CAN YOU GIVE MORE INSIGHT INTO THE AGGREGATE OF CONCENTRATION DESCRIBED IN THE SUBHA SUTTA? - Dhamma Q&A

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In this short session, we look at a question that has been asked on the Subha Sutta (DN 10):

May I ask, with regards to the Subha Sutta (DN 10), there is a section on samādhikkhandha, not just talk about mental absorptions, but also includes guarding the sense doors, mindfulness and clear comprehension, and contentment. Can you help to give more insight into this section?

And also, I came across these Pali words with regards to samādhi but I don’t know it’s meaning: “cittassa thiti santhiti avatthiti avisaharo avikkhepo”. May I know your thoughts on these Pali words please?"

In this session, we take the opportunity, while answering this question to briefly provide the foundation or context for the three aggregates of Noble Virtue, Noble Concentration and Noble Wisdom. These are the three sets of things that the Buddha praised what he encouraged, settled, and grounded people in.

We also link to the three higher trainings, how the aggregates include the Noble Eightfold Path and then delve into answering the question on the Aggregate of Concentration - looking more closely at guarding the doors to the sense faculties, mindfulness and clear comprehension, contentment, abandoning the five hindrances and entering and remaining in the four mental absorptions (jhana).

Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk:

• — Cūḷavedalla Sutta (MN 44)
• — Suttatthasamuccayabhūmi (Pe 6)
• — Hārasampātabhūmi (Pe 8)
• — Vicayahārasampāta (Ne 21)
• — Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 2/Mnd 11)
• — Paṭhamasikkhattaya Sutta (AN 3.89)
• — Samādhibhāvanā Sutta (AN 4.41)
• — Pamādavihārī Sutta (SN 35.97)
• — Sūda Sutta (SN 47.8)
• — Satisampajañña Sutta (AN 8.81)
• — Kāmadasutta (SN 2.6)
• — Mahāassapura Sutta (MN 39)
• — Tuvaṭakasuttaniddesa (Mnd 14)
• — Sāriputtasuttaniddesa (Mnd 16)
• — Khaggavisāṇasuttaniddesa (Cnd 23)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to the person who asked this question.

The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZFZsIZtg0

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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