Week 91 - Ṭhiti Sutta: “Becoming Stuck,” (AN 10.53).
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• Sutta Exploration Series and
• Sutta Exploration Series and Q & A, with Bhikkhu Candana:
Week 91 (Recorded on December 16th, 2023).
• PDF link to a free digital copy of the Sutta can be obtained from the website: https://www.mindreleased.com/pali-suttas
Today's sutta exploration session was devoted to the Ṭhiti Sutta (“Becoming Stuck”) AN 10.53, where Lord Buddha gives us practical instructions on how to identify if we are stuck in our practice and also how to overcome it, while addressing Bhikkhus who, as Bhante pointed out, one can contextually surmise were not Arahants yet, who were in fact stuck in their practice.
This sutta helps the practitioner with applicable tools to know what to do when, through mindfulness and clear understanding, one sees whether they are stuck, declining, or progressing on the path, while bringing up urgency like a person whose hair is on fire, to arouse energy and determination in continuing one's training in virtue, mental cultivation, and wisdom. These tools include a list of questions that Lord Buddha suggests we ask ourselves regularly, to cultivate awareness of the state of our own heart, such as if there is greed, anger, drowsiness, laziness, irritability, or doubt, etc., in our heart, and to get to work immediately, once we identify those unwholesome states, in order to arouse Dhamma in the heart, instead.
While discussing the sutta, Bhante gave us many examples to demonstrate what it could look like being stuck in our practice, as he highlighted time and again, how important and crucial it is for us to take care of our sīla (virtuous behavior), to be kind and patient with ourselves by resting the mind in the awareness of our inner goodness, as evidenced by our wholesome and skillful actions, while we gently expand our capacities to sit longer and go deeper in the practice.
NOTE: If you like to help Bhante, you may consider donating via: https://gofund.me/5b573711
(Being a homeless monk, Bhikkhu Candana lives without the support of a Buddhist community, but survives thanks to the occasional donations he receives to obtain his food, shelter, and medicine).
Week 91 (Recorded on December 16th, 2023).
• PDF link to a free digital copy of the Sutta can be obtained from the website: https://www.mindreleased.com/pali-suttas
Today's sutta exploration session was devoted to the Ṭhiti Sutta (“Becoming Stuck”) AN 10.53, where Lord Buddha gives us practical instructions on how to identify if we are stuck in our practice and also how to overcome it, while addressing Bhikkhus who, as Bhante pointed out, one can contextually surmise were not Arahants yet, who were in fact stuck in their practice.
This sutta helps the practitioner with applicable tools to know what to do when, through mindfulness and clear understanding, one sees whether they are stuck, declining, or progressing on the path, while bringing up urgency like a person whose hair is on fire, to arouse energy and determination in continuing one's training in virtue, mental cultivation, and wisdom. These tools include a list of questions that Lord Buddha suggests we ask ourselves regularly, to cultivate awareness of the state of our own heart, such as if there is greed, anger, drowsiness, laziness, irritability, or doubt, etc., in our heart, and to get to work immediately, once we identify those unwholesome states, in order to arouse Dhamma in the heart, instead.
While discussing the sutta, Bhante gave us many examples to demonstrate what it could look like being stuck in our practice, as he highlighted time and again, how important and crucial it is for us to take care of our sīla (virtuous behavior), to be kind and patient with ourselves by resting the mind in the awareness of our inner goodness, as evidenced by our wholesome and skillful actions, while we gently expand our capacities to sit longer and go deeper in the practice.
NOTE: If you like to help Bhante, you may consider donating via: https://gofund.me/5b573711
(Being a homeless monk, Bhikkhu Candana lives without the support of a Buddhist community, but survives thanks to the occasional donations he receives to obtain his food, shelter, and medicine).
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