Podcasts about four nutriments

Welcome to episode 76 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. In this installment, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach/journalist Jo Confino put a modern twist on the Four Nutriments – one of the Sutras of the Buddha – using it as a framework to explore what it is to be a mindful consumer of life.  With each of the Four Nutriments – edible foods, sense impressions, volition or aspiration, and consciousness – the Buddha gave a little story which the presenters explore and bring into the reality of our times.The ensuing conversation touches many topics and ideas, like how and why to invest in our spiritual dimension; individual and collective consciousness; shifting consciousness, generating community and a fairer society; practicing moderation; cultivating compassion; habit energies; rebuilding our connection to food; changing the way stories are told; suffering as a bell of mindfulness; and more. Brother Phap Huu shares deeply about experiencing burnout; speaking our minds; and adapting Buddhist teaching for each new generation. Jo complements this episode's theme with personal stories and a new approach to what it is to be courageous.  Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/   And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resources Online course: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planethttps://plumvillage.org/zasp?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=twoii&utm_campaign=zasp Interbeinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing Sutrashttps://plumvillage.org/genre/sutrasSutras: ‘Discourse on the Four Kinds of Nutriments'https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-four-kinds-of-nutriments Bodhisattvahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva Douglas Tompkinshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Tompkins The Order of Interbeinghttps://plumvillage.org/community/order-of-interbeing John Bellhttps://www.parallax.org/authors/john-bell/ Who Cares Wins: How to Protect the Planet You Lovehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305695/who-cares-wins-by-cole-lily/9780241309148 Quotes “Every being has a spiritual dimension and we need to invest in our spiritual dimension. And if young people can invest in it earlier, then the future has a greater hope and a more wonderful and sustainable livelihood that we can lead ourselves towards.” “Consuming is not just what we eat and drink but what we listen to, what we smell, what we taste, and so on.” “It’s not that wanting a state of peace means that we can suddenly have peace; we have to nurture the peace inside of us.” “Mindfulness gives us the lens of awareness to go inwards and see what we are consuming on a daily basis. What is intentional and what are we consuming that we’re not even aware of?” “Our way of being is also food for elements that are outside of us.” “We’re creating a cacophony of thoughts, feelings, and actions that form an individual basis, then create a collective. Often, people don’t feel that their individual behavior has an impact on the collective; often, they think that the collective is the only thing influencing them.” “Trust the seeds that you plant, but don’t expect them to grow right away.” “The Buddha says every action has an impact on the past, the present, and the future. So our actions today actually have an impact 1,000 years later.” “When we practice a vegetarian or a vegan diet, it is because we are aspiring to cultivate our compassion.” “Vulnerability opens support.” “We know that habit energy is not ours alone: it’s society’s habit, it is our ancestors’ habit. So if we come from a family that has addictions, we know we have addictions in us.” “Once we know where food comes from, our gratitude manifests; it is born. And when you have gratitude, food automatically tastes better.” “The Buddha says that our world is lived by our shared consciousness.” “The work that we are doing in Plum Village is helping, wanting to shift consciousness, and showing that love is possible and that love is there and that peace is action.” “Sense impressions are also teachers. And this is why, for us, the Dharma is not just spoken Dharma, but the way we live, how we show up. That is a sense impression. That is a teaching in itself.” “When it’s all about the money, we lose our ethical compass and we lose our connection; we lose our sense of responsibility and accountability. And if money is the object, then there’s going to be a lot of suffering.” “Why don’t we like good news? Because we’re so conditioned to suffering.” “The Buddha says that we have to reflect and shine our light onto our views, that we are striving towards. And if that view, goal, or aspiration is destroying our well-being, we have to have the courage to walk away.” “Courage is being prepared to not be like everybody else.” “What is our worldview? Are we limited? Are we expanding? I think coming to retreats like Plum Village, or traveling, is so helpful for expanding our consciousness that maybe our way of thinking about what is right is very limited. That’s why, when we learn about ethics, we have to be very open. And in Buddhism, one of the greatest foundations is openness, because what we think is right may be totally different in a different culture. So, consciousness: we have to allow it to expand, be flexible, transform, grow.”

Two Hands Sangha Dharma Talk on the Four Nutriments and the Puttamansa Sutta (SN 12.63), which is a wonderful, but seemingly dark sutta that is kind of graphic in nature. Despite its graphic visuals, it's a great teaching. I hope you'll enjoy!

