Dhamma Talk Video 164: The Buddha Knew Human Nature - Part 3

Here’s a 46-min recorded video (152MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

• human nature, armchair psychology, communication style, psychic powers, recollection of past lives, attachment in Samsara, control of information, teachers grooming students to be “yes-men”, the “teacher’s fist”, also known as the “closed fist”

  
  

Sutta References:

• AN 4.189 - Things to be Realized

• AN 5.254 - Stinginess

• DN 16 - reference to how the Buddha doesn’t teach with the “Teacher’s Fist” or “Closed Fist”. Reference provided by Bhante Piyadassi

Other References:

• “BUBS” - Bandar Utama Buddhist Society. I’ll be giving a talk there on Sun Aug 24, 2025, at 9:30am:

  

• “BGF” - Buddhist Gem Fellowship. I’ll be giving a talk there on Mon Aug 25, 2025 at 1pm:

  

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• My work (the video above): Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)