Understanding Needy States | The Sangha US #25 | 2.19.22

The Sangha discuss the conditions behind needy states and how to change causes and conditions to form wise feelings.

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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 Direct causes, conditions, catalysts, dependent origination

11:43 The five aggregates and their results are paticcasamuppāda; hell, hungry ghost, dumb animal, asura

15:43 Functionality from the ways things are put together: rūpa, vedanā, saññā, sankhāra, viññāna

19:47 There is no self in the five aggregates (four foundations of mindfulness)

33:02 Perception is a mental creation system; we attach names as handles to create something new (salāyatana)

36:50 Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result; forming wholesome new sankhāra

44:10 Having wise feelings; being satisfied