Dhamma-Vinaya Patipadā Podcast
Dhamma talks, meditation and discussions with Bhante Joe
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Meditation From the Bottom-Up
A Dhamma discussion based on the question...
"Dear Bhante, between asubha and 4 elements contemplation for the body, which is a better one to get insight into annata and cut the fetter of Sakkāya-diṭṭ…
Develop Your Good Qualities Through Balance | Ovāda
This ovāda discusses the importance of balance and experimentation in Buddhist practice.
Jhānas and Noble Attainments for Laypeople | Discussion
A Dhamma discussion based on the question...
"Theruwan Saranai Bhante, have you encountered any lay people who have reached supramundane stages of practice, such as attaining the Jhanas or even attain…
Desire is a Part of the Path and Experience Should be Manipulated | Sutta Study
This sutta study examines a popular claim that the only way to overcome suffering is to be with the experience without reacting to it. Attempting to change the experience — for example, by focusing o…
Balancing Our Relationships With Others by Withdrawing | Discussion
A Dhamma discussion based on the following question..
(after speaking about the possibility of bringing relationships with others into balance by withdrawing)
"How could I do this if it is with a famil…
Focus on the Process to Get the Results
This ovāda discusses setting goals and dealing with expectations of results in one's practice.
Overcoming the Fear of Renunciation
A Dhamma discussion based on the question...
Do you ever feel fear from what the Buddha teaches? How long this has been going on, how many lives this ball has been picking up speed. How many times has…
Cooling the World
The ovāda discusses how the world burns with passion at the eyes, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind, and the importance of seeing the cooling of this passion as peace.
Deepening the Perception of Impermanence
A Dhamma discussion based on the question...
"While practicing I believe I can sometimes glimpse the impermanent nature of all determinations. For example, I can establish my mind on the impermanence …
Associating With Solitary Places
This ovāda discusses how to associate with solitary places. It was given at the ancient monastery of Situl Pawa inside Yala National Park.
What Observes Pressure and Its Abscence Is Not Supreme Peace | Discussion
A Dhamma discussion based on the question...
"Is the mindfulness that recognizes the absence of pressure when it is absent, and the presence of pressure when it is present, without being deceived by i…
All Beings Have the Same Goal
This ovāda discusses how all beings have happiness as their goal and gives some of the Buddha's strategies to achieve it.
Did the Buddha Teach Intense Focus On a Single Object? | Sutta Study
This video is a sutta study evaluating whether the meditation method of intense focus on a single object, such as the breath, is recommended by the Buddha.
It is a follow-up to the video “Is Meditatio…
When You Want to Meditate, Meditate. When You Don't Want to Meditate, Meditate
This Ovāda discusses how experienced practitioners can lose motivation in meditation and how to overcome it.
Is Meditation Only For Stream Enterers or Those Who Are Close?
A Dhamma discussion based on the question (condensed and paraphrased)...
'Bhante, thank you for giving me the chance to clarify my thoughts in writing—it’s something I rarely do.
When I refer to “‘the …
A Secure Refuge
Beyond the Allness of the All | Discussion
Two Pillars of Practice
Memories in Meditation