More Valuable Than Gold | Meditation, Wisdom & Stream Entry

In this teaching, the Buddha demonstrates how even the most lavish material generosity cannot compare to the spiritual practices that lead to stream entry and awakening. We explore the progressive hierarchy of importance, from material giving to supporting noble practitioners, taking refuge with confidence, undertaking the five precepts, developing loving kindness meditation (metta bhavana), and ultimately cultivating the perception of impermanence (anicca) with an unabiding mind. This essential teaching shows us how to move beyond external merit-making to the internal transformation that brings true liberation, revealing that just a moment of developing loving kindness or insight into transience is infinitely more beneficial than any worldly treasure.

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Talk by Bhante Ānanda in August during the Sutta Sunday teaching.

AN 9.20 Velāma’s Offering (Velāma Sutta)
https://heartdhamma.love/sutta/an-9-20/

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00:00:00 - Start
00:01:18 - Introducing the Sutta
00:04:39 - Sutta Begins
00:05:56 - Mental Perspective: Appreciation - Sakkacca - Namati
00:12:15 - Velāma’s Offering Story
00:21:18 - Feeding One Graced with View (Dhitthisampanno)
00:35:54 - Feeding One Who Reduced Wanting and Anger
00:36:43 - Inner Calm and Attachments
00:38:53 - feeding One Who Got Rid of Wanting and Anger
00:39:11 - Liking vs Wanting
00:42:05 - Feeding a Solitary Buddha
00:43:30 - Feeding a sammā Sambuddha
00:44:58 - Going For Refuge in Buddha Dhamma Sangha
00:46:52 - Undertaking the Training in Virtues
00:47:44 - Right View & Virtue
00:48:56 - Developing Loving Kindness
00:55:14 - Developing the Perception of impermanence
01:00:17 - The Fruit of Meditation
01:01:10 - Most important Practices
01:02:17 - Full Circle: Back to Generosity
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