Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.
A question received following the Esala Poya Dhamma Session on the Four Noble Truths:  
“When we contemplate birth and then aging, you mentioned that the link between the two is important and meditating on this is like a test. Please can you explain this further?”  
In answering this question we examine the birth to aging link, dependent origination, the tests we face in our meditation, intoxication with youth, conventional challenges and conditioning, how we have the wrong view about what is lasting or permanent (nicca), the link between "me and mine" and permanency (atta-nicca), and misapprehending the physical nutriment. In a nutshell, we have the wrong view that we carry from birth to birth that "we can fix this" whenever we experience sadness (domanassa) and suffering (dukkha).  
To listen to the ESALA POYA FULL DHAMMA SESSION - https://tinyurl.com/24yd5drz 
**This session is for anyone who sincerely wants to follow Gautama Buddha's original  teaching of the Four Noble Truths**  
Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to: 

— Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) 
— Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (DN 22) 
— Gotama Sutta (SN 12.10) 
— Nagara Sutta (SN 12.65) 
— Paṭilābha Sutta (SN 48.11)  

Bohoma pin to the person that has asked this question.  
A VIDEO of this DHAMMA Q&A with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF76pR5nW9c
A VIDEO of this ESALA POYA FULL DHAMMA SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuNy43Ke2g AND on Spotify as a video podcast
Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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