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This podcast consists of Dharma talks given by Bhikkhu Cintita of the Sitagu Monastery in Austin, TX. Each talk illuminates some aspect of the Buddha's teachings. Bhikkhu Cintita (or "BC") is an American-born, Burmese-ordained monk in the Theravada tradition and a former Zen priest. Before that he was a professor and corporate researcher in cognitive science and artificial intelligence. He has written five books on Buddhism and is always working on another.
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Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
The sixfold sphere turns the issue of "out there," into how do we think we know what is going on "out there." These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 15)
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
There is a basis for questioning how accurately what we contact reflects what is really "out there." These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 15)
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Contact is the relation of subject ('me") to object (something substantial "out there"). Unquestioned, it leasds to suffering. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 14)
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Feeling easily spins out int mental proliferation. However, neutral feelings are cultivated bring about meditative states These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 13)
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Feelings are our immediate evaluation of the world, thumbs up or thumbs down. They have a rickety relation to human motivation. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
We discuss seeking behavior, craving for becoming and how we limit or even eliminate our impluse to crave. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 11)
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Craving plays a central role among the twelve links, directly implicated in craving, in how we fashion our experiental world and in human action. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 10)
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
We talk about contemplations that help us release what we have attached to as me and mine, in order to limit and ultimate eliminate appropriatio. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 9)
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Appropriating things as me and mine is how we develop a personality within the experiential world. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/. (DC 6)
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Last week we looked at developing a personality in the world. Today we look at the mechanics of growing our world of experience and see how our personality shapes a self-centered world. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DC 7)