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Meditation Q&A - April 29th, 2023
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
01:27 Meditate Together
15:39 Is it OK to focus on the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path during meditation?
18:52 When applying mindfulness after and during an argument, I note anger, irritation and upset both at myself and others. Should I try to understand my reactions or just try to stop and shun them?
20:06 Is observing the precepts and spiritual practice enough to stop the accumulation of negative karma is this lifetime in lay life, or is there more required?
22:46 While doing mental work that deals with words, concepts, etc. I can note posture but I can't note "thinking", despite most salient object. In theory, is it impossible to note thinking while thinking, because we use the 6th sense to note thinking -- are they exclusive? Should I always note posture when doing mental work because it is not exclusive to thinking?
24:30 I notice that my mind moves from mindfulness to losing mindfulness and back like a yo-yo unless I’m in a state of absorption. Is this the best one can hope for on the eight-fold path in lay life?
25:46 During meditation, I feel a desire to start noting sensations faster and I feel that the need to name sensations slows me down. Can I speed up in noting sensations?
28:09 Can you teach us how Buddhism views addiction? During meditation, I notice I have many different kinds of addictions that feel powerful. Will they diminish with practice?
31:06 I struggle with defilements of the mind. Partaking in my defilements causes me suffering, and aversion also causes me suffering. Is it true that abstinence and mindfulness will get rid of my defilements?
32:51 Since I practice satipatthana, I noticed that I have lesser defilements and more happiness. Does practicing meditation help one to achieve worldly pursuits as well, like building wealth, career, etc?
33:45 What is the suggested response, from the Buddhist perspective, to social injustice in the world?
38:43 Do you know any sotapanna or even arahants? How rare are they? What hope do lay people have if most full-time monks-for-decades haven't attained these?
39:44 I've been obsessed with a person for 6 years and have tried so much to get their attention, impress them... but they don't even care about me and even so, I can't let go. Any advice for unrequited love?
42:01 Are wholesome and unwholesome emotions related to good karma and bad karma?
42:55 Since one does not control the arising of cittas at the moment, do past negative tendencies that produce unwholesome cittas accumulate negative consequences?
44:56 As craving is the cause for suffering, when around non-Buddhists who indulge in craving as a way of life, I feel the pull towards craving (fear of missing out). Should I not interact with them until I get rid of craving?
47:45 If a cula-sotapanna would end up in the animal realm after attaining rebirth as a god, would that cula-sotapanna be able to very easily attain the precious human rebirth?
51:39 In meditation I sometimes don't stop to think or thinking arises and ceases, but I don't notice that and it lasts the whole meditation. What Should I do? Should I go back to the abdomen or watch it?
54:07 I have fear socially, and I become stiff and awkward. I've done a bad deed in the past and I fear how others will perceive me. How am I ever going to be free from social anxiety?
56:12 During my meditation, I find more liking with tracking my breath, the in-and-out of the breath, without saying "rising" and "falling". Is that OK, or should I continue with the noting?
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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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
01:27 Meditate Together
15:39 Is it OK to focus on the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path during meditation?
18:52 When applying mindfulness after and during an argument, I note anger, irritation and upset both at myself and others. Should I try to understand my reactions or just try to stop and shun them?
20:06 Is observing the precepts and spiritual practice enough to stop the accumulation of negative karma is this lifetime in lay life, or is there more required?
22:46 While doing mental work that deals with words, concepts, etc. I can note posture but I can't note "thinking", despite most salient object. In theory, is it impossible to note thinking while thinking, because we use the 6th sense to note thinking -- are they exclusive? Should I always note posture when doing mental work because it is not exclusive to thinking?
24:30 I notice that my mind moves from mindfulness to losing mindfulness and back like a yo-yo unless I’m in a state of absorption. Is this the best one can hope for on the eight-fold path in lay life?
25:46 During meditation, I feel a desire to start noting sensations faster and I feel that the need to name sensations slows me down. Can I speed up in noting sensations?
28:09 Can you teach us how Buddhism views addiction? During meditation, I notice I have many different kinds of addictions that feel powerful. Will they diminish with practice?
31:06 I struggle with defilements of the mind. Partaking in my defilements causes me suffering, and aversion also causes me suffering. Is it true that abstinence and mindfulness will get rid of my defilements?
32:51 Since I practice satipatthana, I noticed that I have lesser defilements and more happiness. Does practicing meditation help one to achieve worldly pursuits as well, like building wealth, career, etc?
33:45 What is the suggested response, from the Buddhist perspective, to social injustice in the world?
38:43 Do you know any sotapanna or even arahants? How rare are they? What hope do lay people have if most full-time monks-for-decades haven't attained these?
39:44 I've been obsessed with a person for 6 years and have tried so much to get their attention, impress them... but they don't even care about me and even so, I can't let go. Any advice for unrequited love?
42:01 Are wholesome and unwholesome emotions related to good karma and bad karma?
42:55 Since one does not control the arising of cittas at the moment, do past negative tendencies that produce unwholesome cittas accumulate negative consequences?
44:56 As craving is the cause for suffering, when around non-Buddhists who indulge in craving as a way of life, I feel the pull towards craving (fear of missing out). Should I not interact with them until I get rid of craving?
47:45 If a cula-sotapanna would end up in the animal realm after attaining rebirth as a god, would that cula-sotapanna be able to very easily attain the precious human rebirth?
51:39 In meditation I sometimes don't stop to think or thinking arises and ceases, but I don't notice that and it lasts the whole meditation. What Should I do? Should I go back to the abdomen or watch it?
54:07 I have fear socially, and I become stiff and awkward. I've done a bad deed in the past and I fear how others will perceive me. How am I ever going to be free from social anxiety?
56:12 During my meditation, I find more liking with tracking my breath, the in-and-out of the breath, without saying "rising" and "falling". Is that OK, or should I continue with the noting?
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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