FIVE SUBJECTS TO FREQUENTLY CONTEMPLATE (livestreamed)

<p><strong>Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>We live streamed this Dhamma session on our YouTube channel on 16 April 2023</p> <p>The format for this livestream: (1) Quick overview of the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) and why the Buddha encourages these five subjects for frequent contemplation:</p> <ul> <li>— ‘I am subject to old age; I am not exempt from old age.’</li> <li>— ‘I am subject to illness; I am not exempt from illness.’</li> <li>— ‘I am subject to death; I am not exempt from death.’ </li> <li>— ‘I must be parted and separated from everyone and everything dear and agreeable to me.’</li> <li>— ‘I am the owner of my kamma, the heir of my kamma; I have kamma as my origin, kamma as my relative, kamma as my resort; I will be the heir of whatever kamma.’</li> </ul> <p>(2) Review of the five subjects with explanation and short meditations on each Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:</p> <ul> <li>— Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)</li> <li>— Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 9)</li> <li>— Devadūta Sutta (AN 3.36)</li> <li>— Jarādhamma Sutta (SN 48.41)</li> <li>— Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28)</li> <li>— Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)</li> <li>— Girimananda Sutta (AN 10.60)</li> <li>— Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5) </li> <li>— Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16)</li> <li>— Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)</li> <li>— Pesakāradhītāvatthu (Dhp 174)</li> <li>— Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6.63)</li> <li>— Kisāgotamīvatthu (Dhp 114)</li> <li>— Paṭācārātherīvatthu (Dhp 113)</li> <li>— Visākhāvatthu (Dhp 213)</li> <li>— Assu Sutta (SN 15.3)</li> <li>— Tayojanapabbajitavatthu (Dhp 209-211)</li> <li>— Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117)</li> <li>— Adhammacariyā Sutta (AN 10.220)</li> <li>— Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216</li> <li>— Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135) </li> <li>— Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40) </li> <li>— Pariyesanā Sutta (AN 4.255)</li> </ul> <p>To read the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) - https://bit.ly/42PhZ0K