Becoming a Winner | The Sangha UK #41 | 4.3.22

The Sangha talk about developing the discernment or wisdom-in-action to see the danger in gratification; anxiety as a rule-induced habit; seeing dukkha as early as possible, and being happy with being happy.

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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 Discernment - seeing beyond gratification

00:04:56 Wisdom in action: seeing the cost of clinging

00:10:02 Anxiety as a dangerous habit; sati is our guide; comfortable and confident

00:17:46 Becoming a winner (sammā sankappa); one wholesome thought after another

00:23:11 Ānāpānasati has got lost in tradition and translation; safety and consumerism

00:30:25 Maintaining a feeling of lightness; Thai mentality

00:37:30 Boredom is not paying attention; not practicing correctly; don’t let the dukkha see you

00:49:25 Three things run in circle around each other: sati, investigation, and effort

00:51:57 Being happy feels like cheating on a test; Western rules; permission, protection, potency

01:01:58 Investigation is looking with the attitude of a nurturing parent

01:08:05 Being happy as a counter-culture; being above it all and friends with everyone

01:14:12 Seeing the rules and setting your own: dukkha, dukkha-nirodha

01:23:14 Applied and sustained; what’s here right now?

01:33:06 Wanting 4th jhāna is dukkha