1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,633 The Ahan Sutra: The Buddha's First Diagnosis of Mankind 2 00:00:04,766 --> 00:00:06,333 This diagnosis is just one word 3 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:08,766 But the meaning of the word bitter 4 00:00:08,933 --> 00:00:10,466 It's not what you think. 5 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:13,033 It doesn't mean you're suffering. 6 00:00:13,233 --> 00:00:14,266 It's not that life is miserable 7 00:00:15,166 --> 00:00:15,900 It means 8 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:18,200 The way you pursue happiness 9 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:19,333 It's wrong from the bottom up 10 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,433 The harder you try 11 00:00:21,633 --> 00:00:21,966 Can't catch up 12 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,366 It's not because of your bad luck. 13 00:00:24,533 --> 00:00:26,833 It's about how happiness works. 14 00:00:27,033 --> 00:00:28,266 It's not what you think 15 00:00:29,166 --> 00:00:30,700 2,500 years ago 16 00:00:30,866 --> 00:00:33,100 One person saw through this. 17 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,233 Then use four sentences 18 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,533 Tear apart the underlying structure of human suffering 19 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:41,200 These four sentences 20 00:00:41,366 --> 00:00:43,733 So far, no one has been able to falsify the core structure 21 00:00:44,666 --> 00:00:45,233 Hello 22 00:00:45,433 --> 00:00:46,233 Hello. 23 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,500 I am Wang Lijie 24 00:00:48,133 --> 00:00:52,466 In the last installment, we flew through the entire series of five-story museums. 25 00:00:52,666 --> 00:00:55,766 Today, we officially started entering the first exhibition hall. 26 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:56,933 I told you before. 27 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:59,100 If Buddhism is a big tree 28 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:01,033 The Ahan Sutra is the seed. 29 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:03,933 The Ahan Sutra was taught by the Buddha while he was alive 30 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:07,366 The disciples organized it from memory after his death 31 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:09,666 The life story of the Buddha 32 00:01:09,866 --> 00:01:10,933 History of the Sangha 33 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:14,233 I talked about it in detail in the historical context series 34 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:15,566 No repeat today 35 00:01:15,933 --> 00:01:17,433 Do only one thing today 36 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,533 Unravel the core teachings of the Buddha himself 37 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,466 See what it's saying. 38 00:01:22,633 --> 00:01:23,666 And these words 39 00:01:23,866 --> 00:01:26,433 With every thought you've had since you woke up this morning 40 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:27,500 What does it matter? 41 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:30,466 The Buddha's first public lecture after enlightenment 42 00:01:30,666 --> 00:01:31,633 At Sarnagar 43 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,600 Facing five companions who had once suffered with him 44 00:01:34,766 --> 00:01:35,633 It's about the Four Noble Truths. 45 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:39,566 You can understand the Four Noble Truths as a diagnostic report 46 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,833 It's exactly the same process as when you go to the hospital to see a doctor. 47 00:01:42,933 --> 00:01:43,666 Step one. 48 00:01:43,866 --> 00:01:44,400 What are the symptoms? 49 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:45,933 second step 50 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:46,566 What's the cause? 51 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:48,266 Step three 52 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:49,600 Can this disease be cured? 53 00:01:50,566 --> 00:01:51,400 Step Four 54 00:01:51,566 --> 00:01:52,366 Specific treatment plan 55 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:53,966 bitter 56 00:01:54,166 --> 00:01:54,533 set 57 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:55,166 extinguish 58 00:01:55,366 --> 00:01:56,100 Road 59 00:01:56,266 --> 00:01:57,633 They correspond to symptoms. 60 00:01:57,833 --> 00:01:58,500 etiology 61 00:01:58,666 --> 00:01:59,933 Prognosis and Prescription 62 00:02:00,933 --> 00:02:03,433 What the Buddha did 2,500 years ago 63 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,233 It's essentially a diagnosis for all of humanity. 64 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:08,333 Let's look at the first truth first 65 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:08,866 The Truth of Suffering 66 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,033 This is one of the most misunderstood aspects of Buddhism. 