Dhamma Talks
Overcoming Dullness And Doubt September 9, 2020
This talk reviews the last of the Unwholesome Cetasikas, those mind conditioners that are associated with dukkha, distress and confusion. The three reviewed here are sloth, torpor and doubt. Sloth and Torpor, among the five hindrances, conditions the mind towards...
Guided Brightening The Mind Meditation
This guided meditation focuses on cultivating alertness in the mind to counter the hindrance of sloth/torpor, a persistent state of dullness and disengaged attention in the mind. During the meditation, various suggestions are provided to foster persistent curiosity...
Working With The Aversion Mind Conditioners September 2, 2020
This talk continues a reviewing of the 52 cetasikas, conditioning factors of the mind; the focus of this talk is on four of the occasional or particular cetasikas, which only appear when circumstances permit. They are: aversion/ill-will, envy/jealousy,...
Guided Working With Aversion Meditation
During this meditation you will be provided with suggestions for using the neutrality of breath awareness to notice the physical characteristics of aversion and relate to the unpleasantness with calmness and equanimity, disregarding whatever the mind creates to reject...
The Unwholesomeness Of Desire August 26, 2020
This is another in a series of reviews of the cetasikas, categories within which are found those factors that condition the mind. The topic for this talk focuses on three of the Unwholesome Particular Cetasikas: Desire, Wrong View and Conceit. Each of the cetasikas...
Guided Understanding Desire Meditation
This training meditation cultivates clear awareness of the characteristics of desire: An initial pleasant feeling that, when not investigated wisely, quickly becomes craving and clinging--dukkha. During the recording there are intervals for cultivating mindfulness of...
The Universal Unwholesome Cetasikas August 19, 2020
Of the 52 Cetasikas, categories of mind conditioning factors, there are 14 that create the experience of distress and confusion that we call dukkha. This talk reviews the first four of these categories: Delusion/Ignorance, Shamelessness (The absence of shame or...
Guided Identifying Dukkha Meditation
This training meditation is intended to support the posted talk entitled "The Universal Unwholesome Cetasikas", and is meant to enhance the ability to investigate conditions in the mind that represent the presence and operation of the first four of the Unwholesome...
Guided Universal Mind Conditioners Meditation
This meditation is meant to accompany the August 5, 2020 talk that reviews the Universal Mind Conditioners. Suggestions are provided during the meditation to support increasing and direct awareness of the mind conditioners that participate in the fabrication in every...
Reviewing The Universal Mind Conditioners August 5, 2020
This talk reviews the first 7 of the 52 categories of mind conditioners called the cetasikas, part of Buddhist Abhidhamma (higher teachings). They are feeling, perception, contact, volition, concentration, vitality and attention. These factors in the self-formation...
