Smash that Broken Heart | The Sangha US #28 | 3.4.22

The Sangha discuss magic as anything that’s not here right now, the ego’s ultimate disappointment in the lack of transcendence and knowledge of ultimate reality, the difference between clinging and craving, rapid sati, noble sila, and learning through Sangha.

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00:00:00 Being a contrarian for the group

00:02:29 Guru Viking on the Mahasi technique with Daniel M. Ingram

00:11:11 What’s not here right now doesn’t exist; magic & Timbuktu

00:14:38 Is satisfaction everything?

00:20:58 Mathematics and theoretical physics; precision

00:27:38 Is there a transcendent ultimate reality?

00:28:39 The ego’s ultimate disappointment 

00:29:57 Clinging and craving

00:37:22 What’s unwholesome about what you want?

00:38:44 Liking, clinging, woeful states; choosing your thoughts

00:48:53 Anicca, dukkha, anatta; hunger & happiness; a broken heart

00:58:30 Seeking self-validation; once I was nurtured and now I’m busy

01:06:23 Be a different person in just a moment

01:11:02 Developing rapid sati; avoiding anger and fear

01:18:40 Sīla as perception to help understand consequences; noble sīla is active friendship; noble silence

01:29:50 Surprise! Theravada vs. Zen scholarship; Emanuel Sherman

01:48:13 Sangha; fitting things together; you come because you wanted something but stay because you’re not getting it