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Meditation Q&A - Oct 15, 2022
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
15:15 For a first time meditator, why does anxiety increase in the initial days or negative thoughts increase more after daily meditation practice? Can you give advice?
18:39 Is practicing meditation once per week for 30 minutes too little or enough?
19:40 I built a habit of jumping around too much in meditation. I fall back into it easily, and I have this idea that it has to be difficult and I have to be 100% single pointed and perfect. How can I break this?
21:37 Due to chronic back pain, sometimes I can hardly walk at all and the pain level is really high. Should I still do walking meditation then or double the duration of the sitting meditation?
25:23 Is chanting the word Buddha a part of Vipassana Meditation?
30:06 I have free time all day long. I feel a sense of emergency to practice intensively, yet I keep myself busy with futile things because I know what I will have to face will be very unpleasant. Do have any advice?
31:32 I benefit each time I do walking and sitting practice but still face difficulty in sticking with a daily practice and often go weeks without practicing mindfulness. Do you have any advice?
33:08 I've heard people saying, and I also feel this sometimes, that they have been meditating for decades and haven't got anywhere. How can one deal with this?
35:39 During mediation, how do you approach noting an emotion when you are not clear of what it is you are feeling?
37:06 I hear the constant noise of a highway, should I continually note that even if I can't return to the rising and falling of the stomach?
37:43 I have schizophrenia and Iam on medication. I practice your vipassana technique. Can I still progress if still not So quickly? I may have a problem seeing arising and ceasing of experience.
39:18 My mother is passing away right now in my house likely within hours. Do you have any advice on what I can do to help deal with it?
41:08 Should you speak up when somebody talks badly to you or if you see someone talking badly to someone else?
44:45 Is intensive practice much more efficient than 2 hours of daily practice?
46:10 How can we have motivation to practice and surround ourselves with people that are also practicing? Specially here in Brazil, there are very few people that identify as Buddhists and very few practice mindfulness.
48:37 Can you explain the importance of continuity of mindfulness? Why is it detrimental to be mindful 3-4 minutes here and there throughout the day, which is my case?
51:07 I want to be kind and build a relationship with my mother, but I get a somewhat cold reaction, which ruins my mindfulness and I become emotional. I have decided to somewhat isolate from her, is this skillful?
54:58 I have practiced meditation for many years, rarely talking to anyone. My verbal language skill is becoming weak. I cannot speak with confidence any more. Can the silence in meditation cause this?
56:44 I notice many people have issues with the feeling they are controlling their breath. I experienced that as a teenager but not since I started formal meditation. Are there any important lessons there?
57:48 What is Vipassana Jhana?
59:48 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
15:15 For a first time meditator, why does anxiety increase in the initial days or negative thoughts increase more after daily meditation practice? Can you give advice?
18:39 Is practicing meditation once per week for 30 minutes too little or enough?
19:40 I built a habit of jumping around too much in meditation. I fall back into it easily, and I have this idea that it has to be difficult and I have to be 100% single pointed and perfect. How can I break this?
21:37 Due to chronic back pain, sometimes I can hardly walk at all and the pain level is really high. Should I still do walking meditation then or double the duration of the sitting meditation?
25:23 Is chanting the word Buddha a part of Vipassana Meditation?
30:06 I have free time all day long. I feel a sense of emergency to practice intensively, yet I keep myself busy with futile things because I know what I will have to face will be very unpleasant. Do have any advice?
31:32 I benefit each time I do walking and sitting practice but still face difficulty in sticking with a daily practice and often go weeks without practicing mindfulness. Do you have any advice?
33:08 I've heard people saying, and I also feel this sometimes, that they have been meditating for decades and haven't got anywhere. How can one deal with this?
35:39 During mediation, how do you approach noting an emotion when you are not clear of what it is you are feeling?
37:06 I hear the constant noise of a highway, should I continually note that even if I can't return to the rising and falling of the stomach?
37:43 I have schizophrenia and Iam on medication. I practice your vipassana technique. Can I still progress if still not So quickly? I may have a problem seeing arising and ceasing of experience.
39:18 My mother is passing away right now in my house likely within hours. Do you have any advice on what I can do to help deal with it?
41:08 Should you speak up when somebody talks badly to you or if you see someone talking badly to someone else?
44:45 Is intensive practice much more efficient than 2 hours of daily practice?
46:10 How can we have motivation to practice and surround ourselves with people that are also practicing? Specially here in Brazil, there are very few people that identify as Buddhists and very few practice mindfulness.
48:37 Can you explain the importance of continuity of mindfulness? Why is it detrimental to be mindful 3-4 minutes here and there throughout the day, which is my case?
51:07 I want to be kind and build a relationship with my mother, but I get a somewhat cold reaction, which ruins my mindfulness and I become emotional. I have decided to somewhat isolate from her, is this skillful?
54:58 I have practiced meditation for many years, rarely talking to anyone. My verbal language skill is becoming weak. I cannot speak with confidence any more. Can the silence in meditation cause this?
56:44 I notice many people have issues with the feeling they are controlling their breath. I experienced that as a teenager but not since I started formal meditation. Are there any important lessons there?
57:48 What is Vipassana Jhana?
59:48 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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