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw.
- Samatha Practice Overview Part 1 (click here: http://www.archive.org/details/TinaRasmussenAndStephenSnyderTdsDharmaTalkPart1)
- Samatha Practice Overview Part 2 (click here: http://www.archive.org/details/StephenSnyderAndTinaRasmussenTdsDharmaTalkPart2)
Buddhist Geeks Interview
We were recently interviewed by Vince Horn at www.BuddhistGeeks.com. It was a lot of fun talking with Vince about the "Jedi Warrior Training"
the yogis described experiencing at the New Years 2009 retreat. Click here for the general podcast site, or on the hotlinks
below for specific talks. There are two parts to the interview:
Dharma Seed Talks from Forest
Refuge Retreat
To download our talks from the Forest Refuge retreat in July 2008 at no charge / for dana, visit www.DharmaSeed.org. You can find all four talks under both of our names in the "Teachers" section. The titles of the talks are:
To download our talks from the Forest Refuge retreat in July 2008 at no charge / for dana, visit www.DharmaSeed.org. You can find all four talks under both of our names in the "Teachers" section. The titles of the talks are:
- Talk #1: What is the jhana practice?
- Talk #2: Skillful effort from "first sit" to first jhana
- Talk #3: Am I going to get jhana?
- Talk #4: The four elements practice; the Buddha as our role model
Monthly Practice Group Dharma Talks
These talks, recorded at the January-May, 2008 monthly sitting group, describe
the jhana meditation practice as presented in the tradition of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw. This samatha practice leads to purification
of mind and the development of powerful concentration that can lessen suffering and and increase the joy of being. To listen or download in MP3 format, please click on the hotlink below each talk, which will take you to the Archive.com website
where these talks are stored. The talks build on each other, so it is helpful to listen to them in the order they were presented.
Talk
#1--Overview of the Jhana Practice
Includes: The three stages of practice (Sila, Samatha, Vipassana); The Buddha's practice of the jhanas; Why do this practice?; and an overview of the path of practice as taught by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw; meditation instructions. Please also download the accompanying Practice Chart from the hotlink below, which accompanies the audio.
Length of talk: 43 minutes
File size: 29.3 MB
Includes: The three stages of practice (Sila, Samatha, Vipassana); The Buddha's practice of the jhanas; Why do this practice?; and an overview of the path of practice as taught by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw; meditation instructions. Please also download the accompanying Practice Chart from the hotlink below, which accompanies the audio.
Length of talk: 43 minutes
File size: 29.3 MB
Click here to download the Practice Chart that accompanies this talk
Talk #2--The Three Types of Concentration, and the Territory from
the First Sit to First Jhana
Includes: What is concentration? The three types of concentration (momentary, access and absorption) and the differences between them; the progression of practice from your first sitting all the way through entering first jhana; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Includes: What is concentration? The three types of concentration (momentary, access and absorption) and the differences between them; the progression of practice from your first sitting all the way through entering first jhana; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Length
of talk: 48 minutes
File size: 33 MB
File size: 33 MB
Talk #3--How the Jhana Factors Neutralize the Hindrances, and
Concentration Practice as Purification of MInd
Includes: Jhana factors overview; how hindrances relate to jhana factors; the role of sila / wholesomeness in this practice; how concentration practice leads to purification of mind; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Includes: Jhana factors overview; how hindrances relate to jhana factors; the role of sila / wholesomeness in this practice; how concentration practice leads to purification of mind; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 14 minutes
File size: 50.7 MB
File size: 50.7 MB
Click here to download the Jhana Factors / Hindrances Chart that accompanies this talk
Talk #4--Skillful Effort
Includes: intention; surrender; persistence; Yin and Yang; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Includes: intention; surrender; persistence; Yin and Yang; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Length of
talk: 1 hour, 22 minutes
File size: 56.3 MB
File size: 56.3 MB
Talk #5--Actions that Support Practice; The Five Jhana Masteries;
"Psychic Powers"
Includes: silence, breathing, timing, resolves; the masteries required in completing a jhana and moving on to the next; and what is meant by "psychic powers" and whether they are necessary; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Includes: silence, breathing, timing, resolves; the masteries required in completing a jhana and moving on to the next; and what is meant by "psychic powers" and whether they are necessary; meditation instructions; and Q&A.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 9 minutes
File size: 47.3 MB
File size: 47.3 MB
Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw of Burma
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