Dhamma-Vinaya Patipadā Podcast

The Link in Dependent Origination We Keep Ignoring | Bhante Joe

In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe explores the Buddha’s teaching on contact, feeling, craving, and suffering through the image of craving as “the seamstress.” Drawing from the Pārāyana Sutta, dependent co-arising, and the simile of the flayed cow, this talk explains how suffering often begins before obvious painful feelings arise. Rather than only trying to manage anxiety, anger, sadness, or desire after they have already become overwhelming, the Buddha points us further upstream to contact itself: the meeting of eye and forms, ear and sounds, body and sensations, mind and thoughts. By contemplating contact as a danger, practitioners learn how dispassion can cut the chain of suffering at its source and open the way toward a happiness beyond the instability of the world. Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice! BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION via ZOOM *North America — 1st Sunday and middle Sunday of the month: 7-8:30pm *Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month: 7-8:30pm https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ LUMA CALENDAR *Subscribe for updates on special events https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c Find out more... Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipada Website www.dhammavinayapatipada.com Welcome! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 — The Buddha’s Teaching on the Further Shore 00:00:47 — Contact, Origination, Cessation, and the Seamstress 00:01:23 — Looking for the Real Cause of Suffering 00:01:46 — Throwing Stones at the Tiger, Not the Dog 00:02:52 — Why Contact Comes Before Feeling 00:03:45 — The Desire for Sense Contact 00:04:26 — The Butterfly Effect of Suffering 00:05:04 — Cutting the Stream at Its Source 00:06:15 — Pleasant Practice and Painful Practice 00:07:02 — Seeing Danger in What We Cherish 00:08:34 — Contemplating Contact as a Frame of Reference 00:09:35 — The Simile of the Flayed Cow 00:10:35 — Breaking the Chain of Dependent Co-Arising 00:11:06 — Craving as the Seamstress 00:12:11 — Stop Protecting the Cause of Suffering 00:12:53 — Transcending the Seamstress and Finding Safety

The Momentum of Practice: Building Calm and Clarity | Bhante Joe

In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe reflects on the momentum that develops through steady Buddhist meditation practice. Drawing on stories from Korean Zen, the image of learning to ride a bicycle, and teachings from the Pāli Canon, he explains how returning again and again to the present moment gradually weakens mental proliferation, anxiety, anger, and distraction. The talk explores samatha and vipassanā not simply as separate techniques, but as qualities of mind that support one another: calm makes the mind clearer, and clarity allows us to see what should be cultivated and what should be abandoned. Through practical examples, Bhante Joe describes how mindfulness of the body and breath can simplify the mind, build inner stability, and change the habits that shape our character and destiny. This teaching is especially useful for meditators looking to understand how effort, present-moment awareness, and repeated wholesome actions can lead toward greater peace and release. Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice! BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION via ZOOM *North America — 1st Sunday and middle Sunday of the month: 7-8:30pm *Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month: 7-8:30pm https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ LUMA CALENDAR *Subscribe for updates on special events https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c Find out more... Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipada Website www.dhammavinayapatipada.com Welcome! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 — From Korean Zen to Theravāda Practice 00:01:17 — Kusan Sunim and the Momentum of Meditation 00:03:02 — A Retreat in Sri Lanka and the Power of Returning 00:03:40 — Learning to Ride the Bike of Practice 00:04:40 — Samatha and Vipassanā as Qualities of Mind 00:05:30 — Papañca and the Mind’s Habit of Proliferation 00:08:11 — Grounding Attention in the Body and Breath 00:09:24 — Building Momentum One Return at a Time 00:11:58 — Sīla, Samādhi, Paññā, and Release 00:13:01 — The Bubble of Future Fantasies 00:14:10 — Seeing the Layers of Craving in the Mind 00:15:17 — The Clear Bowl of Water and Mental Clarity 00:17:00 — Samatha Strengthens Wisdom 00:17:48 — The Radiant Mind and the Darkening of Kilesa 00:18:42 — Meditation and Everyday Triggers 00:20:23 — Not Feeding the Buttons of Identity 00:21:01 — The Bliss That Comes from Spiritual Practice 00:22:24 — Knowing the Direction and Actually Pedaling 00:24:00 — Training the Mind to Listen 00:25:33 — Concentration, Discernment, and Changing One’s Habits 00:26:50 — Momentum That Transforms One’s Life 00:27:20 — Actions, Habits, Character, and Destiny 00:28:05 — Practice That Leads Toward Happiness and Release

