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Here's a 59-minute recorded #video "Cause and Effect (in Social Media)":
bhikkhu.ca/buddhism/video/2025

Topics: Desire, addiction, “Open World” video games, “Don’t use willpower, use Wisdom Power”, comparison of “Contra” and “Legend of Zelda” video games; changing the model, changing the framing; agati, wrong path, “anger, envy, fear, outrage”, discerning needs from wants

Ajahn Subharo · Dhamma Talk Video 158: Cause and Effect (in Social Media)Here’s a 59-min recorded video (186MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Here's a 58-minute recorded #video "Vepacitti's Bonds":
bhikkhu.ca/buddhism/video/2025

Topics: Bhava, becoming, future rebirth, views, attitudes, decisions, #mindfulness, #meditation, use of the senses, the analogy of “frog mindfulness”, the analogy of the sheaf of barley, the analogy of Vepacitti’s bonds, conceit, conceiving, “not greater than, not lesser than, not equal to either”, morality, fault-finding, prejudice, racism

Ajahn Subharo · Dhamma Talk Video 157: Vepacitti’s BondsHere’s a 58-min recorded video (222MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).
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Here's a 48-minute recorded #video "Buddhism’s Future":
bhikkhu.ca/buddhism/video/2025

Topics: Sāsana, sasana, social interaction, generosity, dana, dāna, #SocialMedia, #statistics, #trends, Buddhist Organizations in #Malaysia, over-reliance on #Facebook, event notifications, reliability, opportunity for helping Buddhist #communities who don’t have their own websites, #AI, #ArtificialIntelligence, competition, analogy of a Casino

Ajahn Subharo · Dhamma Talk Video 156: Buddhism’s FutureHere’s a 48-min recorded livestream video (120MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).