4.5 THE MIND IS THE FORERUNNER, THE LEADER (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Another session to accompany the third module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series looking into Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on HEAVENLY REALMS (saggakathaṁ).  In this additional session, we look into the Buddha's teachings on THE MIND IS THE FORERUNNER, THE LEADER to help us understand what drives kamma, and to address some questions around what happens if we do something unknowingly that is unwholesome.   In this short session we examine:  — what leads and controls  — what arises first  — a simplifed version of the teaching in volition, making plans and tendencies (habits)  — the story of Cakkhupāla Thera  — the story of Maṭṭhakuṇḍalī  — the question of whether we need to rein in the mind from everything   Some of the suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session:  — Citta Sutta (SN 1.62)   — Accharāsaṅghātavagga (SN 1.56-57)   — Cetanā Sutta (SN 12.38)   — Cakkhupālatthera Vatthu (Dhp 1)  — Maṭṭhakuṇḍalī Vatthu (Dhp 2)  — Manonivāraṇa Sutta (SN 1.27)   — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)  — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn 1.8)    If you have any questions or comments regarding this talk, please email them to suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com or leave a voicemail message via anchor.fm A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3FLkZPwH0 AND on Spotify as a video podcast. Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai