This talk reviews what the early texts say about samādhi 'concentration', much of which may surprise you. This talk was originally presented on July 2, 2023 broadcast from Minnesota via Zoom to the English Dharma Group at Jade Temple in Houston Texas. (February 2, 2024)
Unmasking the world
Whose body and mind?
Seclusion, Samādhi and Jhāna
Observables and their contingencies
Introduction to Satipatthana Rethought
Contemplations of non-self
On Buddhist ethics
Was the Buddha a biologist?
What is the Buddha-Sasana?
A history of emptiness
The Buddha’s Method 2/2: insubstantial and conditional
The Buddha’s Method 1/2: practical and subjective
What did the Buddha think of women?(2/2)
What did the Buddha think of women? (1/2)
The four noble truths
The seven awakening factors
The sixfold sphere
The five aggregates
The five hindrances
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