Turning Jungle into Paradise, Nurturing vs. Critical Thinking | Christopher #2, Rodrigo | 8.13.21

Dhammarato dissects the mind jungle and ways of organizing it through Anapanasati. He breaks down the process of getting into good state of mind by waking up, noticing an unwholesome thought, Nurturing yourself into feeling good by placing a wholesome thought, and remembering to do it over and over again. He compares this practice to the practice of choiceless awareness and the Mahasi method of noting. He gives a precise definition Metta and takes another look at the Boddhisattva ideal. With a touch of humor, he shares what is usually done in the Buddhist circles around conversations about past lives and dream interpretation. 

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0:00 Training your mind

15:40 Practice being safe and secure

20:00 Turning jungle into paradise

27:07 Choiceless awareness and the Mahasi method

31:20 Sati: to remember to wake up vs being aware of the breath

46:09 The Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha

47:47 The noble Sangha

54:00 The real story of the Buddha

58:00 Past lives and what to do with that

59:40 First Jhana

1:01:30 Dancing through life vs Marching to a drumbeat 

1:06:06 Nurture vs Critical thinking

1:13:54 Fire by day and smoldering by night. Dreams and dream interpretation

1:23:00 Feeling good as a new level of agitation

1:24:25 Fourth Jhana - just sensory awareness

1:35:04 Metta and the Boddhisattva ideal, or Power tripping

1:44:00 The right view (investigation); Sati (wake up and smell the coffee); the Right Effort (wholesome thinking); the Right attitude (I can do this... no matter what)