67 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,600 A lot of people explode when they hear that everything is bitter 68 00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:17,666 I had a great time eating hot pot yesterday. 69 00:02:18,033 --> 00:02:20,000 You tell me it's also bitter 70 00:02:20,233 --> 00:02:22,600 I took a lot of beautiful photos on a trip with my friends 71 00:02:23,133 --> 00:02:24,233 You tell me it's also bitter 72 00:02:24,866 --> 00:02:26,200 Are you sick? 73 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,033 The word used by the Buddha 74 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,866 Pali is dukkha. 75 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:31,266 Transliterated as duka 76 00:02:31,566 --> 00:02:32,866 It's not about pain. 77 00:02:33,666 --> 00:02:34,933 The original meaning of the word 78 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:37,533 It's a wheel with a shaft hole that's not aligned. 79 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,033 You push it along. 80 00:02:39,566 --> 00:02:40,333 It keeps shaking. 81 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:41,500 Been grinding 82 00:02:41,866 --> 00:02:42,533 It hasn't been smooth 83 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,866 It doesn't describe miserable 84 00:02:45,133 --> 00:02:45,800 It's not right. 85 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,033 Translated into today's words 86 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,700 The most accurate way to put it is 87 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:50,633 dissatisfaction 88 00:02:50,966 --> 00:02:53,233 The Buddha divided this sense of dissatisfaction into three layers 89 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:55,600 The first layer is called suffering 90 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:57,533 Naked pain 91 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:58,533 toothache 92 00:02:58,700 --> 00:02:59,366 Broken love 93 00:02:59,566 --> 00:03:00,566 get laid off 94 00:03:00,766 --> 00:03:01,566 Relatives passed away 95 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:03,966 This layer needs no explanation 96 00:03:04,366 --> 00:03:04,900 Everybody knows that. 97 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:06,833 The second layer is called bad suffering 98 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:07,933 And this is where it gets really cool. 99 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,766 You are happy eating hot pot 100 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:10,566 Okay? 101 00:03:10,966 --> 00:03:12,233 But have you noticed 102 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:15,066 From the moment you take your first bite to the moment you take your last bite 103 00:03:15,533 --> 00:03:16,933 Happiness is on the wane. 104 00:03:17,533 --> 00:03:18,733 The first bite is the peak 105 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:20,600 Every bite in the back is going downhill 106 00:03:21,633 --> 00:03:23,433 If happiness itself is real 107 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:24,366 durable 108 00:03:24,566 --> 00:03:26,200 It should be happier the more it eats 109 00:03:26,866 --> 00:03:27,633 But it's not. 110 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:29,433 It comes with a countdown timer. 111 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,433 You go on a trip 112 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,300 Excited on the first day 113 00:03:33,466 --> 00:03:35,033 And the third day it was OK. 114 00:03:35,233 --> 00:03:36,600 Day 5 begins to feel homesick 115 00:03:37,166 --> 00:03:38,600 It's not that the travel has gotten worse. 116 00:03:38,966 --> 00:03:41,300 It's your pleasure threshold that's automatically raised 117 00:03:42,233 --> 00:03:44,433 Neuroscience calls this hedonic adaptation. 118 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:48,400 The dopamine system is inherently a difference-chasing system. 119 00:03:49,133 --> 00:03:50,666 It doesn't reward satisfaction. 120 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:53,466 Better than expected, the difference 121 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,666 Once a stimulus becomes normal 122 00:03:55,833 --> 00:03:56,733 Dopamine goes off. 123 00:03:57,366 --> 00:03:58,900 You think you're chasing happiness 124 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:02,333 You're actually chasing an anchor that's always moving forward. 125 00:04:03,066 --> 00:04:04,500 The third level is called suffering 126 00:04:04,833 --> 00:04:06,000 This is the deepest layer 127 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,066 And the hardest to accept 128 00:04:07,933 --> 00:04:09,233 Even if you are not suffering 129 00:04:09,433 --> 00:04:11,666 I'm not in retreat. 130 00:04:11,833 --> 00:04:14,233 You just sit there and nothing happens. 131 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,666 But your consciousness is changing every moment. 132 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,533 Every cell in your body is aging 133 00:04:20,133 --> 00:04:22,566 Everything you rely on is flowing 134 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:24,466 The impermanence itself 135 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:26,133 It's a deep unease. 