In this episode I am once again joined by David Johnson, a meditation teacher and author of ‘A Path to Nibbana’.

In this episode David describes the forgiveness meditation technique that he teaches to his students who encounter emotional blocks in meditation practice.

David recalls his own journey with forgiveness, including his experience forgiving a toxic boss, and shares his students’ accounts using this technique.

David also explains the links between keeping Buddhist precepts and a peaceful mind, and details other benefits of a moral life, including increase in personal power and acquisition of siddhi.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep225-forgiveness-meditation-david-johnson-2

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics Include:

00:00 - Intro

00:47 - Dealing with emotional blocks in meditation

01:47 - Metta vs breath as meditation object

02:37 - Advantages of metta meditation

03:16 - Emotional and psychological blocks to feeling good

04:20 - When the 6R’s aren’t enough

05:55 - The process of forgiveness

07:32 - How to forgive

08:47 - Don’t dredge the mind

10:09 - How David forgave his toxic boss

13:19 - Anecdotes of students’ forgiveness

17:51 - The power of the habit of forgiveness

19:27 - Phrases to unlock forgiveness

20:38 - A common metta meditation mistake

24:11 - The Buddha’s forgiveness method

25:19 - Meditation dosage

27:17 - David on psychiatry and therapy

31:22 - When to stop the technique

32:55 - Will forgiveness make me a pushover?

35:44 - Developing personal power

36:33 - David’s fears

37:30 - The root of fear

43:01 - Why keep the precepts

42:22 - How negative karma ripens

44:55 - Benefits of following the precepts

48:33 - Investing virtue for positive rewards

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Previous episode with David Johnson:

- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep212-path-to-nibbna-david-johnson

To find our more about David Johnson visit:

- https://www.dhammasukha.org/forgiveness-meditation

- https://www.dhammasukha.org/david-johnson

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- https://www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James