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Tuesday Practice Circle with Kristen Jones 3/10/26

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The Seven Points (Cases), SN 22.57 with Kirsten Jones ———————————————————————————————————————————————— In the video featured below, TWIM instructor Kirsten Jones presents a reading and discussion of  (Sattatthana Sutta with commentary by Dhammavudho).  Reading fromthe Pāli Canon, the Buddha explains a structured path to liberation through deep experiential understanding of the five aggregates. It teaches meditators how […]

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Majjhima Nikāya, or "Middle Length Discourses

MN 2, Letting Go of Mental Taints, Sunday 2/22/26

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A Practical Teaching on the Sabbasava Sutta (MN 2) with Delson Armstrong —————————————————————————————————————— In this talk, Delson Armstrong clearly explains how mental “taints” — craving, aversion, and ignorance — shape habitual suffering. It reveals how they can be weakened through mindful awareness. Drawing directly from the Sabbasava Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 2), he shows how the

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Majjhima Nikāya, or "Middle Length Discourses

MN 1, The Root of All Things, Sunday 2/8/26

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A Practical Teaching on the Mūlapariyāya Sutta (MN 1) with Delson Armstrong —————————————————————————————————————— n this talk, Delson Armstrong explains the Mūlapariyāya Sutta, known as the “Root of All Things.” First, he shows how ordinary perception leads to conceiving “me” and “mine.” As a result, suffering is repeatedly created through identification with experience. However, this process

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Tony Robbins and the Buddha Share an Essential Teaching

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Compare Tony Robbins’s Neuro-Associative Conditioning to the Buddha’s Right Effort and Six Rs Method  —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In his programs, Tony Robbins teaches the three steps for lasting change using Neuro-Associative Conditioning: (1) creating strong emotional leverage for change (2) interrupting old patterns, and (3) conditioning new behaviors so they become automatic. He supports his approach with the

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Tuesday Practice Circle with Kristen Jones 2/3/26

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Ways of Regarding Things, SN 22.47, Sutta Reading with Discussion and Meditation Group ———————————————————————————————————————————————— In this short discourse, the Buddha explains how a mistaken sense of “I” arises. Kirsten expailes how it is sustained by clinging to the five aggregates—form (body), feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness. First, an uninstructed person, unfamiliar with noble training

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Delson Armstrong on the Sense of Self, Control, and Conceit

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In this Dharma talk, Delson Armstrong presents a detailed analysis of anatta (not-self) and conceit (māna) using key suttas from the Pāli Canon. First, he explains the difference between abandoning self-view and removing the subtle sense of “I am.” He shows how the five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness—become objects of identification. As a

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