The Bhante Punnaji Podcast

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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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Satipaṭṭhāna: Meditation Instructions

Apr 24 2024 50 mins  
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

Satipaṭṭhāna: Introduction to Meditation

Apr 10 2024 91 mins  
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

The Four Divine Abodes

Nov 08 2023 26 mins  
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 Wh

The Fabric of Reality

Oct 24 2023 95 mins  
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: http

Buddhist Determinism: Concurrence of Antecedents

Oct 12 2023 78 mins  
In this episode you'll learn about: Determinism and how it differs from dogmatic views of divine intervention The cognitive process by which experience is constructed How emotions are born out of ignorance and why they're the source of our problems How to liberate ourselves from our emotions by understanding how the different factors of experience come into play What role

Who is a Buddha?

Sep 20 2023 71 mins  
In this episode you'll learn: what a Buddha is, in human evolution terms how Gautama Buddha became awakened how a human being can become perfect what the human weaknesses are was the Buddha a god? the buddhist view on the creation of the universe the buddhist view on objectivity and subjectivity some details on desire Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepun

Happiness Beyond Pleasure and Emotions

Aug 30 2023 30 mins  
In this episode you'll learn about: why happiness is not stimulation of the senses how we sometimes confuse concentration with a hypnotic state the two aspects of what we call "mind" why emotions can be problematic how we can manage emotional problems by using selective thinking and relaxing the body Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivide

Cosmology: The Universe, its Origin and Structure

Aug 10 2023 106 mins  
In this episode, among other things, you'll learn about: the structure of the universe according to Buddhism the different spheres of existence supernormal powers of the Buddha the relationship of Buddhism to a creator god Dhamma talk by Ven Puññaji Maha Thera delivered at Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara, 5017 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20011 202-723-0773 First publ

How Karma and Re-birth are Misunderstood in Buddhism

Jul 21 2023 69 mins  
In this talk given by Ven. Dr. M. Puññaji you'll learn: How we tend to focus on karma and re-birth for the wrong reasons A brief history of karma and re-birth in the historical context of the Buddha What the proper focus for a peaceful life should be A detailed description of the process of experience, going through the senses and how that translates into craving and sufferi

The Supernormal Eightfold Way Explained — Appendix 3: Paṭiccasamuppāda

Jul 12 2023 78 mins  
Q&A Forum with Ven. Dr. M. Punnaji Maha Thera at the Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields, on Wednesday 11th May 2016 on "Paṭicca-Samuppāda". Please refer to attached notes for reference. Download reference notes: http://tiny.cc/paticcasamuppada Download sutta AN10.6: http://tiny.cc/AN10-6 Bhante's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo/about Bhante