Dhamma Talk Audio 24: It Turns Out Happiness Requires Eschewing Abstract Thinking
Here is a 17-min recorded audio-only Dhamma Talk, from an in-person event at SBS/TIMS (Taiping, Malaysia), to an audience of about 20. (14MB .mp3).
Topics:
- mindfulness, sati, sampajañña, context, proximity, anatta, not-self, use of the senses, arahants, change in perspective, avoidance of abstract thinking, utter simplicity in present moment awareness, living in a world which has a lot of abstract concepts, what day of the week do you not use a smartphone?
Dhamma References:
- see pg. 16 in the free-for-distribution ebook “Magic of the Mind”, on the topic of AN 4.24 - from the “Kāḷaka/Kālakārāma Sutta”:
“Thus, monks, a Tathágata does not conceive of a visible thing as apart from sight;
he does not conceive of an unseen;
he does not conceive of a ’thing-worth-seeing’;
he does not conceive about a seer.
“He does not conceive of an audible thing as apart from hearing;
he does not conceive of an unheard;
he does not conceive of a ’thing-worth-hearing’;
he does not conceive about a hearer.
“He does not conceive of a thing to be sensed as apart from sensation;
he does not conceive of an unsensed;
he does not conceive of a ’thing-worth-sensing’;
he does not conceive about one who senses.
“He does not conceive of a cognizable thing as apart from cognition;
he does not conceive of an uncognized;
he does not conceive of a ’thing-worth-cognizing;’
he does not conceive about one who cognizes.
License:
Your Support is Most Appreciated:
Subscribe:
- RSS feed of these postings: https://bhikkhu.ca/feed.xml (Paste this link into your favorite Podcatcher)
Digital Signing and Checksum (of the .mp3 audio file above):
-
GnuPG signatures (search for GnuPG pubkey 0x28e15963710c0624 here): Ajahn_Subharo_Dhamma_Talk_024.mp3.sig
-
SHA256sum for Ajahn_Subharo_Dhamma_Talk_024.mp3: e287c00e32e916d1956cd94f72f6d9ba114b22200e2208abe36837812d5c4aa7