Taming the Dragon | The Sangha UK #25 | 1.19.22

The Sangha discuss how we are conditioned to feel bad, being results-oriented instead of process-oriented, the meaning of dependent origination, sources of inspiration, and experiences on retreat.

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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 The Sangha is a joy; sati is the special sauce

00:07:11 We are process oriented and don’t demand anything

00:14:14 Freedom and dependent origination

00:23:28 Investigation is a joy; laughing at the absurdity of the whole thing

00:31:55 Work, music, wholesome thoughts, Beethoven’s ninth

00:44:42 Pali canon, philosophers, monastics, inspiration

00:49:17 Natthiko, reflecting on death and fear, cemetery meditations

00:59:39 Experiences of Wat Suan Mokkh, retreats, seclusion

01:17:59 It’s all in the mind; conditioned resistance to change