136 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:28,333 You don't usually feel it. 137 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:29,933 But it keeps running in the background 138 00:04:30,866 --> 00:04:33,366 Like those background processes on your phone you don't know about 139 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,000 You can't see them. 140 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,233 But they're draining your battery 141 00:04:38,366 --> 00:04:40,033 When you suddenly wake up in the middle of the night 142 00:04:40,233 --> 00:04:42,266 I feel an inexplicable emptiness 143 00:04:42,433 --> 00:04:43,500 No specific reason 144 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,466 But something was wrong. 145 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:47,800 That suffering is surfacing 146 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:49,766 Add these three layers together 147 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:51,766 The Buddha had only one thing to say 148 00:04:51,933 --> 00:04:53,266 No, life is miserable. 149 00:04:53,466 --> 00:04:55,566 It's the system that you use to pursue gratification. 150 00:04:56,133 --> 00:04:57,233 Its factory settings. 151 00:04:57,433 --> 00:04:59,333 It's not for lasting satisfaction 152 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:00,200 OK 153 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,133 Symptoms are clear 154 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,133 Let's look at the etiology. 155 00:05:03,933 --> 00:05:05,366 The second truth is called set truth 156 00:05:06,133 --> 00:05:07,533 Gathering is gathering 157 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:09,233 What is gathering? 158 00:05:09,533 --> 00:05:10,233 Is thirst 159 00:05:10,966 --> 00:05:12,633 Pali is called tanha. 160 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:15,066 Sanskrit corresponds to trsna. 161 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:16,633 Literally translated as thirsty 162 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:18,266 Not generally wanted 163 00:05:18,633 --> 00:05:20,533 It's the one with the throat on fire 164 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,633 Thirst that never stops 165 00:05:23,233 --> 00:05:25,133 The Buddha divided thirst into three types 166 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:27,066 The first is called lust 167 00:05:27,366 --> 00:05:28,800 The thirst for sensual pleasure 168 00:05:29,533 --> 00:05:30,400 delicious 169 00:05:30,533 --> 00:05:31,366 Nice looking. 170 00:05:31,366 --> 00:05:32,300 Nice 171 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:34,533 The one driven by the dopamine system 172 00:05:35,433 --> 00:05:36,800 The second is called love 173 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:38,600 The thirst for existence itself 174 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:40,866 You want to be someone 175 00:05:40,866 --> 00:05:42,333 Want to maintain a certain state 176 00:05:42,766 --> 00:05:45,400 I want this thing to last forever. 177 00:05:46,366 --> 00:05:48,900 Many people's anxiety today is not due to lack of money 178 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,700 I wasn't good enough. 179 00:05:51,033 --> 00:05:52,200 I wasn't successful enough. 180 00:05:52,766 --> 00:05:54,433 My people are set in the collapse 181 00:05:55,066 --> 00:05:56,366 That's what love is driving. 182 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,666 The third kind is called without love 183 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:00,600 The thirst for non-existence 184 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,333 You are extremely tired of a situation 185 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,366 I wish the world would disappear 186 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:06,500 I wish I could disappear 187 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,466 Ostensibly, it's the opposite of desire. 188 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,000 But essentially it is also a kind of thirst 189 00:06:13,166 --> 00:06:13,933 Longing to escape 190 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:15,133 You see 191 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:17,633 Whether it's chasing or fleeing 192 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:20,133 Behind it all is the same force 193 00:06:20,133 --> 00:06:20,566 thirst for love 194 00:06:21,433 --> 00:06:22,200 It is bitter fuel 195 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:23,833 Without it 196 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:24,966 Bitter has no raw materials 197 00:06:25,866 --> 00:06:28,000 Here's an extremely important concept to introduce 198 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:28,766 dependent origin 199 00:06:29,466 --> 00:06:32,266 Dependent origin is the cornerstone of Buddha's thought 200 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:34,866 If the Four Noble Truths are diagnostic reports 201 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:36,566 Origin is the pathological mechanism 202 00:06:37,233 --> 00:06:38,066 Buddha