How to Practise When Nothing Goes to Plan | Bhante Joe

In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe reflects on the wandering life, uncertainty in practice, and the need to develop adaptability, ingenuity, and equanimity when conditions do not go according to plan. Drawing on recent travel experiences in Sri Lanka, he explores how practitioners can meet discomfort, instability, and unexpected obstacles without losing heart. The talk looks at how to brighten the mind, let go of fixed expectations, and work with life step by step rather than being driven by fear, hope, or compulsive problem-solving. In the closing Q&A, Bhante Joe responds to a question about overthinking and explains how a more skillful, grounded approach to problem-solving can support peace and balance on the path. Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice! . BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION via ZOOM *North America — 1st Sunday and middle Sunday of the month: 7-8:30pm *Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month: 7-8:30pm . https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ . LUMA CALENDAR *Subscribe for updates on special events . https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c . Find out more... . Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipada Website www.dhammavinayapatipada.com . Welcome! . 00:00:00 — The Wandering Life and Its Uncertainty 00:01:31 — Arriving at the Monastery and Adapting to Conditions 00:02:40 — Mold, Bats, Power Cuts, and Unexpected Obstacles 00:06:57 — Uncertainty as Part of Meditation Practice 00:07:40 — Ingenuity in the Face of Difficulty 00:09:03 — Brightening the Mind When Plans Fall Apart 00:10:00 — Equanimity and Letting Go of Expectations 00:12:27 — Perseverance, Perception, and Finding a Way Through 00:14:24 — Every Form of Suffering Has a Solution 00:15:32 — Letting Go of Past and Future 00:16:20 — Q&A: When the Mind Wants to Solve Everything 00:18:03 — Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones

Friends on the Path: Recognizing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Bhante Joe

watch the full video here {https://youtu.be/wWW5B48OOqg?si=YEHemPmzPdq8rQjo} In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe reflects on how to recognize true spiritual friendship on the Buddhist path and why noble friendship is not merely supportive, but foundational to practice. Drawing on the Buddha’s correction to Ven. Ānanda that admirable friendship is the whole of the holy life, he explores how the people around us shape our habits, values, and direction through subtle influence, shared culture, and lived example. The talk examines the difference between friendships based on personal liking and those grounded in Dhamma, the role of noble silence and shared practice in monastic life, the importance of affection and openness in learning from a teacher, and the danger of being misled by fame, charisma, or spiritual reputation. This reflection is a practical guide for anyone trying to discern good friends, false friends, and the kinds of relationships that genuinely support dispassion, integrity, and growth in the Dhamma. Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice! BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION via ZOOM *North America — 1st Sunday and middle Sunday of the month: 7-8:30pm *Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month: 7-8:30pm https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ LUMA CALENDAR *Subscribe for updates on special events https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c Find out more... Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipada Website www.dhammavinayapatipada.com Welcome!

Not Swept Away by the Eight Worldly Winds | Bhante Joe

watch the full video here {https://youtu.be/ztaW_WK8f9g?si=oQeH1laksAwTjepr} In this Dhamma reflection, Bhante Joe begins with a vivid experience of heading into the forest to sleep on a sun-warmed rock, only to find himself watching the weather and reading the direction of the wind. From there, he develops the Buddha’s simile of the eight worldly winds—gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, fame and anonymity—and reflects on how people spend their lives trying to stand in front of what they want while avoiding what they fear. Drawing on a striking encounter in Toronto, he explores why worldly change hurts so much, how papanca or proliferation expands the sense of self, and why sati-sampajañña offers a safer refuge. He then turns to body contemplation, non-reactivity, and practical ways of working with pain, before answering questions on suitable meditation anchors, mindfulness of bodily movement, and the role of loving-kindness in countering anger and attachment. From our monthly session with the Mettā Centre. For more information see www.mettacentre.org ━ONLINE EVENTS & COMMUNITY PRACTICE Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice! ━ MONTHLY MEDITATION via ZOOM ━━━━━ *North America — 1st Sunday of the month: 7–8:30pm *Australia — 1st Monday of the month: 7–8:30pm https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ ━━━━━ LUMA CALENDAR ━━━━━━━━━━ *Subscribe for updates on special events https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c ━━━━━━ FIND OUT MORE ━━━━━━━━━━ Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipada Website www.dhammavinayapatipada.com Welcome!!