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A short extract from the FULL Dhamma live session on "The Buddha's advice on meditation practice for busy people" based on the Mahānāma Sutta (AN 11.11) on 20 July 2024.

This extract is the explanation of the EIGHT DIRECTIONS that makes the Buddha the "unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed" or in pali "anuttaro purisadammasārathi".

When we develop these eight directions, we see through the gross and subtle things that we attached to that bind us to suffering. We have learned most of this Dhamma through our sutta meditations in order to train. And by developing in these eight directions, we sharpen our spiritual faculties and would naturally incline towards Nibbana as our goal and Nibbana as our object.

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Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

A short extract from the FULL Dhamma session on "The Third Doorway to Nibbana" or Pleasant Practice with Slow Realisation on 5 October 2023.

This extract is a brief explanation on the contemplation of mind (cittānupassanā), which is the third establishment of mindfulness as set out by the Buddha in the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10).

The Buddha encouraged us to contemplate the mind as mind. It is fundamentally about understanding our mind states - how they come to arise and how they pass away. We have already learned enough from our sutta meditations to understand how to develop this practice. When we establish mindfulness regarding the mind and insight into the true nature of the mind, we would not cling to the mind.

I referred to this Dhamma part in our recent live session on "How to be the best among the best" based on the Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta (MN 53), when we examined the good quality of mindfulness (one of the 15 caranadhamma) in the trainee's path of practice.

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Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

In this livestream Dhamma session on Binara full moon poya, we examine the "HOW TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST" based on the Venerable Ānanda's teaching in the Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta (MN 53).

We begin with the verse:

“The ruling elite is the best among people

For those whose standard is the clan,

But one accomplished in knowledge and conduct

Is best among devas and humans.”

and examine the full teaching in the Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta (MN 53) on a trainee's mode of practice to be accomplished in knowledge and conduct (vijjācaraṇasampanno), in other words "the best among the best".

― TIMESTAMPS ― 00:00 How to be the best among the best 03:16 Homage to the Triple Gem 03:37 What we'll cover 04:45 How to get the best out of this session 06:28 Verse uttered by Brahmā Sanaṅkumara 11:55 Why is this teaching beneficial? 14:12 Overview of the Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta 15:56 Who is a trainee (sekha)? 22:32 Introduction to the discourse 25:51 Perfect in true knowledge (3) and conduct (15) 30:26 Possessed of virtue (sīlasampanno) 39:50 Guards the doors to the sense faculties (indriyesu guttadvāro) 48:02 Moderate in eating (bhojane mattaññū) 57:37 Devoted to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto) 01:08:27 Intro to the seven good qualities 01:09:20 The Buddha's simile of the citadel 01:11:28 Conviction (saddho) 01:24:00 (Moral) Shame (hirimā) 01:32:50 Fear of wrongdoing (ottappī) 01:42:35 Learned (heard) much (bahussuto) 01:53:55 Energetic (āraddhavīriyo) 02:03:07 Mindfulness (satimā) 02:15:53 Wise (paññavā) 02:23:29 The Four Jhanas (catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ) 02:32:11 Simile of the hen with eggs 02:34:00 First True Knowledge 02:37:03 Second True Knowledge 02:41:38 Third True Knowledge 02:57:47 Sharing the merit and blessings

**Much merit (bohoma pin) to the person who requested this sutta**

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Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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