Student of the Path, or Maggasekha in ancient Pali, is the channel for the upcoming Buddhist organization created by Bhikkhu Jayasāra, “Bhante J” as most call him, who is an American born Buddhist monastic.
This channel holds a variety of dhamma related videos and playlists, some videos are from Bhante J , like "a journey into homelessness" and various dhamma talks, and other playlists contain hundreds of dhamma talks watched by Bhante J over the years and organized by monastic and topic.
Thank you Bhante for these clips This one is timely since I have a room full of fleas. I am all bit up from a week of trying to keep from killing them. Instead they multiply and are harming others who use the room. I thought I was not harming the insects but now I am putting others in danger. I will use your thoughts to reflect upon my situation. Thank you
In a world gone blind, I beat the drum of the deathless - Buddha The deathless is the Atman And There is, monks, an unborn[1] - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated. If there were not that unborn - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated, there would not be the case that escape from the born - become - made - fabricated would be discerned. But precisely because there is an unborn - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated, escape from the born - become - made - fabricated is discerned.[2] - Buddha And again, the Atman. The Buddha didn't teach there is no Atman. He taught the mind and the body aren't the Atman. The no self teachings are about the mind and body, not the Atman/Buddha nature/Primordial citta/Deathless/ etc etc. No Atman = after you become an Arahant, and pass away, you destroy yourself. If there's no Atman, what happens to you after you escape from rebirth? You just go out of existence. This is self destruction. Nihilism. The Buddha didn't teach that. The Buddhas Atman is alive right now. He came to visit Ajahn Mun after Ajahn Mun became an Arahant. Buddhism isn't nihilism.
This is interesting as I listen to Dhamma talks every night and during the day if I can. I never saw this as entertainment? I listen to understand as this Avija is strong, I seek specific subjects to listen to in order to understand as I don't have a teacher - no teacher, how else can we learn? The Buddha himsef said this takes a long, long time to understand and he's right. I suppose when I think of this I see what you are saying but you need to understand the layperson is subject to algorithms that hijack attention and Dhamma talks do not appear, so we must seek them ... If you don't know how to extinguish things, how to let go, you'll get stuck on every level of the path. If you get stuck on the delicious flavor of emptiness or stillness, that's delusion's version of nibbana. Upasika Kee Nanayon For me its reading Suttas and that quote there from the Upasika is useful. The practice itself can be difficult to grasp if we don't understand the 4 Noble Truths, 3 marks of existence, 3 poisons and 3 Tanhas, Dependent Origination, the 5 Hindrances, how these are all playing at al times. Thank you Bhante.
I prefer Rupert Spira’s how to regarding difficult emotions. Either focus on the “I“ as in “I am experiencing anger” (vedantic approach), or bring the anger as close as possible to the sense of self, until it becomes indistinguishable (tantric approach).
I believe that it's easy to attach bowing to bowing to something or someone. When I do sitting or walking meditation, I don't sit or walk to someone or something. I see bowing much like walking meditation in this sense. I also chant vows, aspirations, teachings. Not to someone but to chant. Bowing and chanting prior to sitting meditation brings greater focus, particularly early in the morning. Each of these practices bring the humility that you mention and also openness, focus, and resolve to each day's activities. Those have become more like sitting, bowing, walking, chanting. My understanding is this is where the Dharma as I understand it has been leading me.
Thank you so much for posting this video. 🙏🙏🙏 Especially for those of us who have had difficult childhoods or a lot of trauma in our lives, I believe "metta for self" should be an important component of our meditation practice. It is my hope that more teachers will create teachings specifically for people who have experienced such difficulty from an early age, as unlike others who have had a safe start to life, they don't have a firm foundation of self love and self kindness upon which to base their meditation practice, and therefore a lot of the past trauma comes up during meditation practice when they close their eyes during meditation and they are alone with their difficult past. This is where I believe "metta for self" can help to comfort, love and heal these meditators.
This so great. I found you on the Insight Timer app and have really enjoyed your videos. I'm coming back to the Dharma after being away for a long time. The reminder about the role of the 8fold path as the core of Buddhist practice is very helpful.
Buddhism is not the right path, Buddha died, Muhammad died, But Christ died and resurrected and thus was vindicated by the father in heaven that he is the way, the truth, and the life. I guarantee with all certainty Buddhism is a path to hell, so turn to Christ and repent it’s not too late.
Isn't it funny that many people who find Buddhism realise they were always a Buddhist,just didn't know it.I feel the same after being a Christian and a Jehovah's witness.I feel Buddhism aligns with what i have always believed.I see you on another channel now as a fully ordained monk.😊
