Propound Contentment - Sukhavagga - Dhammapada Structured Study Class 15 - October 13, 2020

This is a recording from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Our Dhamma classes are streamed live on Tuesday evenings at 7:15 pm and Saturday mornings at 8:30 am Eastern Us Time. 

 

If you find benefit from this talk and to support  future recordings and the continued restoration, preservation, and presentation of the Buddha's Dhamma, please consider a donation: Support John and B ecoming-Buddha.com

 

My Tuesday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion continue our structured study of the Dhammapada with this class chapter on the Sukhavagga.

Sukkha is a state of profound contentment. The Buddha taught that Dukkha, the state of ongoing confusion, deluded thinking, and ongoing disappointing and unsatisfying experiences is rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths. In this chapter the Buddha compares the profound contentment established through developing the Eightfold Path to those whose minds are ignorant of Four Noble Truths and the suffering that follows.

As with the Buddha’s entire Dhamma, this chapter’s relevance to current events is remarkable:

"The wise live content within a hostile world. Within a hostile world, the wise remain free of hatred…"

 

Read this class chapter here:
Dhammapada Structured Study

 

Each Dhamma class will have a Jhana meditation session followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion. We conclude with mindfulness of Metta.

My talks and classes can be joined live:

• Through your web browse: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079
• Through your Android device here: Zoom Android App
• Through your IOS device here: Zoom IOS Ap

 

My video archive has over 600 videos, and my audio archive has over 700 audio recordings.

 

New audio and video recordings are posted typically within twenty-four hours post-class:

• Podcast/Audio Archive (700+ Audio Recordings)
• Video Archive (600+ Video Recordings)

If you are subscribed to my Podcast on Podbean or iTunes, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted.

 

To schedule private individual or group Dhamma instruction via video-conference, please  Email John

 

The goggles I am wearing are Irisvision low-vision aid that helps with macular degeneration and other eye diseases. Please feel free to contact me if you would like more information.

Thank You. Peace.