Dhamma Talks
Deerhaven 2020 Retreat 2nd Night Overcoming The Hindrances
In order to realize the potential of vipassana practice, one must first identify the presence and effects of the Five Hindrances and cultivate ways to set them aside, cultivating Samadhi/Passadhi, Stable Attention/Tranquility. The Hindrances were reviewed with an...
Deerhaven 2020 Retreat 1st Night The Three Refuges
During this talk, Peter explained the value of each generation's sincere investigation of what are called the Three Refuges: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha in the context of current societal conditioning. We do not live in a culture that largely supports monastic life,...
Deerhaven 2020 3rd Night The Five Aggregates
The Panca Khandha, the Five Aggregates of Clinging, represents an important concept regarding how to "deconstruct" the view that there is an enduring and autonomous self. Investigating the presence and effect of the Five Aggregates is an important practice in the...
Mindful Clear Comprehension March 4 2020
This talk is part of the review of part of the First Foundation of Mindfulness, Mindfulness of the Body, specifically sati sampajanna, mindful clear comprehension. Peter read quotes from the Satipatthana Sutta regarding how a meditator is to apply mindfulness in all...
Satipatthana Review February 26 2020
This is the first of a long series of in-depth reviews of the Satipatthana Sutta, known as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse. Peter is using several of the books on this topic written by the German Theravadin Monk Analayo on the Sutta, including...
Working With Karma February 19 2020
This talk focuses on what is probably the most frequently used Buddhist term karma, which is often misunderstood. During the talk Peter explained the various complexities of this term that the Buddha described as "only understood fully by an Arahant". Other terms...
Working With Clinging February 12 2020
This talk concludes two focused on the elements of Dukkha, craving and clinging; the talk on tanha, craving,was posted on February 6. Peter described the term Upadana as basically meaning fuel or nutriment, that which feeds the selfing process. Upadana is the...
Working With Craving February 5 2020
This is the first of two talks on the primary causes of Dukkha, tanha (craving) and upadana (clinging). Tanha is typically translated as thirst, an unquenchable desire, either for pleasant feeling to persist or for unpleasant feeling to be eliminated. Peter talked...
Working With Dukkha January 29 2020
This talk focuses on the third topic of a series on the Three Characteristics: Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta. Dukkha is the manifestation of craving and clinging to the misconception that there is an enduring and autonomous self. This topical focus is represented by the...
Working With Selflessness January 22 2020
This is the second talk in a series investigating some key characteristics of Buddhist practice, focusing on Anatta, (Ah-nah-tah), the absence of an enduring and autonomous self. During the talk, Peter read excerpts from various Suttas that described the Buddha’s...