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this Dhamma session, we examine the Third Doorway to Nibbāna — Pleasant Practice with Slow Realisation (sukhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā). This is the Buddha's medicine for Mental Volition as Nutriment. This is part of the supramundane path and practice. This is a powerful insight pathway, and is suitable for those "who are not strongly prone to lust, hatred and delusion, and don't often experience pain and dejection born of lust, hatred and delusion". We will be drawing on some of the meditations we have practised before. Consider these as pre-requisites to help with this Third Doorway to Nibbāna: (1) Understanding of developing the Four Jhānas - https://tinyurl.com/38ejcbdz or https://tinyurl.com/y87ma9ea (2) Understanding the Four Nutriments (or Four Unprofitable Directions rooted in greed, hatred and delusion) - https://tinyurl.com/3aajdpza (3) Ability to purify the mind (Vatthūpama Sutta, MN 7 or similar) (4) Understanding the Exposition of the Elements (Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta, MN 140) - https://tinyurl.com/yfunf5n2 (5) Understanding the Pathway of Renunciation (Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta, MN 137) - https://tinyurl.com/5cm6u83u (6) Seven factors of enlightenment - https://tinyurl.com/ymcveve4 (Intro and Overview) and https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz (Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3) In this session we look at: — Pre-requisites for the 3rd doorway to Nibbāna — Recap of the Four Nutriments and Four Modes of Practice — What kind of spiritual faculties and powers are associated with this mode of practice? — What underpins this 3rd doorway to Nibbāna? — "Deep dive" into the insight pathway for pleasant practice with slow realisation — Recap of the meditation instructions Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Paṭipadāvagga, (AN 4.161-70) — Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33), — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Vitthāra Sutta (AN 4.162) — Ubhaya Sutta (AN 4.166) — Brahmājala Sutta (DN 1) — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN 53) — Nagaropama Sutta (AN 7.67) — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) — Anupubbanirodha Sutta (AN 9.31): — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8) — Uposatha Sutta (AN 4.190) — Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140) — Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 137) — Anumāna Sutta (MN 15) — Cakkavattirāja Sutta (SN 55.1) — Anathapindikaputtakala Vatthu (Dhp 178) — Padhāna Sutta (AN 4.13) — Āḷavaka Sutta (SN 10.12) — Silavanta Sutta (SN 22.122) — Nibbānarūpasaṇṭhānapañha (Mil 6.3.10) — Nibbānasannihitapañha (Mi. 6.3.12) — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) — Tathāgata Sutta (SN 56.12) — Samādhi-bhāvana Sutta (SN 22.5) — Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa (Cnd 8) — Chandasamādhi Sutta (SN 51.13) — Bhikkhu Sutta (SN 46.5) — Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3) — Kūṭāgāra Sutta (SN 46.7) — Dutiyamettā Sutta (AN 4.126) Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who requested this insight pathway meditation The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://tinyurl.com/yu52259m Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar. Selected tables, slides and documents are shared via the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel - https://t.me/suttameditationseries For all enquiries - suttameditationseries@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this short session, we look at a question that has been asked: “In the Byasana Sutta (AN 5.130), the Buddha states there are five kinds of misfortune or loss. Out of the five, there are only two that lead to rebirth in lower realms - misfortune regarding virtuous behaviour and misfortune regarding view. Why only these two? And if you could also explain, how this happens?” To answer this question, we reference a number of teachings from the Buddha as well as revisit the Four Unprofitable Directions - Four Nutriments and Going the Wrong Ways. (*It is helpful if you have been through the Dhamma sessions on the Four Nutriments - see YT playlist https://bit.ly/3C1vxK4) And, we take an example from a recent retreat. In answering this question, it makes more sense why the Buddha's instructions or insight pathways are given in a particular sequence to correct wrong view with right view and to ensure we cultivate and maintain virtue and give up misconduct. Developing the Noble Eightfold Path is very much included in this. Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk: — Raṭṭhapāla Sutta (MN 82) — Kalyāṇamittādivagga (AN 1.76) — Bhoga Sutta (AN 5.227) — Girimānanda Sutta (AN 10.60) — Ṭhāna Sutta (AN 4.192) — Micchādiṭṭhika Sutta (Iti 70) — Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40) — Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135) — Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216) — Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Upādāna Sutta (SN 45.173) — Hāliddikāni Sutta (SN 22.3) — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) — Khattiya Sutta (AN 6.52) Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who asked this question. The video of this Dhamma session has also been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrgHP14bfw0 Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai To find the YT Sutta Meditation Series playlists visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttaMeditationSeries/playlists, or click on 'Playlists' in the top menu bar. Selected tables, slides and documents are shared via the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel - https://t.me/suttameditationseries For all enquiries - suttameditationseries@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

This is part 2 of the previous episode. Matt Finch continues his discussion on the four different "nutriments", examples, and healthy versions versus unhealthy versions. By optimizing these, you can also optimize addiction recovery and life in general. 

