Down with the Dharma

Lopon Dorje Khandro and Rev. Dhammabodhi discuss the life of writer and activist Jose Carlos Mariategui (1895-1930), a proponent of indigenous socialism in Peru.

Rev. Dhammabodhi gives an overview of the Eightfold Path that includes the five precepts. He provides a monastic version, a lay version, and a collective version of the path of practice.

Rev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the practice of taking refuge in the Three Jewels of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha as well as the Buddhist values in the Discourse on Blessings (Mangal…

Rev. Dhammabodhi talks about Self Inquiry (atma vichara) practice aa taught by Sri Ramana Maharishi and then he and Upasaka Dustin discuss.

Rev. Dhammabodhi gives instructions on Self Inquiry practice (atma vichara) as taught by Sri Ramana Maharishi

Rev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the technique of mantra practice coordinated with the breath and focused on the source of the mantra.

Rev. Dhammabodhi gives instructions for the mantra Ma Om coordinated with the. breath.

Rev. Dhammabodhi and Upasaka Dustin talk about the bodyscan meditation from the Ledi Sayadaw Vipassana lineage. They compare that with early Buddhist teachings and Yoga asana practice.

Rev. Dhammabodhi offers a guided bodyscan meditation practice.

Lopon Dorje Khandro (Lourdes Arguelles) and Rev. Dhammabodhi (John Freese) discuss the book The Theory of Moral Incentives in Cuba by Robert Bernardo. Lopon Dorje Khandro grew up in Cuba during the r…

Rev Dhammabodhi gives a Dhamma talk on the practice of counting the breath in the belly.