How Much is Enough? | Robert Ca #5 | 3.1.22

Robert and Dhammarato talk about how much satisfaction is enough, whether there are levels of satisfaction, and the way political parties and companies manufacture and make use of fears in pursuit if their own agendas. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRKt6JQ-rag Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome! ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel. We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded. 00:00 Are there levels of satisfaction? Nurturing the skill of satisfaction 07:50 Eagerness or enthusiasm (samma sankappa): piti, sukha, upekkha 12:47 “Hold my beer” quality 16:49 Safe, secure, comfortable, satisfied; keeping people dissatisfied 18:23 Commercial-grade dissatisfaction 21:01 Give up the battle between good and evil 29:34 Is the subtleness of satisfaction a sign of progress? 34:01 The quality of satisfaction is relief 37:17 So glad to have found a middle way; just nourish the seed