Matt Finch discusses the four different "nutriments", examples, and healthy versions versus unhealthy versions. By optimizing these, you can also optimize addiction recovery and life in general. 

Welcome to episode 29 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives.  In this episode, the presenters, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist Jo Confino, discuss the Four Nutriments – edible foods, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness – and share their own experiences and understanding of this core Buddhist teaching. By further delving into each Nutriment, the two find Buddhist insights and practical ways to explore and shift how we can consume mindfully. Brother Phap Huu shares his thoughts about practicing moderation and gratitude for our meals (plus, the benefits of chewing each bite a full 30 times); nourishing our consumption when we eat; being mindful in an addictive society and recognising the energies in us; volition as a source of energy; wholesome individual and collective consciousness (and habits); mental formations; lazy days; and: what is enough? Jo considers food politics and ethics; addiction and suffering; shifts in the mindfulness of eating; the impact of big cities on our consumption; the possible dangers of volition (with a story from the 70s television drama Colditz); collective ‘rivers' of consciousness; and forgiveness. The episode ends with a short meditation guided by Brother Phap Huu. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resourcesPlum Village Communityhttps://plumvillage.org/#filter=.region-eu Sutras: ‘Discourse on the Four Kinds of Nutriments'https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-four-kinds-of-nutriments/ Dharma Talks: ‘The Four Kinds of Nutriments Mindful Cooking Retreat'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/the-four-kinds-of-nutriments-sister-tue-nghiem-2019-06-06-mindful-cooking-retreat/ Dharma Talks: ‘Nutriments for Healing'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/nutriments-for-healing/ Hungry Children Programhttps://donation.plumvillage.org/hungry-children-program/ ‘51 Mental Formations' https://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/51-mental-formation/ Colditzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colditz_(1972_TV_series) Sister Chan Duchttps://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/sr-chan-duc/ Quotes “The bread in your hand is the body of the cosmos.” “Don’t eat your thoughts. Don’t eat your project. Eat your food.” “Whatever we consume, it becomes our energy.” “When we are lining up for the food, we are practicing moderation. We eat just what is enough. And this is really crucial, because it helps us not take more than what we need from the Earth.”“I think people have a sort of a reverence for the taste of food, but not for the food itself.”“’If you take a single piece of carrot, and before you put it in your mouth, just look deeply at that piece of carrot and you can see that the entire universe is in that piece of carrot.’ He [Thay] was saying that for the carrot to grow, it needs the air, it needs the water, it needs the soil, and it needs the sun. And for the sun to exist, the whole universe has to exist. And then, from a human perspective, it needs the farmer and the person picking the crop, and then delivering it to the shop, and then the shopkeeper to sell it to you. So in just one carrot, if you really stop and look, you would develop a reverence for that carrot because you see that all of life was needed for it to exist.” “We have to speak about very practical things so that we can have a journey, a practice, so that we can become aware of our habits. We have personal habits, and we even have collective habits, as a community, as a society. And then we have habits that are passed down through our ancestors to us, in relation to how we consume life.” “We have needs and we think they’re essential for us, but if we reflect and review the way we are consuming, I think we are happy with having less.” “Are we consuming mindfully? It's not about not consuming, it’s about how we are consuming.” “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” “We are in a dynamic relationship with life, and often we’re not really conscious of that.” “All of our thoughts create this river of consciousness.” “Nature is a very good television. But it’s not about just watching it, but being in it.” “There’s so much coming at us, from a thousand directions. And if we are not aware of how we are responding to life, then we lose our agency and become a victim.” “I have this image of a racehorse going around the track with blinkers on its eyes. They put blinkers on it so it can only look forward and isn’t distracted by life. And, in a sense, that’s always the risk, isn’t it? We think our job is to race around the track as fast as possible – but then we miss everything that’s going on in life, and any opportunity to try to transform.” “If someone is really purifying their mind, that is going to have a positive impact on the collective consciousness. And it made me realize that, actually, all our actions – whatever we do or choose to think or act on – feed into what the future will look like.”

