ARROGANCE - Vatthupama Sutta (MN7)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. This is part of a 20-part session on How to meditate on the Vatthupama Sutta (MN7) - the Buddha's Discourse on the Simile of the Cloth. It was conducted on 29 December 2020 for families, adults, and children.  To read the whole Vatthupama Sutta: https://suttacentral.net/mn7/en/bodhi This episode takes a deep dive into Arrogance (atimāno), one of the 16 mental stains from the Vatthupama Sutta. We learn about how to meditate to abandon this mental stain or defilement with a gentle guided meditation. In the complete 20-part session we: - study the words of the Buddha in the Vatthupama Sutta;   - discuss some of the benefits of learning this meditation;   - 'deep dive' into the 16 mental stains;  - meditate on each of the 16 mental stains (guidance provided) to directly experience the fruits of this teaching; and  - look into the Buddha's teachings on what to expect from bad actions The complete session with presentation slides is available in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0o_w7MrdDrY To access other videos and shorter clips, you can go to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwrSrkvP4mJRPWyPGliNDuA