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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
15:50 I try to note the nature of thoughts during meditation, but thoughts about a few problems in my life seem to overpower and make me feel stressed, and I can't seem to simply ignore them. How should I handle it?
19:32 Should I limit how many times I note something in order to go back to the breath? For example, should I note "distracted" three times even when the distraction continues on?
20:00 When I meditate with my eyes half open, the eyelids are twitching, and I can't get them to rest. Are there any advantages to meditating with your eyes closed? I think Buddha said ‘with his eyes closed'.
21:03 Is noting "wanting", the same as noting "craving", and "wishing"?
21:52 I love meditation but most of the time I'm not in the mood to meditate because I feel good. How can I overcome myself and meditate?
24:38 When doing labeling, how do we know if we are doing it right? Does it also eventually lead to concentration of mind?
27:26 I notice that there is a resistance to meditation arises when I want to start it, sometimes preventing me to meditate. Once I'm meditating, this resistance ceases. What can I do about that?
28:23 When noting a distraction like "hearing" because of a car going by, should we Stay with it until that particular car has gone or should we stay with the hearing in general?
29:19 How do you drive out loneliness especially when you see other people having friends and beautiful times while you are not able to do that?
30:45 How do you forgive yourself and overcome guilt? How do you forgive others who have physically hurt you?
33:31 How can we be sure that the habit of meditation will continue in our next lives?
35:34 Should we label the same object multiple times to do repeated contact anupassana?
36:33 I don't kill cockroaches anywhere else, except at my home. When killing cockroaches and mosquitos, I feel very bad. If I don't, they are harming to my health. What should I do?
37:47 How can we lay followers make the most of Buddhist practice, if we are unable to leave to a monastery?
40:44 Is watching a momentary experience not too much fixing on momentary experience, and to completely ignore the context of experience?
43:52 Can I chew nicotine gum while taking the 8 precepts?
45:23 How should one react to confrontational situations where if you don’t defend yourself, you'll probably get injured or killed? Is it fair to engage in conflict in this situation?
46:59 How does one know that you are equanimous? Also, how can one remove reactive thoughts and patterns that relate to monitoring one's meditation, during meditation?
49:35 Can one continue with their daily life as a lay person after “enlightenment” or what should one do?
50:56 Is thinking and imagining the same concept?
51:35 Does a death and a rebirth occur right after each other? Is a rebirth then dependent on conception at the exact time of death?
54:05 We focus on taking care of the mind (meditation) but there is less emphasis if any on training the body (physical exercise) except walking. Why is that? Is Sports a kind of wanting and an issue?
56:53 Can everyone become a Buddhist?
59:52 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
15:50 I try to note the nature of thoughts during meditation, but thoughts about a few problems in my life seem to overpower and make me feel stressed, and I can't seem to simply ignore them. How should I handle it?
19:32 Should I limit how many times I note something in order to go back to the breath? For example, should I note "distracted" three times even when the distraction continues on?
20:00 When I meditate with my eyes half open, the eyelids are twitching, and I can't get them to rest. Are there any advantages to meditating with your eyes closed? I think Buddha said ‘with his eyes closed'.
21:03 Is noting "wanting", the same as noting "craving", and "wishing"?
21:52 I love meditation but most of the time I'm not in the mood to meditate because I feel good. How can I overcome myself and meditate?
24:38 When doing labeling, how do we know if we are doing it right? Does it also eventually lead to concentration of mind?
27:26 I notice that there is a resistance to meditation arises when I want to start it, sometimes preventing me to meditate. Once I'm meditating, this resistance ceases. What can I do about that?
28:23 When noting a distraction like "hearing" because of a car going by, should we Stay with it until that particular car has gone or should we stay with the hearing in general?
29:19 How do you drive out loneliness especially when you see other people having friends and beautiful times while you are not able to do that?
30:45 How do you forgive yourself and overcome guilt? How do you forgive others who have physically hurt you?
33:31 How can we be sure that the habit of meditation will continue in our next lives?
35:34 Should we label the same object multiple times to do repeated contact anupassana?
36:33 I don't kill cockroaches anywhere else, except at my home. When killing cockroaches and mosquitos, I feel very bad. If I don't, they are harming to my health. What should I do?
37:47 How can we lay followers make the most of Buddhist practice, if we are unable to leave to a monastery?
40:44 Is watching a momentary experience not too much fixing on momentary experience, and to completely ignore the context of experience?
43:52 Can I chew nicotine gum while taking the 8 precepts?
45:23 How should one react to confrontational situations where if you don’t defend yourself, you'll probably get injured or killed? Is it fair to engage in conflict in this situation?
46:59 How does one know that you are equanimous? Also, how can one remove reactive thoughts and patterns that relate to monitoring one's meditation, during meditation?
49:35 Can one continue with their daily life as a lay person after “enlightenment” or what should one do?
50:56 Is thinking and imagining the same concept?
51:35 Does a death and a rebirth occur right after each other? Is a rebirth then dependent on conception at the exact time of death?
54:05 We focus on taking care of the mind (meditation) but there is less emphasis if any on training the body (physical exercise) except walking. Why is that? Is Sports a kind of wanting and an issue?
56:53 Can everyone become a Buddhist?
59:52 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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