Becoming Buddha Cross River Meditation Center Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
This is a live stream and recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on May 12, 2018. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time.
My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion will be on The Malunkyaputta Sutta. The Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta is another sutta where the Buddha is questioned regarding the “Great Existential Questions” that humanity has been seeking answers for since the beginning of time. The Buddha consistently refused to answer anything that would prove to be a distraction from the goal of the Eightfold Path, or would only reinforce ignorance of Four Noble Truths.
As Buddhism developed many of the accommodations and embellishments made to the Buddha’s teachings were done to provide answers to these questions. When looked at closely, and in the context of The Four Noble Truths, many of these questions have an underlying motive of establishing a permanent “self” in the physical realm or a non-physical realm.
“Malunkyaputta, did I ever tell you, or even imply, that my teaching would answer these questions, or that these questions deserve an answer?”
A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/malunkyaputta-sutta-staying-focused/
Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation.
An audio only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/
A video of our classes including a beginning Shamatha-Vipassana meditation is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/
Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/
If you find benefit from this talk please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/
Thank You. Peace.
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Therigatha & Theragatha - Poems From The Original Sangha Structured Study Class 5 Maha Khotita – Awakened Calm
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 9 Sallatha Sutta – Two Arrows and Self-Loathing
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 8 Kuta Sutta – Wise Restraint: A Good Roof
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 7 Girimananda Sutta – Wise Restraint Through Understanding
Therigatha & Theragatha - Poems From The Original Sangha Structured Study Class 4 Dhammika - Pure Protection
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 6 Saddhama Sutta – Wise Restraint and Distracting and Fabricated “Dharmas”
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 5 Karma Sutta – Acting To Awaken
Therigatha & Theragatha - Poems From The Original Sangha Study Class 3 Sumangala’s Mother - Freedom Through Jhana, Too
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 4 Adhipettaya Sutta – Three Governing Principles For Vipassana
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 3 Abaya Sutta – Right Speech and True Compassion
This sutta is also a part of our Therigatha & Theragatha - Poems From The Original Sangha Structured Study
Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 1 Dhatu-Vibhanga Sutta – A Buddha’s Analysis of Self
Therigatha & Theragatha - Poems From The Original Sangha Structured Study Class 1 Mitakali - A Nun’s Path Completed
Dukkha, Three Suttas (3) The Personal Experience of Dukkha - Dukkha Sutta
Maha-Dukkhakandha Sutta, The Greater Discourse on Dukkha
Vitakkasanthana Sutta - Refined Mindfulness
Cula-Dukkhakandha Sutta, The Lesser Discourse on Dukkha
Upadha Sutta - An Admirable Sangha
Bhaddekaratta Sutta - An Auspicious Day
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