An Old Path | Christian B #1 | 7.13.22

Christian and Dhammarato talk about the four foundational skills: right investigation (samma ditthi), right sati, right effort (samma vāyāma), and right attitude (samma sankappa), which lead to right noble unification of mind (samma samādhi), and to right speech (samma vācā), right action (samma kammanta) and right livelihood (samma ājiva). #nobleeightfoldpath #buddhadhamma #fournobletruths 

Suttas mentioned in this discussion

https://suttacentral.net/mn22

https://suttacentral.net/mn117

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00:00 The Buddha’s old path; learning from others; misapplication of the Dhamma

05:57 Teaching only one thing: dukkha, dukkha-nirodha;,from unwholesome to wholesome; bitten by the Dhamma (MN 22)

11:05 The Buddha did not teach metta; sitting in a pile of dukkha: the Mahasi method

13:38 Delusion (unwise ignorance); pañña, samādhi, sila; right noble unification of mind with its supports and features (MN 117)

22:04 Right investigation, right sati, right effort, right attitude: the satipatthana; the seven factors of enlightenment

24:56 Unwholesome thoughts are hindrances: throw them out immediately; “I see you Mara!”

29:13 Changing critical thoughts into nurturing thoughts; no place to go; nothing to do; skill development

33:59 Gladdening the mind; experiencing the whole body; not the nose tip

37:00 Skin in the game: right effort; things are not inherently dukkha

42:01 Sati, investigation, and change circle around each other, leading to right attitude (samma sankappa)

44:58 Intentionally nourishing; intentionally gladdening the mind - over and over again