Tensions in the Body | The Sangha UK #72 | 8.3.22
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Show Notes
The Sangha discuss the progress of practice through experience of tensions in the body as insight into the causes and conditions of dukkha. #anapanasati #beinginthemoment #mindfulnessofbreathing
Suttas mentioned in this discussion:
https://suttacentral.net/mn111
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00:00:00 Our relationship to unpleasant sensations
00:06:58 Misinformation about waking up; needing at least 1st jhāna
00:15:31 Cleaning vs. brute force vipassanā; a common sense attitude to happiness
00:22:23 Heaviness in the chest; taking a deep breath
00:31:07 Tension between the eyes; migraine; the steps of ānāpānasati
00:47:29 Gladdening the mind is powerful; winning the game of life; progress of the jhāna (MN 111)
00:55:35 The Buddha was a regular dude who became awakened
01:00:41 Elephant analogy; insight into causes and conditions
01:08:50 The true self as a useful fiction