159 MENTAL VOLITION AS NUTRIMENT & GOING THE WRONG WAY DUE TO FEAR - Part 4 - The Third Unprofitable Direction

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>We continue with our examination of "<u>all sentient beings are sustained by nutriment</u>" (<em>sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā</em>) in the Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) &nbsp;In this session <strong>(PART 4), we will examine the Third Unprofitable Direction how we go the Wrong Way due to Fear (bhaya agatigamanaṃ) when we crave Mental Volition as Nutriment (manosañcetanāhāro). &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>All the nutriments are linked, so we build on what we covered in the session on the Physical Nutriment and Going the Wrong Way due to Desire &amp; Contact as Nutriment and Going the Wrong Way due to Hate. &nbsp;</p> <p>What we cover in this session:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— look at how craving for Mental Volition as Nutriment activates dependent origination&nbsp;</li> <li>— highlight the importance of understanding and abandoning the 3 kinds of craving and the link to the arising and passing away of the 5 aggregates&nbsp;</li> <li>— apply the "swinging monkey analogy"&nbsp;</li> <li>— go line by line to understand the process of how we go the wrong way due to fear driven by the perception of me-and-mine and wrong view(s)&nbsp;</li> <li>— examine how our perceptions get sick and deceive us, so we keep hold of wrong view(s)&nbsp;</li> <li>— revisit the Buddha's simile of the man being dragged to a charcoal pit&nbsp;</li> <li>— go through some examples of this process&nbsp;</li> <li>— examine the Story of a Brahmin to understand the link between craving, sorrow and fear — tips for learning and developing this meditation &nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Most of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to in this session:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Paṭiccasamuppāda Sutta (SN 12.1)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Saccavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 141)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5)&nbs