The Bhante Punnaji Podcast

Sanathavihari Bhikkhu
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The Bhante Punnaji Podcast

The Bhante Punnaji Podcast is a channel dedicated to sharing the radical explorations of Pre-Sectarian Buddhism, according to Bhante's understanding. The legacy of Bhante Punnaji's teachings is based on the Buddha's original teachings, the Supernormal Eightfold Way, or Ariyamagga. The talks in this channel are largely the collection of countless sutta classes, dhamma talks, and meditation retreats he conducted all over the world.

  1. 08/02/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: Q&A

    In this episode you'll hear Bjante Puññaji answer a number of audience questions, covering a wide range of topics, including: How meditation leads to a virtuous circle, that eventually leads to liberation How to apply appropriate attention The currents of Western philosophy in contrast with Buddhism How experience arises What the problem of existence is How conditionality works The interactions between emotions and thoughts in the mind Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    48 min

  2. 07/04/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: How to Cultivate Both Samatha & Vipassanā

    In this episode you'll learn: How emotions can derail us How meditation helps us solve our thinking problem How calming emotions helps us act more skillfully How to calm these emotions by calming the body and calming the mind What is samādhi The transition from satipaṭṭhāna to samādhi through the seven factors of awakening How deeper levels of concentration help us understand the process of experience How understanding the process of experience with wisdom and knowledge helps put an end to suffering and attain liberation Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    58 min

  3. 06/07/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: Western Psychology and Buddhist Psychology

    In this episode you'll learn: The importance of taking care of your mind Why relaxation is important How the breath and relaxation are connected How relaxation is letting go What materialism is How the scientific perspective of the body, brain and mind relates to Buddhism How Western psychology developed an understanding of the phenomena of the brain and mind How Western psychology explains and deals with the problems of the mind The four Upādānas (normally translated as "clinging") and the process of personalizing How personalizing is suffering How the process of personalizing is stopped by giving up the idea of self The process of cognition in Buddhist psychology Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    1h 23m

  4. 06/01/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: Breathing Instructions and Observing the Mind

    In this episode you'll learn: How to take stock of the mind How to become conscious and stopping unwholesome thoughts and reactions How to explore the breath through the sensations of the body How to calm the mind and relax the body The conditions necessary to enter Jhāna Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    15 min

  5. 04/24/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: Meditation Instructions

    In this second part covering Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation, you'll learn: How to bring the attention inward Why mediation is beneficial What calming the mind means How meditation helps us to let go How to deal with certain hindrances to our meditation What existence is and how it relates to feeling The problems with pleasure and pain How to comfort someone going through pain Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    51 min

  6. 04/10/2024

    Satipaṭṭhāna: Introduction to Meditation

    In this episode you'll learn: what meditation means in the words of the Buddha how to draw your attention inward how to relax the body such that we can deal with emotional problems how to create a life that supports our practice of meditation how meditation extends beyond what we normally think Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    1h 31m

  7. 11/09/2023 · BONUS

    The Four Divine Abodes

    In this episode you'll learn: What the divine abodes, or brahmavihārā, are How each of the four abodes—goodwill (mettā), compassion (karuṇā), empathetic joy (muditā) and equanimity (upekkhā)—work Why it's hard to follow the precepts when we do not develop these four qualities How the brahmavihārā, through an interest in others, leads to relief of suffering Why the brahmavihārā are not emotional excitement How the divine abodes lead into one another successively How the abodes eventually lead us into seeing things clearly The relationship between the brahmavihārā and our behavior Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    26 min

  8. 10/24/2023 · BONUS

    The Fabric of Reality

    In this episode you'll hear about: how Buddhism isn't at odds with the scientific conception of the world how the line between the material and the spiritual is blurred when considered from the buddhist point of view what psychic powers are and how they arise what the Jhānas are and how one gets into them how the mind works Buddhist psychology Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo Bhante's Website: http://protobuddhism.com Bhante's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhantepunnaji

    1h 36m
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The Bhante Punnaji Podcast is a channel dedicated to sharing the radical explorations of Pre-Sectarian Buddhism, according to Bhante's understanding. The legacy of Bhante Punnaji's teachings is based on the Buddha's original teachings, the Supernormal Eightfold Way, or Ariyamagga. The talks in this channel are largely the collection of countless sutta classes, dhamma talks, and meditation retreats he conducted all over the world.

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  • Creator
    Sanathavihari Bhikkhu
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sanathavihari Bhikkhu
  • Show Website
    The Bhante Punnaji Podcast

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