Bhante Sujato leads a session at the Temple of Humanity, beginning with devotions and Pali chants, followed by a discussion on the significance of devotional practices in Buddhism. He addresses questions from the audience, clarifying concepts such as the translation of Buddhist terms, the nature of the body in relation to past deeds, and the role of intentions and underlying tendencies in shaping consciousness and future rebirths. Bhante Sujato also touches on the differences between craving and grasping, the exhaustion of kamma upon realizing Nibbana, and the sequential nature of the 12 links of dependent origination, using the metaphor of a spiral to illustrate its cyclical yet ever-changing nature. The session concludes with a guided mindfulness of breathing meditation and dedications of merit.
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