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The aim of this course is to explore
a Dhamma of awakening
as it is understood in early Buddhism -
how it relates to other practice goals,
and how it can be realized.
The course will include four weekly gatherings with the Maestra and includes the opportunity for a monthly gathering with a small group and the opportunity to have a monthly individual practice discussion.
The Zoom link will be the same for all events. Click here.
Noviembre 2026
The Four Factors.
This week we will explore the first of the four factors, associating with good people. We will also begin the meditative approach by practicing the meditation on the six sense fields.
Reading Assignments:
With Sāriputta - Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.5
Asociarse con buenas personas - Charla por Dhammadipa
May 2023
One Who Knows & Sees.
This month will be spent exploring wise attention, and its role in both abandoning and cultivating mind states that lead to nibbāna. We will contrast the sutta descriptions of nibbāna with the understanding of the Abhidhamma. We will study examples of the Buddha teaching by encouraging others to teach. We will also explore the meditative approach of ānāpānassati.
Group Meeting: May 21, 4:30 to 7:30 pm Eastern, at the vihara and on Zoom
Recordings of Group Meeting: here
Guest Teacher Lecture: Venerable Nandisena on Nibbana in the Abhidhamma
Reading Assignments:
Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled lecture series, Venerable Anālayo, lectures 1 and 2
Reflection on Nibbāna, Joseph Goldstein for Insight Journal 2021
A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha, Venerable Anālayo, Chapters 13, 14, 17, and 18
MN 118 Mindfulness of Breathing
Other Optional Resources:
Methods for Abandoning the Hindrances
Mindfulness of Breathing guided meditations, Venerable Anālayo
MN 10 Great Discourse on the Establishment of Mindfulness
Ways to Awaken: Five Ways to Become an Arahant, recorded talk by Shaila Catherine
June 2023
As It Really Is.
This month will be spent exploring the 5 khandhas, contact, and the subjective-objective interplay in order to better understand the arising of obstacles to nibbāna. We will also have a deeper look at the āsavas and how their abandonment leads to nibbāna. We will study examples of the Buddha teaching by using categories. This month the meditative approach will be directed primarily at experiencing feeling tones.
Group Meeting: June 25, 4:30 to 7:30 pm Eastern, at the vihara and on Zoom
Recording of Group Meeting: here
Reading Assignments:
Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled lecture series, Venerable Anālayo, lecture 5
The Mind That Knows Itself, Ayya Dhammadipa, Buddhadharma magazine Winter 2021
The Ballad of Liberation From the Khandhas, Ajahn Mun
Identity and Experience: the constitution of the human being according to early Buddhism, Sue Hamilton, Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 (academic)
July 2023
Not By an Act of Will.
This month will be spent exploring the 7 factors of awakening in order to better understand the arising of supports for attaining nibbāna. We will also have a look at the role of effort in the approach to nibbāna. We will study examples of the Buddha teaching by using milestones. This month the meditative approach will be directed primarily at the 7 factors.
Group Meeting: July 16, 4:30 to 7:30 pm Eastern, at the vihara and on Zoom
Recording of Dhamma Reflection: See the YouTube playlist
Reading Assignments:
Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women, Charles Hallisey, pp. 49, 67 (academic translator of Sutta)
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, by Piyadassi Thera
Seven Treasures of Awakening (Kindle ebook) — OR — Mindfulness: A Practical guide to Awakening pages 225 - 284, by Joseph Goldstein
August 2023
Still and Aware.
This month will be spent exploring the view of self, and how it can be relinquished as a step in the approach to nibbāna. We will investigate samādhi as a vehicle for both clarifying the mind and observing the absence of self. We will study examples of the Buddha teaching by repetition. We will also explore the meditative approach to the jhanas.
Group Meeting: August 20, 4:30 to 7:30 pm Eastern, at the vihara and on Zoom
*** Dhamma Reflection by Guest Teacher Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi during the first hour of the Group Meeting.
Recording of the group meeting: here
Reading Assignments:
A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha, Venerable Anālayo, Chapter 9
Focused and Fearless, Shaila Catherine, Chapters 9, 10, and 11
The Taste of Liberation: The Jhanas, Bhante Gunaratana in Lion’s Roar
MN 128 Corruptions (Upakilesa Sutta, obstacles to absorption)
September 2023
Having Made Release the Object.
This month will be spent exploring letting go as a condition for attaining nibbāna. We will also explore the perception of impermanence in the approach to nibbāna. We will study examples of the Buddha teaching by being a role model. This month the meditative approach will be directed primarily at experiencing impermanence.
Residential Retreat: September 9 through 14, 2023 online and at Wellspring Retreat Center, Ayya Dhammadipa with Guest Teacher Deborah Ratner Helzer
Recordings from the retreat: TBA
Reading Assignments:
A Tree in the Forest. Ajahn Chah, pp 23 - 24, 74 - 75, 83, 90 - 91
Detachment and Compassion in Early Buddhism, Elizabeth J. Harris (academic)
A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha, Venerable Anālayo, Chapters 12, 19, 21, and 22
MN 121 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness
AN 9.34 Extinguishment is Bliss
SN 48.9 Analysis of the five faculties, defining wisdom
Retreat Resources:
A Good Dose of Dhamma, Section I by Upasika Kee
Course Summary - three approaches to nibbāna
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