Retreat Talks at Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center

June 21, 2026 Maha-dukkhakkhandha Sutta The Greater Discourse on the Mass of Suffering Challenged to show the difference between his teaching and that of other ascetics, the Buddha points out that they speak of letting go, but do not really understand why. He then explains in great detail the suffering that arises from attachment to sensual stimulation.

June 14,2026 Maha Sihananda Sutta A disrobed monk, Sunakkhatta, attacks the Buddha’s teaching because it merely leads to the end of suffering. The Buddha counters that this is, in fact, praise, and goes on to enumerate his many profound and powerful achievements.

June 7, 2026 The Buddha declares that only those following his path can genuinely experience the four stages of awakening. This is because, while much is shared with other systems, none of them go so far as to fully reject all attachment to the idea of a self.

May 17 Part 2 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta Explanation -Continuing with Feeling

May 10, 2026 MN 10 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta Delson goes through the first half of the sutta and explains it. ***Here the Buddha details the seventh factor of the noble eightfold path, mindfulness meditation. This collects many of the meditation teachings found throughout the canon, especially the foundational practices focusing on the body, and is regarded as one of the most important meditation discourses.

Apr 26, 2026 MN 9 Sammaditthi Sutta Venerable Sāriputta gives a detailed explanation of right view, the first factor of the noble eightfold path. At the prompting of the other mendicants, he approaches the topic from a wide range of perspectives.

Apr 5, 2026 MN 8 Effacement - Sallekha Sutta How to use the 8 fold path to purify the mind-What is Conceit? The Buddha differentiates between peaceful meditation and spiritual practices that encompass the whole of life. He lists forty-four aspects, which he explains as “effacement”, the wearing away of conceit. How to use the 8 fold path   https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false

June 13, 2026 AN 10.1 Benefits (What Progress) Transcendental Dependent Origination https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

MN 7 Mar 29, 2026 Vatthupama Sutta The Simile of the Cloth The many different kinds of impurities that defile the mind are compared to a dirty cloth. When the mind is clean we find joy, which leads to states of higher consciousness. Finally, the Buddha rejects the Brahmanical notion that purity comes from bathing in sacred rivers.

June 12, 2026 DP Pt. 2 Karma Discussion https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Mar 22, 2026 MN 6 Akankheyya Sutta 'IF A BHIKKHU SHOULD WISH' According to the Buddha, careful observance of ethical precepts is the foundation of all higher achievements in the spiritual life. "Follow your precepts and everything higher follows!"

Mar 15, 2026 MN 5: Anaṅgaṇa Sutta – Unblemished This sutta, found in the Majjhima Nikāya, explores the nature of mental blemishes and the importance of self-awareness in spiritual development. Ven. Sāriputta explains four types of individuals based on whether they are blemished or unblemished and whether they recognize their state. The key insight is that true virtue lies not in being free of flaws, but in recognizing them and striving to overcome them.

Day 8 June 11 Introducing the links of D Pt 2 is the first 6 of the aggregates https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

June 10, 2026 Delson explains the higher jhanas and the subsequent attainments that follow. https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Mar 8, 2026 Majjhima Nikāya Bhayabherava Sutta No.4 Fear and Dread How Sila or Morality is the basis for a mind free from hindrances. The Buddha explains the difficulties of living in the wilderness, and how they are overcome by purity of conduct and meditation. He recounts some of the fears and obstacles he faced during his own practice.

Mar 1, 2026 Dhammadāyādasutta Heirs in Dhamma Some of the Buddha’s students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha’s example we can experience the fruits of the path.

Day 6 Intro to Jhanas - How you achieve them- they are the cessation of factors. https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

June 8, 2026 Satipatthana Sutta is explained. The definition of Mindfulness is re-defined. https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Feb 22, 2026 MN 2 Sabbasava Sutta -All the Taints Talking about Distractions

Feb 8, 2026 MN 1: Mūlapariyāya Sutta This is the first discourse in the Majjhima Nikāya, the "Middle-length Discourses" of the Pāli Canon. It is a foundational and challenging sutta that directly confronts the tendency to posit a metaphysical origin or ultimate source for all existence—rejecting monistic views such as those found in Samkhya philosophy. The sutta systematically examines and dismisses various speculative theories about the root of all things, including the idea of a primordial self, a cosmic principle, or an eternal substance. Instead, it emphasizes that there is no single, unchanging source from which all phenomena arise. This is central to Buddhist non-theistic and non-essentialist thought.

