Choosing Happiness | The Sangha UK #77 | 8.14.22

The Sangha discuss how Dhamma helps us to change the habits of mind from dukkha to sukkha using the analogy of the leading a horse from the world, to a pasture, to a corral, and finally into a stall. #fournobletruths #eightfoldpath #mantra

Suttas mentioned in this discussion

https://suttacentral.net/mn12

https://suttacentral.net/mn19

https://suttacentral.net/mn111

Dhammarato’s mantra video

https://youtu.be/n7hae8VRy1g

itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi, satthā devamanussānaṁ, buddho bhagavā’ti

‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those who wish to train, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’

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00:00:00 Wanting happiness and choosing happiness

00:03:50 If thoughts are unwholesome change them; don’t dig a dukkha hole before you get to step 12

00:08:31 Three lifetimes: the immediate past, the immediate present moment, and the immediate future

00:12:06 Wanting magical powers; magical belief systems; fear and wanting power

00:26:03 Sukha -step 6 of ānāpānasati; the first minute of practice

00:28:42 After the joy, confidence; how to spend time now (MN 111; MN 19)

00:34:38 From first to second jhāna: how the mind is working, how good we feel; third and fourth jhāna; the end of perception and feeling

00:38:28 Hindrances: whacking the cow; using the breathing

00:43:26 Sati is training to be ready for the danger of engaging the world; friendliness; remembering safety & security

00:48:17 Changing the habits of the mind; if fruitions exist you don’t live your life in them; cessation of thought and feeling

00:55:30 From the world to a pasture; to a corral; to a stall; getting into a wholesome state is most of the work

00:57:52 Mantras are best when they mean something (MN 12); any wholesome song will do