One Dharma International Podcast
by Sudhammacara Bhikkhu / 山下 良道
The One Dharma International Podcast presents a collection of Ven. Ryodo Yamashita’s English language Dharma talks. From the mountains of Japan to the jungles of Burma, Yamashita-sensei has 30 years of experience practicing and teaching meditation. His non-sectarian approach focuses on his “One Dharma Meditation Method." The talks presented here are mostly from retreats held outside Japan, especially in India and Taiwan. They explore how we can transform our hearts and give birth to a new world here in the 21st century. For more information please visit: https://en.onedhamma.com/
Episodes
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One Dharma Method Guided Meditation: Compassion Meditation
Morning sky above Buddha Pada, Kalimpong. Recorded on the final day of Me as Blues Sky Retreat in 2023, this podcast includes Compassion Meditation led by Ven. Ryodo Yamashita, Sudhammacara Bhikku. Guidance on posture preparation and a brief Dharma talk on Compassion are also offered at the…
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One Dharma Method Guided Meditation: Four Elements Meditation and Subtle Body Meditation
This recording delves into the first two steps of the One Dhamra Meditation Method, namely the Four Elements Meditation and Subtle Body Meditation, guided by Ven. Ryodo Yamashita, Sudhammacara Bhikku, on the final day of Me as Blues Sky Retreat in 2023. The session starts with a brief Dharma talk...
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Chanting from Me as Blue Sky Retreat 2023
The altar on the ground floor of the Buddha Hall, Buddha Pada, Kalimpong This is a recording of chanting from the last day of Me as Blue Sky Retreat 2023. You can find the full text of the stanzas here. Homage to the Buddha (in Pali) The Three Refuges (in Pali) Five Precepts (in Pali) The Three...
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A Map to a Place Where Mindfulness Exists and How to Get There
To be mindful, you need to undergo a shift—moving from “this world”* to a dimension where awareness exists. When you happened to be mindful, according to Ven. Yamashita, it did not occur as the result of successful control of your mind, but because of the shift, which happened unnoticed and...
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Total Surrender, Then the ‘Jump’ Happens
The importance of surrender has been one of the most significant themes in religious discussions. But what does it mean to surrender? And what is it to surrender in the context of mindfulness practice? Trying to control, and doing things to achieve specific desires, are inherent to our human...
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Are You Ready for Crossing Over? —Three Essential Elements
The truth that the Buddha discovered, referred to as Dimension X in this retreat, does not exist as a continuation of our ordinary mind. Entering it requires a “jump,” which made it extremely difficult to teach. For this jump to happen, you need to be ready–says Ven. Yamashita. According to him,...
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Retreat, Ego, and Dimension X (aka the Other Shore)
When participating in a retreat like ours, the most significant obstacle is not the pain in your leg but your ego. However, attempting to escape from it or suppress it only deepens the entanglement in ego– judgments, hatred, and reactive responses, qualities that are contrary to mindfulness.…
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For your mindfulness practice to work
While our suffering can take many forms, we know our mind is the culprit. Mindfulness can bring an end to it, so we are convinced. However, can meditating with the same mind that causes suffering truly make us mindful? “NO”. says Ven. Yamashita. In this introductory talk, he teaches that real...
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True Meaning of Mindfulness
December 7th, 2018, Pune, India Day 3 (the last day) of 2018 Zen and Mindfulness Retreat in Vajuradhatu A view from Vajuradhatu Retreat Center, Pune In this final Dharma talk, Ven Yamashita once again lays out what mindfulness truly means. Mindfulness, an impossible attempt for our ordinary mind,...
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Middle Way in a New Light
December 6th, 2018, Pune, India Remains of East gate, Kapilavastu castle, Nepal. Prince Siddhartha’s journey started here. This is the 2nd Dharma Talk given at the 2018 Mindfulness and Zen retreat at Vajradhatu, Pune, India. “The Buddha’s path is your path. Buddhism is about you, and every single...
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Why subtle body meditation?
December 5th, 2018, Pune, India Dharma Talk (somehow we do not have Dharma talk photo of 2018. This is from 2019 Vajradhatu Retreat) This is the introductory Dharma Talk given on the 1st day of 2018 Mindfulness and Zen retreat at Vajradhatu, Pune, India. In this talk, Ven. Yamashita explains the...
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Meditation Instruction 2018ver
Meditation instruction recorded at the 2018 international retreat, Deer Park Institute, Bir, India. Sunrise on the Holy river of Ganga, near Baranasi, India On December 2nd, 2018, Bir Please note that no recording of guided meditation was made at the 2019 international retreat. This is the latest...
