Online Retreat # 4

 

THE FOURTH DHAMMA SUKHA ONLINE RETREAT


11-Feb-07  -  16-Feb-07

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  

 

7. You may find it very helpful to engage in the discussion group as the retreat progresses. This time the discussion will be held on the new forum (http://dhammasukha.org/phpBB2/) NOTE: You must first register for the forum in order to view the retreat discussion - it will not be visible except to active members of the forum. Also - note that last minute updates and schedule changes will be announced on the forum - best to register early. Due to spammers, new members have to be manually approved before they can become active.

 

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.

About sitting on a chair - always please note that the most important thing is not to sit back into the back of the chair! Best to put a rolled towel at the base of your back to keep you to the front and not sitting back into the chair. It's important not to cut off the natural energy flow of the back.

 

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.
 

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:

 

 

(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

 First, please refresh the browser, for this and the other pages when you view them, in case recent changes were made. 

 

 

EVERY MORNING:

 

 

 mp3
 

 

(plus verses)

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, SUNDAY 11 FEB:

MN#20 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasanthana Sutta


 


 

 

 

DAY 2, MONDAY 12 FEB:

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

 

high quality, mp3, 27,198 kb
 

 

DAY 3, TUESDAY 13 FEB:

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

 

 

Chart referred to in talk)
 

DAY 4, WEDNESDAY 14 FEB:

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

 

 

DAY5, THURSDAY 15 FEB:

MN#38 The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving  - Mahatanhasankhaya Sutta

(and section in Nidanavagga Samyutta - Book of Causation (page 534))

This talk was given at Joshua Tree, Ca, Feb. 2006:

 

 

DAY 6, FRIDAY 16 FEB:

 

 

Jeta's Grove, Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center, RR 1 B0X 100, Annapolis, MO 63620

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