This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
05:11 Could you talk more on mindful walking?
05:57 What's the benefit of noting stepping right or left? Aren't right and left concepts?
08:26 Since noting is an acknowledgement of what happens, should it always follow the event being noted, or should we try to align it with the event as it occurs?
09:10 Am I performing a bad karma if my family is suffering mentally because of me, as they don’t want me to practice the Dhamma? They have certain fears and attachments which make them think so.
11:55 When doing walking meditation is it OK to have attention on the sensations In the leg, or should one maintain attention on the foot?
12:27 I feel anxious when I meditate, been falling off the spiritual path and have lost interest. How do I regain that passion that I had when I first WOKE up and awakened?
14:27 How to be mindful about listening? What should we focus on, specifically?
15:29 Right now I am able to keep the 5 precepts and practice with quality for barely 10 minutes walking and 20 minutes sitting everyday. Do I have to push to 30-30 to even just start the at-home course?
16:27 How to deal with back pain while meditating? Especially after a longer time, after one hour for example
17:35 Is it possible to run away from meditation when first new to it, like when it gets hard, challenging things come up??
20:03 When I meditate I can’t keep my back straight and relax unless I put my back on something. How can I do it by myself?
21:12 Why is it so difficult to meditate daily?
23:31 I asked once how to get rid of porn addiction and your tips helped me, but now I need to know how to stop feeling attraction to certain parts of a woman's body, as this is affecting my progress.
25:09 You previously mentioned that it could be problematic to go from one object of mindfulness to another without going back to the body after about two objects noted. Why is this the case?
27:45 If one ordain in a Wat Chom Thong, how much time is he able to allow to formal walking/sitting practice each day?
29:03 As life has become more challenging I have the urge to live as a hermit. I sometimes day dream about this. Is this an escape mechanism or a genuinely wholesome interest?
32:04 Can you give any advice on incorporating mindful practice into my exercise/working?
33:55 I sometimes feel intimidated by my older brother, how would I note that??
35:32 In my practice I feel like I reach to state of mind where I feel mind clearer and feeling very light by body. But it doesn’t last long. How can I prolong that status?
36:55 Is there any benefit to meditating with a half-smile?
40:03 When I’m going through the points and my attention turns to something else, when I come back do I make an effort to come back to where I left off in mediation or start back at the first point?
41:23 I have heard you talk about artificial states of concentration before, could you please elaborate a little on how to avoid these artificial states, and perhaps how we can identify genuine mindfulness.
47:00 How to deal with restlessness, especially when doing a lot of sense restraint (no music, no entertainment, no distraction, solitude etc...)?
48:28 How can we become wary of artificial mindfulness?
50:09 Can you please elaborate on the definition of clinging?
51:00 Sometimes while meditating some insects like spiders can walk onto us...which makes me frightened and suddenly open my eyes and panic. How to be mindful about the fear of such insects crawling over?
53:05 Is it possible to get a glimpse of the jhanas during meditation? How would one know if one is on the correct path?
55:04 In meditation, you mention observation is not something accomplished in the moment. I can see it with mental sensations, but it appears to be in the moment with physical sensations.
56:30 Sometimes during the sitting practice I can't come back to the breath for most of the sit. Even coming back to the posture is almost impossible in that state. Any advice?
57:53 When someone suffers from depression, they will usually express that they have no desire to meditate. How can this be overcome?
1:01:30 Do you believe that people can plot against each other for their gain? How to meditate peacefully among them?
1:03:48 Can one be mindful of other parts of the body like the face or the hands even if no prominent phenomena appears there? It feels weird to leave parts of the body out of the meditation.
1:05:27 Sadhu...
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