∞ Meditation Course Week 4 Beautiful Mind Rojana Center, Bangkok, 2017 Video and transcript from the meditation course this year – fourth part Part of the reason for posting the full transcript is to make the video searchable by content – … Continue reading →
∞ Meditation Course Week 3 Samatha-Vipassana Rojana Center, Bangkok, 2017 Video and transcript from the meditation course this year. Part of the reason for posting the full transcript is to make it searchable by content – i.e. for most videos … Continue reading →
∈∋ Notes and Video week one of the 2017 Meditation Course THE MIND IS A MACHINE Feb-March 2017 This is the recording from our first session in this year’s meditation course. Video editing takes a long time, so we’ll be … Continue reading →
⇓ 20 YEARS A SIAMESE MONK Ordination in 1996 20 years a Buddhist monk! In 1996 I came to Thailand with the express intention of ordaining as a Buddhist monk. Here’s how I looked on my passport … handsome fellow … Continue reading →
⊂∴⊃ DHARMA ELEMENTS Talk from 2015, Bangkok Many people have read or listened to many of the teachings in Buddhism, but rarely are they all put together in context. Hopefully, this talk addressed the issue. Be sure to show … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Eight 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Samadhi: Phra Pandit Regrets He’s Unable to Lunch Today There was once a King who took his army into battle and won. Entering the enemy’s palace he told his soldiers tht whatever … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Seven 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Dhyana: The Glass of Mountains I hope these notes are helpful for some of you. Writing a 2500 word essay every week, when I was at school, was not easy! There will … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Six 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Dharana: Baby, Baby Fish No one asked me about the title for this talk. But it should become clear. Over the last month I have come to really love the Yoga Sutras. Sometimes … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Five 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Pratyahara : The Dark Side of the Mirror So to recap – in week one we started with the hardest sell – good behaviour (I still don’t want to say ‘morality’). It is … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Four 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Pranayama : Self Meditation Breath meditation is a staple of all contemplative traditions. On the one hand I meet wannabe philosophers who only want to talk about things like non-duality. On the … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Three 2015 Dhamma Talk Series Asana: The Diet of Worms This year’s series is going well so far. The next talk is SELF MEDITATION Thurs. Oct 1st– which in case you did not get it, is a … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk Two 2015 Dhamma Talk Series @ Rojana Center, Asoke 6:30-8:20pm Despite the terrible rain, 75+ people waded and swam their way to the talk. Someone called it a ‘soggy sangha’. Others turned back in the deadlocked … Continue reading →
∇∇∇∇∇ Notes on Talk One 2015 Dhamma Talk Series @ Rojana Center, Asoke 6:30-8:20pm Below find the notes from the first talk – for those who would like to follow up on any of the subjects touched upon there are … Continue reading →
〈Δ〉 Notes for talk seven in the 2014 dhamma talk series, You Don’t Even Need Yoga Pants. Each week during the Rains Retreat Series of Talks in Bangkok the notes will be published. If anything is mentioned during the session that needs clarification … Continue reading →
〈Δ〉 Notes for talk three in the 2014 dhamma talk series Not Thinking Inside the Box Each week during the Rains Retreat Series of Talks the notes will be published. If anything is mentioned during the session that needs clarification or … Continue reading →
〈Δ〉 Notes for talk two in the 2014 dhamma talk series The Feed Forward Loop Each week during the Rains Retreat Series of Talks the notes will be published. If anything is mentioned during the session that needs clarification or links … Continue reading →
〈Δ〉 Notes for talk one in the 2014 dhamma talk series Meditate Because You Want To Each week during the Rains Retreat Series of Talks the notes will be published. If anything is mentioned during the session that needs clarification … Continue reading →
〈Δ〉 Notes for talk four in the 2014 dhamma talk series The Incompleteness Theorem Each week during the Rains Retreat Series of Talks the notes will be published. If anything is mentioned during the session that needs clarification or links for … Continue reading →
Notes on ‘Taking a Moment’ – fourth dhamma talk in the 2011 Dhamma Talk Series: The Dance of Emptiness. Talks kindly hosted by the Dance Centre, School of Performing Arts, Sukhumvit 24, Bangkok. Below are notes, quotes, links – in … Continue reading →
Notes on the Dhamma Talk ‘Evolution of Mind States’ (Pandit Bhikkhu) at the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives December 2010 _______________________________ We can start by looking at the mind as you meditate. For most people, the mind wanders away continually from the meditation … Continue reading →
