The Sangha UK #77 | 8.25.22

The Sangha discuss various analogies providing insight into the nature of skill development during practice of the noble Dhamma. #skilldevelopment #mindfulness #experiment 

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00:00 Malicious gossip as normal behaviour; wrong speech and action

08:44 Creating unwholesome stories; seeing how dukkha arises

10:49 Looking at practice as skill development

14:33 Dukkha is a repetitive process; refined sati; entropy in practice

19:10 Snowboarding analogy; more subtle effort 

20:37 Anxiety, restlessness, and worry - pay attention to the causes and conditions; dissatisfaction

27:50 Engineering analogy: how does this work? Skill development starts with fundamentals

32:17 Adjusting to new information; seeing patterns instead of sticking to an old heuristic

35:50 The situation is not the problem

36:44 Mara gets more skilled too; seeing subtle dukkha; ideologies and views in practice circles

40:57 Teaching someone how to learn rather than creating dependency; providing a spark

45:15 Learning from mistakes and feedback; trial and error; celebrating success