Practical Value of Anapanasati and Wholesome Thoughts | Gurvinder #2 | 8.15.21

Dhammarato outlines the only teaching of the Buddha that is set in noticing the Dukkha and getting rid of it immediately, and contra distinguishes it with the western mindset of meditating on just simply noticing the Dukkha without doing anything about it. He playfully compares it with 'taking a bath versus swimming in the sewer'. He helps Gurvinder conclude that even thoughts that don't contain ill-will, greed or delusion are unwholesome.   

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0:00 Meditation systems in Western mindset

2:24 Loser's mentality

3:09 Dukkha - Dukkha Nirodha (see the Dukkha and get rid of it immediately)

4:28 The 8 Fold Noble Path. Sila, Samadhi, and Panna

8:17 The Right View

12:40 The Right Effort 

14:00 Healthy relaxing breathing

16:24 Two kinds of thoughts

21: 45 Taking a bath vs swimming in the sewer

23:40 Applied and sustained mind (Jhanna's aspect)

1:05:53 Becoming a lion instead of becoming afraid

1:12:38 Practical values of remembering Anapanasati a few times a day