Entering the Course
Bhante Bodhidhamma opens this Czech retreat by establishing the ten training precepts (dasa sīla) essential for intensive meditation practice. He explains how these guidelines—including refraining from harming living beings, taking what is not given, sensual conduct, harsh speech, intoxicants, overeating, excessive sleep, idle diversions, beautification, and maintaining noble silence—create the proper conditions for deep vipassanā investigation.
The talk includes the traditional ceremony of taking the Three Refuges (tisaraṇa) in Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha, understood both historically and as inner spiritual realities. Bhante explains how Buddha represents our own awakening potential, Dhamma encompasses the teaching and practice itself, and Saṅgha includes fellow practitioners supporting each other's path.
The session concludes with guided meditation instructions using the noting technique—observing the breath with labels like 'rising,' 'falling,' 'touching'—and guidance on working with wandering mind and drowsiness. Bhante emphasizes investigating the 'psychophysical organism' by reducing sensory inputs and maintaining moment-to-moment awareness of whatever arises in experience.
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