discovered 203 00:06:38,266 --> 00:06:39,300 Everything in the world 204 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:40,566 Including your pain 205 00:06:40,766 --> 00:06:42,200 It didn't happen out of thin air. 206 00:06:42,666 --> 00:06:44,366 It wasn't arranged by some creator 207 00:06:44,933 --> 00:06:46,400 But because A exists 208 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,500 Therefore, B appears 209 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:49,266 A destruction 210 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,400 So B eliminates 211 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,466 Everything is a chain of conditions 212 00:06:53,633 --> 00:06:56,266 The Buddha embodied this chain into twelve links 213 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:57,366 Twelve causes 214 00:06:58,266 --> 00:06:59,200 Start with ignorance 215 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,066 Ignorance is not seeing the truth 216 00:07:01,433 --> 00:07:02,866 You don't know. You don't know. 217 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:05,200 And then ignorance leads to impulsive behavior. 218 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,766 Behavioral impulses form conscious tendencies 219 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:10,500 Conscious tendencies build mind-body structure 220 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,833 Mind and body structures produce sensory functions 221 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,633 Sensory functions come into contact with the outside world 222 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,266 Touch makes sense. 223 00:07:17,733 --> 00:07:18,933 Feeling generates thirst 224 00:07:19,433 --> 00:07:20,633 Thirst begets attachment 225 00:07:21,133 --> 00:07:22,800 Attachment Pushes Existential Continuation 226 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:24,933 And that leads to death and old age. 227 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:26,900 Twelve links 228 00:07:27,233 --> 00:07:28,266 It's all connected. 229 00:07:28,466 --> 00:07:29,433 Form a closed loop 230 00:07:30,133 --> 00:07:31,433 It's not linear causality. 231 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,700 It's a self-reinforcing circulatory system. 232 00:07:34,666 --> 00:07:35,900 In today's terms 233 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:37,433 What is this most like? 234 00:07:38,033 --> 00:07:39,533 And addictive neural circuitry 235 00:07:40,133 --> 00:07:42,300 Think about the mechanism of swiping short videos 236 00:07:42,566 --> 00:07:43,233 Boring 237 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:45,600 That is, a manifestation of ignorance 238 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,366 Triggers you to pick up your phone 239 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:49,200 Fingers start to slide 240 00:07:49,633 --> 00:07:51,466 Seeing interesting content generates pleasure 241 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,800 Pleasure triggers the urge to look at another one 242 00:07:54,433 --> 00:07:55,600 Impulse becomes habit 243 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,733 Habits become your daily three hours of screen time 244 00:07:59,366 --> 00:08:01,966 After three hours, you feel empty and guilty. 245 00:08:02,433 --> 00:08:04,566 A miniature version of birth, old age, sickness and death 246 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:06,966 And then the emptiness itself 247 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:08,900 Triggers a new round of boredom 248 00:08:09,066 --> 00:08:09,833 loop restart 249 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:13,200 The twelve causes described by the Buddha 2,500 years ago 250 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,333 It's the underlying framework of the dopamine cycle that you experience on your phone today. 251 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:18,933 The only difference is that 252 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:21,466 His description covers more than just one afternoon 253 00:08:21,666 --> 00:08:22,866 It's the entirety of life. 254 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:24,266 And forever after. 255 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,700 But Buddha was not a doctor who only diagnoses but does not give solutions 256 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:29,800 He said the third truth 257 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,333 The truth of extinction 258 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:33,433 The core message of annihilation is very simple 259 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,166 Suffering can be completely ended 260 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:37,266 Not temporary relief 261 00:08:37,466 --> 00:08:39,266 It's not about suffering in a different way. 262 00:08:39,433 --> 00:08:40,300 Is the end 263 00:08:41,233 --> 00:08:42,600 Because suffering is dependent 264 00:08:43,133 --> 00:08:44,700 It depends on conditions to exist 265 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:46,400 Just remove the conditions 266 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:48,366 Suffering has no place 267 00:08:49,166 --> 00:08:50,366 The chain is broken 268 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,000 The whole cycle stops 269 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,566 This is the fundamental difference between Buddhism and pessimism 270 00:08:56,233 --> 00:08:58,333 If the Buddha had only mentioned the first two truths 271 00:08:58,500 --> 00:08:59,666 Life is not satisfied 272 00:08:59,666 --> 00:09:00,900 The reason is thirst 273 00:09:01,266 --> 00:09:02,266 That was desperate. 