Disentangling the Mind

Module 13 of An Introduction to Buddhist Practice Course home 1: Part 1: Buddhist Life2: The Buddha3: Generosity4: Harmlessness5: Purity6: Harmony7: Refuge8: Part 2: Buddhist Path9: The Higher Training10: Foundational Wisdom11: Perfecting Virtue12: Cultivating the Mind13: Disentangling the Mind14: Awakening15: Conclusion

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Homework

Chapter 11 from Buddhist Life, Buddhist Path – Bhikkhu Cintita (.pdf) (.epub)

Dependent Liberation – Ajahn Brahmali (.pdf)

• Ajahn Brahmali explains how ethics and meditation naturally lead to enlightenment.

Iti 96 Kāmayoga Sutta: Attached to Sensual Pleasures (.pdf)

• In this sutta, the Buddha explains that enlightenment is primarily about letting go of our attachment to sensual pleasures and becoming.

AN 11.2: Make a Wish – Ajahn Sucitto (.mp3) (.text)

• This sutta makes the same point: If one merely focuses on ethics, and becomes consummate in ethics, the path to liberation unfolds on its own.

Lecture

Wrong View – Bhante Yuttadhammo (.mp3) (.mp3)

Continue to Part 14, Awakening

...or go back to part 12