Anxiety & Catching Whaboutisms | The Sangha UK #25 | 2.21.22

The Sangha discuss the foundations of mindfulness in the context of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda).

See the video version of this call on YouTube.

►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4YjVM87GUk

Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.

►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma

Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!

►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO

►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh

To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.

►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY

To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel.

We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA

What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded.

00:00:00 What is practice useful for? Not getting anything out of meditation. Feeling anxiety

00:05:07 The Mahasi method has a piece missing

00:06:46 We remove hindrances by putting in wholesome thoughts

00:15:02 Doing the same thing and expecting a different result

00:20:07 The impact of childhood dependency

00:22:32 We remember to look and know what to look for; help from the Sangha

00:26:47 The Mahasi method is all hammer and no chisel; the self as a product (the five aggregates - khanda)

00:36:57 Victims of our own feelings because we don’t know them

00:41:08 Talking ourselves into feeling good

00:47:16 Fear of injury was worse than injury; analogy of playing dodgeball

00:55:41 Life is not a dress rehearsal; victimhood

01:03:11 Nurture yourself; let yourself feel really satisfied; getting past the Mahasi method

01:07:53 The skill of accepting a little bit of satisfaction

01:09:57 The real show is in the Sangha