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One Most Important Thing About You
November 29th, 2018, Bir, India Walking meditation in front of the Buddha Hall, Deer Park Institute, Bir Day 2 of 2018 Zen and Mindfulness Retreat at Deer Park Institute When you lose touch with this one crucial thing about you, suffering is inevitable. You mistake who you are, and get caught up…
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A realistic strategy for mindfulness
November 28th, 2018, Bir, India Day 1 of 2018 Zen and Mindfulness Retreat at Deer Park Institute Dharma Talk at Deer Park Institute, 2018, Bir, India Have you ever been fascinated by mindfulness? Have you ever tried it but found it difficult to remain in that state and wondered why? If your…
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Young Global Leaders Meditation Workshop
Ven. Yamashita teaching the subtle body meditation to the Young Global Leaders (class of 2014) 9/14/14 Hounen-in, Kyoto, Japan With Ven. Issho Fujita An introductory talk on meditation given to the Young Global Leaders Forum, a project of the World Economic Forum. YGL is “a community of…
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Why Compassion?
12/28/13 PM, New Delhi, India From this talk: “Once you start your own meditation, you find your mind does not work as you think.” Topics covered include: Mindfulness and problems in meditation, subject and object, the untrainable monkey mind, the fundamental misunderstanding, and the role of...
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Anxiety and the Blue Sky
12/28/13 New Delhi, India From this talk: “If your mind created this anxiety, your mind can also stop this anxiety.” Topics covered include: Yamashita-sensei’s background and connection with Deer Park (Himachal Pradesh, India), an explanation of Blue Sky (Clear Sky) Meditation, the meaning of...
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Thinking Mind, Resisting Mind
Talk given 12/22/13, Goa, India. Topics covered include breath awareness (anapanasati) and habitual tendencies, ego and the thinking mind, resistance, and true practice.
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Resistance and Acceptance
12/21/13 PM, Goa, India From this talk: “If you check your mind please find your resistance. This is the core of your ego.” Topics covered include: ego vs. compassion, the meaning of samatha and vipassana, resistance and acceptance, the importance of retreats, and mindfulness in daily life.
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Real Medicine
12/21/13 AM, Goa, India From this talk: “With your new identity you cannot have any negativity. This and compassion are the same. No negative emotion can survive in the dimension of compassion.” Topics covered include: Real medicine, the new dimension, the difference between ego and monkey mind,...
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Regaining Mental Health
12/20/13 AM, Goa, India From this talk: “Let’s focus on our own minds. This is the most important point.” Topics covered include: Yamashita-sensei’s self-introduction, pitfalls in approaching the Dharma, Right Attitude, problems in relationships, and a strategy for handling “monkey mind.”
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The Meaning of Mindfulness
12/20/13 PM Goa, India From this talk: “Why does mindfulness really change the game?” Topics covered include: The real meaning of mindfulness, updating Buddhism, realizing you’re a patient, when meditation doesn’t work, and the ego’s game
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After the Retreat
12/9/13 Deer Park, Himachal Pradesh, India Walking Meditation in front of the Dharma Hall, Deer Park Institute, Bir, India From this talk: “Little by little you enter into the dimension of the Blue Sky. Then, standing in the Blue Sky, you finally can deal with the white clouds. Your thought, your...
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The Blue Sky
12/7/13 Deer Park, Himachal Pradesh, India A view of Himalayas from Deer Park, Bir, UP, India From this talk: “ We have clouds, but at the same time our essence is Blue Sky. So when can we enter the Blue Sky? Any time we realize it.” Topics covered include: Real happiness, the secret of...
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Getting Out of Prison
12/5/13 Deer Park, Himachal Pradesh, India From this talk: “If we can change our minds, the world itself will be different.” Topics covered include: Not realizing you’re locked up, thinking mind and true identity, and a different approach to problems
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Who Meditates?
9/3/13 Henson-so, Mungyeong, Korea – Day 3 English / Korean From this talk: “Unless you understand this change of identity, meditation doesn’t work.” The final Dharma talk from the 2013 Korea retreat. Topics covered include: the most difficult point in meditation, the role of trust in practice…
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Silence
9/2/13 Henson-so, Mungyeong, Korea – Day 3 English / Korean From this talk: “During the retreat, we really concentrate on touching Silence. Then after the retreat, you go back to your daily situation. Then how to keep a connection with the Silence is your job.” Topics covered include: Endless...
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The Universal Subject
9/1/13 Henson-so, Mungyeong, Korea – Day 2 English / Korean From this talk: “You don’t have to know any texts at all, but you have to be very honest about yourself. ” Topics covered include: Knowing oneself, what all the traditions are talking about, the importance of failure in meditation, and...
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2013 Korean Retreat, Day 1
8/31/13 Henson-so, Mungyeong, Korea English / Korean Topics covered include: Confusion with different traditions and meditation techniques, clarifying vipassana and mindfulness, Blue Sky Meditation and Blue Sky Yoga, and the retreat schedule.