274 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:05,300 But the third truth tells you 275 00:09:05,466 --> 00:09:07,633 Although this system is factory set. 276 00:09:07,833 --> 00:09:09,333 But the factory settings can be rewritten. 277 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:11,800 You are not a prisoner of this system 278 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:13,533 You are the one who can modify the parameters. 279 00:09:14,433 --> 00:09:14,866 How to change 280 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:15,966 Fourth Truth 281 00:09:16,133 --> 00:09:16,566 Dao Ti 282 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:18,700 The Noble Eightfold Path is the Noble Eightfold Path 283 00:09:19,266 --> 00:09:21,100 The specific path of practice given by the Buddha 284 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:22,900 Eight operational dimensions 285 00:09:23,233 --> 00:09:23,866 Right view 286 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:24,966 positive thinking 287 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:25,800 right language 288 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:26,533 decent job 289 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:27,300 Right Fate 290 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:28,233 positive diligence 291 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:29,033 Mindfulness 292 00:09:29,233 --> 00:09:29,766 positive definite 293 00:09:30,366 --> 00:09:31,933 Many people see the word positive 294 00:09:32,433 --> 00:09:33,866 I thought it was moralizing 295 00:09:34,266 --> 00:09:35,700 You have to do the right thing. 296 00:09:35,866 --> 00:09:36,833 Say the right thing 297 00:09:37,233 --> 00:09:38,400 Think the right thing. 298 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:39,533 No. 299 00:09:40,166 --> 00:09:41,033 Right here. 300 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,666 Pali is called samma. 301 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:44,833 A more accurate translation would be 302 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:45,700 truthfully 303 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:46,600 aligned 304 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:47,533 complete 305 00:09:48,266 --> 00:09:49,766 So, going back to the wheel. 306 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,266 The wheel with the wrong shaft hole is called dukkha. 307 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,733 If the shaft holes are aligned (aligned), it is samma. 308 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:57,400 What the Eightfold Path does is calibrate 309 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,266 Put your knowledge 310 00:09:59,433 --> 00:10:00,133 intent 311 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:00,833 speech 312 00:10:00,966 --> 00:10:01,700 behavior 313 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:02,433 livelihood 314 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:03,633 direction of effort 315 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,233 Attention and concentration 316 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:09,566 All recalibrated to align with the truth 317 00:10:09,733 --> 00:10:11,666 I will divide the Noble Eightfold Path into three groups 318 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:13,033 So let's start with this. 319 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,333 The first group is wisdom. 320 00:10:14,566 --> 00:10:15,900 Right view and right thinking 321 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,633 It is no accident that right view comes first 322 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,500 You must first see 323 00:10:21,033 --> 00:10:22,300 See the essence of suffering 324 00:10:22,566 --> 00:10:23,966 See the mechanism of thirst 325 00:10:24,366 --> 00:10:25,666 See the chain of origin 326 00:10:26,266 --> 00:10:27,166 If you can't see 327 00:10:27,366 --> 00:10:30,300 All the following practices are groping in the dark 328 00:10:30,766 --> 00:10:34,666 Positive thinking is about internalizing what you see as your intention 329 00:10:34,966 --> 00:10:37,800 No longer driven by greed, hatred, delusion 330 00:10:38,033 --> 00:10:39,833 You make decisions out of awareness. 331 00:10:40,466 --> 00:10:42,733 Secondly, the second group are the commandments 332 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:43,966 right language 333 00:10:43,966 --> 00:10:44,600 decent job 334 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,166 Right Fate 335 00:10:45,933 --> 00:10:46,700 Attention 336 00:10:46,866 --> 00:10:48,933 Buddha is not making a moral judgment 337 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:51,400 He is doing system optimization 338 00:10:52,433 --> 00:10:53,566 You're lying. 