How Much is Enough? | Robert Ca #5 | 3.1.22

Robert and Dhammarato talk about how much satisfaction is enough, whether there are levels of satisfaction, and the way political parties and companies manufacture and make use of fears in pursuit if their own agendas.

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00:00 Are there levels of satisfaction? Nurturing the skill of satisfaction

07:50 Eagerness or enthusiasm (samma sankappa): piti, sukha, upekkha

12:47 “Hold my beer” quality

16:49 Safe, secure, comfortable, satisfied; keeping people dissatisfied 

18:23 Commercial-grade dissatisfaction 

21:01 Give up the battle between good and evil

29:34 Is the subtleness of satisfaction a sign of progress?

34:01 The quality of satisfaction is relief

37:17 So glad to have found a middle way; just nourish the seed