Gathering the Factors | Tyler #3 | 7.26.21

Dhammarato shares the teaching of the Buddha, offering a little change in the conventional practice of the 8 Fold Noble Path. He suggests to start with Purification of the mind (Samadhi) while seeing the reality of the situation (Panna) without requiring seclusion (Sila) first. He also gives a useful working definition of "reaction" as an acquired habitual relationship of the human to the world akin to that of the relationship between the monkey and the coconut tree. 

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00:00 Samadhi = gathering the factors vs concentrating 

07:12 Sila in the present moment requires seclusion 

10:12 Sila- Samadhi- Panna

14:22 The only time to be afraid is to think of being afraid

15:00 Sukkha - applied and sustained wholesome state of mind

15:26 Five factors of the first jhana

18:23 The process of change

25:11 Re-action: repetition of the same action regardless of the stimulus

27:00 The monkey and the coconut tree

31:30 Enough knowledge

33:38 Samadhi- Panna- Sila

36:00 The Mahasi method of noting