Investigation Is an Active Process | The Sangha UK #28 | 1.26.22

The Sangha discuss the qualities of investigation, suicide & despair, growing confidence, and the value of the Sangha.

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00:00 There’s no way to happiness, happiness is the way

02:25 Hilarious suicidal thoughts

08:35 Trying too hard

17:49 Vipassana, Daniel Ingram, The Mind Illuminated

21:45 Investigation has an active quality, more like a security camera than a photograph

28:16 You have to use what you know

33:00 Read the suttas; don’t beat yourself up

36:47 Shifts in perception vs. habits become less effortful

39:10 Che sarà sarà

43:23 The Sangha has wonderful momentum

45:02 It gets easier to notice wholesome thoughts

47:02 Restlessness and conceit

50:27 Doubt. The teaching is simple

53:49 Wherever you are take a breath, everything is OK