Welcome to episode 29 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives.  In this episode, the presenters, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist Jo Confino, discuss the Four Nutriments – edible foods, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness – and share their own experiences and understanding of this core Buddhist teaching. By further delving into each Nutriment, the two find Buddhist insights and practical ways to explore and shift how we can consume mindfully. Brother Phap Huu shares his thoughts about practicing moderation and gratitude for our meals (plus, the benefits of chewing each bite a full 30 times); nourishing our consumption when we eat; being mindful in an addictive society and recognising the energies in us; volition as a source of energy; wholesome individual and collective consciousness (and habits); mental formations; lazy days; and: what is enough? Jo considers food politics and ethics; addiction and suffering; shifts in the mindfulness of eating; the impact of big cities on our consumption; the possible dangers of volition (with a story from the 70s television drama Colditz); collective ‘rivers' of consciousness; and forgiveness. The episode ends with a short meditation guided by Brother Phap Huu. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resourcesPlum Village Communityhttps://plumvillage.org/#filter=.region-eu Sutras: ‘Discourse on the Four Kinds of Nutriments'https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-four-kinds-of-nutriments/ Dharma Talks: ‘The Four Kinds of Nutriments Mindful Cooking Retreat'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/the-four-kinds-of-nutriments-sister-tue-nghiem-2019-06-06-mindful-cooking-retreat/ Dharma Talks: ‘Nutriments for Healing'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/nutriments-for-healing/ Hungry Children Programhttps://donation.plumvillage.org/hungry-children-program/ ‘51 Mental Formations' https://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/51-mental-formation/ Colditzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colditz_(1972_TV_series) Sister Chan Duchttps://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/sr-chan-duc/ Quotes “The bread in your hand is the body of the cosmos.” “Don’t eat your thoughts. Don’t eat your project. Eat your food.” “Whatever we consume, it becomes our energy.” “When we are lining up for the food, we are practicing moderation. We eat just what is enough. And this is really crucial, because it helps us not take more than what we need from the Earth.”“I think people have a sort of a reverence for the taste of food, but not for the food itself.”“’If you take a single piece of carrot, and before you put it in your mouth, just look deeply at that piece of carrot and you can see that the entire universe is in that piece of carrot.’ He [Thay] was saying that for the carrot to grow, it needs the air, it needs the water, it needs the soil, and it needs the sun. And for the sun to exist, the whole universe has to exist. And then, from a human perspective, it needs the farmer and the person picking the crop, and then delivering it to the shop, and then the shopkeeper to sell it to you. So in just one carrot, if you really stop and look, you would develop a reverence for that carrot because you see that all of life was needed for it to exist.” “We have to speak about very practical things so that we can have a journey, a practice, so that we can become aware of our habits. We have personal habits, and we even have collective habits, as a community, as a society. And then we have habits that are passed down through our ancestors to us, in relation to how we consume life.” “We have needs and we think they’re essential for us, but if we reflect and review the way we are consuming, I think we are happy with having less.” “Are we consuming mindfully? It's not about not consuming, it’s about how we are consuming.” “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” “We are in a dynamic relationship with life, and often we’re not really conscious of that.” “All of our thoughts create this river of consciousness.” “Nature is a very good television. But it’s not about just watching it, but being in it.” “There’s so much coming at us, from a thousand directions. And if we are not aware of how we are responding to life, then we lose our agency and become a victim.” “I have this image of a racehorse going around the track with blinkers on its eyes. They put blinkers on it so it can only look forward and isn’t distracted by life. And, in a sense, that’s always the risk, isn’t it? We think our job is to race around the track as fast as possible – but then we miss everything that’s going on in life, and any opportunity to try to transform.” “If someone is really purifying their mind, that is going to have a positive impact on the collective consciousness. And it made me realize that, actually, all our actions – whatever we do or choose to think or act on – feed into what the future will look like.”

