Buddha-Sasana

Virtue: livelihood and karma

We look at the fifth factor on the noble eightfold path, and then look at virtue in therms of karma. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 8, 9/24/2021)

Virtue: right speech and right action

We look at the third and fourth factors on the noble eightfold path. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 7, 9/17/2021)

Wisdom: relief from suffering

We see how the human condition is disentabled by dispelling the conditions of suffering. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 6, 09/10/2021)

Wisdom: the causes of sufferin

Suffering comes to characterize the world as we experience it by arising from conditions. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (Buddhist Path, talk 5, 09/03/2021)

Wisdom: the world as we experience it.

Wisdom is what we need to know for practice. Both wisdom and practice concern the world as we experience it. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (talk 4, 08/27/2021)

Higher training: the stream enterer

We talk about how one becomes a stream enterer and summarize the path of higher training. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (talk 3)

Higher training: ethics and beyond

We continue our first-pass overview of the higher training as we consider how the noble eightfold path is primarily a path of ethics, and we will introduce the concept of the stream enterer, the trainee, who possesses the ideal qualities to embark on the noble eightfold path. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (talk 2)

Higher training: the path in brief

In this series of talks we want to look at the noble eightfold path in detail, the eight bullet points of advanced Buddhist practice. This first talk provides a quick overview. These talks on the Buddhist Path supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/  (talk 1)

The Buddha's Method: insubstantial and conditional

The Buddha's methodology furthermore involves regarding the world as both insubstantial and conditional. (1/2)

The Buddha's Method: practical and subjective

The Buddha clarifies an explicit methodology which is nonetheless often overlooked by students of the Dharma. Much of this has to do with the practical and experiential orientation of the Dharma. (1 of 2)