Dependent Origination series (2024)
Series · 2024 · 8 talks
- The link of Birth or Jati; "The Dependent Origination Series!" with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads from his booklet on jati, the link of birth in dependent origination (SN 12.11), and explains birth at cosmic, moment-to-moment and everyday levels.
- DO Series - Introduction and General Q&A Session
Delson explains how his dependent origination booklets came about: a 2021 writing project that grew out of online retreats, with a planned later volume on the path.
- DO Series - Dukkha -the link of Suffering -The Delson Bot Introduced
Delson opens by demonstrating the Delson Bot, an AI chatbot built on his teachings, and promotes an AMA session.
- DO Series - Jati -the link of Birth -Realms of existence
Delson explains jati as classification, drawing on the Aggañña Sutta to show that people are classed by their deeds rather than by birth.
- DO Series - The Link of BHAVA-BEING-BECOMING
Delson continues his dependent origination series by explaining bhava (existence, becoming, habitual tendencies) as the link that sits between clinging and the birth of action.
- DO Series - The Link of CLINGING or UPADANA
Delson continues his series on dependent origination with the link of clinging (upadana), which he explains as the "because" that rationalises why we crave, reject or identify with…
- DO Series - The Link of CRAVING/TANHA
Delson explains craving (tanha) as the link in dependent origination that follows feeling and is bridged by the underlying tendencies.
- DO Series - Guided Meditation 6 sets 6 & Nibbana Explained
Delson guides a short meditation: loving-kindness to settle the mind, then an abbreviated version of the six sets of six from MN 148, moving through eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind…