THE THIRD DOORWAY TO NIBBANA — Pleasant practice with slow realisation

Sutta Meditation Series

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In this Dhamma session, we examine the Third Doorway to Nibbāna — Pleasant Practice with Slow Realisation (sukhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā). This is the Buddha's medicine for Mental Volition as Nutriment. This is part of the supramundane path and practice.

This is a powerful insight pathway, and is suitable for those "who are not strongly prone to lust, hatred and delusion, and don't often experience pain and dejection born of lust, hatred and delusion".

We will be drawing on some of the meditations we have practised before. Consider these as pre-requisites to help with this Third Doorway to Nibbāna:

1. (1) Understanding of developing the Four Jhānas - https://tinyurl.com/38ejcbdz or https://tinyurl.com/y87ma9ea
2. (2) Understanding the Four Nutriments (or Four Unprofitable Directions rooted in greed, hatred and delusion) - https://tinyurl.com/3aajdpza
3. (3) Ability to purify the mind (Vatthūpama Sutta, MN 7 or similar)
4. (4) Understanding the Exposition of the Elements (Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta, MN 140) - https://tinyurl.com/yfunf5n2
5. (5) Understanding the Pathway of Renunciation (Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta, MN 137) - https://tinyurl.com/5cm6u83u
6. (6) Seven factors of enlightenment - https://tinyurl.com/ymcveve4 (Intro and Overview) and https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz (Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3)

In this session we look at:

• — Pre-requisites for the 3rd doorway to Nibbāna
• — Recap of the Four Nutriments and Four Modes of Practice
• — What kind of spiritual faculties and powers are associated with this mode of practice?
• — What underpins this 3rd doorway to Nibbāna?
• — "Deep dive" into the insight pathway for pleasant practice with slow realisation
• — Recap of the meditation instructions

Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:

• — Paṭipadāvagga, (AN 4.161-70)
• — Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163)
• — Puttamaṁsa Sutta (SN 12.63)
• — Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33),
• — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
• — Vitthāra Sutta (AN 4.162)
• — Ubhaya Sutta (AN 4.166)
• — Brahmājala Sutta (DN 1)
• — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN 53)
• — Nagaropama Sutta (AN 7.67)
• — Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Anupubbanirodha Sutta (AN 9.31):
• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)
• — Uposatha Sutta (AN 4.190)
• — Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (MN 140)
• — Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 137)
• — Anumāna Sutta (MN 15)
• — Cakkavattirāja Sutta (SN 55.1)
• — Anathapindikaputtakala Vatthu (Dhp 178)
• — Padhāna Sutta (AN 4.13)
• — Āḷavaka Sutta (SN 10.12)
• — Silavanta Sutta (SN 22.122)
• — Nibbānarūpasaṇṭhānapañha (Mil 6.3.10)
• — Nibbānasannihitapañha (Mi. 6.3.12)
• — Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)
• — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)
• — Tathāgata Sutta (SN 56.12)
• — Samādhi-bhāvana Sutta (SN 22.5)
• — Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa (Cnd 8)
• — Chandasamādhi Sutta (SN 51.13)
• — Bhikkhu Sutta (SN 46.5)
• — Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3)
• — Kūṭāgāra Sutta (SN 46.7)
• — Dutiyamettā Sutta (AN 4.126)

Bohoma pin (much merit) to those who requested this insight pathway meditation

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