{"product_id":"6340","title":"Of Mindsets and Monkeypots (MP3 Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 131, 'Of Mindsets and Monkeypots (And Other Essays)' found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-5\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. V\u003c\/a\u003e as well as at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=bl131\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBPS as a free eBook download\u003c\/a\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt from \u003cem\u003eOf Mindsets and Monkeypots\u003c\/em\u003e by Petr Karel Ontl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis business of letting go is so easy, and yet so hard, for monkey and for human being alike. We are both caught up in the same predicament. The details may be different, played out on higher levels of sophistication or complexity, but the end result is the same: enslavement by concepts and conditioning. While the monkey is done in by its greed for a few nuts, we humans are done in by our greed for wealth, fame, power, status, pleasure, and shiny trinkets and toys which we believe we absolutely must have, and cannot live without. Even more fundamentally, we become enslaved not so much by the material objects themselves, but by our attitudes and feelings toward them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCraving is a normal, basic part of our conditioned nature. There are certain things that are necessary for our physical survival and mental well-being, and others that are detrimental. The mind of every sentient being discriminates, putting these things into convenient categories, labelling them  good ,  bad , and  indifferent  according to how it perceives them. And there are, of course, gradations within those categories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo put it simply, due to ignorance of the nature of the ego, we fail to make the distinction between  This is needed  and  I WANT.  Through ego-motivated thinking we create a great deal of unnecessary suffering for ourselves, and we sacrifice much, even most of the quality of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/558662906?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cinput type=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1LIkSzARqKk8MtbTPHFbiroBTBENANM4X';_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'audiobooks_audio', 'Of Mindsets and Monkeypots_SingleMP3']);\" name=\"Add\" value=\"Download Single File (17MB)\" class=\"btn\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cinput type=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1LB6aB1J0snCVoST9E3iR3hZtlumcO9_p';_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'audiobooks_audio', 'Of Mindsets and Monkeypots_chaptersMP3']);\" name=\"Add\" value=\"Download Chapters (17MB)\" class=\"btn\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pUAE65Y4oqo\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/Audiobooks_c_40.html\"\u003eCheck out our complete audiobook catalog.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWe are grateful to the volunteers who offered their time and skills creating this product so that we can offer it freely. If you wish to help us record more audiobooks, please email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:volunteer@pariyatti.org\"\u003evolunteer@pariyatti.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Ontl, Petr-Karel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101767503966,"sku":"703131","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/703131.jpg?v=1760548703","url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/products\/6340","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}