Dhamma with Ajahn Sujin

Excerpt from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin and Nepali students in Bkk on Thu Jul 18th 2024. Mp3 audio file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AujD6qLjtvuOjxST6mXZ8benjHme Saddha, getting clearer because of understanding So now, we'll talk a little more about sobhana cetasikas, one by one, little by little. Which one would you like to talk about? [Saddha.] Saddha, okay. You have heard a lot about it, right? [Yes, I have.] So what is it? [Purity.] So, can any moment of sobhana citta arise without saddha? [No.] Impossible, because it clears up the akusala cetasikas of akusala moments. So, the cetasikas arising with it are sobhana. So, at any moment, at any level of sobhana citta, there must be saddha. That's why, all together, the wholesome moments need... how many cetasikas? [Nineteen cetasikas.] Saddha is one, no doubt about it. Is there saddha right now? When? Now, now, now, daily life, this moment. Otherwise, it's just in the book. So, we can talk about just that very mome...

Excerpt from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin and Nepali students in Bkk on Mon Jul 15th 2024. Mp3 audio file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AujD6qLjtvuOjxST6mXZ8benjHme Nine kinds of kilesa, defilement We are now talking about Khun Supannarit, whether he has kilesa. He just said that he has lobha. So how many groups of lobha has he got now? The nature of lobha, because lobha can be in any group. That's why we talk about one group at a time. So, you have lobha, what kind or what group? Just one. [Kama-raga-anusaya.] And you? [Kama-asava.] Divya? [Kama-chanda-nivarana.] What is the difference between kama-raga-anusaya and kama-asava and kama-chanda-nivarana? Can you know what moment it's kama-asava? [No.] Why not? Because it's so very slight, even right now, who knows that there is attachment to the object which is seen? That's why it's the kilesa at the level of asava. Anusaya (latent tendency) does not arise, but when it does arise, it's so very slight as asava...