WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE WISELY CONTEMPLATED? - Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122)

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This session elaborates on how to meditate on the Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122) with its deeply penetrative teaching on WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE WISELY CONTEMPLATED (i.e. the things we should be carefully directing our mind towards) TO ENSURE WE ACTIVATE THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH (leading with Right View) and REALISE THE FRUIT OF THE PATH.

In this session we:

• - get an overview of the Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122)
• - look into the importance and benefits of this teaching
• - briefly examine the parallels in other suttas
• - provide some guidance on resistance towards contemplating in this way
• - deep dive into “What things should be wisely contemplated?”
• - explain the Five Aggregates subject to clinging
• - explain each of the 11 characteristics
• - provide ways to meditate on this sutta
• - sum everything up with the important short meditation

Suttas covered directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Āsāduppajahavagga (AN 2.125-126)
• — Mahāvedalla Sutta (MN 43)
• — Dutiyayonisomanasikārasampadā Sutta (SN 45.90)
• — Sādhu Sutta (AN 10.34)
• — Yonisomanasikārasampadā Sutta (SN 45.55)
• — Dasuttara Sutta(DN 34)
• — Avijja Sutta (AN 10.61)
• — Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)
• — Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29)
• — Sutavanta Sutta (SN 22.123)
• — Mahāmālukya Sutta (MN 64)
• — Dīghanakha Sutta (MN 74)
• — Dutiyanānākaraṇa Sutta (AN 4.124)
• — Jhāna Sutta (AN 9.36)
• — Vipassanākathā (Ps 3.9)
• — Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Aghamūla Sutta (SN 22.31)
• — Palokadhamma Sutta (SN 35.84)
• — Suññataloka Sutta (SN 35.85)
• — Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59)

To read the Sīlavanta Sutta (SN 22.122) - https://suttacentral.net/sn22.122/en/sujato

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