Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

In this Dhamma session, we complete our study of the Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140) and the Buddha's teaching to venerable Pukkusāti on the six elements, six bases of contact, eighteen mental explorations and four determinations.  

For Part 1 - https://bit.ly/3Gf539O (video) or https://bit.ly/3XYlFdy (audio)

In this session (part ii), we cover: 

• — How does one preserve truth? - developing the supreme determination for truth 
• — How does one cultivate relinquishment? - developing the supreme determination for relinquishment 
• — How does one train for peace? - developing the supreme determination for peace 
• — Summarising the key verse on developing the Four Determinations 
• — Understanding what it means to be called a "Sage at Peace" 
• — Understanding Venerable Pukkusāti's transgression and why he asked for forgiveness from the Buddha and what we can learn from this 
• — Venerable Pukkusāti's attainment and how we can follow in his footsteps  

Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session: 

• — Dhātu Sutta (SN 27.9) 
• — Cūḷasuññata Sutta (MN 121) 
• — Vakkali Sutta (SN 22.87) 
• — Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5) 
• — Caṅkī Sutta (MN 95) 
• — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) 
• — Mettagū Sutta (Snp 5.4) 
• — Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa (Cnd 8) 
• — Kosambiya Sutta (MN 48) 
• — Ghaṭīkāra Sutta (SN 1.50)  

To read the Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140) - https://suttacentral.net/mn140/en/bodhi 

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those that requested this sutta.  

The video of this talk will be published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/408wA66

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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