It is an enormous blessing for anyone to come across this podcast and listen to the dharma expressed with such clarity. sadhu, sadhu, sadhu

"A mind without any craving is a wholesome state" Simply wonderful!

This is the clearest and most concise explanation of the purification process of meditation that I have heard. Thank you for this interview! I can see why Bhante Viralamasi made Delson a teacher so quickly. He has a talent in explaining the practice well.

Delson is the real deal. Love talks by him, so plain and direct language.

Thank you for another stellar interview, Steve. Every discussion with Delson is an absolute treat.

He is fenomenal. Feels like meeting Bodhisattva, no doubt.

Very nice combination. Very good question and wonderful answers. Both of them are one of my favourite. Thanks guys. Keep on doing good to the world.

This is definitey in the top 3 best interviews / podcasts I have ever listened to. I'll have to re-listen again a few times. Keep up all the good work and thanks for putting these out for us all!

Thank you for this fabulous clarification of "dependent origination". I heard His Holiness speak on this topic when he graciously visited Madison, Wisconsin in 2013 but I was unable to follow His teaching! Better late than never!

Pre-comment, not sure if it bears mentioning, but this comes from the perspective of someone who had an awakening going through retreat with Delson while being guided through the dhamma of DO, so I can attest to witnessing 1) truth of dhamma, 2) truth of dependent origination, 3) wisdom of Delson in general. But, what I really want to share appreciation for is the interviewing by GV! Great listening. Great, thoughtful questions. Great intellectual knowledge of history, psychology, and emotionally intelligence. I'm new here and really appreciate your content and careful, conscious intention and deliberation during conversation. Awakened or not, brother, you definitely add to the dialogue for anyone at any point in their journey. Thank you!!

Your questions are incredibly insightful and the answers are amazingly on point. 🙏

Best podcast, guests and interviewer ever. Thank you for sharing this.

Love delson armstrong. Meditated to one of his guided meditations right before seeing that this was released..

I’m currently in a self-guided Dhamma Sukha retreat and just had the MN 38 talk on dependent origination. Perfect timing to watch this. My entire perspective has shifted. Thanks to you both!

karma for the algo! thanks steve, make no mistake, these interviews are really cherished. many many thanks!

This was so wonderful. Thank you Steve and Delson very much.

Delson always brings the goods. Great podcast.

This is good man, yeap, this is going where we all waited long time

Gem! Thank you so much for this interview which leaves a sense of perfection in terms of the mastery of the respondent but also of the interviewer.

“The point of lowest tension” 👌🏻🌟🙏🏻 thank you.

“As a representative of the unawakened camp…” 😂❤️

Love that he ends the interview to sum up practicing the 6 R’s and letting go as key and avoid over intellectualising to get to enjoy the fruits sooner ! Very inspiring indeed!

I must say after my journey from zen, shambala and no kadampa. I am not enlightened but I have my moments like after this comment back to practice. I can say I don't have feters like that of great demons like in my younger and past life. I have a will now that goes through revulsion at the mere idea of fall for secular pitfalls once again. Especially after receiving empowerment. I can't help but feel like it is a us versa them force of opponents. I seriously could give a rats ass what any ordinary person thinks to be frank. However this podcast explains what I am feeling at this very space in life and on 🌎. May all sentient beings witness this profound brilliant glory. Chumpa Chogong is the Buddhist name.

It is a huge blessing for anyone to come across this podcast and hear the dharma expressed so clearly. great intellectual knowledge and complete wisdom. thank you so much!!! sadhu, sadhu, sadhu

this is gold 😊

Wonderful interview. Watched / Listened to it for a few time by now and will be watching many more times. You did such an amazing job asking great questions. So appreciate your sincerity on this matter (not just this video).

Amazing

great thank you!

Thanks !✌️

Very deep. Thank you.

the goat

Another great interview! 👌

Keep letting go of mind and body phenomenor and you will experience nibanna. Nibanna is Non self and end to suffering and experience supreme happiness.

✨be here now do no harm help others be still close eyes listen to your breathing✨......book recommend: TAO TE CHING by carl abbott.

What changes do you see in people who have reached stream entry

very eloquent......

Wait, is Delson also on a houseboat? Did I miss the discussion of his surroundings?!

Bit complicated, it's quite simple really. Left makes right, right makes left, that's a basic example of dependent origination

But what about dependencies? I realized that there can be a difference in looking at the causes versus looking at the dependencies. Well, I have to rethink it, but using a software engineering analogy or metaphor, before installing or uninstalling a piece of software component, one may have consider the dependencies, don't you think? In that way, you don't try to figure out the causes but instead the dependencies, like what happens if I remove this, what will happen to that, or alternatively, if I look at subcomponents then I can suspect that if this is not there, then I will not have a well working subject of attention. Like if I don't sleep well tonight, I won't do well the following day. Or looking back, because I didn't sleep well last night, I am not doing well today. There's a dependency, but not necessarily a direct cause, perhaps a suspected or associated cause. Perhaps conditions may be considered dependencies. Sorry, it's difficult for me to write about it.

If he’s an arahant, why does he still overeat?

appropriate topic but as usual the description of ignorance is utterly inadequate eg. subtle impermanence is still only understood at the level of momentary change, with no capacity to understand that disintegration of a moment is uncaused

Neither "Key" nor "path" to Enlightenment! The meaning of " Enlightenment itself an illusion which you put straight back to "Samsara".

does anyone else think he looks like the buddha :)

I guarantee you that this guy has no understanding of the Dharma, experientially. The key teaching of the early Buddha is anatta or no self. He only further reifies this illusory self by his discussion about how to become free of the fetters. This is the egoic view of atta or ego. There is no one to become free of the fetters. This is seen in nirvikalpa samadhi where the brain ceases generating the self illusion. Other brains are getting all titillated by this guys confused rambling, all being a further extension of his egoic intellect.

I enjoy hearing Delson very much. However, he claims arahantship and the Buddha very clearly says that it is impossible for an arahant to remain as a layman. This provides me with reserve related to his claims of enlightenment.

Brilliant and valuable content, thank you. A few minor issues I had hoped for: 1. Re dependant oringination section: some terms seem to be old indian hindu terms/translations, and aren't modern english eg birth, aging, death, rebirth. That is obviously not what is meant. Can Delson please retranslate these terms into modern english using mind phenomenology with examples? ie it believe that these terms are referring to mind formation in this life. 2. Using more practical examples of eg craving, clinging, "birth, aging, death", and more general simple examples throughout the discussion. 3. GV: regarding your video titles, you tend to overstate the content on occasions. This is not a clear and executable "key to enlightenment". Many other factors are essential "keys" eg jhanas etc, which weren't mentioned. Great content, thank you again, will watch a few more times to understand. Delson is a gift to dharma.