The only Teaching of The Buddha: Dukkha, Dukkha Nirodha | Anna #2 | 8.6.21

Dhammarato gives a definition of Dukkha and conceptual thinking. He outlines the causes of suffering and ways of ceasing it by bringing joy into the moment through the right noble view. 

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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.

0:00 General Systems Theory: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, i.e. a car or a grandfather clock

4:45 Unification of the mind, i.e. congruent thoughts

5:25 The common mistake about Buddha's main teaching

9:07 How to take pleasure at the present moment 

10:21 When is joy going to be good enough?

15:05 How big is your real world? The world of your senses vs conceptual world

20:00 Politics is the source of suffering. The second noble truth

21:48 The third noble truth: fixing what doesn't need to be fixed

26:16 Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy heart, thy strength, and thy might

27:30 The Right noble view, i.e. invesigation