Buddha-Sasana

Awakening: how to do it

We finish looking at the fetters, in particular those that are lost only by the awakened and summarize the practice toward awakening. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 18, 12/03/2021)

Awakening: when conditions stop arising

We get an idea of the psychology of spritual attainment in terms of the collapse of the chain of dependent coarising and the loss of the ten fetters. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 17, 11/26/2021)

Awakening: cosmology and psychology

Awakening is generally regarded as ineffable, beyond words, like describing sight to the blind. Nonetheless, there are a number of perspectives that help us to gain some conceptual understanding, and also to track our progress toward awakening.. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 16, 11/19/2021)

Dependent coarising: getting attached to things

What we presume gets us into trouble, particularly we get attached to the things we presume. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 15, 11/12/2021)

Dependent coarising: misconceptualizing the world

We talk about the other conceptual factors that work with consciousness to produce the way we misconceptualize the world. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 14, 11/5/2021)

Dependent coarising: how our minds get entangled

We take a quick tour of the twelve factors of dependent coarising, which the Buddha equated with the Dhamma itself, and look at the critical role of consciousness. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/ (Buddhist Path, talk 13, 10/29/2021)

Cultivation: the birth of insight

We will discuss how the cultivation factors work to deepen wisdom, which is both the beginning and end of Buddhist practice on the path. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 12, 10/22/2021)

Cultivation: concentration

We talk about the final factor on the noble eightfold path: right concentration. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 11, 10/15/2021)

Cultivation: effort and mindfulnes

We talk about the path factors of right effort and right mindfulness. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 10, 10/8/2021)

Virtue: ending karma, practicing virtue

We talk about a subtle aspect of karma: with full awakening there is activity in the world, but no karma! Then we will say some things about practicing virtue in our lives. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 9, 10/1/2021)