The Breath is Sweet | The Sangha UK #59 | 6.19.22

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The Breath is Sweet | The Sangha UK #59 | 6.19.22

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The Sangha discuss practical approaches to the Dhamma in everyday life, the importance of seeing childhood conditioning for what it is, and the difference between the map and the territory. #mindfulnessofbreathing #breathing #themapisnottheterritory
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00:00 Procrastination: good (I don’t need to do this) and bad (fear of doing this); numbing discomfort
05:47 Effective ānāpānasati: the air is sweet; breathing and morality
09:22 An antidote to being bogged down; sweet sensations; samādhi
14:03 Opportunities to become awake; transitions; less reactivity; triumphant aspect of the path
20:41 Pausing and clearing things out; goodies on the path; enthusiasm and joy is effective practice
26:03 The jhānas and fear; a deep-seated belief that we should not be happy; conditioned fear of the child (MN 111)
37:27 Scientific research into the flow state; coming out of magical thinking
43:19 The present moment is a miracle; experiential not intellectual; corporate culture
46:49 The map and the territory; describing the map of the Dhamma is wholesome; Dhamma bombs