Dhamma Talks
Deerhaven 2015 Fifth Night Dhamma Talk
During this dhamma talk, Peter described paticca sammupada, typically translated as dependent origination. Peter expressed a different view of this concept, calling the process contingent provisional emergence. This contemporary view applies understandings derived...
Deerhaven 2015 Fourth Night Dhamma Talk
During the fourth night talk, Peter described the "mind conditioners" that the Anapanasati Sutta trains to calm with mindfulness of breathing. He described the 14 wholesome conditioners, with particular attention to the "beautiful pairs" of conditioners (describing...
Deerhaven 2015 Third Night Dhamma Talk
During this talk, Peter described the Five Hindrances, the primary afflictions that distort our perceptions about reality. They are sense desire, aversion and ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, and skeptical doubt. Peter described how, in the...
Deerhaven 2015 Second Night Dhamma Talk
During this talk, Peter read passages of the Anapanasati Sutta, the discourse on the practice of mindfulness of breathing. The passages referred to provide training for cultivating vitakka and vicara, aiming attention at the breath and sustaining that awareness. ...
Deerhaven First Night Dhamma Talk
During this talk, Peter spoke of the Buddhist tradition of the three refuges, Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, from a contemporary setting. Taking refuge means to allow the structure of the retreat to support the cultivation of mindfulness from waking up until sleeping. ...
Deerhaven 2015 Post Retreat Reviews
This meeting involved a review by some of the participants in the nine day retreat from March 13 to the 22nd. First Peter reviewed the structure of the course, which blended practices found in the Anapanasati Sutta (mindfulness of breathing discourse) and the...
Beautiful Pairs Of Mind Conditioners
During this dhamma dialogue, Peter completed the review of the 52 cetasikas (mind conditioners), in order to clarify the meaning of "calming the mind conditioners" in the Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing Discourse). The focus was on the "six beautiful...
Universal Wholesome Mind Conditioners
This is the first of two discussions about the wholesome cetasikas, the mind conditioners that foster the process of awakening. The seven factors are confidence, mindfulness, wholesome conscience, fear of consequences (respect for karma), non-attachment, non-aversion...
The Unwholesome Mind Conditioners
This talk continues the exploration of the section of the Anapanasati Sutta that refers to "...sensitive to the mind conditioners...calming the mind conditioners". The focus of tonight's discussion are the 14 unwholesome mind conditioners. During the dialogues,...
Universal and Occasional Mind Conditioners
This talk continues the exploration of the Anapanasati Sutta. The topic this week is "...sensitive to the mind fabrications...calming the mind fabrications", regarding the cetasikas, the categorically listed functions of the mind. Specific attention was given to the...
