Visuddhimagga -The Path of Purification - 1
Channel: Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
Date: 2024-02-09

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00:00 Introduction
02:43 Taking the 5 Precepts
07:26 Reading starts
08:22 Bhante explains the word 'consciousness' in the line 'Develops consciousness and understanding,' whereas the verse in Pali uses 'Chitta,' which means 'mind.  
14:57 Q: I have a question regarding the second paragraph. It mentions that three existences are interlaced: the past, present, and future. How does this occur? Do they already understand the paticcasamuppada? 
18:36 Reading - paragraph 6  
24:00 Bhante explains what it means by "the moment of the path," here, just one mind moment is called the path for that specific reason. It shares the same nature of consciousness as fruition, and they both refer to the experience of Nibbana. This initial moment is distinguished because it is the only that moment that leads to the non-existence of defilement. It only takes one moment, and the rest is just additional fruition.  
24:55 Q: Does this passage refer specifically to the arahant, because he mentions "being worthy of offerings?"  
25:22 Ex: Bhante explains the words "insight" and "virtue."  
26:09 Q: I have a question about the triple root cause. Are they anger, greed, and delusion?
26:40 Q: I was wondering if you could give some examples of the three types of understandings. The first is the naïve understanding, the second is understanding consisting of insight, and what would be the protective understanding that guides all affairs?  
27:34 Reading - paragraph 8
35:12 Explanation
39:35 Q: Is the word 'concentration' that keeps getting used here derived from the word 'samadhi'?  
41:24 Q: What is the Pali word for concentration? For example, if one has too much concentration, does it lead to restlessness?   
42:10 Q: Is samadhi always a factor of Jhana?  
42:40 Q: I wanted to ask about paragraph 11, which mentions "six kinds of direct knowledge is shown by concentration."  
43:16 Q: In the same paragraph 11, it mentions, "For with the support of perfected understanding one arrives at the four kinds of discrimination." What are these four kinds of discrimination? 
44:48 Reading - Paragraph 14 
46:20  I have a question about concentration and prevention of obsession. In my practice, I've observed moments when my mind becomes overly fixated on cravings, causing me to lose my grip on mindfulness. It feels as though the intensity of these cravings overwhelms my capacity for mindfulness. Is enhancing one's concentration the key to managing such moments more effectively?  
50:16: Bhante, could you please recap paragraph 15 of what we have learned so far?    
52:10 Is the path mentioned here related to the noble eightfold path?  
52:39 Q: I have a question about concentration. How is the samadhi experienced when we note in our practice? Is it momemtarily?  
54:08 Q:  Bhante, When practicing, if our perception of breath keeps coming back to the nostrils, what should we do?  
55:45 Q: What is the difference between abandoning the defilements in three aspects and purification from the three kinds of defilements?  
58:26 Q: Question about momentary concentration.  
59:58 Q: From paragraph 14, the stream-enterer and the once-returners are already perfected in the kinds of virtue. It seems from here that the non-returners already have to be good in concentration. Is that correct?  
1:03:44 Q: Do the words concentration, virtue, and understanding refer to cause and effect?
1:05:28 Q: "States of loss," is that referring to the lower realms?  
1:06:52 Impressions about the Visuddhimagga
1:11:00 Q: When preparing for this session, I came across another book called Vimuttimagga. How does that text differ from this one?  
1:12:06 Q: What is the relation between Visuddhimagga and Vimuttimagga, and what are the relative merits of these two?  
1:12:45 Q: Can we talk about the "prevention of transgression?"  
1:13:56 Q: Question about noting during meditation.  
1:21:36 Q: Bhante, if we contemplate the hindrances without returning to the breath too frequently, our attention can become diffuse. I struggle with this.  
1:23:00: Bhante's advice on reading the text of Visuddhimagga.