Category Archives: Most Ven U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero

Guidelines for Reporting at One Day Meditation Programs – In Sinhala (සිංහල භාෂාවෙන්)

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Young-Burmese-Monks-studying-under-the-teacher

 Guidelines for Reporting at One Day meditation programs are given in Sinhala. All Yogis have to develop the skill in reporting their Mindfulness meditation experience to the teacher. This is a basic skill the yogi has to develop patiently and gradually over time as it immensely helps to achieve progress in the Path.

A document to be used by the regular Yogis attending One Day programs was finalized in May 2016. This is a valuable document to both the beginners and even experienced yogis.

The web page also contains two sets of invaluable Dhamma sermons conducted by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero. These will immensely help the yogis to understand the meaning of Mindfulness Meditation as enumerated by the Lord Buddha.

Please click here to reach the web page.

Sila Sutta (English & Sinhala)

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A statue of Lord Buddha at Sri Gnanarama Meditation Center, Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka.

A statue of Lord Buddha at Sri Gnanarama Meditation Center, Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka.

Sila Sutta was the selected topic by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero for the newly commenced Dhamma sermons at Sri Gnanarama Meditation Center at Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka.

There are many Suttas with the same title of Sila Sutta in Tripitaka. This particular Sutta is based on a valuable Dhamma discussion between two great Arahanths of Lord Buddha, namely Most Ven. Sariputta and Most Ven. Maha Kottitha.

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Chachakka Sutta

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Chachakka Sutta at Lanka Vipassana Center

Ruins of the Old Nalanda University, India.

Ruins of the Old Nalanda University, India.

Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero selected Chachakka Sutta  as the new Sutta for the Dhamma sermons at Lanka Vipassana Center on 14 August 2016.

Chachakka Sutta is from Majjhima Nikaya, Upari Pannasaka, Salayatana Vagga. The Sutta, given by the Lord Buddha to an assembly of monks at the Jetavana, is a comprehensive discourse in spiritual practice for the realization of insight into true reality. It examines the absence of an abiding self or soul in all aspects of the six-sense experience, that is, all our experience, physical and mental.

Chachakka Sutta is a key to helping the student of Dhamma to release Ego identification. It helps us to realize the truth about how the process of our existence actually works.

Given below is a link to the text of the Sutta from Thripitakaya.org;
Chachakka Sutta

The latest updates are Nos. 08 and 09 of 25 February 2017

How to Listen and Download the audio files

To listen directly: Please left click on the link to listen directly. Once the link is clicked, you will be directed to a separate page containing the talk. Usually the file starts to play in that window. If it doesn’t you could highlight the browser window and click ‘reload this page’. It will start to play.

To download: You could download the file by right clicking on the link and then selecting “save as” from the drop down menu.

  1. 01. Dhamma Talk 01_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_14-08-2016
  2. 02. Q&A 01_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_14-08-2016
  3. 03. Guided Sitting Meditation_09-10-2016
  4. 04. Q&A 02_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_09-10-2016
  5. 05. Dhamma Talk 02_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_09-10-2016
  6. 06. Q&A 03_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_13-11-2016
  7. 07. Dhamma Talk 03_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_13-11-2016
  8. 08. Q&A 04_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_25-02-2017
  9. 09. Dhamma Talk 04_Chachakka Sutta_Lanka Vipassana_25-02-2017

To be continued…..

Please click here to reach the other Dhamma series done by Most Ven U Dhammajiva Maha Thero.

 

Dasuttara Sutta – Part 06 (In Sinhala)

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Buddha Statue from Ek Phnom, Battambang, Cambodia. Photograph by Kim Seng via Flickr.

Buddha Statue from Ek Phnom, Battambang, Cambodia. Photograph by Kim Seng via Flickr.

Dasuttara Sutta – Part 06 was the Sutta discourse at the 105th residential retreat at Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. This Sutta is given a life by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero and it continues to develop as a long and a valuable series.

Dasuttara Sutta is the 34th or the last Sutta of Digha Nikaya preached by the Chief Disciple Most Ven. Sariputta at the Gaggarāpokkharani in Campā, in the presence of the Lord Buddha. It is said that at the end of the discourse five hundred monks became Arahants.

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Dasuttara Sutta – Part 2 (In Sinhala)

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A statue of the Buddha from Thailand. Photograph by Tom Sparks via Flickr

A statue of the Buddha from Thailand. Photograph by Tom Sparks via Flickr

Dasuttara Sutta – Part 2 was the Sutta discourse at the 101th residential retreat at Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. It was a continuation of the same sutta started during the 97th residential meditation retreat conducted at the monastery.

Dasuttara Sutta is the 34th or the last Sutta of Digha Nikaya preached by the Chief Disciple Most Ven. Sariputta at the Gaggarāpokkharani in Campā, in the presence of the Lord Buddha. It is said that at the end of the discourse five hundred monks became Arahants. 
Please click here to reach the web page of the discourse.