2) Abandoning by Restraining | "The Great Animalian Pull Off" (MN 2) with Ajahn Kovilo
Channel: Clear Mountain Monastery
Date: 2021-07-24

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
1:23 - Homage to the Triple Gem
1:45  - Dharma Talk
31:14 - Q&A - Why would we restrain the intellect faculty?
35:41 - Q&A - Do I need real corpses for corpse meditation?
38:00 - Q&A - Does focusing on appropriate sense restraint decrease the sense of self that develops through chain of Dependent Arising with sense contact?
40:55 - Q&A - How do we balance a strong sense of Samsara and the need to practice with not succumbing to depression?
46:25 - Q&A -  Which monastics have you come into contact with that have impressed you most and why?

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo gives a talk and brief Q&A focusing on "abandoning by restraining" as discussed in the Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.002.than.html 
Also featured is a retelling of The Six Animal Sutta (SN 35.206)
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.206.than.html

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