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Meditation Q&A, July 29, 2020
This talk / Q&A was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s YouTube Channel. To watch it on YouTube kindly click here.
00:00 Start
03:41 In walking meditation, some thoughts appear but don’t become objects of contemplation, they disappear, and I continue noting “stepping right, stepping left”, any guidance?
05:07 Instead of focusing on the stomach rising and falling, could I watch the chest rise and fall instead?
06:39 Are there any specific ways I can meditate to help get over guilt from previous mistakes?
07:39 How should one make anger completely disappear and become enlightened ones?
08:22 I have an arthritic hip, what is the next best position to meditate in instead of sitting?
09:39 A practical situation: Someone works hard to cook a meal for you, then asks: did you like it? And you didn't like it at all. Is it ungrateful to say this in the name of telling the truth? How to behave?
15:55 When you tell us to just close our eyes and focus on your voice I end up falling asleep.
17:35 I have tinnitus (a ringing noise), and I get constantly distracted from the other senses by the sharp sound of it. I'm afraid that it will be a problem in cultivating concentration. Any thoughts?
18:53 How can I train myself to stay concentrated longer on the feeling of the breath? I often get up with thoughts then say "thinking..thinking", but it interrupts my concentration even though I am mindful
19:56 I lost my fiance in a traffic accident and I can't get over the pain, she meant everything to me. I’ve tried meditating but I can’t get over the feeling that I’m turning a blind eye to the truth.
27:33 Is it normal that when I try to meditate my mind feels very tired? And like I can't concentrate or feel peace.
28:36 I am a professional athlete. Meditation is really helping me to ease my mind and focus. On the other hand, it makes me a less competitive person. How do I use meditation to become better?
31:00 I have a habit of chewing on my lips. Is noting a way to help deal with it?
34:33 How can I stop feelings of remorse?
35:13 How to deal with a person who loves you, but you can't give that feeling back?
43:30 I note thinking but the noting becomes thinking.
44:40 If reality is not made up of people, but of sensations and thoughts in our mind, how is it possible that while we talk to someone like you we receive an input of information? Where do they come from?
48:37 Is Meditation the only way to detach and attain enlightenment?
50:57 If a snake dies can the snake be a human in the next life?
52:21 What is the difference between Buddhism and spirituality?
52:58 Can you speak about taking longer paths to enlightenment, like how Sariputta did so by being mindful of the jhana factors and took a longer time. Does this lead to more wisdom? What's the point?
54:25 Is the mind supposed to be fixed into a particular object during the whole time?
56:27 Could we note “thinking” when we just realized that we were thinking?
57:24 How do we stop panic attacks and suicidal thoughts?
59:06 How can one deal with family members or just people in general that are conniving and threatening? It seems to affect my practice since I am always on edge and tense waiting for manipulations/attacks
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 Start
03:41 In walking meditation, some thoughts appear but don’t become objects of contemplation, they disappear, and I continue noting “stepping right, stepping left”, any guidance?
05:07 Instead of focusing on the stomach rising and falling, could I watch the chest rise and fall instead?
06:39 Are there any specific ways I can meditate to help get over guilt from previous mistakes?
07:39 How should one make anger completely disappear and become enlightened ones?
08:22 I have an arthritic hip, what is the next best position to meditate in instead of sitting?
09:39 A practical situation: Someone works hard to cook a meal for you, then asks: did you like it? And you didn't like it at all. Is it ungrateful to say this in the name of telling the truth? How to behave?
15:55 When you tell us to just close our eyes and focus on your voice I end up falling asleep.
17:35 I have tinnitus (a ringing noise), and I get constantly distracted from the other senses by the sharp sound of it. I'm afraid that it will be a problem in cultivating concentration. Any thoughts?
18:53 How can I train myself to stay concentrated longer on the feeling of the breath? I often get up with thoughts then say "thinking..thinking", but it interrupts my concentration even though I am mindful
19:56 I lost my fiance in a traffic accident and I can't get over the pain, she meant everything to me. I’ve tried meditating but I can’t get over the feeling that I’m turning a blind eye to the truth.
27:33 Is it normal that when I try to meditate my mind feels very tired? And like I can't concentrate or feel peace.
28:36 I am a professional athlete. Meditation is really helping me to ease my mind and focus. On the other hand, it makes me a less competitive person. How do I use meditation to become better?
31:00 I have a habit of chewing on my lips. Is noting a way to help deal with it?
34:33 How can I stop feelings of remorse?
35:13 How to deal with a person who loves you, but you can't give that feeling back?
43:30 I note thinking but the noting becomes thinking.
44:40 If reality is not made up of people, but of sensations and thoughts in our mind, how is it possible that while we talk to someone like you we receive an input of information? Where do they come from?
48:37 Is Meditation the only way to detach and attain enlightenment?
50:57 If a snake dies can the snake be a human in the next life?
52:21 What is the difference between Buddhism and spirituality?
52:58 Can you speak about taking longer paths to enlightenment, like how Sariputta did so by being mindful of the jhana factors and took a longer time. Does this lead to more wisdom? What's the point?
54:25 Is the mind supposed to be fixed into a particular object during the whole time?
56:27 Could we note “thinking” when we just realized that we were thinking?
57:24 How do we stop panic attacks and suicidal thoughts?
59:06 How can one deal with family members or just people in general that are conniving and threatening? It seems to affect my practice since I am always on edge and tense waiting for manipulations/attacks
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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