339 00:10:53,766 --> 00:10:55,266 Do something that hurts others 340 00:10:55,266 --> 00:10:57,100 Make a living in an improper manner 341 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:02,133 Each of these actions is planting new seeds deep in your consciousness 342 00:11:03,033 --> 00:11:06,966 In terms of the framework we established in the previous Consciousness Only series 343 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:09,800 Every time the seed is smoked 344 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,466 The seeds will flow again in the future 345 00:11:13,366 --> 00:11:15,800 So commandments are not constraints. 346 00:11:15,966 --> 00:11:19,900 It's your operation to stop creating new sources of pain for yourself 347 00:11:20,566 --> 00:11:22,466 The third group is meditation 348 00:11:22,666 --> 00:11:23,566 positive diligence 349 00:11:23,733 --> 00:11:24,200 Mindfulness 350 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:24,866 positive definite 351 00:11:25,633 --> 00:11:27,733 Positive improvement is the direction of energy 352 00:11:27,933 --> 00:11:29,433 Put your energy to good use 353 00:11:30,666 --> 00:11:33,100 Mindfulness is the constant presence of awareness. 354 00:11:33,866 --> 00:11:35,933 You know what you are doing right now 355 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:36,766 What do you think? 356 00:11:36,933 --> 00:11:37,266 What do you feel? 357 00:11:38,733 --> 00:11:41,300 Positive concentration is the depth of attention. 358 00:11:41,466 --> 00:11:44,066 When attention is firmly anchored to an object 359 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,133 Consciousness has lost the raw material for creating delusions 360 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:48,866 Thoughts weaken on their own 361 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:54,333 This fits perfectly with the neuroscience principles we talked about earlier in the meditation issue 362 00:11:54,533 --> 00:11:58,700 Inhibitory Effects of the Prefrontal Lobe on Default Pattern Networks in Meditation 363 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:02,300 It's the neural counterpart of mindfulness and mindfulness at the brain level. 364 00:12:03,266 --> 00:12:04,233 Did you notice 365 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:09,766 The structure of the Eightfold Path is strikingly similar to the logic of cognitive behavioral therapy today. 366 00:12:10,066 --> 00:12:12,266 Cognitive behavioral therapy is also a three-step process 367 00:12:12,466 --> 00:12:15,466 The first step is to identify your automated thinking patterns 368 00:12:15,633 --> 00:12:18,200 The second step is to adjust your behavior 369 00:12:18,366 --> 00:12:21,433 The third step is to train your attention and emotion regulation skills 370 00:12:22,633 --> 00:12:26,800 The path map that the Buddha figured out under the Bodhi tree 2,500 years ago 371 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,533 The most evidence-based methodology in psychotherapy today 372 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:32,600 Almost perfectly aligned in structure. 373 00:12:33,733 --> 00:12:36,800 But Buddha went much further than cognitive behavioral therapy 374 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:41,300 The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is to make you function normally 375 00:12:41,466 --> 00:12:42,466 relieve anxiety 376 00:12:42,666 --> 00:12:43,566 Managing depression 377 00:12:43,766 --> 00:12:44,533 Restore daily life 378 00:12:45,733 --> 00:12:47,700 The Buddha's goal is to make you see through 379 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,366 Functioning properly is itself a more refined state of dissatisfaction 380 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,100 He's not asking you to go from unhappy to happy. 381 00:12:55,266 --> 00:12:57,700 I want you to see through happiness and unhappiness 382 00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:59,933 It's all products made by thirst 383 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:02,200 And wake up from this whole system 384 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:05,200 This is where the Four Noble Truths come in at their finest 385 00:13:06,133 --> 00:13:08,333 It's not like a lot of chicken soup for the soul tells you 386 00:13:08,533 --> 00:13:10,200 Just change your mindset 387 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,366 That's a Band-Aid on a bitter surface. 388 00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:15,900 It cuts directly to the root with a scalpel 389 00:13:16,066 --> 00:13:18,500 You are not in pain because the world has treated you poorly 390 00:13:18,666 --> 00:13:20,833 It's about the way you see the world 391 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:22,033 There was a fundamental miscalculation. 