Dhamma with Ajahn Sujin

(Excerpt from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin on Zoom on Sat Jul 6th 2024.) Audio file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AujD6qLjtvuOjwiT6mXZ8benjHme 00:00 - Vatthu, the place or that at which citta and cetasikas arise [Alan] If you ask a person the question, where are you now? That person's reply indicates the level of understanding they have. Could you explain a bit more about that? [A. Sujin] It depends on whether we are thinking about the story or just about the dhamma. Where are you? No-where, right? [Alan] It's thinking. It's a moment of thinking, is that what you mean? [A. Sujin] Can we say where is seeing? [No.] Can we say at the eye base? Because it's where it arises. [Alan] Yes, it arises at the eye base. [A. Sujin] That's why there is the word vatthu, in Pali, the place or that at which citta and cetasikas arise, are there. Not in the air or at the arm, but it's at that very truth or a reality which is there for seeing to arise at, only seeing. Can