No Worries | The Sangha US #25 | 2.12.22

The Sangha discuss satisfaction and enthusiasm as core skills of practice, friendliness as our approach to the world, and the difference between causality and conditionality.

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00:00:00 Piti and sukha are both skills to be developed; enthusiasm rather than dedication

00:08:25 Nothing is worth worrying about; nothing is an emergency

00:21:08 Judging and comparing as unwholesome thoughts

00:26:49 The whole point is satisfaction; just enough is enough

00:33:47 The energy gets intense, never mind

00:38:42 The Sangha is about sharing the joy

00:43:55 Friendliness as default

00:53:27 David Hume, causation vs. conditionality; paticcasamuppāda and inter-relatedness

01:09:12 Sati sampajañña - seeing inter-relatedness

01:14:51 Western psychology and Buddhism complement each other