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LP Uthai talks to visitors from New Zealand in January 2012 at Wat Pah Charoentham Khao Yai

This video was made to illustrate the Buddha's teaching on dependent co-arising or dependent origination (paticca-samuppada) which can be observed at many scales, which means that lessons drawn from observing the world (loka) can be applied to our internal experience of the six senses which makes up 'our world'. The black hole at the center of a galaxy is like the fundamental ignorance which gives rise to the formations that construct our experience in terms of consciousness being established in name & form. The Buddha compares the ongoing cycle of becoming to the process of planting seeds in fertile soil which is watered by rain. See 'The Shape of Suffering' by Thanissaro Bhikkhu http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/shapeofsuffering.pdf 'When there is this, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. When there is not this, that does not come to be; with the cessation of this, that ceases. That is, because of ignorance, formations arise. Because of formations, ...

After completing the upasampada ordination ceremony, the upajjhaya (preceptor) told him: "Now the ordination is finished, but whether you are going to be a monk or not, that depends on you." The upajjhaya can only present the candidate to the Sangha and they will accept him as a new monk, but it is up to him whether he will really become a "bhikkhu".

Ajahn Sudhiro gives advice to a man who is going to take upasampada ordination as Buddhist monk in Thailand about the right attitude one should have. See www.rightview.org

How important is sense restraint in Dhamma practice, assada-adinava-nissarana (satisfaction, drawbacks, escape), contentment, watching sensory stimulation, understanding addiction to food and sexual images.

Contentment with little, delight in solitude, aloofness from society, understanding craving as hunger.

Ajahn Tim Thanuttaro - Talking about the stories in the book "Blistered Feet Blissful Mind". See http://blisteredfeet-blissfulmind.net/

The story of two Buddhist monks who put their faith to the test and walk across the countryside with nothing but their robes and alms bowls, refusing to touch money. With some wise and often amusing encounters they offer a glimpse into a completely different way of life. Surviving purely at the hands of strangers, welcomed, ignored and sometimes threatened, they touch upon the lives of many, and move the hearts and minds of a few. Illustrated with coloured drawings and based on very real and true experiences gathered over years of direct experience. http://blisteredfeet-blissfulmind.net/ http://www.turnaround-uk.com/blistered-feet-blissful-mind http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blistered-Feet-Blissful-Tim-Price/dp/190608517X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251282492&sr=1-1

How some fundamental attitudes and ways of interpreting Dhamma-Vinaya can change over time. The need for open-mindedness and respect for the truth. www.sasanarakkha.org

How important is it to study the historical and social aspects of the Buddhist tradition in Asia? www.sasanarakkha.org

Is studying the historical and social aspect of the Buddhist tradition useful for us? www.sasanarakkha.org

The role of a mentor or teacher as an inspiring example in addition to the scriptures. www.sasanarakkha.org

How can we tell whether a teaching is authentic or authoritative? What are the criteria for determining real Buddha-Dhamma? www.sasanarakkha.org

The attitude of someone genuinely seeking the truth of Dhamma. Being open-minded and willing to revise one's views, non-dogmatic and not fixed on a particular view. www.sasanarakkha.org

Food is just the elements, just like our body.

How to use the elements in the body during meditation, especially the fire element, in order to change the feeling of heat and cold. See www.rightview.org

Entering the Vassa

The Buddha is the Teacher (sattha) but there is no Guru in Buddhism. A new monk has to live with his preceptor (upajjhaya) or mentor (acariya) who are supposed to pass on knowledge of Dhamma-Vinaya to him, so that he can live independently after that. The story of Second Council: what has been habitually practised (acinnakappa) by one's teacher is not automatically allowable.

The distinctive feature of the Buddha's Teaching is known as Vibhajjavada (analytical teaching). Story of the Third Council. Distinction between faith and knowledge (cf. Canki Sutta, MN 95). http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.095x.than.html

The qualities of the Dhamma: apparent here and now, not bound up with time, inviting investigation, applicable to oneself, to be individually realized by the wise. Ideologies are rigid and dogmatic, the opposite of Dhamma which encourages exploration.

The Pali word "dhamma" can be translated as "idea". The Buddha's Teaching is the "Good Idea" as opposed to an ideology (ditthi-thana, see MN 22). Qualities of the Dhamma are inviting investigation.

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Does someone who has realized Dhamma need to acquire more information in order to teach his listeners effectively? See http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.064.than.html

How can we tell what is the real Teaching of the Buddha? What are the criteria for distinguishing the Dhamma-Vinaya from its opposite? Should we follow all teachers and teachings which say they are "Buddhist"? See http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.053.than.html

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Buddhism emphasizes goodness and virtues, but children have to live in an increasingly harsh and unfriendly environment. What are the reassurances for parents? What are the real issues? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

Buddhist emphasis on inner peace, contentment and few desires, is that an obstacle to development? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

Role of international schools in Thailand. International schools have proliferated in Thailand. What are the contributions they have made to the Thai education? What role have they played? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

What is the role of teachers in Buddhist education? In what context and under what circumstances do teachers become “learners”? What is special about the relationship between teachers and students in Buddhist education? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

In Buddhist education emphasis is put on the learning, practice and application of Buddhist principles, would this not be at the expense of academic excellence? Are Buddhist education and academic excellence mutually exclusive? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

More on creative thinking. To be creative: is it sufficient to be just unique, different, unheard of or unseen before? What else is required? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

In what way is rote-learning an obstacle to creative thinking? What is the difference between rote-learning and memorization? What is wrong with rote-learning? What are the benefits of memorization? http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

What is Buddhist Education? In Buddhist understanding human beings are “learning creatures”. We see our entire life as a learning process. Buddhism is an “Education System” with the idea that human beings have the potential to completely liberate themselves from all sufferings through a clear penetrative understanding of the way things are. http://www.thawsischool.com/dhamma_English/school/index-1.html

"Personality view" or "identity view" is affirming the attachment to the 5 khandhas as "me & mine". As the first one of the 10 fetters (samyojana) it does not refer only to the physical body: "sakkaya" means the whole group or collection of mental and physical processes that we may identify with. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/khandha.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/khandha.html