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Upaddha Sutta — Good Friendship read by Joseph Goldstein

Upaddha Sutta — Good Friendship read by Joseph Goldstein

Upaddha Sutta — Good Friendship

If you find benefit from this talk please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on May 21,  2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time. My live talks and classes can be joined live through your web browser here: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 or through your Android device here: Zoom Android App or through your IOS device here: Zoom IOS App New videos will be posted here within a few hours of the end of my talk. If you are subscribed tony Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Mt Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Upaddha Sutta and the importance of wise associations within Dhamma practice. In this sutta, the Buddha provides guidance on this underlying theme running throughout the Buddha’s Dhamma. Ananda, the Buddha’s cousin and chief attendant, is confused about the importance of wise associations and friendships as a Dhamma practitioner. The Buddha teaches Ananda that fidelity to the Buddha's Dhamma is the guiding framework for associations and friendships within Dhamma practice.. “Ananda! Having admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues is the whole of the well-integrated life. The practitioner of my Dhamma who has admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues, can now be expected to avoid distraction (arising from unskillful associations) and pursue and fully develop the Noble Eightfold Path...”  (Upaddha Sutta) A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/ Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation. An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/ A video of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/ Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ Thank You. Peace.

If you find benefit from this talk please consider a donation: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/</a> This is a recording of our Tuesday evening Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on May 21,  2019. The stream begins every Tuesday at 7:15 PM Eastern US time. My live talks and classes can be joined live through your web browser here: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/9083919079" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/9083919079</a> or through your Android device here: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom Android App</a> or through your IOS device here: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom IOS App</a> New videos will be posted here within a few hours of the end of my talk. If you are subscribed tony Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. Mt Tuesday evening Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the Upaddha Sutta and the importance of wise associations within Dhamma practice. In this sutta, the Buddha provides guidance on this underlying theme running throughout the Buddha’s Dhamma. Ananda, the Buddha’s cousin and chief attendant, is confused about the importance of wise associations and friendships as a Dhamma practitioner. The Buddha teaches Ananda that fidelity to the Buddha's Dhamma is the guiding framework for associations and friendships within Dhamma practice.. “Ananda! Having admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues is the whole of the well-integrated life. The practitioner of my Dhamma who has admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues, can now be expected to avoid distraction (arising from unskillful associations) and pursue and fully develop the Noble Eightfold Path...”  (Upaddha Sutta) A related article is here: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/</a> Each Tuesday class will have a twenty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation. An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/</a> A video of our classes is available here: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/</a> Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/</a> Thank You. Peace.

An Admirable Sangha - Upaddha Sutta May 21, 2019

This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on December 1,  2018. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time. My live talks and classes can be joined live through your web browser here: https://zoom.us/j/9083919079 or through your Android device here: Zoom Android App or through your IOS device here: Zoom IOS App New videos will be posted here within a few hours of the end of my talk. If you are subscribed tony Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion will be on the Upaddha Sutta. The Upaddha Sutta provides guidance on an underlying theme running throughout the Buddha’s Dhamma - the importance of wise associations. “Having admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues is the whole of the well-integrated life…” (Upaddha Sutta) A related article is here: https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/ Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation. An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/ A video of our classes is available here: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/ Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/ If you find benefit from this talk please consider a donation: https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/ Thank You. Peace.

This is a recording of our Saturday morning Dhamma class from Cross River Meditation Center in Frenchtown, New Jersey on December 1,  2018. The stream begins every Saturday at 8:30 AM Eastern US time. My live talks and classes can be joined live through your web browser here: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/9083919079" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/9083919079</a> or through your Android device here: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom Android App</a> or through your IOS device here: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom IOS App</a> New videos will be posted here within a few hours of the end of my talk. If you are subscribed tony Youtube channel, you will receive notifications when new videos are posted. My Saturday Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion will be on the Upaddha Sutta. The Upaddha Sutta provides guidance on an underlying theme running throughout the Buddha’s Dhamma - the importance of wise associations. “Having admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues is the whole of the well-integrated life…” (Upaddha Sutta) A related article is here: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/an-admirable-sangha-upaddha-sutta/</a> Each Saturday class will have a thirty-minute Shamatha-Vipassana meditation followed by my Dhamma talk and Sangha discussion and conclude with Metta intentional meditation. An audio-only version of this video is available at my podcast archive: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/becoming-buddha-podcast/</a> A video of our classes is available here: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-stream-videos/</a> Here is the archive for all of my Dhamma articles and talks: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/dhamma-articles-and-talks-archive/</a> If you find benefit from this talk please consider a donation: <a href="https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://becoming-buddha.com/support-john-and-becoming-buddha-com/</a> Thank You. Peace.

An Admirable Sangha - Upaddha Sutta December 1 2018

In this famous sutta the Buddha corrects Ven. Ananda, pointing out that having "admirable" friends, companions, and comrades is not half but the whole of the spiritual life. (For more about this special kind of friendship, see »Kalyanamittata.)Listen to this sutta read by Joseph Goldstein (02'25" 0.8 MB)Recorded by jtb on 18 Feb 2006  at the Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts, USA. Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. From »In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. and ed. (Somerville: »Wisdom Publications, 2005). Text is copyright © 2000 Bhikkhu Bodhi. Courtesy of, and with permission from, Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144 USA, »www.wisdompubs.org.

In this famous sutta the Buddha corrects Ven. Ananda, pointing out that having "admirable" friends, companions, and comrades is not half but the whole of the spiritual life. (For more about this special kind of friendship, see <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-ditthi/kalyanamittata.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">»Kalyanamittata</a>.)Listen to this sutta read by Joseph Goldstein (02'25" 0.8 MB)Recorded by jtb on 18 Feb 2006 at the Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts, USA. Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. From <a href="http://www.wisdompubs.org/Pages/c_teachings.lasso" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">»In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon</a>, Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. and ed. (Somerville: <a href="http://www.wisdompubs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">»Wisdom Publications</a>, 2005). Text is copyright © 2000 Bhikkhu Bodhi. Courtesy of, and with permission from, Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144 USA, <a href="http://www.wisdompubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">»www.wisdompubs.org</a>.