‣ Fourth noble truth is key to the whole dhamma (the way = 8-fold path) - 0:18 ‣ Path not created by the Buddha (exists without a buddha) - 2:01 ‣ Discovery of path - 3:54 ‣ All suffering arises from craving/clinging (ignorance is the root) - 6:03 ‣ "Path produces knowledge & vision" (not abstract; immediate insight. "Eye of insight") - 7:50 ‣ "The Middle Way" (path avoids extremes in conduct & views) - 9:20 ‣ Two extremes: - 9:42 ‣ Indulgence & desire (only live once) - 10:01 ‣ Self-mortification, asceticism (body & spirit = antagonists) - 10:47 ‣ Not a compromise between extremes (rises above them) - 12:32 ‣ Real renunciation = inward mental act - 14:04 ‣ 8 factors operate simultaneously, not consecutive steps - 14:23 ‣ 8 factors divided in two parts: knowledge/understanding & practice/conduct - 15:43 ‣ Knowledge/understanding (contains only *1. Right View* ) - 16:00 ‣ Right view is the eye (guides other factors) - 16:27 ‣ Analogy: relationship of the two parts = driving car (eyes & limbs) - 16:42 ‣ Right view = understanding of the 4 noble truths - 18:18 ‣ Cause of dukka is in our own mind (liberation is too) - 19:12 ‣ Follow path as one's own understanding/insight (not devotion/respect) - 20:18 ‣ Practice/conduct (other 7 factors): - 20:47 ‣ Practice leads to more understanding (come back to right view) - 21:29
. . . . ‣ 6th to 8th factors: _inner_ work (3rd to 5th were _outer_ conduct) - 34:20 ‣ *6. Right Effort* (practice of path requires work) - 34:44 ‣ 4 aspects (two types states of mind: unwholesome & wholesome, each has two tasks) - 37:24 ‣ Each state has two tasks - 38:34 - Unwholesome states, effort to: ‣ Prevent arising - 38:40 ‣ Abandon when arisen - 40:11 ‣ Method 1: replace with opposite - 40:46 ‣ Method 2: sense of danger - 42:14 ‣ Method 3: divert mind - 42:33 ‣ Method 4: observe thoughts - 42:53 ‣ Method 5: face to face combat (last resort) - 43:24 ‣ Wholesome (two tasks) - 43:47 ‣ Develop undeveloped wholesome states - 44:04 ‣ Maintain/increase developed wholesome states - 44:28 45:16 [@44:28 jumps _back to __43:40__._ *Jump to* 45:16 to resume] ‣ Right intention & effort not the same (function together) - 46:09 ‣ Word of caution: effort != striving blindly - 47:34 ‣ Illustration (musician disciple Sona) - 48:52
