BUDDHA'S ADVICE ON MEDITATION PRACTICE FOR BUSY PEOPLE (Esala livestream)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this livestream Dhamma session on Esala full moon poya, we examine the "BUDDHA'S ADVICE ON MEDITATION PRACTICE FOR BUSY PEOPLE" based on the Buddha's teaching in the Mahānāma Sutta (AN 11.11). In this session: 00:00 Start of the session 06:25 Overview of the Mahānāma Sutta (AN 11.11) 07:50 Why this teaching is beneficial and fruitful 11:49 Similar teachings to monastic and lay disciples of the Buddha 17:20 Who was Mahānāma the Sakyan? 19:25 Mahānāma’s question to the Buddha and his brief response 21:00 Establishing the five spiritual faculties 24:05 The six things to be developed 27:58 How it connects to noble attainment (path and fruit) 31:31 “Deep dive” into the recollection of the Buddha 38:07 What happens when we recollect the Buddha's qualities? 40:05 Qualities of the Buddha - first three 59:12 Qualities of the Buddha - middle three 01:22:34 Qualities of the Buddha - last three 01:27:41 Short meditation - recollection of the Buddha (10 mins) 01:37:55 Deepening our understanding the meaning of "one who sees the Dhamma sees me" 01:41:35 “Deep dive” into the recollection of the Dhamma 01:53:44 Short meditation - recollection of the Dhamma (5 mins) 01:59:38 “Deep dive” into the recollection of the Sangha 02:02:25 Eight persons and Eight qualities 02:11:44 Short meditation - recollection of the Sangha (5 mins) 02:16:19 “Deep dive” into the recollection of our own virtuous behaviour 02:24:49 Short meditation - recollection of our own virtuous behaviour (5 mins) 02:30:21 “Deep dive” into the recollection of our own generosity 02:40:25 Short meditation - recollection of our own generosity (5 mins) 02:45:18 “Deep dive” into the recollection of the devas 03:02:54 Short meditation - recollection of the devas 03:07:23 Encouragement 03:10:20 Sharing the merit and Blessings **Much merit (bohoma pin) to the person who requested this sutta** The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://t.ly/j504j Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar. Selected tables, slides and documents are shared via the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel - https://t.me/suttameditationseries For all enquiries - [email protected]