THE THIRD DOORWAY TO NIBBANA — Pleasant practice with slow realisation

<p><strong>Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>In this Dhamma session, we examine the Third Doorway to Nibbāna — Pleasant Practice with Slow Realisation (sukhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā). This is the Buddha&#39;s medicine for Mental Volition as Nutriment. This is part of the supramundane path and practice.</p> <p>This is a powerful insight pathway, and is suitable for those &quot;who are not strongly prone to lust, hatred and delusion, and don&#39;t often experience pain and dejection born of lust, hatred and delusion&quot;.</p> <p><br></p> <p>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:</p> <ol> <li>(1) Understanding of developing the Four Jhānas - https://tinyurl.com/38ejcbdz or https://tinyurl.com/y87ma9ea</li> <li>(2) Understanding the Four Nutriments (or Four Unprofitable Directions rooted in greed, hatred and delusion) - https://tinyurl.com/3aajdpza</li> <li>(3) Ability to purify the mind (Vatthūpama Sutta, MN 7 or similar)</li> <li>(4) Understanding the Exposition of the Elements (Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta, MN 140) - https://tinyurl.com/yfunf5n2</li> <li>(5) Understanding the Pathway of Renunciation (Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta, MN 137) - https://tinyurl.com/5cm6u83u</li> <li>(6) Seven factors of enlightenment - https://tinyurl.com/ymcveve4 (Intro and Overview) and https://tinyurl.com/yfa9fhdz (Sīla Sutta (SN 46.3)</li> </ol> <p><br></p> <p>In this session we look at:</p> <ul> <li>— Pre-requisites for the 3rd doorway to Nibbāna</li> <li>— Recap of the Four Nutriments and Four Modes of Practice</li> <li>— What kind of spiritual faculties and powers are associated with this mode of practice?</li> <li>— What underpins this 3rd doorway to Nibbāna?</li> <li>— &quot;Deep dive&quot; into the insight pathway for pleasant practice with slow realisation</li> <li>— Recap of the meditation instructions</li> </ul> <p>Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:</p>