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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 Jul 21, 2023
The satipaṭṭhāna in developing right view
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
The correspondence of the fourth satipaṭṭhāna with both the five stages of liberation and the seven factors of awakening make the role of satipaṭṭhāna in developing right view clear, as well as the open-endedness of the Dhamma teachings examined in the fourth satipaṭṭhāna. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 3, 7/21/2023)
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Aspects of Satipatthana
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
We continue by looking at two more representative exercises, reviewing the conclusion of the sutta and reviewing the corresponding texts in the Pali and Chinese traditions. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 2, 7/14/2023)
Friday Jul 07, 2023
A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
We begin a first pass of this important tutorial, identifying the satipaṭṭhāna method that supports the satipaṭṭhāna contemplative practice and see how the exercises are structured. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 1, 7/7/2023)
Friday Jun 30, 2023
How samadhi leads to liberation
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
We look at the oft overlooked qualities of silent cognition (effortless attention) in explaining how samādhi leads to gnosis and vision. (The Miracle of Samādhi 4, 6/30/2023)
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Higher jhanas and fruits
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
The absence of discursive thought in the second jhana is characteristic of effortless attention in cognitive science, which in turn is characteristic (perhaps counter-intuitively) of expert-level skill or virtuosity. This seem to be why samadhi produces the fruits attributed to it. (The Miracle of Samādhi 3, 6/23/2023)
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Unhindered, composed and embodied
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Entering the jhānas involves a mind that lets go of hindrances, becomes one-centered and finally stills discursive thought. (The Miracle of Samādhi 2, 6/16/2023)
Friday Jun 09, 2023
The miracle of samādhi
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Samādhi brings joy and leads to knowledge and vision. It also arises spontaneously without effort. (The Miracle of Samādhi 1, 6/9/2023)
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Right proficiency
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
We will see that sammāsati (what others call “right mindfulness”) is the application of the satipatthana method for achieving and acquiring virtuosity in the other path practices. (The Satipatthana Method 4, 6/2/2023)
Friday May 26, 2023
Training in the satipattana method
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
We look at how the application to everyday, non-Dhammic practices are utilized for training in the Buddhist art of skillfulness itself. (The Satipatthana Method 3, 5/26/2023)
Friday May 19, 2023
Proficiency-comprehension
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
Proficiency-comprehension (satisampajañña) is a ubiquitous human cognitive faculty that is developed and cultivated to become the satipaṭṭhāna method. (The Satipatthana Method 2, 5/19/2023)