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. We continue with our examination of "all sentient beings are sustained by nutriment" (sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā) in the Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) In this session (PART 6), we learn how to meditate on the Four Nutriments and Suffering. All the nutriments are linked (work in tandem, or altogether - process happens very quickly), so we build on what we covered in the past five sessions. **It is helpful you have at least a broad understanding of each of the Four Nutriments, why we crave them, what is driving the insight pathways and why we go the wrong way in each of them. It's also beneficial if you are familiar with the "swinging monkey" analogy we went through in Part 4 - Mental Volition as Nutriment (3rd Unprofitable Direction)** In this short session, we explain the meditation steps using the Four Nutriments & Four Wrong Ways Table, and go through 2 examples to help us to apply this meditation. When you do this meditation, take an example that is relevant to you so you can connect with this Dhamma more directly. Bohoma pin to the person that requested this meditation. A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBnohxxRBaA AND on Spotify as a video podcast An electronic copy of the Four Unprofitable Directions has been posted (and pinned) to the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel. Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways: “Could you explain in more detail how to meditate on the Greed Path? After watching your videos on our craving for food, sex and a whole lot of other things, it strikes me as an important meditation especially when it comes to bad habits and how this can lead us to future rebirths possibly in bad destinations” To answer this question we: — go through the importance of seeing the gratification and danger of fuelling craving for sensual pleasures — emphasise the danger of burning with lust — go through the meditation step-by-step of how we re-establish consciousness that results in rebirth — highlight the link to lack of virtue (sexual misconduct and taking what is not given) — emphasise our intolerance for when feeling changes or slides — outline important tips for this meditation Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Upādāna Sutta (SN 12.52) — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) — Paribbājaka Sutta (AN 3.54) — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A copy of the GREED PATH insight pathway is published and pinned to the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ6o5ISaI2M AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways: “My son is addicted to sex and regularly watches porn. What is the Buddha's advice for lay people when it comes to porn and sex? Monks and nuns are celibate as they have the Vinaya rules, but for lay people it's clearly different as we have relationships and families. The precept we take is to refrain from sexual misconduct. Does the Buddha discourage lay people from indulging in porn and sex, and if so why?” The key to answering this question is about CORRECTING OUR MISAPPREHENSION OF THE BODY (Physical Nutriment) - at the view level, thoughts and perceptions. To answer the question we : — examine the importance of seeing the body (physical nutriment) correctly through correcting the perversion or corruption in the mind of attractive in the unattractive — examine the Greed Path insight pathway that takes an agreeable object and results in painfulness in change (a copy of this is published and pinned to the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel) — look at what happens when we become addicted to porn, sex and anything sex-related — highlight the importance of moral shame and sense restraint — link to the insight path in the Karaniyametta Sutta — take a look at celibacy vs non-celibacy and the Buddha's words — confirm our understanding of sexual misconduct as a precept — look at the benefits of when we have right view and virtue. Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) — Gaṇḍasutta (AN 9.15) — Vijaya Sutta (Snp 1.11) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6) — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) — Māgaṇḍiya Sutta (Snp 4.9) — Tayodhamma Sutta (AN 10.76) — Saṁvara Sutta (SN 35.98) — Janapadakalyāṇī Sutta (SN 47.20) — Iṭṭhadhamma Sutta (AN 10.73) — Channa Sutta (AN 3.71) — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (SN 35.28) — Saṁkhittūposatha Sutta (AN 8.41) — Tissametteyya Sutta (Snp 4.7) — Nakulapitu Sutta (AN 6.16) — Paṭhamasañcetanika Sutta (AN 10.217) — Kāmesumicchācāra Sutta (SN 56.73) — Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40) — Kimatthiya Sutta (AN 11.1) Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A copy of the GREED PATH insight pathway is published and pinned to the Sutta Meditation Series Telegram channel. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiqMMBO9W8 AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways: “From the recent video on sadness, I can recognize sadness associated with having been born and subject to old age, sickness and death. What I want to understand more is the process that happens to create more sadness through turning to sensual pleasures. Is it possible to explain this process in more detail? Is there a meditation for this?” To answer the question we : — go into a helicopter view of greed, hatred and delusion to understand the process results in sadness arising — take a deeper dive using more of the Four Nutriments, hindrances to understand this process better Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Nibbuta Sutta (AN 3.55) Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QHUm3qe7I AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways: “I am troubled a great deal by what I consider mental heaviness or pain. It was there before the pandemic – a general sense of melancholy and sadness – it's present even when I'm busy, when