RETREAT

RETREAT

THE THIRD DHAMMA SUKHA ONLINE RETREAT

29-Jul-06 - 06-Aug-06

brought to you by the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center and Bhante Vimalaramsi

GUIDELINES

1. You will be asked to agree to keep the BASIC precepts, link posted below, but also please do not listen to music and refrain from other entertainment (TV, RADIO, BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, etc.) for the duration of the retreat. Please put your attention into the meditation for real. We realize you will probably keep working and going to school and such and that’s fine. We can talk about how to do the practice there as we go along. You will be learning engaged Buddhism for real.

2. Download the instructions as linked in the PRE RETREAT section below.

3. Next, you listen to the instructions and begin doing your meditation. If you have any questions before starting about how to sit or about your "spiritual friend" to choose or anything you can ask in the beginning.

4. You MUST agree to do the meditation for ½ hour minimum in the morning and once at night before bed (longer if you have time and are comfortable to do it).

5. DO it once in the middle of the day too if you can do this, so you have three sessions per day as we go along.

6. We need to hear from you all once a day, how you are doing in your sessions. Keep it short and ask questions as we go along. For retreat correspondence, core members should e-mail: bvretreat@yahoo.com, others should address questions and comments to: Dhammasukkha discussion group.

You may find it very helpful to engage in the discussion group as the retreat progresses.

7. We will try to answer your questions and guide you along, But please understand that those participants who signed up as core members will have priority; our ability to respond to questions is limited by of max 45 kb phone line internet connection.

8. Each night you will be asked to listen to a Dhamma talk online that Bhante has done. This is the same as our retreats. YOU MUST ALL LISTEN TO THE SAME TALK so we can discuss questions as we go along for that talk. If you sit in a chair instead of cross-legged on a cushion, then please sit with your feet flat on the floor, and do not cross your legs or arms.

9. There is also in the PRE RETREAT section a link to the instructions for walking meditation . Don’t do overly slow walking with this practice. Do natural walking. The article tells you why.

10. When available, talks are posted in several formats. We suggest that you download the highest quality available unless you have a slow connection to the internet. Note, when downloading the "high" quality mp3 files, it may appear that nothing is happening for awhile while the download gets started.

11. "Read out loud" below the audios means that a transcript is not yet available, but the Read Out Loud version of the suttas is available and may help you to follow the talk.

PRE RETREAT

For general information on Dhamma Sukha retreats please read:

The audio Instructions for Metta as presented by Bhante
Vimalaramsi are located at:

The transcript for this is at:

The Instructions for the Breath Meditation is found at:

(You have to read over these instructions. We do not have this recorded yet. It is scheduled to be done this summer.)

Walking meditation instructions:

Schedule

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EVERY MORNING:

PRECEPTS and VERSES (REVISED 31- JUL-06)

meditate

AROUND NOON:

meditate (if possible)

EVENING:

Around 6PM each day please listen to a Dhamma Talk. It is very essential that you meditate immediately following listening to the talk. Try not to have any breaks. Go right to the cushion (or chair) and have a session.

SCHEDULE OF EVENING DHAMMA TALKS:

DAY 1, SATURDAY 29 JUL:

MN#20 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasanthana Sutta

high quality mp3, 24,628 kb

DAY 2, SUNDAY 30 JUL:

MN#19 -Two Kinds of Thought - Dvedhāvitakka Suta

high quality, mp3, 22,659 kb

DAY 3, MONDAY 31 JUL: Note:

MN#128 - Imperfections - Upakkilesa Sutta

DAY 4, TUESDAY 01 AUG: Note:

MN#111 - One by One as They Occurred - Anupada Sutta

DAY 5, WEDNESDAY 02 AUG:

MN#10 - The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Satipathana Sutta Part 1

(Chart referred to in talk)

DAY 6, THURSDAY 03 AUG:

MN#10 - The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Satipathana Sutta Part 2

DAY 7, FRIDAY 04 AUG:

DAY 8, SATURDAY 05 AUG:

MN#148 - The Six Sets of Six - Chachakka Sutta

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DAY 9, SUNDAY 06 AUG:

Metta in Daily Life

MP3, 12,687 KB

CONTINUATION OF DAY 9, UNTIL EVENING MONDAY 07 AUG

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END SEVEN DAY RETREAT