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Wholesome Thoughts, Feelings, Relaxation — No Magic Required | Daniel R #2 | 1.27.22
Daniel and Dhammarato have a wide-ranging discussion covering topics such as how focus on an object of meditation is off-track, the seven factors of awakening, doubt as a hindrance, the lack of skill in determination without discrimination, the uselessness of magical beliefs, the map trap, and personality view as the first fetter.
See the video version of this call on YouTube.
►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfg5LE6s0tc
Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.
►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma
Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!
►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh
To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.
►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY
To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel.
We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA
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.
00:00:00 Focus on an object is off-track
00:07:16 Objects worthy of attention
00:10:25 A good chronological sequence: the seven factors of enlightenment
00:17:13 Is this thought worth having?
00:21:39 Wholesome thoughts, lead to wholesome feelings, lead to wholesome relaxation
00:27:35 What’s the issue with the fire kasina?
00:29:39 Doubt is a hindrance
00:34:05 The Dhamma is a mosaic and Western Buddhism is missing pieces
00:38:50 Be the lion of the Buddha
00:44:15 We learn through observation
00:46:14 Our language is riddled with impossibilities
00:52:48 Determination without discrimination is unskillful
01:07:36 There’s satisfaction in small things
01:08:27 Magical beliefs, tulkus, religion
01:23:30 The Dark Night of the Soul is wanting what you don’t have
01:27:39 We don’t need heaven to feel good
01:30:52 The map trap is living in the past and the future
01:36:10 After you awake go back to sleep
01:37:56 Rebirth is moment to moment
01:43:00 Personality view is the first fetter
01:45:03 Half a second from heaven to hell
01:47:20 Handling sensations and thoughts wisely
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By Dhammarato DhammaDaniel and Dhammarato have a wide-ranging discussion covering topics such as how focus on an object of meditation is off-track, the seven factors of awakening, doubt as a hindrance, the lack of skill in determination without discrimination, the uselessness of magical beliefs, the map trap, and personality view as the first fetter.
See the video version of this call on YouTube.
►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfg5LE6s0tc
Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel.
►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma
Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome!
►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO
►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh
To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord.
►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY
To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel.
We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA
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.
00:00:00 Focus on an object is off-track
00:07:16 Objects worthy of attention
00:10:25 A good chronological sequence: the seven factors of enlightenment
00:17:13 Is this thought worth having?
00:21:39 Wholesome thoughts, lead to wholesome feelings, lead to wholesome relaxation
00:27:35 What’s the issue with the fire kasina?
00:29:39 Doubt is a hindrance
00:34:05 The Dhamma is a mosaic and Western Buddhism is missing pieces
00:38:50 Be the lion of the Buddha
00:44:15 We learn through observation
00:46:14 Our language is riddled with impossibilities
00:52:48 Determination without discrimination is unskillful
01:07:36 There’s satisfaction in small things
01:08:27 Magical beliefs, tulkus, religion
01:23:30 The Dark Night of the Soul is wanting what you don’t have
01:27:39 We don’t need heaven to feel good
01:30:52 The map trap is living in the past and the future
01:36:10 After you awake go back to sleep
01:37:56 Rebirth is moment to moment
01:43:00 Personality view is the first fetter
01:45:03 Half a second from heaven to hell
01:47:20 Handling sensations and thoughts wisely