PHYSICAL NUTRIMENT & GOING THE WRONG WAY DUE TO DESIRE - Part 2 - The First Unprofitable Direction

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>We continue with our examination of "all sentient beings are sustained by nutriment" (<em>sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā</em>) in the Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>In this session (PART 2), we will examine the First Unprofitable Direction how we go the Wrong Way due to Desire (</strong><em><strong>chandā agatigamanaṃ</strong></em><strong>) when we crave the Physical Nutriment (</strong><em><strong>kabaḷīkārāhāro</strong></em><strong>). &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>What we cover in this session:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— look at how craving for the Physical Nutriment activates dependent origination&nbsp;</li> <li>— emphasise that lust for the five cords of sensual pleasure (predominantly sensual desire) drives this process&nbsp;</li> <li>— revisit the Buddha's simile of the son's flesh&nbsp;</li> <li>— go line-by-line to understand the process of how we go the wrong way due to desire&nbsp;</li> <li>— go through different examples of this process (eg. food, loved ones)&nbsp;</li> <li>— 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>— Pa<strong>ṭ</strong>iccasamuppāda Sutta (SN 12.1)</li> <li>— Atthirāga Sutta (SN 12.64)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Chandappahāna Sutta (SN 22.111)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Upādāna Sutta (SN 45.173)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Yoga Sutta (SN 45.172)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Gantha Sutta (SN 45.174)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Ānantarikasamādhiñāṇaniddesa (Ps 1.1.32)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Ogha Sutta (SN 45.171)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Paṭhamaagati Sutta (AN 4.17) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) &nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Bohoma pin to the person that requested this talk. &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta