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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20 Minute Guided Jhana Meditation
30 Minute Guided Jhana Meditation
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Jhana Meditation Review Class 31: Nothing Personal – A Buddha’s Analysis of Self – Dhatu-Vibhanga Sutta 110423
Jhana Meditation Review Class 30: Yasa Sutta, Freedom from Entanglements 102823
Jhana Meditation Review Class 29: Samadhanga Sutta, Five Factors of Concentration102323
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 1 W/DT John Haspel The Breath In The Body 102023
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 2 W/DT Brian Daugherty Mindfulness Of Feelings, Thoughts, Present Quality Of Mind 102123
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 3 W/DT John Haspel Mindfulness Of Hindrances And The Five Aggregates 102123
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 4 W/DT Mary Allen Mindfulness Of The Six-Sense-Base 102123
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 5 W/DT Ram Manders Mindfulness Of The Seven Factors Of Awakening 102223
Satipatthana Sutta – Four Foundations of (Refined) Mindfulness Retreat Session 6 W/DT David Allen Mindfulness Of The Four Noble Truths, The Effectiveness Of The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 102223
Jhana Meditation Review Class 28: Anapanasati Sutta, An example Of Skillful and Effective Dhamma Practice Part Five 101723
Jhana Meditation Review Class 27: Anapanasati Sutta, An example Of Skillful and Effective Dhamma Practice Part Four 101423
Jhana Meditation Review Class 26: Anapanasati Sutta, An example Of Skillful and Effective Dhamma Practice Part Three 100923
Jhana Meditation Review Class 25: Anapanasati Sutta, An example Of Skillful and Effective Dhamma Practice Part Two 100623
Jhana Meditation Review Class 24, Anapanasati Sutta, An example Of Skillful and Effective Dhamma Practice Part One 100123
Jhana Meditation Review Class 23: Sumangala, Freedom Through Jhana | Sumangala’s Mother, Freedom Through Jhana, Too 092923
Jhana Meditation Review Class 22 Avarana & Nirvana Suttas, Common Hindrances To Refined Mindfulness 092623
Jhana Meditation Review Class 21 Jambali Sutta, The Wastewater Pool 092323
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