Becoming Buddha Cross River Meditation Center Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
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.
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The goggles I am wearing are Irisvision low-vision aid that helps with macular degeneration and other eye diseases.
My Tuesday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is first of two classes on common Hindrances To Awakening. This talk is on the Avarana Sutta. The Buddha taught that to develop Jhana – a well-concentrated mind – mindfulness of five specific hindrances is imperative to recognize and on them. It is the concentration developed in Jhana meditation that can then support the refined mindfulness necessary to integrate and develop the Eightfold Path as the framework for Dhamma practice.
“In order to abandon these five hindrances, the wise Dhamma practitioner should develop the Four Foundations Of Mindfulness, the Four Frames Of Reference...” (Look For Class 21-1 linked below))
All Local Knowledge - Uncommon Dhama Structured Study sutras and schedule are here: Local Knowledge - Uncommon Dhama 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.
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Wise Restraint Structured Study Class 11 Upadha Sutta – An Admirable Sangha
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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