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Joshua Tree Retreat
4 Day 0
28-Feb-09 50
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MN
20 The Removal of
Distracting Thoughts - Vitakkasaṇṭhāna
Sutta
Five
methods of removing
distracting thoughts are
presented, but the last
four
may have been added by
Brahmins some time after
the time of the Buddha.
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MN
20 Joshua
Tree Retreat 4 Day 1
01-Mar-09 77 min,
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75 min, 21.4 MB |
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MN 111 One by One as They Occurred - Anupada
Sutta
The Buddha describes
Ven. Sāriputta’s
attainment to
arahantship as it
occurred through the
four jhānas. Of all the
discourses in this text
(MN), this provides the
most detailed account of
the progression through
the jhānas.
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MN 111
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 2 02-Mar-09 |
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124 min, 35.3 MB |
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MN 10 The Foundations of
Mindfulness - Satipaṭṭhāna
Sutta
This is
the most important
discourse by the Buddha
on the training of
mindfulness meditation,
with particular
attention given to
developing insight. The
Buddha
begins by declaring that
the four foundations of
mindfulness are the
direct
path leading to the
realization of Nibbāna.
He then gives detailed
instructions on the four
foundations: the
contemplation of the
body, feelings,
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MN 10 P1
Joshua Tree Retreat 4 Day
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03-Mar-09
Anatta Sutta
referred to in talk. |
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104 min, 29.7 MB |
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MN 10 P2
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 4 04-Mar-09 103
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MN 38 The Greater
Discourse on the
Destruction of Craving
-
Mahātaṇhāsankhaya
Sutta
This is
an important discourse
on dependent origination
and the destruction of
craving. After
reprimanding the bhikkhu
Sāti about the view he
was
proclaiming—that the
same consciousness runs
through the round of
rebirths—the Buddha explains from
every angle the correct
way to view dependent
origination, showing how
all phenomena of
existence arise and
cease through
conditions.
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MN 38
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 5 05-Mar-09
128 min, MP4 - 150 MB |
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MN 148
The Six Sets of Six
- Chachakka Sutta
A
profound and penetrating
discourse on the
contemplation of all the
factors of
sense experience as not
self.
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MN 148
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 6
06-Mar-09
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MN 95
With Canki -
Canki Sutta
The
Buddha shows the
difference between
preserving the truth
(out of faith),
discovering the truth
(out of direct
experience
through practice),
and the arrival at truth.
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MN 95
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 7 07-Mar-09
75 min, MP4 - 101 MB |
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73 min, 20.8 MB |
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MN
135 The Shorter
Exposition of Action - Cūḷakammavibhaṅga
Sutta
The Buddha explains how karma accounts for one’s fortune or misfortune. He
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135 Joshua
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MN 117 The
Great Forty - Mahācattārīsaka Sutta
The Buddha defines the
factors of the Noble
Eightfold Path and
explains their
interrelationships. One
interesting aspect of
this discourse is that
it clearly shows the
Noble Eightfold Path as
a way to practice not
only for ordinary
persons, but also for
those who have already
entered the stream.
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MN 117
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 9 09-Mar-09
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MN 43
The Greater Series of Questions and Answers
- Mahāvedalla Sutta
Ven. Mahā Koṭṭhita
meets with Ven.
Sāriputta and asks
questions about the
Dharma in order to
refine his
understanding. This
discourse is excellent
in it's way of
expounding various
subtle points of Dharma.
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MN 43 Joshua
Tree Retreat 4
Day 10
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MN 27
The Shorter
Discourse on the Simile
of the Elephant's
Footprint
- Cūḷahatthipadopama
Sutta
The Buddha uses the
simile of the elephant’s
footprint to show how
one must not come to a
conclusion too hastily
about the certainty of
whether one is fully
enlightened. This
applies to whether the
Dharma is well
proclaimed by the Buddha
and whether the Sangha
is practicing the good
way.
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MN 27 Joshua
Tree Retreat 4
Day 11
11-Mar-09 |
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MN
121 The Shorter
Discourse on Voidness -
Cūḷasuññata
Sutta
The Buddha
explains to Ven. Ānanda what it means to abide in voidness, or “the genuine,
undistorted, pure descent into voidness.”
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121
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 12 12-Mar-09
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101 min, 28.7 MB
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MN 105
To Sunakkhatta -
Sunakkhatta Sutta
The Buddha discusses
with Sunakkhatta the
problem of someone
overestimating his or
her level of attainment.
He is basically saying
that if one really knows
the cause of bondage
(which is craving), then
one would not do things
that arouse one's mind
toward any object of
attachment. There are
those who say they are
intent only on Nibbāna
but their actions are
not congruent with their
statement. This is a
very good basic
prescription from the
Surgeon (the Buddha),
which is essentially the
heart of the teaching on
how to heal the wound of
suffering.
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MN 105
Joshua Tree Retreat 4
Day 13 13-Mar-09 |
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76 min, 21.6 MB |
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