This talk explores the transformative links of joy, rapture, and calm, highlighting how these interconnected experiences support the mind’s natural progression toward freedom and ease.
Upādāna in different Buddhist Teachings:
– Clinging as fuel for renewed becoming (punabbhava)
– Clinging in the 5 aggregates (khandha)
– Clinging in Dependent Arising (paṭiccasamuppadā)
– Clinging as four specific forms:
(i) kāmūpādāna – clinging to and identification with sensuality (“Seeking” experiences)
(ii) diṭṭhūpādāna – clinging to and identification with views (“Being right, being competent“)
(iii) sīlavaṭūpādāna – clinging to and identification with virtue, practices and ritual (“Having the
right technique“)
(iv) attavādūpādāna – clinging to and identification with doctrines of a self / Self (“Being
someone”)
Continuing with the first foundation of the body, and folding in faith - placing our heart on the practices of simplicity and calming. Also includes ways of meeting the hindrances through mindfulness and kindness.