things seem to be going ok, or not okay, and in the spaces in between. With the pandemic it feels like this mental heaviness is getting heavier. Part of it could be also loneliness despite living with people. Either way, no matter what I do to try to overcome it, I can't seem to lift this feeling. What would the Buddha advise?” To answer the question we examine: — Recognising the fruit of our actions (vipaka-kamma) is to experience sadness — Understanding why sadness and loneliness arises (samudaya), and how it passes away (atthangama) — Importance of not creating more sadness through trying to fix this dukkha — Reminder that all feelings result in dukkha and the meditation that helps to see that — Value of training ourselves to bear with conditions and the resultant feelings — Going over the link between the physical nutriment and contact as nutriment to try to fix dukkha and sadness — Highlighting and explaining different tools from our meditation toolkit to reduce sadness and not create more sadness (e.g. generosity, sense restraint, gratitude and more) — Gentle reminders to lift the mind, brighten it with the wholesome - to withstand difficulty and help others as well Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (DN 22) — Saccavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 141) — Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5) — Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57) — Nibbuta Sutta (AN 3.55) — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8) — Pamādavihārī Sutta (SN 35.97) — Saṁvara Sutta (SN 35.98) — Kummopama Sutta (SN 35.240) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Akusalarāsi Sutta (AN 5.52) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Cunda Sutta (Ud 8.5) — Dutiyasamugghātasappāya Sutta (SN 35.32) — Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122) Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpA3TNhzy_w AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways: “I'm a bit of a foodie and I was wondering how big of a problem this can be when it comes to the Physical Nutriment. When we went through the Buddha's teaching on how we should view food in the Son's Flesh Sutta and then more recently the process of craving, it really made me look at my relationship with food. Do you have any advice on applying the Buddha's teachings to food obsessions and even eating disorders?” The key to answering this question is about CORRECTING OUR MISAPPREHENSION OF FOOD (Physical Nutriment) - at the view level, thoughts and perceptions. To answer the question we examine: — and revisit the process of craving food — the process of going down the first unprofitable direction and the "bigger picture" of our predicament, not seeing the decay, and the danger of misapprehending food and creating habits and tendencies with the wrong view — the Buddha's four key terms of how we should consider food in the Puttamaṁsa Sutta — highlight the importance of the perception of the repulsiveness of food (ahārepaṭikūla) — run through a key meditation to help penetrate this Dhamma Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Paṭiccasamuppāda Sutta (SN 12.1) — Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5) — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Atthirāga Sutta (SN 12.64) — Saṁvara Sutta (SN 35.98) — Kummopama Sutta (SN 35.240) — Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163) — Stories of Hungry Ghosts (Petavatthu) To listen to the talk on Moderation in Eating (episode 26) as something to be developed in the Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta - https://bit.ly/3sVhJfb Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question. A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSmL4boZsfg AND on Spotify as a video podcast Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. It's stated that "all sentient beings are sustained by nutriment" (sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā) in the Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33). We will examine what this means, why it is important to learn about the four nutriments, how we go the four wrong ways when we crave the four nutriments, and how to meditate or contemplate these insight or knowledge pathways. As we know from the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths, craving (tanha) is the origin or arising of suffering (dukkha). When we take the four nutriments in these wrong ways this is known as the Four Unprofitable Directions. All four unprofitable directions lead us to future existence in samsara. In this Part 1 session we: — get an overview of the framework and process map of the Four Nutriments and how it leads to the Four Wrong Ways — familiarise ourselves with pali terms and their meanings to make the learning process easier (e.g vipallāsa = perversion or corruption; upādāna = clinging and so on...) — go through a simplified version of the framework to enable a "bird's eye" view of the Buddha's teaching, using a few examples. Subsequent sessions will look at each of the Unprofitable Directions in greater detail, including how to meditate on them. Most of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to in this session: — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11) — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63) — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9) — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49) — Upādāna Sutta (SN 45.173) — Yoga Sutta (SN 45.172) — Gantha Sutta (SN 45.174) — Ānantarikasamādhiñāṇaniddesa (Ps 1.1.32) — Ogha Sutta (SN 45.171) — Paṭhamaagati Sutta (AN 4.17) — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) Bohoma pin to the person that requested this talk. A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPRbbNtPgE AND on Spotify as a video podcast An electronic copy of the chart or process map of the Four Unprofitable Directions has been published to the Sutta Meditation Telegram channel. Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message

