Buddha-Sasana

Becoming: being someone

Becoming is a twofold process: (1) growing our phenomenal world, our world of experience, and (2) developing a personality within that world, becoming someone. Today we learn what it means to be someone. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/  (DC 6)

Birth: the middle way

Rebirth in Buddhism is a middle way between annihilation at death and eternal life, presuming there is nothing to be reborn. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/  (DC 5)

Birth: the imperative of samsara

Birth after birth keeps us spinning around in this mass of suffering. Although rebirth is rather obscure, framing our practice in this way gives urgency and depth to our practice. These talks on Dependent Co-Arising supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/  (DC 4)

This mass of suffering: conditionality

Conditionality relates craving to suffering and each of the twelve links of dependent co-arising to its neighbors. We also provide a quick description of each of twelve links. These talks supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DCA 3)

This mass of suffering: the human pathology

Dependent co-arising accounts for our pervasive dissatisfaction and sense of lack. We would not come to Buddhism if we lived in perpetual bliss. Here we review the many forms of human suffering and introduce the four noble truths. These talks supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DCA 2)

Dependent co-arising: introduction

The human pathology is that we presume a world that is impossible to live in in any satisfactory way. In the twelve links of dependent co-arising are the Buddha's most comprehensive teaching, in which he explores from a cognitive perspective: our presumptions, how they arise, how they afflict us, and what happens when we let go of them. This is the first in a long series of talks about which the Buddha said, "Whoever sees dependent co-arising sees the Dhamma." These talks supplement a text available as a pdf at: sitagu.org/shortlinks/coarising/ (DCA 1)

Refuge (2/2)

We finish looking at what the earliest texts tell us about the the practice of refuge in Buddhism. This continues a series of talks on "Buddhist Life," Information about this series can be found at sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/. (BL12)

Refuge (1/2)

We begin looking at what the earliest texts tell us about the the practice of refuge in Buddhism. This continues a series of talks on "Buddhist Life," Information about this series can be found at sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/. (BL11)

Harmony (2/2)

We finish looking at what the earliest texts tell us about the the practice of harmony in Buddhism. This continues a series of talks on "Buddhist Life," Information about this series can be found at sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/. (BL10)

Harmony (1/2)

We begin looking at what the earliest texts tell us about the the practice of harmony in Buddhism. This continues a series of talks on "Buddhist Life," Information about this series can be found at sitagu.org/shortlinks/lifepath/. (BL9)