What’s Your Poison? | The Sangha UK #71 | 7.30.22

The Sangha discuss perception and consciousness through the lens of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda). #perception #consciousness #dependentorigination 

Suttas mentioned in this discussion

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00:00:00 Consciousness, perception, Escher, propaganda, news

00:04:41 Confirmation bias; the truth is quite small

00:09:47 Perception has to be developed as a skill; fresh information, sankhāra; nāmarūpa; salāyatana

00:14:13 Ignorantly in the world; know how to look: paticcasamuppāda (dependent origination)

00:19:07 Ignorance, craving, aversion; look at where you’re going; artisans and arhats 

00:36:14 The five faculties (indriya); names and qualities to be developed

00:41:55 Sati; remember to wake up and look; right effort; two types of consciousness 

00:45:03 Raw input data; watch every step; forward and reverse sequences (MN 140)

00:53:59 Is this poison? The first jhāna — a mind fit for work

00:55:55 Wisdom at the point of contact; safe; secluded; fear is part of the sankhāra

01:00:43 Being satisfied right now; just take a deep breath; flickering in and out of fourth jhāna; neither perception nor non-perception; boundless states

01:09:43 The boundless states are different for different people; clock metaphor; samādhi