11 May 2012

Dhamma Lectures from KKB April 2012 Retreat

These are the lectures from KKB April Retreat. Basically they can be divided into 4 categories.

1. The Essentials for Development. These includes the detailed instruction of walking and sitting, meditation, the performance of daily activities and the discipline aspect of a yogi. Also a lecture on the Nature of Mindfulness.

2. The Questions and Answers. 4 Sessions of Q & A which the residing yogis put forward to Bhante regarding on Vipassana subjects and a few general questions.

3. The 10 Armies of Mara. These multiple lectures was based on Padhana Sutta, the Discourse on Exertion, which is found in Sutta Nipata. The ten are 1) Sensual desire 2) Discontent 3) Hunger and Thirst 4) Craving 5) Sloth and Torpor 6) Fear 7) Skeptical Doubt 8) Conceit and Ingratitude 9) Gain, Fame, Honour, Prestige Wrongly Acquired 10) Self-Exaltation and Disparaging of others. Detailed explanation was given on each Mara and how to overcome them while in retreat and in daily life.

4. Guided Meditation. A short session of guided meditation after Dhamma Lectures on Metta, Death, Foulness of the Body and Equanimity.

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