Success at Anapanasati Is all about Friendship with Yourself and Others | Anonymous-4 | 8.29.21

Starting with a few traps of modern interpretation of meditation in the West, Dhammarato  leads the conversation onto the four aspects on the path of liberation: Right View, Right Sati, Right Effort, and Right Attitude. In the end of the video call, the students share their success story in handling a discord in their relationship by taking a "winner attitude" and Nurturing themselves into feeling good. Dhammarato is thrilled with this tangible example of Dhamma at work.

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What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded.

00:00:00 Unfriendly external environment

00:03:45 Meditation vs planned activity

00:09:27 10 day meditation retreats vs sitting under a tree/in a hut

00:12:20 Seclusion with closed eyes

00:13:50 Liberation

00:25:30 Magical beliefs and Buddhism real magic: Friendship with yourself

00:31:00 Capitalism and lack of friendship

00:39:30 View-ing. Right Noble View (how things are). 

00:42:10 Ordinary view (how things should be)

00:47:00 Gladdening the mind in the current moment. Right Effort

00:50:40 Paying attention to breath as sensation not a concept

00:59:40 Samma Sankappa - Right Attitude

01:00:00 Nurturing part of you. Dhamma at work. Relationship cure