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What role did pleasure have to play in the Buddha's teaching? We'll look at the hierarchy of pleasures that the Buddha described, some of its paradoxes, and where it might lead us to understand the dharma better.
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00:00 Intro
01:53 Sukha and dukkha
02:50 Moral/spiritual hierarchy
03:30 Sense pleasures: fearful
08:56 Higher pleasures: the first jhāna
14:17 The higher jhānas
15:31 Paradox of the fourth jhāna
17:20 The formless attainments
18:14 The pleasure of nirvana
18:35 The paradox of nirvana
19:39 Comparisons with the Western tradition
22:23 Foundationalism and the Buddha
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