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Buddha-Sasana

Bhikkhu Cintita

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 100

This podcast consists of Dharma talks given by Bhikkhu Cintita of the Sitagu Monastery in Austin, TX. Each talk illuminates some aspect of the Buddha's teachings. Bhikkhu Cintita (or "BC") is an American-born, Burmese-ordained monk in the Theravada tradition and a former Zen priest. Before that he was a professor and corporate researcher in cognitive science and artificial intelligence. He has written five books on Buddhism and is always working on another.

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Unmasking the world

Episode 211

Saturday, June 1, 2024 • Duration 02:13:51

This is the fifth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.

Whose body and mind?

Episode 210

Saturday, June 1, 2024 • Duration 02:23:47

This is the fourth talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.

Seclusion, Samādhi and Jhāna

Episode 209

Saturday, June 1, 2024 • Duration 01:49:31

This is the third talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.

Observables and their contingencies

Episode 208

Saturday, June 1, 2024 • Duration 01:42:41

This is the second talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.

Introduction to Satipatthana Rethought

Episode 207

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 01:33:35

This is the first talk delivered by Bhikkhu Cintita at the Satipatthana Rethought retreat held at the American Bodhi Center in Hemstead, Texas, May 24-27.

Contemplations of non-self

Episode 206

Friday, February 16, 2024 • Duration 25:09

Non-self is a practice more than it is a philosophical viewpoint. However, this practice begins with a conceptual investigation of the presumed experiential manifestations of the constructed self. (February 16, 2024)

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On Buddhist ethics

Episode 205

Friday, February 9, 2024 • Duration 22:33

Samādhi in the earliest texts.

Episode 204

Friday, February 2, 2024 • Duration 21:21

This talk reviews what the early texts say about samādhi 'concentration', much of which may surprise you. This talk was originally presented on July 2, 2023 broadcast from Minnesota via Zoom to the English Dharma Group at Jade Temple in Houston Texas. (February 2, 2024)

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Was the Buddha a biologist?

Episode 203

Friday, January 26, 2024 • Duration 21:34

“If consciousness were not to descend into the mother's womb, would name-and-form take shape in the womb?”

"No."

The most common traditional interpretation of this famous passage (from DN 15) is that consciousness travels into the womb to unify with the fetus of name-and-form at conception. I argue that this interpretation is untenable. (Rebroadcast 1/26/2024, originally broadcast 9/25/2020)

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What is the Buddha-Sasana?

Episode 202

Friday, January 19, 2024 • Duration 23:45

The Buddha-Sāsana is Buddhism as a living tradition, something that evolves, spreads to new lands, dies out in old lands, rather than Buddhism as the Dharma, which is much more static. A key question for the Buddha seems to be is how well the Buddha-Sāsana would retain the authenticity of the Buddha-Dharma.

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