Best Bhikkhu Cintita Podcasts (2024)

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Unmasking the world 2:13:51

5M ago2:13:51

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This is the fifth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Whose body and mind? 2:23:47

5M ago2:23:47

2:23:47

This is the fourth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Seclusion, Samādhi and Jhāna 1:49:31

5M ago1:49:31

1:49:31

This is the third talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Observables and their contingencies 1:42:41

5M ago1:42:41

1:42:41

This is the second talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Introduction to Satipatthana Rethought 1:33:35

5M ago1:33:35

1:33:35

This is the first talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Contemplations of non-self 25:09

9M ago25:09

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Non-self is a practice more than it is a philosophical viewpoint. However, this practice begins with a conceptual investigation of the presumed experiential manifestations of the constructed self. (February 16, 2024)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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On Buddhist ethics 22:33

9M ago22:33

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On Buddhist ethics. The primary principle of Buddhist ethics is the development and cultivation of virtue as a quality of character. Virtuosity in virtue is a quality of the awakened ones. This is contrasted with modern understandings of ethics, but is arguably a basic human drive and definitive of a meaningful or well-lived life. (February 9, 2024…

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Samādhi in the earliest texts. 21:21

9M ago21:21

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This talk reviews what the early texts say about samādhi 'concentration', much of which may surprise you. This talk was originally presented on July 2, 2023 broadcast from Minnesota via Zoom to the English Dharma Group at Jade Temple in Houston Texas. (February 2, 2024)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Was the Buddha a biologist? 21:34

9M ago21:34

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“If consciousness were not to descend into the mother's womb, would name-and-form take shape in the womb?” "No." The most common traditional interpretation of this famous passage (from DN 15) is that consciousness travels into the womb to unify with the fetus of name-and-form at conception. I argue that this interpretation is untenable. (Rebroadca…

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What is the Buddha-Sasana? 23:45

10M ago23:45

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The Buddha-Sāsana is Buddhism as a living tradition, something that evolves, spreads to new lands, dies out in old lands, rather than Buddhism as the Dharma, which is much more static. A key question for the Buddha seems to be is how well the Buddha-Sāsana would retain the authenticity of the Buddha-Dharma.…

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A history of emptiness 21:52

10M ago21:52

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The teaching of emptiness is often considered to be an innovation of Nagarjuna or of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. However this important teaching had been expounded by the Buddha many centuries before, but has become obscured. But how? (Rebroadcast 1/12/2024, originally podcast 7/16/2021)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The Buddha’s Method 2/2: insubstantial and conditional 26:59

10M ago26:59

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The Buddha clarifies an explicit methodology which is nonetheless often overlooked by students of the Dharma. Much of this has to do with the practical and experiential orientation of the Dharma. The Buddha's methodology furthermore involves regarding the world as both insubstantial and conditional. (Repodcast 1/5/2024, originally podcast 7/30/2021…

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The Buddha’s Method 1/2: practical and subjective 24:43

10M ago24:43

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The Buddha clarifies an explicit methodology which is nonetheless often overlooked by students of the Dharma. Much of this has to do with the practical and experiential orientation of the Dharma. (Repodcast 12/29/2023, originally podcast 7/23/2021).By Bhikkhu Cintita

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What did the Buddha think of women?(2/2) 30:01

11M ago30:01

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Last week's talk demonstrated the exemplary support the Buddha provided to women's practice. This week we will look at a controversial text, describing with the origin of the nun's sangha, that at first sight seems to paint a starkly contrasting picture of the Buddha. (repodcast 12/22/2023, originally podcast 6/5/2020)…

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What did the Buddha think of women? (1/2) 27:45

11M ago27:45

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Buddhism is not widely known as a religion of gender-equality. But the early the discourses show repeatedly that the Buddha had the deepest kindness and respect for women, as particularly evident in his treatment of the nun's Sangha. (repodcast 12/15/2023, originally podcast 5/29/2020)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The four noble truths 19:17

