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Meditation Q&A - Feb 25, 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 Meditation Q&A Starting Soon
02:10 Meditate Together
15:46 Is there a stage of letting go that happens together with different stages of meditation? When one gets disenchanted with old habits, will they no longer arise?
18:51 Why do all my Karma, even from childhood, come up in my meditation time? I thought I had moved on from those mistakes and wrongdoings in my later life.
21:41 How long should I note an emotion if it doesn’t go away before returning to focus on the rising and falling of the stomach?
23:04 In walking meditation, I don't notice arising and ceasing of experience when stepping. Should I forget about that and just focus on the movement of walking?
23:54 When I do the metta meditation to a special person, will he receive it? Often I think about a person in meditation, then this person reaches out to me soon. Why ts that happening?
25:15 What are some of the steps one can take to ensure one practices daily?
26:27 Is the study of the texts imperative or Should one focus on the practice?
27:35 I heavily struggle with self-control, and I am unwilling to exert the slightest effort. When I make a choice I betray it hours after, could meditation help?
31:21 When sitting and keeping my hands in the lap I feel discomfort. However, when I hold my legs at the point where they are crossed, meditation is much easier. Is it appropriate doing so?
34:11 Can the insight knowledges be achieved at home by a layperson that practices intensively and holds the 5 or 8 precepts?
35:32 Are the volitional formations habitual? I have overcome wrong view but still slip into delusion alarmingly often.
37:43 How do you know that meditation is actually real and not the mind playing tricks?
41:59 Sometimes there Is rising and falling of experience and there is just the experience without the experiencer, is this right noting practice?
43:27 Should one not stop unwholesome emotions and thoughts when they arise like revenge and just note them as experiences or should one not entertain them and cultivate wholesome thoughts?
45:35 How do you live happily without anxious dependence upon the future?
46:28 Is it ethical to value one’s own Interests over others if done mindfully? To what extent is selfishness compatible with mindfulness?
51:19 Do I need to be a Buddhist to be a bhikkhuni nun?
52:17 If the mind doesn't exist, only momentary mindstates, then when we develop the 7 factors, a mind doesn't have 7 factors, rather, the factors may arise aS momentary mindstates. Is this correct?
54:29 Is the pineal gland relevant to meditation? Buddha usually has a mark between his eyebrows; does this have some value or importance?
56:19 Did the Buddha practice and teach the noting technique as we practice it? The closest sutta I've read, spoken words by the Buddha, is "let the seen be seen, heard be heard, etc."
58:02 In order to protect my pets and plants from pests, I spray them with various insecticides. The pests die when they come in contact with the substance. Is this considered as breaking the precept?
1:03:44 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 Meditation Q&A Starting Soon
02:10 Meditate Together
15:46 Is there a stage of letting go that happens together with different stages of meditation? When one gets disenchanted with old habits, will they no longer arise?
18:51 Why do all my Karma, even from childhood, come up in my meditation time? I thought I had moved on from those mistakes and wrongdoings in my later life.
21:41 How long should I note an emotion if it doesn’t go away before returning to focus on the rising and falling of the stomach?
23:04 In walking meditation, I don't notice arising and ceasing of experience when stepping. Should I forget about that and just focus on the movement of walking?
23:54 When I do the metta meditation to a special person, will he receive it? Often I think about a person in meditation, then this person reaches out to me soon. Why ts that happening?
25:15 What are some of the steps one can take to ensure one practices daily?
26:27 Is the study of the texts imperative or Should one focus on the practice?
27:35 I heavily struggle with self-control, and I am unwilling to exert the slightest effort. When I make a choice I betray it hours after, could meditation help?
31:21 When sitting and keeping my hands in the lap I feel discomfort. However, when I hold my legs at the point where they are crossed, meditation is much easier. Is it appropriate doing so?
34:11 Can the insight knowledges be achieved at home by a layperson that practices intensively and holds the 5 or 8 precepts?
35:32 Are the volitional formations habitual? I have overcome wrong view but still slip into delusion alarmingly often.
37:43 How do you know that meditation is actually real and not the mind playing tricks?
41:59 Sometimes there Is rising and falling of experience and there is just the experience without the experiencer, is this right noting practice?
43:27 Should one not stop unwholesome emotions and thoughts when they arise like revenge and just note them as experiences or should one not entertain them and cultivate wholesome thoughts?
45:35 How do you live happily without anxious dependence upon the future?
46:28 Is it ethical to value one’s own Interests over others if done mindfully? To what extent is selfishness compatible with mindfulness?
51:19 Do I need to be a Buddhist to be a bhikkhuni nun?
52:17 If the mind doesn't exist, only momentary mindstates, then when we develop the 7 factors, a mind doesn't have 7 factors, rather, the factors may arise aS momentary mindstates. Is this correct?
54:29 Is the pineal gland relevant to meditation? Buddha usually has a mark between his eyebrows; does this have some value or importance?
56:19 Did the Buddha practice and teach the noting technique as we practice it? The closest sutta I've read, spoken words by the Buddha, is "let the seen be seen, heard be heard, etc."
58:02 In order to protect my pets and plants from pests, I spray them with various insecticides. The pests die when they come in contact with the substance. Is this considered as breaking the precept?
1:03:44 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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