FOUR MODES OF PRACTICE & FOUR IMMEASURABLES - Unlocking the Doorways to Nibbāna

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.It's stated that "there are four ways of practice. What four? Painful practice with slow realisation, painful practice with quick realisation, pleasant practice with slow realisation, and pleasant practice with quick realisation" in the Saṁkhitta Sutta (AN 4.161)  We will examine what these Profitable Directions are, the importance of learning about these four modes of practice, how we develop these insight pathways that lead to the four immeasurable states (i.e. Buddha's medicine for overcoming the craving for the four nutriments), how the 37 enlightenment factors are activated and support the Path, and an overview of how we meditate or contemplate towards unlocking the doors to Nibbāna.  In this session we: — get an overview of the framework and process map of the Four Modes of Practice and how it leads to the Four Immeasurable States — familiarise ourselves with pali terms and their meanings to make the learning process easier  — how these insight pathways unlock the doorways to Nibbāna — highlight the fruit of each profitable direction  **NOTE - We have already looked in detail at the First Doorway to Nibbāna in episode 164 of the podcast - https://bit.ly/3BEWLVv **Most of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to in this session: — Vitthāra Sutta (AN 4.162) — Ubhaya Sutta (AN 4.166)  — Mahāmoggallāna Sutta (AN 4.167)  — Sāriputta Sutta (AN 4.168)  — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)  — Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta (MN 53) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33)  — Brahma Sutta (SN 47.18)   — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10)  — Venāgapura Sutta (AN 3.63) — Āneñjasappāya Sutta (MN 106) — Padhāna Sutta (AN 4.13) — Paṭhamasamaṇabrāhmaṇa Sutta (SN 46.5)  — Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140) — Iddhipāda Sutta (AN 4.276) — Subrahma Sutta (SN 2.17)  — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49)  Bohoma pin to the person who requested this Dhamma talk.  A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJoPpliodA AND on Spotify as a video podcastBlessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai