The Log in the Bog, Flood of Perception, Four Requisites, Retreats, the Elements | Ashley

Dhammarato and Ashley talk about the Buddha's analogy of the log in the bog (MN 36), sati at the level of perception (saḷāyatana) to experience the flood of the dhamma, the four requisites, retreats, the four elements, and the two kinds of conciousness (viññāṇa and saḷāyatana).

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00:00 The log and the bog
02:50 Sati at the level of the perceptions (saḷāyatana), the flood of perception, enjoy the show
19:59 All you need is the four requisites
26:44 Vipassana grocery store practice
32:45 Communes 
34:09 What is the value of a retreat? Seclusion and beginning skill development
40:00 The two kinds of arahants, in the world but not of the world
41:22 Every student has many teachers
42:36 Spirituality in Perth, Australia
46:40 The four elements and kasina meditations (earth, water, fire, and air)
51:05 You know fire by i ts fuel, the two kinds of conciousness (conciousness and perception/viññāṇa and saḷāyatana)
58:42 Call disconnects