Success | Dean #4 | 6.1.22

Dean and Dhammarato talk about the experience of first jhāna in various settings, developing generosity, the definition of “enlightenment”, and why expensive retreats are best avoided. #retreat #jhana #enlightenment

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00:00 Being generous for the right reason; arrogance and noble thoughts

04:30 Enjoying the jhānas; developing skills

05:33 First jhāna at the gym seems less intense; bodily discomfort; oxygen in the brain

10:00 Walking meditation; breathing; in the present moment; open to sensation (from the five senses)

12:09 Sensing rather than processing is noble

14:10 Expectation is a hindrance; wanting something you don’t have

17:15 Developing generosity; gladdening the mind

20:54 Expensive retreats are selling something they don’t have; eagerness for the Dhamma

29:08 Removing unwholesome thoughts is not taught in Mahasi or Goenka

31:32 Being in first jhāna is enlightenment; sustain it minute by minute