Mindful Consumption is about more than what we eat. It is about everything we put into our body, including news, gossip, ruminations and stories. The accompanying practice is inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, who talks of the Four Nutriments: edible food, sense impressions, volition (motivations) and consciousness (misperceptions). It offers a series of intentions that can be repeated silently.

Mindful Consumption is about more than what we eat. It is about everything we put into our body, including news, gossip, ruminations and stories. This practice is inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, who talks of the Four Nutriments: edible food, sense impressions, volition (motivations) and consciousness (misperceptions). It offers a series of intentions that can be repeated silently.

This Dhamma talk was given by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the 20th of June 2019, at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post The Four Nutriments appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

Practice talk on the Discourse on the Four Nutriments (the "Flesh of the Son"). Presented at Open Way Tuesday, April 4, 2018, by Steve Allison-Bunnell

In this episode of Enlightenment Today we will explore the Four Nutriments of Buddhism. This Buddhist philosophy is about four kinds of food people consume daily. These are edible food, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness, both individual and collective. We will discover how these four nutriments can impact us in healthy and unhealthy ways, depending on what we consume and how aware we are of our consumption. In conclusion, we will examine effective strategies, such as fasting the mind and mindful awareness, which will allow us to remain healthy and peaceful because we will be taking in only those nutriments that help us thrive.   Recommended Reading Silence http://amzn.to/2hGdKPI

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen master and one of the world's leading spiritual teachers. In this great book he teaches us how to access the power of quiet in a noisy world. Big Ideas include bringing awareness to the "Four Nutriments" we consume, tuning in to the right radio station in our minds and creating an island of self.

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen master and one of the world's leading spiritual teachers. In this great book he teaches us how to access the power of quiet in a noisy world. Big Ideas include bringing awareness to the "Four Nutriments" we consume, tuning in to the right radio station in our minds and creating an island of self.

Dear friends,   Welcome to the Deer Park Dharmacast.  Dharma flowing from the Ocean of Peace.   Today we continue to share a talk given by Sister Man Nghiem at the recent Wake Up retreat.  Our sister reflects on the idea of building our true home and asks us what we have chosen to build that home out of. Knowing to nourish ourselves with the Four Nutriments, we can build a solid home to withstand huffing and puffing from anyone and anything outside. To hear more about the Wake Up movement, go to wkup.org.    Now, enjoy this moment to stop and look deeply. 

This talk from the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village is dated Thursday, March 13, 2014 and the sangha has just finished a couple weeks of lazy days following the winter retreat. The talk on this day is in English and begins with a lesson on mindful breathing to release tension and painful emotions followed by a teaching on the Four Kinds of Nutriments. The second half of the talk includes a special ceremony and discussion with the vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. 1:08 Chanting 8:00 Hearing the Bell 14:26 Mindful Breathing to Relieve Tension and Painful Emotions 21:54 Letter to Death Row 30:00 The Four Kinds of Nutriments 57:29 Ceremony to Confer Honorary Doctorate Degree to Thich Nhat Hanh from the University of Hong Kong 1:17:40 Thay Responds to Degree 1:30:40 Dialogue between Thay and Vice Chancellor on Topic of Today’s Youth When you hear the bell, you may want to stop you're thinking. Use your breathing to be aware that you have a body and smile to your body. It is a wonder. Practice mindful breathing we bring our mind home to our body. We are fully alive when we do this exercise. Our body is already a wonder of life. When you're mind is not with your body, it is not truly alive. We need an embodied mind. In the Sutra of Mindful Breathing, the Buddha proposed sixteen exercises. The third exercise is breathing in, I am aware of my body. You're body is your first true home. The next exercise is to release the tension in your body - the fourth exercise. We can also calm our painful emotions (the seventh exercise). We should not run away from our painful feelings. Many people in society consume min order to avoid thier painful feelings. With these exercises you can generate the energy of mindfulness. The pain is an energy and so is mindfulness. Mindfulness can embrace your pain (the eighth exercise). We can suffer much less. Yesterday Thay received a letter from a young man in America who is a pen pal of a man on death row. The person in prison is a practicing Buddhist who has found relief from the teachings. They have been reading The Heart of the Buddhist Teachings together. Thay responds to the letter by talking about fear, anger, and despair that people suffer from both within and without. We can practice compassion and then we can be free. There can be freedom in prison. Today we are going to have a discussion on the topic of youth. All of us need a good environment. Teachers and parents should come together to create a good environment for our young people in order to suffer less. The Buddha said that nothing can survive without food. There are several kinds of food. In the Sutra of the Four Nutriments can be helpful as a background to understand. In this sutra there is a story of a family crossing the desert and they have to make a very difficult decision to kill their child in order to survive. The first kind of nutriment is edible food. We have to eat in such a way to preserve compassion in us and not to eat the flesh of our own sons and daughters. The second kind of nutriment is sensory impressions. This comes from eye, ear, nose, ear, body, and mind. When we watch television, we consume. When we use the internet, we consume. Even conversation can be very toxic. Educators and parents should practice mindful consumption to set an example for our young people to preserve our well being. The third kind of nutriment is intention/volition. This is the deepest desire in us - our deepest desire may be good or it may be destructive. Helping young people to suffer less or to work for the environment or work for peace, these are good intentions. Last year at Google, they asked Thay to talk about intention. What do we want to do with our life? Our deepest desire? Is it to practice to help people to suffer less, then that is a good intention. And the fourth kind of nutriment is consciousness - consciousness as food. There is individual consciousness.

