A Mind Fit for Work | Alex P #17 | 2.14.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the properties of a mind fit for work and wisdom at the point of contact with reference to greed, ill-will, and confusion conditioned by rule-bound perception.

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00:00:00 The moment is the frame of reference; gaining distance

00:05:31 Rules are often the highway to hell

00:11:56 A mind fit for work (1st jhana); wisdom at the point of contact (what to do in 1st jhana)

00:15:29 Three kinds of ignorant feeling lead to dukkha; ill-will, confusion, greed; rule-bound perception

00:29:57 It doesn’t matter what’s going on: am I satisfied?

00:31:49 Wise confusion is to be satisfied and await more information; Devadatta’s story

00:37:00 Analogy of the rat hole (paticcasamuppāda)

00:46:01 Dhammarato has no method

00:49:40 Pride; intentionally pointing-out; Aṅgulimāla’s rehabilitation; bully or a bull?

01:02:15 Learning to recognise confusion; asking questions

01:05:15 Catching old rules

01:06:34 Vedanā is the crux of paticcasamuppāda; dukkha is a grand discovery