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Listen to or Download Dharma Talks for Free
For descriptions of dharma talks, please see below. 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. You can also purchase CDs from our Books / CDs page.
The 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.
You can also download our most recent talks from the Forest Refuge retreat in July 2008, at no charge, by visiting www.DharmaSeed.org. You can find all four talks under both of our names in the "Teachers" section. The titles of the talks are:
For descriptions of dharma talks, please see below. 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. You can also purchase CDs from our Books / CDs page.
The 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.
You can also download our most recent talks from the Forest Refuge retreat in July 2008, at no charge, by visiting 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
Dharma Talk #1 (January 9, 2008)--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. From the Monthly Practice Group, January 2008. Click on the "Jhana Session 1" hotlink below to listen or download. 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. From the Monthly Practice Group, January 2008. Click on the "Jhana Session 1" hotlink below to listen or download. 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 listen to or download Jhana Talk #1--Overview of the Jhana Practice
Click here to download the Practice Chart that accompanies this talk
Dharma Talk #2 (February 13, 2008)--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. From the Monthly Practice Group, February 2008.
Length of talk: 48 minutes
File size: 33 MB
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. From the Monthly Practice Group, February 2008.
Length of talk: 48 minutes
File size: 33 MB
Dharma Talk #3 (March 12, 2008)--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. From the Monthly Practice Group, March 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 14 minutes
File size: 50.7 MB
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. From the Monthly Practice Group, March 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 14 minutes
File size: 50.7 MB
Click here to listen to or download Jhana Talk #3--Jhana Factors, Hindrances and Purification
Click here to download the Jhana Factors / Hindrances Chart that accompanies this talk
Dharma Talk #4 (April 9, 2008)--Effort
Includes: intention; surrender; persistence; Yin and Yang; meditation instructions; and Q&A. From the Monthly Practice Group, April 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 22 minutes
File size: 56.3 MB
Includes: intention; surrender; persistence; Yin and Yang; meditation instructions; and Q&A. From the Monthly Practice Group, April 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 22 minutes
File size: 56.3 MB
Click here to listen to or download Jhana Talk #4--Effort
Dharma Talk #5 (May 14, 2008)--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. From the Monthly Practice Group, May 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 9 minutes
File size: 47.3 MB
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. From the Monthly Practice Group, May 2008.
Length of talk: 1 hour, 9 minutes
File size: 47.3 MB
Click here to listen to or download Jhana Talk #5--Actions That Support Practice
Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw of Burma
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