Sutta Discussion - Knowing And Seeing the Six Senses for Enlightenment

In this interactive discussion, Ajahn Candā dives deeply into our (dependently arisen) relationship with our six senses, offering insightful reflections on a range of pragmatic questions from participants. Her answers provide guidance on how to cultivate the skillful attitudes that help us find peace from the addictive craving that otherwise drives our relationship with the sensory world.

Timestamps:

[0:00] The dependent origination of feelings

[10:50] What is contained in the mind sense base?

[15:38] How delusion conditions our experience of the sensory world

[26:23] Equanimity (and warmth) in mindfulness-focused insight practices

[33:20] Relating to bodily sensations

[42:26] From lust to torment

[51:20] From seeing things as they are to liberation

[1:06:51] Meditation objects to cultivate calm

[1:11:30] What to do with unhelpful thoughts

[1:15:20] Where to start on the Eightfold Path

[1:19:09] Practicing with sense contact on retreat

[1:24:40] Cultivating thoughts of loving-kindness

[1:32:18] Hanging up with compassion

Sutta references: MN 149:

The Great Sixfold Base https://suttacentral.net/mn149/en/bod...

MN 20: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts https://suttacentral.net/mn20/en/bodh...