In this session Luang Por provides suggestions on how to create an environment in the home, that is conducive to Dharma practice. He also suggests cultivating the 4 Divine abidings, of Metta (Loving kindness, Karuna (compassion), Mudita (sympathetic joy) and Upekkha (equanimity), in ones attitude to practice.
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The theme of this meditation session, is sustaining the quality of awareness. This awareness is of the nature of non-grasping, watchful and available. The underlying theme, is to be with “it is like this”. Welcoming whatever arises without aversion or clinging. Paying attention to the gap between thoughts. Listening to the silence. Practising in this way gives rise to Samma-Samadhi. Or “right” concentration. Which leads to “Right” Wisdom.
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Luang Por Focuses of the 3 kinds of desire. Sense desire, the desire to become, and the desire to avoid becoming. Desire is a natural phenomenon, and is necessary. But when it becomes entangled with craving it becomes a cause for suffering. By allowing whatever is in consciousness to arise and be seen. One becomes free from craving through insight. Free from forming narratives and stories. Seeing phenomenon just as they are. This is the aim of the “Arahant” project.
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In this session Luang por explores the “doubting” mind. The difference between enquiry and simple doubt. And how to investigate this. The session is followed by a Q & A.
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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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