Buddha’s Teachings: Recent Episodes
Sothy Tim
All sentient beings are searching for peace and happiness in their lives but we seem to run into issues and sufferings all the time. Buddha taught us how to navigate through life by showing us what life is. Welcome to Dhamma talks.
Why do we want to cleanse our own mind? What is wrong with it? There must be reasons why we do anything. Let’s find out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
Shame of wrong is a quality of wholesome mind. So what are the wrong mind and how do we stay away from it?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
How much you suffer, how often you have problems in your life mostly depends on how much you cling to the idea of your self “I”.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
Sufferings cannot arise without proper conditions/ingredients, the faculties or the sources. What are those required ingredients?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
(Also now on YouTube through channel Sothy Tim) Become a shade means to offer refuge to the fellow travelers from the hot sun. How do you become a shade? First, you have to be cool within yourself. Find out how in this episode.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
How is your year as we are approaching the end of another year? Has your practice brought you more lightness and peace? Have you made progress in your study about yourself, the inner you? Share you thoughts and ideas or questions as we wrap up 2023.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
In order for one to commit himself/herself to liberation from the cycle of Dukkha/sufferings, one must understand or know what Dukkha/suffering is. The study of Dhamma is a must and is the only way.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
The mind is not not easy to tame but as long as we can see the benefits of a tamed mind we must keep on practicing because we know it is the only way out of the cycle of suffering.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
Our original mind is like a bucket of pure clear water. What we put in it is what we are mistakenly identified ourself with.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
What are we looking for in order to have a happy life in a relationship? What are the conditions? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
We love people we hate people. A loved one becomes the ex-one. The ex becomes someone’s else love. So what is this “person” we love or hate?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
The ultimate streaming is our mind. Blinded by the speed of the mind, we develop the self “I” as a doer. The ignorant doer goes to do selfish things for itself.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
By looking within, we need to realize that we are also the trigger to the world.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sothy-tim/support
Your mind has its own way of functioning, it is its nature. Find out what it is.
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Our mind is the source of our sins. Unwholesome mind leads to sinful speech and action.
It’s just the matter of time when we run into problems in life, it’s inevitable. How one handles the situation determine the quality of one’s life. If you are stressed, sad, upset, anxious, nervous, scared, angry, irritated, you have not figured out the solution to your problems. Right solution gives you happiness, peace of mind. Would you like to find out?
From Angkuttarak Nikaya number 42, the Buddha talked about the Four Characteristics of a person, worthy and unworthy.
Life is a journey as people say. With the right formula life can be a lot less stressful and more joyful.
What is the difference between paying respect and taking refuge in the Triple Gems? There are misconceptions in what taking refuge means.
All fires starts with a little spark. All big problems start with little problems. Put out the spark is a lot easier than put out the big fire. Learn to catch the spark.
A man who conquer a thousand battles is not still as powerful as the man(or woman) who can conquer himself/herself. This phrase is explained here in this episode.
The Buddha discovered the Truth. From the Truth He taught the Dhamma. What is the Truth He discovered?
All feelings and emotions happen inside us. Who or what creates these feelings? We normally think that our feelings arise due to the different factors outside our body, due to what we see or hear. Does that mean those things and people are the creator of our feelings?
Is old habit difficult to break? It depends on your mind set. Is your emotions difficult to change? It depends on your will. But if you know for sure that the change will make a better you or get you into a better life situation, would you do it?
When your mind is full of stuff you feel heavy, especially stuff of negative feelings and emotions. Learn to clear this mind, learn to clean that mind and you will feel much better.
This episode goes a little deeper into the fifty two mind faculties, the ingredients, the formula, some samples of how mind arises.
Evil/bad deeds arise from unwholesome minds, unwholesome thoughts, unwholesome actions. How do you handle these unwholesome feelings?
You have issues in you life, in your work, in your families, in your relationship, your mind is heavy, full of negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. You feel heavy like having dark clouds on your head, heavy weights on your shoulders. This is telling you that you don’t understand your own mind and you are letting your mind control you.
We all have to deal with difficult people, difficult situation all the time. How do we manage this problem?
Many people pray at the temples, at the altars, to the Buddha’s statue. Is that what the Buddha taught?
Grief is a part of life we all encounter from time to time. It is important to understand how this pain arises.
The King(your mind) wants to have peace in his kingdom but the king is always disturbed. Where are the guards?
Being aware of oneself’s mental activities (having Sati) is the crucial first part of learning about ourselves. Let’s talk about how to become aware of our own thoughts and emotions.
You have studied the Dhamma, you have studied the Sutra, yet you still have issues in life. Where has the learning gone?
Mind objects are products of our mind. These objects are the emotions, the feelings we experience and mistakenly identify ourselves with.
