Ep. 218 – Freedom From Desire, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 15

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein describes the causes of sensual desire and how to be aware of the wanting-mind rather than suppressing it.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the fourth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

This time on Insight Hour, Joseph reveals to listeners:

Dhamma as categories of phenomena
The mental turbulence of anger and aversion
Stagnation of mind, restlessness of mind
How hindrances alter and condition our perceptions
Paying particular attention to times of transition
Abandoning hindrances without aversion, self-judgment, and suppression
Recognizing when sensual desire is present
Obsessive passion, expectations, addictive cravings, and other manifestations of the wanting-mind
How what we frequently ponder upon becomes our inclination of mind
The misconception that our desires will bring us happiness
Seeing the insubstantial nature of desire through mindfulness
Reflecting on the Buddha’s teachings in the very moment that they are applicable
The prevention of craving through awareness of the cause of desire and non-clinging

“The question is: how can we practice working to abandon the hindrances without suppression, without aversion, and without self-judgment? In the sutta, the Buddha outlines five basic steps in working with the hindrances and finding the middle way between indulging in them and suppressing them. He charts the course for us.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	The question is how can we practice working to abandon the hindrances without suppression and without aversion and without
0:17.2	self-judgment.
0:40.0	So in the suit of the Buddha outlines five basic steps in working with the hindrances, in finding the middle way between indulging in them and suppression of them. So he charts the course for us. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:07.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
1:13.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:16.0	please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph.
1:31.0	Tonight I'll continue in the series of talks on the Satipitana Suta. And tonight, I'll continue in the series of talks on the Satipitana Suta.
1:32.0	And tonight, begin in this the Satipitana Suta and tonight begin a discussion of the fourth and the last of
1:38.0	the foundations of mindfulness that is contemplation of the Damas.
1:45.0	As you know, the word Dama or Darma in Sanskrit
1:50.0	has a wide range of meanings depending on the context.
1:56.0	So one of the meanings of the word dama
1:59.0	is truth, Allah,
2:05.0	or the teachings of the Buddha,
2:09.0	or the general principles of the teachings of the Buddha,
2:12.0	or the general principles of the teachings of the Buddha, or the particular elements of the mind and body.
2:18.4	Each specific element is called a dama.
2:29.4	Now in the Satipitama suta, in this fourth foundation, mindfulness of dama, it's often translated
2:32.1	as mental objects or objects of mind. But this
2:38.9	translation can be somewhat confusing because objects of mind have already been included in the first three foundations.
2:52.0	The question is what is the Buddhist singling out in this fourth mindful abiding?
3:12.0	In his book, Saty Patana, the direct path to realization, which we've been using a lot in these talks, the venerable Analeo has a very lucid and incisive analysis of what precisely
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