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  • Grasping the Dhamma

    Grasping the Dhamma
    2025/03/21
    In this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on March 16, 2025, Subodha discusses some of the common ways that we grasp the Dhamma incorrectly in the West and what it means to confidently practice the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma.
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    29 分
  • Transcending Love and Hate

    Transcending Love and Hate
    2025/02/17
    In this Dhamma talk given on February 16, 2025, at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles, Subodha talks about love and hate in the Pali Canon and how goodwill, metta, transcends both. He also shares the work of John O'Donohue to articulate the importance of knowing ourselves well to achieve true intimacy with ourselves and others.
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    31 分
  • Peace on Earth

    Peace on Earth
    2024/12/28
    In this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on December 15, 2024, Subodha shares his thoughts on people out in the world celebrating and approving of taking a life. He shares the Buddha's instructions on having goodwill for even the smallest of lifeforms and even the worst of people no matter the circumstances. Peace on Earth begins with the peace we have in our hearts.
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    27 分
  • Seclusion in a Confusing World

    Seclusion in a Confusing World
    2024/12/02
    In this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on November 17, 2024, Subodha shares his thoughts on a world that often seems to make little sense and the pain and stress that comes with living in it. He shares the story of Christopher Thomas Knight, who, seeking seclusion, lived in the woods of North Pond, Maine for 27 years without human contact. Living in the woods, on the periphery, he survived through burglary, as he regularly broke into the cabins nearby, taking what he needed to survive. This story is contrasted with the skillful seclusion of the Buddhist path, which steals from no one.
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    24 分
  • Unwholesome and Wholesome Roots

    Unwholesome and Wholesome Roots
    2024/10/29
    In this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on October 20, 2024, Subodha discusses the unskillful qualities and skillful qualities inside us. Attention is given to how the Buddha talked about the unwholesome qualities and how important it is to abandon them in Itivuttaka 88 of the Pali Canon.
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    27 分
  • Bases of Power

    Bases of Power
    2024/09/21
    On this talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on September 15, 2024, Subodha shares about his ongoing recovery from Bell's Palsy and his reflections on the bases of power as a means of cultivating consistency in cultivating the Dhamma.
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    27 分
  • Seeing the Buddha as a Father

    Seeing the Buddha as a Father
    2024/06/17
    In this Dhamma talk at IBMC on 6/16/24, Subodha discusses the Buddha's fear and discontent that made him leave his home and become a renunciant. There is a brief summary of the Buddha's lesson to his son, Rahula, and how this lesson aligns with the factors for becoming a stream-enterer.
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    26 分
  • Protect Your Goodwill

    Protect Your Goodwill
    2024/05/15
    In this Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on May 12, 2024, Subodha talks about how all Buddhist traditions train in developing goodwill and compassion for all beings. He also elaborates on why we must protect our goodwill and our hearts if we want to ensure we are skillful in our interactions with others.
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    24 分