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Another zoom Dhamma session, Luang Por Viradhammo, staying with the theme of the Arahant vs Boddhisattva project, explores the connotation of the term Metta, as love. He starts by examining the definition of the term “enlightenment”, by Sri Nisargadatta. Which speaks of a profound silence, with a pervasive sense of peace, and goodwill towards all things. How can we bring this sense of “Love” into all that we do. Without bringing in concepts of love, as the thinking mind likes to do. This is followed by a Q and A session from participants.

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In this meditation session Luang Por gives instructions on using the body as an object of meditation. Stilling to a point where one notices bodily sensations arising and passing. And then posing the question. Who knows this arising and passing. Allowing a connection to the Citta.

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In this zoom session Luang Por makes the distinction between the created and the uncreated. How each has its place.” Being human, we are in a play, where we are actors, directors, script writers.. and also the audience or the witness. The teaching encourages us to look beyond that which is created.. To the unconditioned uncreated, un-originated, Nibanna quality.

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Luang Por explores right understanding. The linguistic nuance of “right view” vs “right understanding”. Understanding implies “knowing things as they are”. Using Ajahn Sumedho’s Phrase: “It is like this”.
This feeds into depend origination in that once one understands how it is. Then one can go about deconstructing the phenomena to understand how suffering arises.
This is followed by a & & A session.
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Following on from the Dhamma talk from the zoom session. Luang Por addresses questions from the audience pertaining to Dhamma and the practice.

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Luang por discusses the role of faith in developing right understanding. This is followed by a Q&A session.
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This session includes a guided meditation. Luang Por begines by talking about strategies to deal with sleepiness. Using techniques from Yoga to induce wakefulness. This is followed by a silent meditation. The sessions ends with instructions on walking meditation.
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Staying with theme of “Love”. Luang Por explores “Love” in the context of the Brahma-viharas. Or the 4 divine abidings.
Loving Kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.
That when love arises spontaneously from the heart, rather than a mind based thought. Then there is no effort required. It just is, the way it is.
He cites the line from the Metta sutta:
“Just as a mother protects her child her only child, so with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings”. _ A mother does not have to wake up each morning and put forth effort to do this. it just “is”.
– Exploring that quality of inherent love.

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In this session, Luang Por begins with a meditation, focusing on Metta Bhavana. This is followed by a Dhamma talk, where, stepping out of the narrative of the self, and coming into the Citta is explored. The session ends with a Q&A session.

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Luang Por Viradhammo, talks about skillfully dealing with the emotion of fear. Using the quality of the heart to find ground, when fear strikes. The session is followed by questions on how to deal with other aversion based states such as anger and hared.

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