Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe #15 [rebroadcast]

How to Train a Happy Mind

Do each of us believe deep down that we’re just a little bit more important than everyone else? My happiness, my goals, my relationships? The root cause of our suffering from the Buddhist perspective is this belief, a delusion called ignorance, seen as the true source of all our suffering: from disappointment in the face of life’s setbacks, to the dissatisfaction we can feel even when we get exactly what we want. It’s a retelling of the Buddha’s very first teaching, The Four Noble Truths: on suffering, its causes and antidotes, with a modern twist.
Episode 15. Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe?

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Capitole

1. Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe? (00:00:00)

2. The Buddha’s first teaching (00:02:57)

3. Why do we contemplate suffering? (00:04:52)

4. The Suffering of Suffering (00:05:20)

5. The Suffering of Change (00:06:15)

6. All Pervasive Suffering (00:11:10)

7. The Causes of Suffering (00:12:28)

8. I am just a little more important! (00:13:29)

9. What if I feel less important? (00:15:08)

10. The antidote to dissatisfaction (00:16:17)

11. The root cause of our problems is our delusions (00:17:33)

12. The root delusions (00:21:49)

13. Attachment (00:23:24)

14. Anger (00:30:05)

15. Ignorance (00:34:35)