ON YOUR OWN ONLINE RETREAT
brought to you by the Dhamma Sukha Meditation
Center with Bhante Vimalaramsi and Sister Khema
"SPECIAL NOTICE FOR 'SINGLE STUDENT' HOME
RETREATS:
Doing the "Online Home Retreat" outside of the normal online group
retreats
can only be done when a teacher agrees to do interview support writing
each day. This is only done by a Teacher's request to help an
individual student. SK
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:
bvretreat2012@yahoo.com
7. 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.
8. 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:
info
The audio Instructions for Metta as presented by Bhante
Vimalaramsi are located at:
Metta,
the Complete Instructions
The Instructions for the Breath Meditation is
found at:
booklet
(
These instructions are not recorded yet, so, you need to read them over if you
are asked to use the Breath Meditation because they will seem a little different
then you are used to hearing. If you have been practicing the Breath meditation
before this retreat, most likely you will be asked to stop that practice during
this time and use the METTA to start fresh at the beginning. This is also
because Metta, when taken as a primary meditation, is the fastest and clearest
for steady progress on the path.)
Walking meditation instructions:
Walking
Meditation
En
Español
Audio
Morning Online Retreat –
Morning Refuges, 6 Basic Precepts & Dhammapada verses
Note: Taking the
Refuges and Precepts each day is done to remind us to keep them as part of our
meditation practice and life. We say things three times so that we never forget
there are three parts to Buddhism: The Buddha who was the original Master
teacher, The Dhamma is the teaching itself, and The Sangha are those monks and
nuns of all traditions who have sacrificed everything to preserve and keep the
Dhamma going.
Taking the Refuges means that you are paying respect to the Buddha for figuring
out the way to the cessation of suffering. You are paying respect to the
teachings which still work and can still set you free from suffering. And you
are paying respect to the Monastics who constantly work to research, practice,
preserve and teach others in hopes of leading a way to more Peace in this world.
You are also asking for the protection of the
powerful energy left by the Buddha in this world while you are practicing. We
have developed a recording for you to listen to and recite along with it each
morning. It is not necessary to have a monk to take these precepts just as it is
not necessary have a priest to be present for you to say the Lord’s prayer if
you were a Christian. But it’s nice. Without one, you can say these out loud to
yourself each morning to remind yourself to stay on track each day. Doing helps
to steady and reinforce your practice of meditation as you develop it and it
helps you in life all the time.
Please sit
with your backs straight, calm your mind, and repeat these with the recording
online.
Recording location:
Online Retreat 1
(First two talks)
PS I am going to try to
get a new recording of the Dhammapada verses for you to use too. SK
Schedule
Link for alternate selection of talks on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA82ACF2749E73118&feature=edit_ok
INTRODUCTORY TALK You may
like to review this talk about the Five Precepts, and basic instruction for
Loving-Kindness Meditation prior to the retreat (Davis, Feb-07 ~ 45 min,
audio - video, no transcript)
EVERY MORNING:
ONLINE MORNING SERVICES
(First talk)
You may use this video snippet for
taking the precepts for the first day only:
Precepts Snippet Video
iPad, iPhone test
meditate
AROUND NOON:
meditate (if possible)
EVENING:
Around
6PM
(your local time- don't worry about time zone differences) 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:
(Alternate Page for English) Contains all the talks.
DAY 1:
MN#20 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasanthana Sutta
(1:35:04)
MN-020-JT1-060219 mp3,
24,628 kb -
Transcript
MN-20 La Eliminación de Pensamientos Distractivos
- Vitakkasaṇhāna
Sutta
DAY 2:
MN#111 - One by One as
They Occurred - Anupada Sutta
(1:45:12)
MN#111
20-Feb-06 mp3, 27,199 kb
Transcript
MN-111 FEB06 UNO A UNO COMO FUERON OCURRIENDO - Anupada
Sutta
Day 3:
MN#10 - The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
- Part 1
This is one of the fullest and most important suttas by the Buddha dealing with meditation, with particular emphasis on the development of insight. The Buddha begins by declaring the four foundations of mindfulness to be the direct path for the
realization of Nibbana, then gives detailed instructions on the four foundations: the contemplation of the body, feelings, mind, and mind-objects.
This talk was given at Joshua Tree, Ca, Feb. 2006:
(1:31:09)
MN#10
P1 21-Feb-06 mp3, 23,289 kb
Transcript
5 Aggregates
(Chart
referred to in the talk)
of first 45 min of this talk.
MN-10, P1, Las Fundaciones de la Atención/Observación – Satipatthana Sutta
Los 5
Agregados (Cuadro mencionado en la charla)
Day 4:
MN#10 - The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
- Part 2
(1:43:26)
MN#10
P2 22-Feb-06 mp3, 26,269 kb
Transcript
MN-10, P2, Las Fundaciones de la Atención/Observación – Satipatthana Sutta
Day 5:
MN#148 - The Six Sets of Six - Chachakka Sutta
An awakening discourse on contemplating the six senses in a manner
that can be observed during meditation and which leads to an understanding
of the impersonal nature of the process or Anatta perspective.
(1:21:46)
MN#148
23-Feb-06
mp3, 21,154 kb
Transcript
MN-148 Los Seis Grupos de Seis - Chachakka Sutta
Day 6:
MN#38
The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving
- Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta(includes: section in Nidanavagga Samyutta - Book of
Causation (page 534))
(1:52:45)
MN#38 24-Feb-06 mp3, 28,863 kb
Transcript
MN-38 El
Discurso Mayor sobre la Destrucción del Ansia - Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta
Day 7:
The 8-Fold Path
(1:15:25)
8
FOLD PATH 25-Feb-06
mp3, 19,129kb
Transcript
El Noble Camino Octuple
Day 8:
Metta
in Daily Life
mp3, 12,687 KB
Transcript
Day 9:
Final report to teachers
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