Suburban Dharma
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Not Self and Santa Claus
A Dharma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 12/15/19. Subodha discusses how he learned the truth about Santa Claus not existing and relates that to how he first understood Anatta (not self) to mean soullessness and how ...
Farming the Dharma
A Dharma talk given at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 11/17/19. Subodha discusses the Kasibharadvaja Sutta, in which the Buddha explains to a Brahman farmer how training in the eightfold path is like farming.
Is Buddhism Selfish?
A talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on 10/20/19. Subodha discusses the Sedaka Sutta from the Samyutta Nikāya. The name he forgot in Pali was Medakathālikā, one he will now never forget again.
Diligence On The Path
A Dharma talk at the IBMC on 9/15/19. Subodha talks about being diligent on the path when we are busy being happy and even when we're not perfect in our practice.
Rahula’s First Lesson
A Father's Day Dhamma talk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center Los Angeles on June 16, 2019.