Dhamma-Vinaya Patipadā Podcast

About Dhamma-Vinaya Patipadā Podcast

Dhamma talks, meditation and discussions with Bhante Joe

Publisher

Bhante Joe

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2024

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

139 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Sit. Stay. Good Mind! | Bhante Joe

   How can meditation help us find happiness beyond the constant pursuit of pleasure? In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe explains why sensual pleasures lose their appeal and how Buddhist practice offers a different direction. Drawing on the Dhammapada, he explores the mind’s role in happiness, the power of habits and clinging, and the gradual training of the Noble Eightfold Path. He describes mindfulness as remembering and keeping something in mind, using the example of an untrained dog to illustrate mental training. Practical reflections on the five precepts show how ethical conduct supports meditation, while the carpenter simile explains why practice requires adaptable skill. By strengthening wholesome qualities, weakening unwholesome habits, and developing dispassion, these Buddhist teachings help cultivate inner peace and a mind better prepared for illness, loss, and difficulty. PRACTICE WITH US ──────────────────── BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION VIA ZOOM North America — 1st and middle Sunday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ GROUP MEDITATION & CHANTING Monday to Saturday — 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Colombo time https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ SPECIAL EVENTS ──────────────────── Subscribe to our Luma calendar for updates on retreats, days of practice, and other special events: https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada FIND OUT MORE ──────────────────── Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dhammavinayapatipada Website: https://www.dhammavinayapatipada.com TIMESTAMPS ──────────────────── 00:00:00 — Meditation and the Search for Happiness 00:02:22 — Why Sensual Pleasures Lose Their Appeal 00:09:06 — The Dhammapada: How the Mind Shapes Happiness 00:10:40 — Understanding Emotions and Mental Habits 00:16:36 — Habits, Clinging, and the Noble Eightfold Path 00:22:40 — Three Signs of Progress in Meditation 00:25:07 — What Mindfulness Means in Buddhist Practice 00:29:01 — Training the Mind: The Untrained Dog 00:34:43 — Why the Five Precepts Support Meditation 00:39:27 — Practicing the Five Precepts in Daily Life 00:43:09 — Truthful Speech and Avoiding Intoxicants 00:48:24 — Developing Meditation as a Skill

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Stopping The Dukkha Machine | A short talk given by Ajahn Dan Thiracitto

   What happens when Buddhist practice is tested outside the safety and routine of the monastery? In this retreat Dhamma talk, invited and hosted by Bhante Joe, Bhante Dan reflects on the wandering monk’s life as a direct training in faith, humility, Vinaya, and mindfulness. Drawing on experiences of tudong and piṇḍapāta in Europe and other non-Buddhist settings, he describes how embarrassment, uncertainty, hunger, and fear expose the kilesas and reveal the mind’s habit of turning thoughts into bodily tension and dukkha. He connects this process with dependent origination, vedanā, and the Buddha’s simile of the two arrows, then explains how returning to the breath and felt body can interrupt the cycle. The talk offers practical guidance for meeting discomfort with awareness and deepening Buddhist practice through lived experience. PRACTICE WITH US ──────────────────── BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION VIA ZOOM North America — 1st and middle Sunday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ GROUP MEDITATION & CHANTING Monday to Saturday — 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Colombo time https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ SPECIAL EVENTS ──────────────────── Subscribe to our Luma calendar for updates on retreats, days of practice, and other special events: https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada FIND OUT MORE ──────────────────── Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dhammavinayapatipada Website: https://www.dhammavinayapatipada.com TIMESTAMPS ──────────────────── 00:00:00 — Why Wandering Challenges Complacency 00:02:08 — Testing Practice Outside the Monastery 00:03:32 — How Wandering Monks Inspire Faith 00:06:02 — Representing the Sangha With Responsibility 00:08:17 — Vinaya, Social Media, and Public Conduct 00:09:01 — Piṇḍapāta in Non-Buddhist Countries 00:11:13 — Embarrassment as a Field of Practice 00:13:35 — Stripping Away Ego and Relying on Generosity 00:15:15 — How Thoughts Create Dukkha in the Body 00:18:01 — Dependent Origination, Vedanā, and the Two Arrows 00:20:00 — Applying Mindfulness When Thinking Fails 00:21:00 — Returning to the Breath and Felt Body

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Why Freedom Feels Wrong at First | Bhante Joe

   What does it mean to become “developed in body” without making the body the basis of our happiness? In this Dhamma talk, Bhante Joe explores the Buddha’s teaching on keeping the mind within its proper range through mindfulness of the body and the Satipaṭṭhānas. Using the simile of the monkey caught in tar, Luangta Mahā Bua’s “prison world,” body-part contemplation, and reflections on sensual pleasure, he explains how danger, gratification, and escape can be seen more clearly. The discussion also covers asubha meditation, the 32 parts of the body, impermanence, breath awareness, and practical ways to keep the body in mind throughout daily life. By developing this kind of Buddhist practice, meditation can lead toward greater discernment, inner peace, and freedom from dependence on changing bodily experience. PRACTICE WITH US ──────────────────── BI-WEEKLY MEDITATION VIA ZOOM North America — 1st and middle Sunday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Australia — 1st and middle Monday of the month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ GROUP MEDITATION & CHANTING Monday to Saturday — 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Colombo time https://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/ SPECIAL EVENTS ──────────────────── Subscribe to our Luma calendar for updates on retreats, days of practice, and other special events: https://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada FIND OUT MORE ──────────────────── Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dhammavinayapatipada Website: https://www.dhammavinayapatipada.com TIMESTAMPS ──────────────────── 00:00:00 — What It Means to Be Developed in Body 00:01:56 — The Monkey Trap and Our Proper Range 00:06:12 — Body Contemplation and the Five Body Parts 00:09:09 — Seeing the Body’s Rising and Falling 00:11:32 — Luangta Mahā Bua’s “Prison World” 00:15:00 — A Different Kind of Freedom 00:20:00 — Gratification, Danger, and Escape 00:21:14 — Q&A: When to Practice Body Contemplation 00:23:55 — How to Contemplate the 32 Parts of the Body 00:29:35 — What It Means to Keep the Body in Mind 00:36:08 — Going Against the Grain of Sensuality 00:42:46 — Peace, Discernment, and Closing

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