11M ago19:17

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The wide-ranging teaching of the four noble truths can come under satipaṭṭhāna investigation if we look for its observables in those texts that are more nuts-and-bolts in style, although the fourth noble truth, when equated with the path itself, is more difficult to accommodate.. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 12, 12/8/2023)…

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The seven awakening factors 20:03

11M ago20:03

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The awakening factors describe the growth of samādhi that is readily experienced within satipaṭṭhāna practice per se. This exercise should be assimilated as in routine monitoring of the constellation of satipatthana factors alive in other exercises. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 11, 12/1/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The sixfold sphere 19:00

12M ago19:00

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We look at the dhamma and the observables involved in comprehending the six senses of eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 11, 11/24/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The five aggregates 20:09

12M ago20:09

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The appropriation-aggregates (form, feeling, perception, fabrication and cognizance) represent one of the most fruitful themes of satipatthana contemplation. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 10, 11/17/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The five hindrances 19:37

12M ago19:37

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The five hindrances fall under the fourth (dhamma) satipaṭṭhāna. Verifying and internalizing their understanding is an aid in general Buddhist practice, and only secondarily in quelling the presumption of self. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 9, 11/10/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Contemplating Mind 20:46

1y ago20:46

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The observables in the mind contemplation are states of mind. Once again the observables reveal non-self, but the chosen observables also collaterally support the understanding of important Dhammic concepts. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 8, 11/3/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Feeling 20:39

1y ago20:39

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Feeling (pain, pleasure and neither) is the basis of the second satipatthana contemplation, which seeks to demonstrate that there is no witness/self behind witnessing the world. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 7, 10/27/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Corpses 20:27

1y ago20:27

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The charnel ground contemplations give a means of observing the shift in our presumption of body/self with the progressive natural decay of a corpse. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 6, 10/20/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Elements 20:10

1y ago20:10

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The elements (earth, water, fire and air) give an alternative was of deconstructing the body/self. I also discuss the the practical need sometimes to favor samādhi over analysis and vice versa. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 5, 10/13/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Body parts and modes of practice 19:26

1y ago19:26

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We review the contemplation of body parts, which we talked about some weeks ago, then discuss the varying modes of context and conceptuality in practice. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 4, 10/6/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The bodily actions exercise 19:59

1y ago19:59

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Contemplation of bodily actions takes us off the cushion potentially into everyday life. It can be used independently of satipatthana to cultivate mental development. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 3, 9/29/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The posture exercise 22:18

1y ago22:18

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Contemplation of posture tends to take us off the cushion and, like the breath, is relatively discussion. We end with some discussion of intergrating samādhi into these exercises. (Satipaṭṭhāna Exercise Instructions 2, 9/22/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The breath exercise 21:28

1y ago21:28

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Breath provides weak internal evidence, fragmentary and transitory, for presuming an external body/self. (Satipaṭṭhāna Instructions 1, 9/15/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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From theory to practice in satipaṭṭhāna 20:19

1y ago20:19

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Why do we need scholarship at all? Why not just teach how to meditate? (In the series Rethinking the Satipaṭṭhāna, 9/8/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Internal/external in the dhamma exercises 20:34

1y ago20:34

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Extending the primary analysis of the satipaṭṭhāna refrain to the fourth satipaṭṭhāna raises some issues. (Body in body internally and externally 4, 9/1/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The satipaṭṭhāna exercises 20:12

1y ago20:12

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We take up the contribution of the refrain of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to the contemplation of the individual exercises, focusing on “internal analysis.” (Body in the body internally and externally 3, 8/25/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Looking for the self 20:01

1y ago20:01

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External analysis is to seek the external body in the observable evidence in which one is absorbed. (Body in body internally and externally 2, 8/18/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Body in body internally and externally 18:56

1y ago18:56

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We take up the contribution of the refrain of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to the contemplation of the individual exercises, focusing on “internal analysis.” (Body in body internally and externally 1, 8/11/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Contemplating the body parts 21:30

