KNOWING WHAT BRINGS DOWNFALL & MAKING WISE CHOICES (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

<p><strong>Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>Youth Edition of the Parābhava Sutta as requested. &nbsp;</p> <p>Slightly different perspective on the Buddha's teaching on "what brings downfall to a person" for our younger audience. For the younger generation there is an opportunity to pre-empt and prevent downfall by making wise choices once the Buddha's teaching is understood. &nbsp;</p> <p>What's really important is to contemplate the 12 actions or qualities explained by the Buddha to truly connect with this teaching.</p> <p>Generosity, virtue (keeping precepts), abandoning the mental stains and developing wholesome actions by body, speech and mind are really important towards success, rather than failure (in this lifetime and beyond). &nbsp;</p> <p>Suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— Sukhasomanassa Sutta (AN 6.78) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Anumana Sutta (MN 15)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Samacittavagga (AN 2.32) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Brahma Sutta (AN 4.64) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Dutiyaagārava Sutta (AN 5.10)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Jigucchitabba Sutta (AN 3.27)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Siṅgālovāda Sutta (DN 31)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Vatapada Sutta (SN 11.11)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Dīghajāṇu Sutta (AN 8.54) &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>An electronic copy of the "Table summarising the 12 causes of a person's downfall" from the Parābhava Sutta &nbsp;(Snp 1.6), discussed in this Dhamma Session has been posted (and pinned) to the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel (https://t.me/suttameditationseries) </strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bohoma pin to the person that requested this Youth Dhamma talk.</p> <p><strong>A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel -&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-niAHVYddo</strong></p> <p>Blessings of the Triple Gem. The