Collection of Source Materials for the Various Courses of Dharma Study undertaken by Members of the West Wight Sangha.

Wednesday 30 April 2008

The First Noble Truth

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There is Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness).

Dukkha is one of the Three Marks of Existence the others being Anicca (impermanence) and Anatta (non-self)

The suffering of change Stephen Batchelor explains the idea behind the truth of suffering (Listen on RealPlayer)

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Anatta:
Anatta Made Simple

Not Self, Not No Self

"Impermanence" by Leigh Brasington

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Monday 28 April 2008

Sunday 20 April 2008

The Noble eightfold Path

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Wisdom (Prajñā • Paññā)

Right View, samma ditthi

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Right View (Part 1) by Leigh Brasington

Sammaditthi Sutta - Majjhima Nikaya 9 by Ajahn Brahm

Wise View by Rodney Smith


Right Intention, samma sankappa

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Right Intention by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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Wise Aspiration by Rodney Smith

Ethical conduct (Śīla • Sīla)

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A Treatise on the Paramis by Acariya Dhammapala


Right speech, sammā-vācā

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Right Speech

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Choice Words by Steve Armstrong

Wise Speech by Rodney Smith


Right action, sammā-kammanta

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Wise Action by Rodney Smith


Right livelihood, sammā-ājīva

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Wise Livelihood by Rodney Smith

Concentration (Samādhi)

Right effort, sammā-vāyāma

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Wise Effort by Rodney Smith


Right mindfulness, sammā-sati

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Mindfulness in Plain English by Ven. Henepola Gunaratana


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Wise Mindfulness by Rodney Smith


Right concentration, sammā-samādhi

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Wise Samadhi by Rodney Smith

The Five Hindrances, pañca nīvaraṇāni

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Concentration: Abandoning the Hindrances from the Wings to Awakening

The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest from Access to Insight

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Four talks on the Hindrances by Steve Armstrong