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This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Welcome
01:54 Topic of the Dhamma Talk: Evil
26:00 Having achieved deep bodily tranquility, it feels so relaxing and pleasurable to abide in a concentrated mind which does not get easily distracted by the senses. How do I get out of this trap of taking pleasure in a concentrated mind?
27:52 How can being mindful help humans heal after traumas?
31:01 How would I know I'm meditating wrong?
35:07 How can we best deal with fear of negative mind states that might arise during meditation?
36:08 When I meditate and see the world more clearly, I see more chaos and evil than I did before. Is this the effect of seeing more clearly?
38:18 My nose often tightens up at sinuses when meditating, do I keep through with it or do I switch to mouth breathing till my sinuses are relaxed?
39:45 How can I note "angry" mentally when I end up noting with anger surrounding the thought?
40:25 I'm not sure what a true emancipation from suffering feels like. I often feel like I'm just enjoying sukkha vedana when I meditate; that it's not true enlightenment. What is it like to feel true happiness?
42:20 How do I stop directed thinking?
43:20 How Is enlightenment possible despite the power behind defilement?
44:06 Can Nibbana be experienced and known?
44:31 I have a lot of trouble meditating, and even living day to day life, because I am always focused on the past or the future. I hold onto nostalgic feelings from my youth, and fear that time is passing. Do you have advice on how to live in the moment?
46:10 Once you remove desire, how can we follow the Fourth Noble Truth? In other words: Is desire needed to follow the Eightfold Path?
48:24 The less I think, the more my mind seems to expand. Is this an illusion?
49:18 Sometimes when I meditate, I watch the abdomen, but I may not note other things like feelings or thoughts and I think I concentrate too much on the stomach. Should I change something?
50:17 How can I be mindful when eating and talking?
51:05 It feels that experience is rooted is significance. We have an ego that seeks significance or we realize the significance of our consciousness. Would it be useful to use significance as an object?
51:49 Is meditating on brahmaviharas a suitable samatha practice to do before vipassana?
52:12 If wanting is not the only reason to do things, what can be another reason to do things?
53:05 Should we return attention to breath whenever possible, or just keep noting whatever we are experiencing?
53:36 If we are confronted by an evil person how do we not inflame them? Or if someone wants to collaborate, how does one avoid offending them by saying, "no"?
54:51 Is it better to feel truths with your whole being, perhaps in a way that brings real change, rather than by merely entertaining them in one's mind?
57:47 Sadhu...
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By Yuttadhammo BhikkhuThis talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Welcome
01:54 Topic of the Dhamma Talk: Evil
26:00 Having achieved deep bodily tranquility, it feels so relaxing and pleasurable to abide in a concentrated mind which does not get easily distracted by the senses. How do I get out of this trap of taking pleasure in a concentrated mind?
27:52 How can being mindful help humans heal after traumas?
31:01 How would I know I'm meditating wrong?
35:07 How can we best deal with fear of negative mind states that might arise during meditation?
36:08 When I meditate and see the world more clearly, I see more chaos and evil than I did before. Is this the effect of seeing more clearly?
38:18 My nose often tightens up at sinuses when meditating, do I keep through with it or do I switch to mouth breathing till my sinuses are relaxed?
39:45 How can I note "angry" mentally when I end up noting with anger surrounding the thought?
40:25 I'm not sure what a true emancipation from suffering feels like. I often feel like I'm just enjoying sukkha vedana when I meditate; that it's not true enlightenment. What is it like to feel true happiness?
42:20 How do I stop directed thinking?
43:20 How Is enlightenment possible despite the power behind defilement?
44:06 Can Nibbana be experienced and known?
44:31 I have a lot of trouble meditating, and even living day to day life, because I am always focused on the past or the future. I hold onto nostalgic feelings from my youth, and fear that time is passing. Do you have advice on how to live in the moment?
46:10 Once you remove desire, how can we follow the Fourth Noble Truth? In other words: Is desire needed to follow the Eightfold Path?
48:24 The less I think, the more my mind seems to expand. Is this an illusion?
49:18 Sometimes when I meditate, I watch the abdomen, but I may not note other things like feelings or thoughts and I think I concentrate too much on the stomach. Should I change something?
50:17 How can I be mindful when eating and talking?
51:05 It feels that experience is rooted is significance. We have an ego that seeks significance or we realize the significance of our consciousness. Would it be useful to use significance as an object?
51:49 Is meditating on brahmaviharas a suitable samatha practice to do before vipassana?
52:12 If wanting is not the only reason to do things, what can be another reason to do things?
53:05 Should we return attention to breath whenever possible, or just keep noting whatever we are experiencing?
53:36 If we are confronted by an evil person how do we not inflame them? Or if someone wants to collaborate, how does one avoid offending them by saying, "no"?
54:51 Is it better to feel truths with your whole being, perhaps in a way that brings real change, rather than by merely entertaining them in one's mind?
57:47 Sadhu...
Our podcasts: https://podcast.sirimangalo.org/
How To Meditate Booklet: https://htm.sirimangalo.org/
Our Meditation Community and At-Home Meditation Course signup page: https://meditation.sirimangalo.org/
Our Website: https://www.sirimangalo.org/
Supporting This Work: https://www.sirimangalo.org/support
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