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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
01:22 Meditate Together
20:29 Is there any difference between the technique of meditation taught in the at home course and the one taught at the centre or just the duration is more in the latter?
21:47 During a given sitting, is it appropriate to change the primary object (let's say, from the in- and out-breath to vedanas) if we can't focus the mind nor observe it with the initial primary object?
22:59 After practising in the Goenka tradition since 2006, I started practising in your/Mahasi tradition a couple days ago. - How long should I note an object? I find that a lot of objects arise simultaneously. Should I try to switch to a new one as it arises?
27:44 Should I note the stomach or the breath as my "base" object?
28:41 Any advice against short fixes such as video games and pornography?
33:29 Sometimes, I'm unclear if I'm noting reality or a concept. For instance, "sound" clearly seems like reality, but I'm unsure If "pain" is real or a concept.
35:00 When I try noting things, I sometimes end up feeling egocentric - that it's all about me - how can the practice of noting be beneficial to others around me?
37:02 Sometimes I see my own capacity to do evil deeds. It is unsettling. How can I overcome my capacity to do evil?
39:54 How much practice would need to be done in a day and another other points that would be helpful to ensure the possibility of enlightenment in this lifetime?
42:24 If I only have time to do 10-15 minutes of sitting is it advised to not take the touching points as an object and just do rising and sitting because I will not get to all of them in that short time?
44:43 I am trying to minimize generating new sankharas, but during meditation a fear arises frequently for the fruits of past sankharas that I will have to suffer.
50:01 When I feel angry should I just note "anger"? Should I also note the other defilements as well, for example "agitating", "disliking" etc?
52:23 When I do sitting meditation, I keep getting a pleasurable feeling in my stomach and spreads to the rest of my body, so I stand up and move on to walking meditation. But when I sit back down, the feeling of bliss starts rising up again in a few minutes, and gets too overwhelming. How should I work around this, because being mindful of the good feeling makes it stronger + harder to note/think.
53:48 Suffered physical pain today, and after such days, when I sit for meditation, a fear arises frequently for more fruits of past sankharas that I will have to bear in the future.
54:30 I do not have very much intellectual knowledge of Buddhism and the suttas. Is my practice lacking by not studying very much? If I should study to support my practice, what do you suggest?
56:11 We are advised to note hearing when hearing a dog barking, but in the case of sitting, which is a concept, we are advised to note sitting instead of feeling. Please help clear this confusion.
57:54 Can you meditate too much?
58:46 Is there a meditation technique to remember past lives?
59:02 Does liberation happen only when one can be mindful at every moment during waking hours without discursive thoughts, or can it happen before?
1:01:19 I can either follow the OCD mental ritual or use meditation as the ritual. it gets confusing and scary at times. I noticed that food habits also impact the thoughts.
1:04:34 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
01:22 Meditate Together
20:29 Is there any difference between the technique of meditation taught in the at home course and the one taught at the centre or just the duration is more in the latter?
21:47 During a given sitting, is it appropriate to change the primary object (let's say, from the in- and out-breath to vedanas) if we can't focus the mind nor observe it with the initial primary object?
22:59 After practising in the Goenka tradition since 2006, I started practising in your/Mahasi tradition a couple days ago. - How long should I note an object? I find that a lot of objects arise simultaneously. Should I try to switch to a new one as it arises?
27:44 Should I note the stomach or the breath as my "base" object?
28:41 Any advice against short fixes such as video games and pornography?
33:29 Sometimes, I'm unclear if I'm noting reality or a concept. For instance, "sound" clearly seems like reality, but I'm unsure If "pain" is real or a concept.
35:00 When I try noting things, I sometimes end up feeling egocentric - that it's all about me - how can the practice of noting be beneficial to others around me?
37:02 Sometimes I see my own capacity to do evil deeds. It is unsettling. How can I overcome my capacity to do evil?
39:54 How much practice would need to be done in a day and another other points that would be helpful to ensure the possibility of enlightenment in this lifetime?
42:24 If I only have time to do 10-15 minutes of sitting is it advised to not take the touching points as an object and just do rising and sitting because I will not get to all of them in that short time?
44:43 I am trying to minimize generating new sankharas, but during meditation a fear arises frequently for the fruits of past sankharas that I will have to suffer.
50:01 When I feel angry should I just note "anger"? Should I also note the other defilements as well, for example "agitating", "disliking" etc?
52:23 When I do sitting meditation, I keep getting a pleasurable feeling in my stomach and spreads to the rest of my body, so I stand up and move on to walking meditation. But when I sit back down, the feeling of bliss starts rising up again in a few minutes, and gets too overwhelming. How should I work around this, because being mindful of the good feeling makes it stronger + harder to note/think.
53:48 Suffered physical pain today, and after such days, when I sit for meditation, a fear arises frequently for more fruits of past sankharas that I will have to bear in the future.
54:30 I do not have very much intellectual knowledge of Buddhism and the suttas. Is my practice lacking by not studying very much? If I should study to support my practice, what do you suggest?
56:11 We are advised to note hearing when hearing a dog barking, but in the case of sitting, which is a concept, we are advised to note sitting instead of feeling. Please help clear this confusion.
57:54 Can you meditate too much?
58:46 Is there a meditation technique to remember past lives?
59:02 Does liberation happen only when one can be mindful at every moment during waking hours without discursive thoughts, or can it happen before?
1:01:19 I can either follow the OCD mental ritual or use meditation as the ritual. it gets confusing and scary at times. I noticed that food habits also impact the thoughts.
1:04:34 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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