Living in Paradise | Max S #2 | 12.7.21

Max and Dhammarato discuss mindfulness of breathing as the route to fulfilling the Eightfold Noble Path and developing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment.

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00:00 Score-keeping makes us unhappy

02:51 I teach only one thing: dukkha; dukkha nirodha

11:54 Right viewing - I can be satisfied now; noticing; investigating

13:38 Right sati - remembering to use the skills; being in the present moment; ready to investigate

15:58 Right effort - removing unwholesome thoughts 

19:33 Right attitude - I can clean the mind out

21:34 Using ānāpānasati to fulfil the Eightfold Noble Path until the skills become the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

23:33 Safety, security, comfort, and satisfaction - sukha, piti

27:08 Jhana; samādhi - bringing together the factors

28:35 The importance of the breath as an anchor for sati; control the breathing

34:12 We already live in paradise; sit on top of your world

39:18 Practice like your life depends on it

45:17 When to gladden the mind

47:08 Just enjoy yourself; don’t try to be perfect