Friendship, Community, & Change | David O #1 | 1.21.22

David and Dhammarato talk about friendship, community, the influence of companions, and the capacity for change that comes through right effort and remembering to look.

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00:00:00 Teaching and friendship

00:05:10 Just one spark is enough

00:07:35 The supramundane dhamma only exists in a community

00:09:25 Our duty springs from the nature of reality

00:15:19 Sangha is the missing element in the West

00:25:19 The influence of nobles and companions

00:33:30 The first fetter and believing you can change

00:37:24 There is power in the dhamma

00:47:30 Life sucks because we’re sucking

00:52:30 Ending suffering is easier done than said

00:55:00 The metaphor of the woeful animal

00:58:40 We can have satisfaction

01:03:39 Noble right viewing

01:07:55 Remembering to look

01:14:34 Right attitude

01:21:02 Right effort