June 7, 2026 Right Effort and the Enlightenment Factors https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com   Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Day 6 Intro to Jhanas - How you achieve them- they are the cessation of factors. https://lnk.bio/delsonarmstrong https://delsonarmstrong.com Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

June 5, 2026 Delson explains meditation and the 4 brahmviharas and developing wholesome happy states.   Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

June 6, 2026 Right View and 8 Fold path is the basis of your meditation.   Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

June 4, 2026 Day 1 Delson instead of explaining instructions... gives a guided meditation with the instructions for the retreaters.   Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Its Day 10 Last Day of Retreat Apr 9-19th at DSMC Apr 18, 2026 Final talk and instructions for bring back the practice into the world. Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Apr 17, 2026 UD 1.10 Bahiya Sutta Famous sutta that the Buddha spoke of Bahiya of the Bark Cloth

Apr 16, 2026 SN 46.54 Mettasahagata Sutta Accompanied by Lovingkindness This sutta is the basis of TWIM practice leading to Nibbana.

Bhante Kusala reads the 6 sets of 6 Chachakka Sutta. Many beings listening to this became enlightened. Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Apr 14, 2026 MN 38 Greater Destruction of Craving This is the premiere sutta on the subject of Dependent Origination. Reincarnation vs Rebirth. The 12 links of DO. Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Apr 13, 2026 MN 44 Cūļāvedalla Sutta

April 12, 2026 MN 39 - explaining the higher jhānas with Stories Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Day 3 MN 39 Pt2 "The Door" Explaining Jhanas 1-4

April 10, 2026 Day 2 MN 3 Maha-Assapura Sutta 9 Apr9-19 Metta Retreat Bhante tells some wonderful stories about a cat and other analogies to make points about the mind and its ability to wander off the object. Maha-Assapura Sutta The Buddha encourages the monks to live up to their name, by actually practicing in a way that meets or exceeds the expectations people have for renunciants. Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center https://www.dhammasukha.org

Apr 26, 2026 MN 9 Sammaditthi Sutta What perspective is needed to view the world? A lesson on Dependent Origination

Short Instructions for Metta Meditation

Apr 5, 2026 MN 8 Effacement - Sallekha Sutta How to use the 8 fold path to purify the mind-What is Conceit? The Buddha differentiates between peaceful meditation and spiritual practices that encompass the whole of life. He lists forty-four aspects, which he explains as “effacement”, the wearing away of conceit.

March 29, 2026 MN7 Vatthupama Sutta -The Simile of the Cloth The many different kinds of impurities that defile the mind are compared to a dirty cloth. When the mind is clean we find joy, which leads to states of higher consciousness. Finally, the Buddha rejects the Brahmanical notion that purity comes from bathing in sacred rivers.

Mar 1, 2026 Dhammadāyādasutta "Heirs in Dhamma" Some of the Buddha’s students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha’s example we can experience the fruits of the path.

Feb 22, 2026 MN 2 All the Taints Also called "All The Taints" (Bhikkhu Bodhi) This sutta explains the seven ways to remove the taints by seeing, restraining, using, enduing, avoiding, removing, and by developing.

Mar 15, 2026 Anangana Sutta  Without Blemishes The Buddha’s chief disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, use a simile of a tarnished bowl to illustrate the blemishes of the mind and conduct. They emphasize how the crucial thing is not so much whether there are blemishes, but whether we are aware of them.

Mar 8, 2026 Bhaya-bherava Sutta  'Fear and Dread' The Buddha explains the difficulties of living in the wilderness, and how they are overcome by purity of conduct and meditation. He recounts some of the fears and obstacles he faced during his own practice.

Feb 8 MN 1 Mulapariyaya Sutta - The Root Sequence The Buddha examines how the notion of a permanent self emerges from the process of perception. A wide range of phenomena are considered, embracing both naturalistic and cosmological dimensions. An unawakened person interprets experience in terms of a self, while those more advanced have the same experiences without attachment.

Jan 25 2026 SN 1.5 Arahant   SN22.89 Khemakha Sutta with Delson Armstrong

Jan 18 2026 DN 16 Sect 35-37  Parinibbāna Sutta with Delson Armstrong

Jan 11 2026 Snp 21-25 Blessings with Delson Armstrong

Feb 1 2026 Accompanied By Lovingkindess with Bhante Kusala  Also Talks about new book "One Foot after Another"

Jan 4 2026 Ways of Practice & Crossing the Flood AN 4.170 Delson Armstrong

Dec 28, 2025 Right View and Sila AN 1.306-309

Dec 14, 2025 Sāleyyakasutta—Bhikkhu Sujato - MN 41