Dear Friends,   Sometimes in life, we have our hearts set on one thing or one person, only to receive something or someone completely different.  The miracle of mindfulness is, in that moment, to see our expectations and return joyfully to the here and now.  This week's podcast is just like that.     Practitioners at Deer Park Monastery were expecting the Venerable to speak, but in his place, Sister Man Nghiem gave the dharma talk.  With her signature enthusiasm and wonder for life, our sister shares her unique perspective on the Four Nutriments, finding joy, and renewing our practice.  From volition to conciousness, and from potato chips to Star Wars, she fills the talk with richness while rooting it in our real lives.     This Valentine's Day, we wish you the nourishing power of love -- for yourself and all those around you.   Remember, you can always find the Deer Park Dharmacast at dpcast.net, Facebook, iTunes, and Twitter.  Now, enjoy this moment to stop and look deeply.

Dear friends, This week, we continue to share the talks given by Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery in October.  Thay reviews the second and third of the Four Nutriments taught by the Buddha, Sense Impressions and Volition.  Volition has always surprised me on the list of nutriments. How is volition something we consume? Thay explains it very well.   He shares that we often use mindless consumption and production as a way of running away from ourselves.  When will we start to come back to ourselves?  The time is now.  It is always: now. A big thanks this week to our newest audio editor, David Nelson!  Enjoy his skillful work on this podcast! Remember, you can always find the Deer Park Monastery at dpcast.net, on Facebook, iTunes and Twitter.  Now, enjoy this moment to stop and look deeply.

Dear friends, This week, we continue with Thay's dharma talk on the Four Nutriments taught by the Buddha.  Our teacher shares about the third nutriment: volition, or our deepest desire for what we want to accomplish in our lives.  It is a kind of nutriment that gives us energy to take action in our lives.  He applies this teaching to our modern world of business and corporations.  Whether we are a corporate leader or a busy employee, we need to examine the volition that directs our lives and ensure that it creates true happiness for ourselves, our families and our society. Remember, you can always find the Deer Park Dharmacast at dpcast.net, on Facebook, Twitter and iTunes.  Now, enjoy this moment to stop and look deeply.

Dear friends, This week, we continue to share from the dharma talks given by Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery.  In this segment, our teacher shares the first eight exercises of mindful breathing taught by the Buddha.  These exercises are key to helping us us to learn the art of suffering, enabling us to suffer less and to transform our suffering.  Then, Thay shares the first two of the Four Nutriments taught by the Buddha: edible food and sense impression.  He encourages us to consume edible foods in a way that preserves our compassion and to consume media, conversations and other sense impressions carefully to protect ourselves and our families. We’ve noticed the Dharmacast’s listenership has jumped quite a bit in recent weeks. If you’re a new listener, welcome. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, please let your friends know. They can always find the Deer Park Dharmacast at dpcast.net, on Facebook, Twitter and iTunes.  Now, enjoy this moment to stop and look deeply.

June 7, 2013. 106-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Waldbrol, Germany. The talk is given in English with consecutive translation into Dutch. This is the third dharma talk of the Dutch Retreat on the theme Understanding Our Emotions. This talk begins a few minutes into the recording and we listen to two chants from the monastic sangha. The main talk begins at 16:49 on the recording. We begin with some history on the Plum Village monastic community. Though most monastics ordain for life, we also hear about the 5-year monastic program. What is the process for becoming a monastic? There are four aspects to monastic life: to study, to practice, to work, and to play. The monastics seek to find joy in all these aspects. We cultivate brotherhood and sisterhood. If you're under forty, you may want to try monastic life in our 5-year program. So far in this retreat we have only spoken of negative and destructive emotions. But there are also constructive emotions such as lovingkindness and compassion. They are very powerful emotions that have the power to heal and transform. True love is made of four elements: Lovingkindness (maitri) - friendship. Compassion (karuna) Joy (mudita) Equanimity or inclusiveness (upeksha) On the other side we have emotions such as fear, anger, despair, and discrimination. This is the kind mud that can help grow the lotus of the four kinds of love. We can come to understand the nature of our own suffering. The Buddha has also spoken on nourishment - "Nothing can survive without food." - your love also needs to be fed or it will die. The Buddha taught on the Four Nutriments. Edible Food Sensory impressions Volition Consciousness http://youtu.be/_RePe_M02QU