Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

A question received in relation to our examination of the Four Nutriments and Going the Four Wrong Ways:

“From the recent video on sadness, I can recognize sadness associated with having been born and subject to old age, sickness and death. What I want to understand more is the process that happens to create more sadness through turning to sensual pleasures. Is it possible to explain this process in more detail? Is there a meditation for this?”

To answer the question we :

• — go into a helicopter view of greed, hatred and delusion to understand the process results in sadness arising
• — take a deeper dive using more of the Four Nutriments, hindrances to understand this process better

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

• — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
• — Āhāra Sutta (SN 12.11)
• — Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2)
• — Vipallāsa Sutta (AN 4.49)
• — Nibbuta Sutta (AN 3.55)

Bohoma pin to the person that asked this question.

A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QHUm3qe7I AND on Spotify as a video podcast

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai.

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