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In the video featured below, TWIM instructor Kirsten Jones presents a reading and discussion of (Sattatthana Sutta with commentary by Dhammavudho). Reading fromthe Pāli Canon, the Buddha explains a structured path to liberation through deep experiential understanding of the five aggregates. It teaches meditators how awakening arises from investigating the origin, cessation, gratification, danger, and escape in relation to bodily and mental phenomena. Mastery of this insight, combined with analytical contemplation of reality, leads to non-clinging and full freedom from suffering.
Key Concepts:
Provides a systematic insight framework for awakening
Emphasizes understanding form, feeling, perception, volition, consciousness
Shows how recognizing impermanence and suffering reduces attachment
Links liberation directly to practice of the Noble Eightfold Path
Encourages experiential investigation of reality (elements, sense bases, dependent origination)
Frames arahantship as the result of direct knowledge and non-clinging
Overall, the teaching offers a precise contemplative methodology for transforming meditation into a path of insight and final liberation.
YouTube Link: SN 22.57 Sattatthana Sutta with commentary by Dhammavudho. Read first and then a guided 30min meditation and then Q& A
Nikāya Connected Discourses on the Aggregates, 22.57. The Seven Cases Saṁyutta Link:
Tuesday Practice Circle with Kristen Jones: 10:00, Central, 8:00 Pacific Link: https://www.dhammasukha.org/tuesday-zoom-study-and-meditate
Hosted by: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center, To be reminded each weekly drop an email to Kirsten@dhammasukha.org