1+ y ago21:30

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I describe how to practice the body parts exercise of the first satipaṭṭhāna, as a practical example of the systematic way I have been explaining satipaṭṭhāna in the last series of talks. (8/4/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Why contemplation of body, feelings and mind? 19:26

1+ y ago19:26

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The practice of the first three satipaṭṭhānas aims at the deconstruction self in its facets of body, feelings and mind. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 4, 7/28/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The satipaṭṭhāna in developing right view 19:52

1+ y ago19:52

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The correspondence of the fourth satipaṭṭhāna with both the five stages of liberation and the seven factors of awakening make the role of satipaṭṭhāna in developing right view clear, as well as the open-endedness of the Dhamma teachings examined in the fourth satipaṭṭhāna. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 3, 7/21/2023)…

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Aspects of Satipatthana 20:15

1+ y ago20:15

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We continue by looking at two more representative exercises, reviewing the conclusion of the sutta and reviewing the corresponding texts in the Pali and Chinese traditions. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 2, 7/14/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 20:30

1+ y ago20:30

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We begin a first pass of this important tutorial, identifying the satipaṭṭhāna method that supports the satipaṭṭhāna contemplative practice and see how the exercises are structured. (A back-roads tour of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 1, 7/7/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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How samadhi leads to liberation 19:02

1+ y ago19:02

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We look at the oft overlooked qualities of silent cognition (effortless attention) in explaining how samādhi leads to gnosis and vision. (The Miracle of Samādhi 4, 6/30/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Higher jhanas and fruits 19:06

1+ y ago19:06

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The absence of discursive thought in the second jhana is characteristic of effortless attention in cognitive science, which in turn is characteristic (perhaps counter-intuitively) of expert-level skill or virtuosity. This seem to be why samadhi produces the fruits attributed to it. (The Miracle of Samādhi 3, 6/23/2023)…

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Unhindered, composed and embodied 19:19

1+ y ago19:19

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Entering the jhānas involves a mind that lets go of hindrances, becomes one-centered and finally stills discursive thought. (The Miracle of Samādhi 2, 6/16/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The miracle of samādhi 19:38

1+ y ago19:38

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Samādhi brings joy and leads to knowledge and vision. It also arises spontaneously without effort. (The Miracle of Samādhi 1, 6/9/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Right proficiency 19:57

1+ y ago19:57

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We will see that sammāsati (what others call “right mindfulness”) is the application of the satipatthana method for achieving and acquiring virtuosity in the other path practices. (The Satipatthana Method 4, 6/2/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Training in the satipattana method 19:57

1+ y ago19:57

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We look at how the application to everyday, non-Dhammic practices are utilized for training in the Buddhist art of skillfulness itself. (The Satipatthana Method 3, 5/26/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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Proficiency-comprehension 19:55

1+ y ago19:55

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Proficiency-comprehension (satisampajañña) is a ubiquitous human cognitive faculty that is developed and cultivated to become the satipaṭṭhāna method. (The Satipatthana Method 2, 5/19/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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The satipatthana method 19:39

1+ y ago19:39

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The satipatthana method is the art of skillfulness enumerated in the Satipatthana Sutta, but applicable in many diverse practice contexts. (The Satipatthana Method 1, 5/12/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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How ”mindfulness” ended up with that label 19:25

1+ y ago19:25

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If not sati, what is it we think we experience when we practice “mindfulness”? (How “Mindfulness” got Mislabeled 3, 5/5/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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How the original meaning of ‘mindfulness’ got lost 20:41

1+ y ago20:41

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The development of vipassanā as a mass meditation movement beginning in Burma resulted in some serious Dhammic shortcuts that marginalized the original meaning of sati. (Mislabeled 2, 4/28/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita

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How ”mindfulness” got mislabeled. 18:13

1+ y ago18:13

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There is a huge disconnect between our modern understanding of "minfulness" and the Pali word sati that 'mindfulness' was supposed to translate. (How "Mindulness got Mislabeled 1, 4/21/2023)By Bhikkhu Cintita