Pain: Physical vs. Mental, Magical Thinking, and Right Attitude | The Sangha UK #24 | 1.16.22

The Sangha discuss the differences between physical and mental pain, life after death, magical thinking, and basic steps of the path.

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00:00:00 Physical pain is a feature of our being; mental pain is a choice (Sallasutta)

00:08:20 Nirodha-samāpatti; Delson Armstrong

00:19:34 Life after death; emptiness and no-self; solipsism

00:30:21 Does this help me see dukkha or not? Experiences of physical pain

00:38:59 Happiness as an unnatural state; the first knowledge

00:48:02 Change in identity; siddhis; magical thinking; spiritual materialism

00:59:33 Five factors of enlightenment; controlling the breath; practicing with freedom and ease

01:07:18 Gently practicing through existential angst; thoughts in the room

01:32:46 The ānāpānasatisutta - 16 steps

01:44:59 Seven factors of awakening (sambojjhanga); jhanas

01:52:05 Lokuttara paticcasamuppāda

01:54:50 Eightfold Noble Path; the Great Forty (MN 117); safety and security

02:23:54 Nurturing ourselves; maintaining right attitude