This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
07:31 Does my practice change in this more difficult time?
11:16 I'm having trouble finding textual interpretations of meditation-induced light experiences--nimittas.
13:57 How can one be mindful while studying? or doing mental activity?
17:05 I have lower back pains when meditating causing sleepiness. I finally fall asleep. How long should I continue practicing?
20:26 Each time I try to be mindful of my abdomen, I will unconsciously control my breath, which will make me feel very uncomfortable. Any suggestions?
23:23 When doing walking meditation, where should my mind exactly go? It seems the mind can only be at one of the sense doors at a time. Which sense door should it be?
24:54 I read on MN44 that underlying tendency (anusaya) to ignorance (avijja) underlies neither-painful-nor-pleasant sensations. Can you give an example of such sensations and how can we apply equanimity to them?
27:33 I tend to visualize everything I note. For example, when feeling pain, my mind automatically creates an image as if I am seeing the body part having pain.
31:06 COVID question: My Mom is trying to sell our house, but distancing myself from her and others has led to inaction and it creates a ton of stress for her (and me). Life feels unmanageable/hopeless. Any advice?
36:47 I understand there are no objects. Just seeing, hearing, etc. But it seems that there is not even seeing, hearing, etc., but just knowing, which is what seeing, hearing, etc., are made of. What do you think?
39:58 If one meditates and becomes mindful and it leads to seeing things as they are and the realization that life is full of suffering, pain, and chaos, how does that insight lead to happiness?
51:37 How can I keep calm during stressful situations?
55:05 Why can’t we just sit and do nothing in our meditation, let the mind do its work? That is, we don't try to control any activity of the mind: just sitting and observing. Should I follow this meditation?
56:47 Bhante, could you speak about volition? It seems to be categorically different from all other phenomena, and feels the most “self.”
59:03 How does one cope with living under authoritarian governments and tyranny?
1:01:51 How to meditate and be mindful when there is difficulty breathing or shortness of breath? What about being mindful during extreme circumstances such as drowning or suffocation?
1:03:48 In meditation, the phenomena are clearly seen. Views and personality are see as phenomena. The heart is balanced. Still, in daily life, there is aversion to what is felt. Is developing equanimity towards this aversion okay?
1:05:47 The Buddha said enlightenment is the end of suffering. Is suffering simply a distorted perception that creates a corrupt feedback and therefore self perpetuates? Is meditation simply a correction?
1:08:09 Can a person who isn't a monk attain to arahatship? Are there examples in the suttas of this?
1:09:02 What is “dhamma eye”?
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