MN 10, Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Talks that read from it
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Delson explains right effort as abandoning the unwholesome and cultivating the wholesome, and frames this as the core work of samadhi.
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Delson Armstrong opens his study of the Satipatthana Sutta (MN 10) by explaining the meaning of the word satipatthana as anchors for the mind in the present moment, with sati as…
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Delson explains the seven factors of awakening (mindfulness, discernment, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) and how they run alongside the Eightfold Path.
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Delson and his interviewer discuss Nibbana: what it is, how the mind of an arahant relates to it, and how it differs from nirodha samapati.
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Delson explains mindfulness (sati) as bare observation of what arises and passes away, together with clear comprehension (sampajanna) of where attention is.
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Delson walks through AN 10.61 (the Avijja Sutta), which describes a chain in which the five hindrances feed ignorance, the three kinds of misconduct feed the hindrances, and so on back to…
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Delson reads through SN 12.63 'Sons of Flesh' on the four nutriments (edible food, contact, mental volition and consciousness), using the Buddha's similes of the desert couple, the flayed…
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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…
- Delson's 4th Talk on the 8 fold path: Right Mindfulness-Smrti????
Delson continues his eightfold path series with a talk on right effort and right mindfulness (sati), explaining how the 6R's express right effort and how sati means remembering to observe…
- Delson's 4th Talk on the 8 fold path-Right Mindfulness
Delson teaches right effort as the heart of the path and connects it to the 6R's, then explains right mindfulness (sati) as remembering to observe how attention moves between objects.
- Talk 12 -Q&A -Nibbana- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson answers questions after a talk on cessation (nirodha), Nibbana and dependent origination.
- Dependent Origination 2023 - Day 3 Dukkha
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- Talk 3 -Dukkha (Suffering) Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong
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- Day 3: Awakening Factors-Netherlands Oct 2023
Delson explains the seven awakening factors as qualities that counter the five hindrances and support jhana and insight, and walks through how mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy…
- Day 3: Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven awakening factors (mindfulness, investigation of states, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) and how they arise together, with the first jhana…
- Day 3: Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven awakening factors and how they relate to the five hindrances, the four foundations of mindfulness, and right effort.
- Copy of June 4, 2022 - Questions and Answers with Delson Armstrong
Delson answers a series of listener questions on TWIM practice.
- June 4, 2022 - Questions and Answers with Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong answers questions submitted through the Suttavada website about TWIM practice and Dhamma.
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- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 3 Awakening Factors
Delson explains the seven factors of awakening (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) as the basis for jhana and as the path to nibbana.
- Day 3 7 Enlightenment Factors, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson explains that jhana is the absence of the five hindrances together with the enlightenment factors present to varying degrees, and he walks through the seven factors (mindfulness…
- Upanisa sutta Transcendental DO with Delson Armstrong July 20,2023
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- MN 10 Satipatthana Sutta with Delson Armstrong
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- Day 4 2022 MN 10 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta -July Retreat - -with Delson Armstrong
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Delson reads MN 149 (Mahasalayatanika Sutta) and explains how not knowing the six sense bases as they actually are leads to craving, clinging and renewed becoming, and how seeing…
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Delson answers questions at the start of an online 10-day retreat.
- Day-1 QA - Online 10-day Retreat (Nov-3) with Delson Armstrong
Delson answers participants' questions on the first day of an online retreat.
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