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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
01:43 Meditate Together
15:35 What meditation techniques do you recommend?
16:59 I have a harder time to remember to note and be mindful when I'm not doing my sit/walk practice while I am moving around my daily activities. Do you have a recommendation on how to come back to the noting?
21:32 There seems to be a fine line between ignorance and trying to attain non-perception during meditation. How can I better tell the difference?
25:52 When I sit and focus on my breath during noting meditation I sometimes experience strong feelings of joy, lightness and expansive consciousness. I often note using these labels. Is that right?
26:57 What is the difference between being content and mindful and actual meditation? Why not just be meditative throughout the day?
29:52 What advice would you give to someone who tries to escape reality a lot?
32:18 I notice that when “seeing”, my mind becomes uncomfortable with the flowing out, and sense of a lack of boundedness; the seeing can just go on an on without a single object. It seems the appropriate response is to note “discomfort” or “uneasy”. Do you have any way to help me with “seeing” being “just seeing”?
34:49 How can we be mindful during the dying process? What happens if one Succeeds in noting the foundations of mindfulness throughout the dying process either partially or fully?
38:22 How do you improve equanimity? While meditating, after some time, the pain causes loss of equanimity.
40:14 I’ve heard you mention before that if you're mindful, you only need six hours sleep. Can you provide more information about why that is?
43:04 How can a person be a renunciate without going into robes?
46:50 What sort of explanation can Buddhism give to a near death experience?
51:15 In life, we set goals to accomplish. The hindrance of liking seems like goals, and I am confused between liking and goals. Can you help me understand the difference?
54:16 When meditating intensely in periods, I experience that people talking to me ask if I understand their questions or become annoyed because I don't react to them. What can I do?
56:43 I probably owe more in taxes than what I have paid in the past, mostly due to negligence or ignorance, not intentional tax fraud. Would it be “dredging up the past" to redo them to pay what I owe?
58:02 After a longer period of vipassana meditation every day I am now not SO constant anymore and I am worried about it and see how uncontrollable it is to be constant. Any advice to get back on track?
59:22 Noticing my thoughts constantly make me tired. Is it okay if I allow all of my thoughts to flow through my mind, instead of noticing them?
1:00:39 Questions & Answers Ends Now
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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
01:43 Meditate Together
15:35 What meditation techniques do you recommend?
16:59 I have a harder time to remember to note and be mindful when I'm not doing my sit/walk practice while I am moving around my daily activities. Do you have a recommendation on how to come back to the noting?
21:32 There seems to be a fine line between ignorance and trying to attain non-perception during meditation. How can I better tell the difference?
25:52 When I sit and focus on my breath during noting meditation I sometimes experience strong feelings of joy, lightness and expansive consciousness. I often note using these labels. Is that right?
26:57 What is the difference between being content and mindful and actual meditation? Why not just be meditative throughout the day?
29:52 What advice would you give to someone who tries to escape reality a lot?
32:18 I notice that when “seeing”, my mind becomes uncomfortable with the flowing out, and sense of a lack of boundedness; the seeing can just go on an on without a single object. It seems the appropriate response is to note “discomfort” or “uneasy”. Do you have any way to help me with “seeing” being “just seeing”?
34:49 How can we be mindful during the dying process? What happens if one Succeeds in noting the foundations of mindfulness throughout the dying process either partially or fully?
38:22 How do you improve equanimity? While meditating, after some time, the pain causes loss of equanimity.
40:14 I’ve heard you mention before that if you're mindful, you only need six hours sleep. Can you provide more information about why that is?
43:04 How can a person be a renunciate without going into robes?
46:50 What sort of explanation can Buddhism give to a near death experience?
51:15 In life, we set goals to accomplish. The hindrance of liking seems like goals, and I am confused between liking and goals. Can you help me understand the difference?
54:16 When meditating intensely in periods, I experience that people talking to me ask if I understand their questions or become annoyed because I don't react to them. What can I do?
56:43 I probably owe more in taxes than what I have paid in the past, mostly due to negligence or ignorance, not intentional tax fraud. Would it be “dredging up the past" to redo them to pay what I owe?
58:02 After a longer period of vipassana meditation every day I am now not SO constant anymore and I am worried about it and see how uncontrollable it is to be constant. Any advice to get back on track?
59:22 Noticing my thoughts constantly make me tired. Is it okay if I allow all of my thoughts to flow through my mind, instead of noticing them?
1:00:39 Questions & Answers Ends Now
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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