The Buddha encourages Dana or offering/giving. What is the best Dana one can give to oneself and people around them?
The conceptual “I” arises flawlessly with the rise of the five senses. Understanding this concept is the opening to the ultimate you.
Practicing anything must benefit you. The same goes with practicing the Dhamma. This episode shows you how to bring the Dhamma to your everyday activities so you can have a beautiful life.
Kamma/karma is action. Your action makes your life, good, bad, sad, angry, stressed, depressed, … What you make is yours. Choose the right one.
Our mind rises and falls away nonstop like waterfalls, it never stops. New mind arises and passes away consecutively, not a single old mind sticks around but because it happens so fast it seems like there is just one mind. You never touch a stream twice, be it water stream or mind stream.
Just as a storm cannot prevail against a rocky Mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on impurities.
A journey begins with the first step and the longest journey is the journey within which requires no step. You are already there.
This episode explains about the functions of our six senses, how they work, interact, and generate the mind. Please feel free to leave comments.
We go through many episodes in our life. How we handle the different episodes we encounter dictates how we live our life.
This episode takes you deeper into the teaching to see what the ultimate truth is that the Buddha taught.
Clinging or holding on to things is the root cause of insecurity, anxiety, stress that can proliferate into many unwholesome thoughts.
Acceptance is hard to do for most people when tragedies happen, when they are a victim of something in the past.
Wisdom (Pranha in Pali) is one component in the Eight Fold Noble Path. How do you cultivate this wisdom/pranha?
How does stress start in our life? From teenagers to young adults, stress builds up. Know where stress come from.
Self realization is about realizing our own mind, how it works. The mind is what keeps us in Samsara, understanding it is liberation. Free…
Buddha asked the monk’s: monks, if Brahmins or lay people ask why you study with the Tathagatta, what benefits do you get from the Teachings? What would you tell them?
Our new generation, from teenagers to young adults, is facing tremendous pressure from society and it creates a lot of stress and anxiety. How does one handle it?
Needless to say, raising a family is a very challenging responsibility and every little guidance helps. This episode is my little two cents guidance.
Money can help fix the necessity of life but money cannot buy true peace and happiness of life. The only way to cure the mental suffering is to understand what our mind is.
How can Buddhism benefit your life? This is the key, the bridge that takes you to the other side of your emotional (ego) mind.
When there is self there is death to self. Non-self is deathless but don’t just take my words for it, investigate it for yourself.
Our mind sprouts from different kinds of seed that generate different kinds of feelings. Understanding how those seeds grow are crucial to our peace of mind.
Continuing from part 1, episode 28, this talk is about our emotional mind, our part of the mind that runs the world.
We all have two minds operating together seamlessly like one. I am breaking it down here for you so see how the two works together. This another way of looking at our mind.
People have harmed you, people have hurt you, how can you have love or compassion for them?
I can’t have peace of mind, I have tried meditations but it only helps temporarily. How can I control my mind?
Desire leads to suffering. What about good desires? Desire to do good. Do you need to have desire to do good? How do desires and attachments work?
Comparing and judging are the activities of the human mind. We must keep watch of this activity.
Many have suffered broken relationships, have problems with immediate family members or spouse that is totally avoidable.
How we value ourselves is very important for most of us. When not knowing, we value ourselves with the wrong conceptions and it causes sufferings.
The idea of self creates separation, me vs you, my country vs your country, my people vs your people, my belief vs your belief.
How are you all doing? How is life up to this moment? Any thing changes or wish it changes?
I like the idea of the Teachings but I am too busy. I kind of know that all I have to do is be good. These are some of the comments people have. As long as you maintain this attitude, your life situations cannot get better because you will still always be under the control of your own ego mind.
What is different in Buddhism from other religions? The teachings of selflessness , non-self is the key to eradicate ego. This key opens the door to the kingdom of heaven within.
Based on memories, our mind works unconsciously and go through the emotions of life. Thus, there is no peace of mind.
Patticcasamupatti is Buddha’s discovery when he reached enlightenment. This is the uniqueness of Buddha’s Teachings.
From our deepest level of consciousness to rebirth and the wheel of Samsara according to karmic energy.
We continue the talk regarding the root of sufferings and the root of the root of sufferings.
Today, the full moon day of the third month in Buddhist calendar, Buddhists celebrate the anniversary of Buddha’s announcement of his Parinirvanna.
What are the sufferings of the mind. The different levels of the mind. The core teachings is in the Abhidhamma. The change in us.
The Three Principles of Buddha’s Teachings are Impermanence, Sufferings, and Non-Self (Anicca, Dukha, Anatta).
The First Noble Truth/ Suffering is divided into two parts, body (form) and mind. This episode talks about the body.
General description of what the Four Noble Truths is as well as the Eight Folds Noble Path. What is the truth?