Mindfulness Insight Meditation - Buddhist Teachings
Mindfulness Insight meditation (Satipatthana Vipassana) and Buddhist teachings/Dhamma Talks as taught through the Theravada Buddhism tradition. Sayar Myat gives Dhamma talks on teachings of the Buddha as well as instructions on Pure Vipassana meditation as prescribed by the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw.
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Episodes
212 episodes
214: Practices of Guaranteed Result (Apaṇṇakapaṭipadā)
In this episode, “Practices of Guaranteed Result,” we explore the Buddha’s three essential techniques—known as Apaṇṇakapaṭipadā—that promise undeniable progress on the path when practiced diligently. These three techniques are simp...
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24:28
213: Causes of Arising Beautiful Consciousness
“Causes of Beautiful Consciousness” explores how our inner world is shaped by three powerful factors—feeling, prompting, and knowledge. This episode explains how pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant feelings influence our habits ...
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29:38
212: Beautiful Consciousness of Sensuous Realms (Kamavacara Sobhana Citta)
Sayar Myat presents the twenty-four beautiful consciousnesses (sobhana citta) of the sensuous realm, divided into wholesome, resultant, and functional groups. Through simple storylines, he explains how wholesome consciousness arise...
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22:23
211: Beautiful Consciousness (Sobhana Citta)
In this Dhamma talk, Sayadaw introduces Sobhana Citta, the Beautiful Consciousness. “Sobhana” means beautiful, graceful, or pure; “Citta” means consciousness. Together they describe the states of mind rooted in non-greed (alo...
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22:20
210: Chanda (Desire, Wanting)
This talk explores the true meaning of chanda — not as craving, but as the neutral, wholesome intention to act. Learn how understanding and observing this “wanting consciousness” in daily life can lead from desire to wisdo...
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Season 6
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Episode 33
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31:54
209: Rootless Consciousness (Part 2)
In this episode, we continue exploring rootless consciousness—states of awareness that arise without mental roots of greed, hatred, or delusion. Building on Part One, we dive deeper into the 18 types of rootless consciousness, gro...
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Season 6
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Episode 32
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44:52
208: Life Continuum (Bhavanga)
This episode explores the Buddhist concept of bhavaṅga, or the “life continuum” — the stream of consciousness that connects one moment to the next, and even one life to another. It explains how our unique personalities at birth may arise...
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Season 6
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Episode 31
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35:54
207: Rootless Consciousness (Part 1) 'Ahituka Citta'
This talk describes to how past karma patterns present experience—and how mindful attention stops old patterns from creating new ones. We explore the meaning of rootless consciousness (ahituka) in Buddhist teaching — t...
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Season 6
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Episode 30
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29:59
206: Benefits of Being a Monk (Sāmaññaphala Sutta)
Over 2,600 years ago, on a full moon night at Jīvaka’s mango grove near Rājagaha, King Ajātasattu—haunted by guilt for killing his father—approached the Buddha with a simple but profound question: What are the benefits, in this life, of bei...
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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34:27
205: Unwholesome Consciousness (Akusala Citta)
In this episode, we explore the twelve types of unwholesome consciousness in Buddhist psychology—states of mind rooted in greed (lobha), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha). The Buddha taught that these mental r...
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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31:53
204: Consciousness by Nature (Genus)
In this episode, we explore how the Buddha classified consciousness by its nature, or jāti, into four main types: wholesome (kusala), unwholesome (akusala), resultant (vipāka), and functional (kiriya)...
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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21:58
203: Consciousness by Planes of Existence
In this episode, we explore how consciousness operates across the 31 planes of existence in Buddhist cosmology—from the sensual realms of human and celestial beings to the refined planes of form and formlessness. These planes correspond ...
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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27:14
202: Moral Corruption and the Disaster of the Physical World
This talk explores how the Buddha linked moral corruption to the imbalance of the natural world. As human greed, anger, and ignorance grow, they don’t just harm society—they ripple outward, affecting the very elements of the planet. The ...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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27:28
201: Four Causes of Materiality of the Body (Part 2)
In this episode, we continue exploring the four causes of materiality (rupa) in the human body, focusing on the last two: climate (utu) and food (ahara). Drawing from both Buddhist teachings and modern science, we look at h...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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29:54
200: Four Causes of Materiality of the Body (Part 1)
In this episode, we explore the four causes of materiality (rupa)—the foundations of how the body is formed and transformed. Drawing from the Buddha’s teachings and modern understanding, the talk explains how karma, consciousness, cli...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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25:15
199: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 6) The Faculty of Wisdom
In this episode, we explore the 25th and final beautiful mental factor — the Faculty of Wisdom (Paññindriya). Drawing from Buddhist teachings, we uncover the true meaning of paññā — “knowing rightly” — and how it differs f...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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36:06
198: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 5) Limitless Mental Factors (Appamaññā)
In this episode, we explore the third subgroup of beautiful mental factors, known as the Limitless (Appamaññā). These mental states take all living beings as their object of focus and include loving-kindness (Mettā), com...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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36:20
197: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 4) Abstinence
In this episode, we explore the second subgroup of the beautiful mental factors — Abstinence (Vīrati). This group consists of three mental factors: Right Speech (Sammā Vācā), Right Action (Sammā Kammanta), and Rig...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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30:52
196: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 3) Tranquility and Its Companions
In this episode, we explore the third group of beautiful mental factors — twelve qualities that arise in six pairs, bringing harmony and balance to the mind. These include tranquility, lightness, softness, adaptability, healthiness,
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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37:48
195: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 2) The Seven Guardians of the Mind
In this episode, we continue exploring the beautiful mental factors with a focus on the next five: moral shame (hiri), moral dread (ottappa), non-greed (alobha), non-anger (adosa), and equanimity (tatra-majjhattatā). These ...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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32:36
194: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 1) Faith and Mindfulness
In this first episode on the Beautiful Mental Factors (Sobhana Cetasikas), we begin exploring the wholesome qualities that purify and uplift the mind. We discuss the first two universal beautiful factors — Faith (Saddhā) and Mi...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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34:19
193: Unwholesome Mental Factors (Part 3) Sloth/Torpor & Doubt
In this episode, we continue exploring the mental factors (cetasikas) with a focus on the final group of unwholesome mental factors — sloth (thīna), torpor (middha), and doubt (vicikicchā). These states weaken...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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31:23
192: Unwholesome Mental Factors (Part 2) Greed and Anger Roots
In this episode we examine the second and third subgroups of the unwholesome mental factors — those rooted in greed and anger. Hear clear explanations and examples of: lobha (greed/attachment), diṭṭhi (wrong...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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51:39
191: Unwholesome Mental Factors (Part 1) The Four that Darken the Mind
In this episode, we begin exploring the second group of mental factors — the unwholesome (akusala) mental factors, which consist of fourteen states that give rise to unwholesome consciousness. This talk focuses on the first sub...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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35:27