The 37 Requisites of Enlightenment (1): The Buddha's Phone Number

Talk 1 (of 12) from an in-person retreat at Birken Forest Monastery in May of 2023. An introduction to the 37 Requisites and an overview of Right Effort.
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Index:
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - The Buddha's Phone Number
03:49 - An all-encompassing teaching
06:36 - "The Five Common Things": Using the Five Faculties as a memory device
08:53 - Energy & Effort: an important beginning
22:00 - The Four Right Efforts: 1) Preventing
25:45 - The Four Right Efforts: 2) Removing
34:03 - The Four Right Efforts: 3) Cultivating & 4) Maintaining & Sustaining
36:25 - Summary
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