Becoming Buddha Cross River Meditation Center Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism
This is a recording from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Our Dhamma classes are streamed live on Tuesday evenings at 7:15 pm and Saturday mornings at 8:30 am Eastern Us Time.
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My Tuesday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is the second of three talks on meaning of becoming.
Even during the Buddha’s time, there was confusion regarding the meaning of becoming. In the Bhava Sutta, Ananda, the Buddha’s cousin and chief attendant asks for clarity:
“In this way karma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The consciousness of human beings rooted in ignorance and bound by craving is established in wrong view. Established in wrong view, (ignorance) renewed becoming is produced…"
Read this sutta here:
Bhava Sutta
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Fall 2019 Retreat Session Four: Magga-Vibhanga Sutta - Analysis Of Four Noble Truths
Fall 2019 Retreat Session Five: The Loka, Bhava, and Mula Suttas and the Atthakangara Sutta.
Fall 2019 Retreat Session Six: Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
Fall 2019 Retreat Session Seven: Anapanasati Sutta – The Buddha describes skillful and authentic Dhamma practice
Class 19 - Ending Fabrications Through Jhana - Rahogata Sutta - Vipassana, Introspective Insight November 5 2019
Class 18 - Vipallasa Sutta - Fabrications - Vipassana, Introspective Insight - November 2 2019
Class 17 - Sister Vajira Confronts Mara - Vajira Sutta- Vipassana, Introspective Insight October 29 2019
Class 16-2 The Lesser Discourse on Dukkha - The Cula-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta Talk Two - Vipassana, Introspective Insight - October 26 2019
Class 16-1 - The Lesser Discourse on Dukkha - The Cula-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta Talk One - Vipassana, Introspective Insight October 22 2019
Class 15-2- The Greater Discourse on Dukkha - The Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta Part Two - Vipassana, Introspective Insight- October 14 2019
Class 15 - The Greater Discourse on Dukkha - The Maha-Dukkhakkhandha Sutta Part One - Vipassana, Introspective Insight - October 12 2019
Class 14 - Vipassana, Introspective Insight - The Personal Experience Of Ignorance - Dukkha Sutta - October 8 2019
Class 13 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Three Trainings For Liberation - Sikkha Sutta - October 5 2019
Class 12 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Anatta Lakkhana Sutta - The Not-Self Characteristic - October 1 2019
Class 11 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Cittavagga - A Well Restrained Mind - September 28 2019
Class 10 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Nothing Personal - A Buddha’s Analysis Of Self - Dhatu-Vubhanga Sutta - September 24 2019
Class 9 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Becoming Explained - The Loka, Bhava, and Mula Suttas - September 21 2019
Class 8 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Analysis Of The Eightfold Path - Magga-Vibhanga Sutta - September 17 2019
Class 7 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Analysis of Four Noble Truths - The Sacca-Vibhanga Sutta- September 14 2019
Class 6 - Vipassana - Introspective Insight - Three Governing Principles For Vipassana - Adhipateyya Sutta - September 10 2019
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