The Buddha's 7 Methods for Overcoming Craving

In the Buddha's view, craving makes us bound to suffer. In MN 2, the Sabbāsava Sutta he provided seven different strategies we can use to overcome such craving. We'll look at all seven. 🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: https://www.patreon.com/dougsseculardharma 🧡 You can also make donations through: https://paypal.me/dougsdharma 📙 Check out my book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://books2read.com/buddhisthandbook ☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org. 🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: https://digginthedharma.com/ ✅ Videos mentioned: What Does It Mean to Be a Stream-Enterer in Early Buddhism? -- https://youtu.be/_hCmTyYiLVk Equanimity Through Sense Restraint -- https://youtu.be/_q8poVPPaPw Seven Factors of Awakening: Ordinary or Altered Consciousness? -- https://youtu.be/iUDEny5iEAo ✅ Sutta mentioned: https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/sujato ✅ Piya Tan's notes on MN 2: https://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/30.3-Sabbasava-S-m2-piya.pdf Webpage: https://www.dougsdharma.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlinedharmainstitute/ Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougsdharma/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dougsdharma Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dougsdharma.bsky.social ❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons: Anonymous (4) Omar John Oborne Debbie Mattison Ron Peat Michael S. Kearns Anne Matthew Smith Shantha Wengappuli Karma_CAC Jorge Seguel Christopher Apostolof GailJM David Bell T Pham VCR Upayadhi Andi and Erik Michael Scherrer khobe schofield Alex Perdomo Benji Forsyth Sonny Flink Steve Marlor Joy L Lee Andrew Tom Anthony Tucker Karlee R Ethan M Billy in Singapore Olivia Otter Carl Lennartson xiao mao Jeff Harvey Andrew Ingrouille Kenneth Grandchamp Rene Gariepy Russell Needham Smoggyrob Mac Roja Clémence