Ep. 95 – Remedies for Sloth and Torpor
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this dharma talk, Joseph Goldstein continues his exploration of the five hindrances, this time offering remedies to deal with the mental factors of sloth and torpor.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour. |
| 0:18.0 | This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. |
| 0:24.6 | Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. |
| 0:30.2 | If you are interested in supporting this podcast, |
| 0:33.0 | please go to be first two hindrances, that is |
| 0:56.7 | desire and aversion. |
| 1:00.4 | Tonight I'd like to examine the third of the hindrances. |
| 1:05.0 | It's one that at different times can be very strong in our practice and in our lives. |
| 1:12.0 | And these are the mental states, the mental factors of sloth and torpor. |
| 1:21.2 | Now these two factors sloth and torpor are actually distinct mental qualities, but they're closely related and they always arise in conjunction with one another. |
| 1:35.1 | So we'll look just very briefly at the distinction |
| 1:37.7 | between the two, but mostly we'll be talking |
| 1:41.2 | about them as a pair. |
| 1:47.5 | So this is from the Saty Patna Suta. |
| 1:49.8 | This is the instruction about working with these states. |
| 1:55.0 | If sloth and torpor is present, one knows there is sloth and torpor present in me. |
| 2:02.0 | If they are not present, one knows. There is no sloth and torpor present in me. |
| 2:07.7 | One knows how unerizant sloth and torpor can arise, how if it has arisen it can be removed, and how a future |
| 2:17.1 | arising of sloth and torpor can be prevented. |
| 2:22.3 | This is the Buddha's instruction. |
| 2:24.0 | Now, how to apply that. |
| 2:27.0 | Sloth is that mental factor, is a sluggishness of consciousness, |
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