392 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,666 You think satisfaction can be accumulated by acquisition 393 00:13:25,833 --> 00:13:27,766 But the law of dependent origin tells you 394 00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:29,566 Everything you get 395 00:13:29,733 --> 00:13:31,900 Are conditional temporary aggregations 396 00:13:32,066 --> 00:13:33,200 It falls apart when conditions change 397 00:13:34,233 --> 00:13:36,100 In the words of today's investment community 398 00:13:36,266 --> 00:13:38,266 How happy do you think you are? 399 00:13:38,466 --> 00:13:41,933 In fact, what you are doing is an asset with its own attenuation coefficient 400 00:13:43,233 --> 00:13:44,766 Buddha didn't tell you not to invest 401 00:13:44,966 --> 00:13:47,200 But to let you see the true properties of this asset 402 00:13:48,166 --> 00:13:49,033 After seeing clearly 403 00:13:49,233 --> 00:13:51,266 Your entire investment strategy will naturally change 404 00:13:52,033 --> 00:13:53,100 So you understand now 405 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,800 Why do I say the Four Noble Truths for 2,500 years? 406 00:13:56,266 --> 00:13:58,866 Can no one falsify the core structure? 407 00:13:59,133 --> 00:14:00,500 Because it's not an opinion. 408 00:14:00,666 --> 00:14:01,900 It's not a religious position. 409 00:14:02,366 --> 00:14:03,566 It's a structural diagnosis. 410 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,033 You may not like this diagnosis 411 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,966 Like you can dislike the numbers on your medical report 412 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,333 But you can't say it's wrong. 413 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:14,333 Neuroscience Confirms the Existence of Hedonic Adaptation 414 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:17,566 Psychology confirms the craving-driven addiction model 415 00:14:17,766 --> 00:14:19,300 Evolutionary biology explains 416 00:14:19,466 --> 00:14:23,266 Why did natural selection set dissatisfaction as the default state of living things? 417 00:14:23,466 --> 00:14:25,533 Because satisfied individuals don't reproduce. 418 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,166 Where Buddha Went with Vipassana 419 00:14:29,366 --> 00:14:31,100 Modern science experiments from the outside 420 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:32,133 Went to the same place 421 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:34,533 But the Buddha went one step further. 422 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:37,000 This is the real chilling step 423 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:39,433 This is also the Buddha's insight 424 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,233 Parted ways with modern evolutionary psychology 425 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,733 Natural selection cannot design a function that removes you from it. 426 00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:48,733 But the Buddha said 427 00:14:48,933 --> 00:14:52,200 Consciousness itself has the capacity for self-observation and self-transcendence. 428 00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:55,100 You're not a programmed machine. 429 00:14:55,266 --> 00:14:57,300 You are a system that can read its own source code 430 00:14:58,300 --> 00:14:59,366 The ability itself 431 00:14:59,533 --> 00:15:00,466 The entrance to awakening 432 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:06,300 In the next issue, I'm going to show you some of the most powerful and original dialogues from the Ahan Sutra. 433 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:07,300 Fire Parable Sutra 434 00:15:07,466 --> 00:15:08,466 Arrow Sutra 435 00:15:08,633 --> 00:15:09,200 Snake Parable 436 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,566 The Buddha exhibited a very rare quality in those conversations 437 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,866 He's not preaching. 438 00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:18,566 He is facing a living person 439 00:15:18,733 --> 00:15:20,066 In the most accurate language 440 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:21,900 At the moment when that person needs it most 441 00:15:22,066 --> 00:15:23,433 Shattered his most central illusion 442 00:15:24,533 --> 00:15:25,600 That penetrating power 443 00:15:25,766 --> 00:15:28,300 It's top-notch on any conversation show today 444 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:30,966 The Four Noble Truths for today 445 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:32,533 How do you feel? 446 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:34,400 Especially the concept of bad suffering 447 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,766 Is there anything particularly profound in your life? 448 00:15:37,166 --> 00:15:38,566 The experience of happiness fading 449 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,533 How do you cope? 450 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,233 And the idea of origin. 451 00:15:43,933 --> 00:15:47,300 You think you can use it to analyze your daily emotional responses 452 00:15:47,666 --> 00:15:48,266 Is it good to use? 453 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,033 Welcome to let me know in the comment area. 454 00:15:50,733 --> 00:15:51,433 I am Wang Lijie 455 00:15:51,633 --> 00:15:52,333 See you next time.