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A Change of Identity
6/30/13 Hualien, Taiwan – Day 3 English / Mandarin Early morning Yoga, Hua-Lien, Taiwan From this talk: “Your identity is changing. You are White Clouds. But now you know, you are also Blue Sky.” Topics covered include: confusion with words of enlightened teachers, just sitting, view from the new...
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The Power of Acceptance
6/28/13 Hualien, Taiwan – Day 1 English / Mandarin Meditation Hall, Hua-Lien, Taiwan From this talk: “Observing things as they are, it means observing things with acceptance.” Topics covered include: Likes and dislikes, objective observation, acceptance, and the fundamental mistake.
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Compassion Meditation
12/28/12 Goa, India A brief talk on “saying yes” through compassion, followed by a guided meditation.
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Beyond Traditions
12/28/12 Goa, India From this talk: “You don’t have to become a so-called Buddhist. You don’t have to become a member of such and such an organization. You can always start with you.” Topics covered include the similarity between Zen and early Buddhism, conflicts between religious traditions,...
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Body in the Body
12/27/12 pt.3 Goa, India From this talk: “If you want to feel inside the body, you really have to let go of thinking mind.” A brief talk followed by “inner body awareness meditation” instructions. This is the first part of Yamashita-sensei’s “One Dharma Method.” This will be the last podcast of...
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Compassion and the Ego
12/27/12 Goa, India From this talk: “The purpose of compassion meditation is how to have a relationship based on compassion with [everybody].” Topics covered include: Real freedom, some benefits of meditation, mindful eating, mindfulness in everyday life, and compassion.
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Who is Mindful?
12/27/12 pt.2 Goa, India From this talk: “If you can improve your relationship with family members, then you can be called a good practitioner.” Topics covered include: Tich Nhat Hanh, the importance of practicing with others, the anapanasati sutta, and the four foundations of mindfulness
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Just Say Yes
12/28/12 Goa, India From this talk: “Just saying yes to your present situation, finally your dissatisfaction has ended…that is the meaning of staying in the present moment.” Topics covered include: habitual tendencies, freedom from external circumstances, contentment with the present moment, and...
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Contentment With the Present Moment
12/08/12 Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India From this talk: “[Desire] means you are saying “no” to your present state. But now you said “yes.” You are content. That’s why your desire will disappear.” Topics covered include subtle consciousness, the problem of dulling yourself down, desire, and leaving...
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Beyond Thinking Mind
12/07/12 Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India From this talk: “Suffering is self-created. That’s it. You made it. You created the suffering…but I’m not blaming you. I’m giving you hope.” Topics covered include the first noble truth, criticizing mind, identifying as thinking mind, and who watches the...
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The Cessation of Hatred
12/06/12 Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me. In those who harbor such thoughts, hatred will never cease. He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me. In those who do not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. For hatred does not cease…
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Right Mindfulness, Wrong Mindfulness
12/18/11 From this talk: “When we observe from the Blue Sky point of view, this is true mindfulness.” Topics covered include avoiding confusion between traditions, form and formlessness, true mindfulness, and the cloud of anxiety.
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Meditation for Humanity
12/17/11 From this talk: “Meditation’s not a personal thing anymore..as humanity itself, we should meditate to advance one step further. It means from the world of thinking mind. Now everywhere…we are already reaching the limit…[there are] so many environmental problems, so many psychological...
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Finding Peace of Mind
12/16/11 From this talk: “We’ve been looking for peace of mind in completely the wrong place.” Topics covered include getting to the point, moving from room A to B, and the true meaning of mindfulness. Please feel free to discuss this week’s podcast below.
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Living as Blue Sky
12/09/12 Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India From this talk: “We are Blue Sky from the beginning, but with our thinking mind we couldn’t understand. Why? Because our thinking mind can understand only the world of form. Why? Because our thinking mind itself is form.” Topics covered include remembering...
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We and They
Dharma Talk 12/03/11 New Delhi, India From this talk: “Before being whatever religion, you’re just a human being. You have a body, you have a mind, you have this reality. We have a heart, and sometimes it’s painful. Let’s come back to this reality itself.” Topics covered include interdependence,...
About this show
The One Dharma International Podcast presents a collection of Ven. Ryodo Yamashita’s English language Dharma talks. From the mountains of Japan to the jungles of Burma, Yamashita-sensei has 30 years of experience practicing and teaching meditation. His non-sectarian approach focuses on his “One Dharma Meditation Method." The talks presented here are mostly from retreats held outside Japan, especially in India and Taiwan. They explore how we can transform our hearts and give birth to a new world here in the 21st century. For more information please visit: https://en.onedhamma.com/
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