WHY IT’S DIFFICULT TO RENUNCIATE THE WORLD (Full Session)
Sutta Meditation Series
This
is the FULL DHAMMA SESSION conducted on ILL POYA (18 November 2021) via
zoom on “WHY IT’S DIFFICULT TO RENUNCIATE THE WORLD”, how to
contemplate the Hāliddikāni Sutta (SN 22.3)
This is a teaching to lay people, with Venerable Mahākaccāna elaborating on the Buddha’s verse:
“Having left home to roam without abode,
In the village the sage is intimate with none;
Rid of sensual pleasures, without expectations,
He would not engage people in dispute”
A
very important teaching about the importance of not making a home for
consciousness to establish and not roaming with our sense faculties to
construct (and reconstruct) the world, with some very practical
application.
This
Dhamma session consolidates and expands on many of the instructions,
insight pathways and meditations we have studied over the past few poya
and other Dhamma sessions.
Note
- This is a broad session on the Hāliddikāni Sutta (SN 22.3), and we
may have another session to go through a powerful meditation on this
sutta
In this Dhamma session we cover:
— Tips & reminders
— Why it’s difficult to renunciate the world
— Introduction to the HāliddikāniSutta (SN 22.3)
— Venerable Mahākaccāna’s detailed explanation of Buddha’s brief statement in 3 parts
— What is a sage (muni)?
— How to meditate on Halidakkani Sutta
Some of the suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:
— Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33)
— Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
— Pamādavihārī Sutta (SN35.97)
— Loka Sutta (SN 1.70)
— Lokapañhā Sutta (SN 35.82)
— Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5)
— Candūpamā Sutta (SN 16.3)
— Kulūpaka Sutta(SN 16.4)
— Moneyya Sutta (AN 3.122)
— Anusota Sutta (AN 4.5)
— Girimānanda Sutta (AN 10.60)
— Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu (Dhp 87)
— Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163)
— Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn1.
— Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
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Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai
SN 35.94 (S iv 69)
Adantāgutta Sutta
— Uncontrolled and unguarded —
[a+danta+a+gutta]
Here
is one of those advises which are so easy to understand with the
intellect, yet so difficult to understand at deeper levels because our
wrong views constantly interfere in the process. Therefore we need to
get it repeated often, even though that may seem boring to some.
cha·y·ime, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanā a·dantā a·guttā a·rakkhitā a·saṃvutā dukkh·ādhivāhā honti. katame cha?
cakkhu, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
sotaṃ, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
ghāṇaṃ, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
jivhā, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti
kāyo, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti
The body as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being uncontrolled, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, brings suffering.
mano, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ a·dantaṃ a·guttaṃ a·rakkhitaṃ a·saṃvutaṃ dukkh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
The mind as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being uncontrolled, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, brings suffering.
ime kho, bhikkhave, cha phass·āyatanā a·dantā a·guttā a·rakkhitā a·saṃvutā dukkh·ādhivāhā honti.
cha·y·ime, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanā su·dantā su·guttā su·rakkhitā su·saṃvutā sukh·ādhivāhā honti. katame cha?
These
six spheres of contact, bhikkhus, being well controlled, well guarded,
well protected, well restrained, bring well-being. Which six?
cakkhu, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
The
eye as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being well controlled, well
guarded, well protected, well restrained, brings well-being.
sotaṃ, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
ghāṇaṃ, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
The
nose as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being well controlled, well
guarded, well protected, well restrained, brings well-being.
jivhā, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
kāyo, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
mano, bhikkhave, phass·āyatanaṃ su·dantaṃ su·guttaṃ su·rakkhitaṃ su·saṃvutaṃ sukh·ādhivāhaṃ hoti.
ime kho, bhikkhave, cha phass·āyatanā su·dantā su·guttā su·rakkhitā su·saṃvutā sukh·ādhivāhā hontī·ti.
30) Classical English,Roman,
The (sutta) opening at Sāvatthī.{n}
These six spheres of contact, bhikkhus, being uncontrolled, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, bring suffering. Which six?
Those six spheres of contact, bhikkhus, being uncontrolled, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained bring suffering.
The
eye,ear,nose,tongue,body,mind, as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being
uncontrolled, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, brings suffering.
The as a sphere of contact, bhikkhus, being well controlled, well guarded, well protected, well restrained, brings well-being.