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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
01:11 Meditate Together
16:00 I want to meditate and have been following the initial precepts of Buddhism, yet I have a deep aversion to starting meditation. Days go by thinking about it but never starting. How can I change?
17:18 I recently practiced Metta during meditation to all of my friends and family, alive and deceased. Shortly after, I experienced a deep bliss. I tried to to think of defilements, but couldn't. What was this?
18:43 I broke a precept. Is this a deterrent to my meditation practice? How long should I wait to restart my practice?
20:20 Meditation now relieves me of a lot but somehow some things of the past that I forgot or never noticed suddenly come up, like something I did or said. It causes a panic. Is my mind now seeing clearly?
23:01 I found a meditation group, and the teacher gave me a meditation on love-and-kindness. I didn't join, because I found it easier to meditate on breath. Am I missing out by not being connected to a sangha?
27:30 Is exercise a hindrance to a proper meditation practice?
29:50 When meditating on the points around the body, when should I return to the first point? How far from the meditation object do I need to drift before I shoot to go back to the first point?
30:49 Do we ever go beyond noting? Would an enlightened being keep noting? I find noting very beneficial - but is ita preliminary to being able to rest in pure awareness unconditionally without a mantra?
32:03 I don't know if Nibbana is cessation of suffering, compassion to all beings in this life, or a pure land where sensing continues. With this confusion why, and how can I, continue to pursue it?
33:58 When you meditate, should there be a constant effort to maintain awareness of your meditation object? Or can one just let things be, even if one’s degree of awareness is quite dim?
34:55 What would you advise for meditation and study? After much study, and having a consistent meditation practice, is there any need to study? There are boundless books which makes me feel I am unlearned.
37:19 When doing daily chores, is it required to come back to the stomach before changing noting objects, as we do in formal meditation?
38:42 If emotional hurt becomes before anger, what should be noted? I can't seem to separate the mind states of the hurt and feelings.
39:43 Can you please expand on the difference between tanha and desire for enlightenment?
43:01 When I close my eyes and meditate, and I reach the state where I visualise the space, I start to focus on my eyes. I move my eyes, and this keeps changing the structure of the space. How do I prevent this?
44:03 Should I meditate for one hour and sleep for 7.5 hours, or meditate for 2 hours and sleep for 6.5 hours?
46:21 When you note an object of experience during meditation, are you supposed to conceptualize and understand that object? For example, that your feeling is anger, doubt, etc.? Or can you simply note “feeling”?
47:14 Putting the question to the limit, theoretically, if someone read your booklet, watched all your teachings and practiced diligently, could they achieve enlightenment? Or would they need to study more?
48:53 What is the method to go from the 4th jhana to the formless Jhanas?
49:29 Does intellect help with becoming enlightened? I've heard stories of the Buddha or his disciples being incredibly intelligent.
52:04 Is mindfulness the same as alertness or the same as memory sati?
52:33 Is subtituting sleep for meditation for about a week optimal?
53:29 I care a lot of what people think about me. Should I completely ignore what others think about me or is there a right amount of care I should have when it comes to what others think of me?
55:12 How should I do dhammavicaya analysis of qualities?
56:11 How can we engage in right view? Are brahmaviharas important?
58:08 Because of Buddhism I have become asocial. Could you advise how to start a meditation group? Should we just meditate? Vipassana, metta, and/or guided? Study the sutras? Do we need a qualified monk?
59:33 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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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
01:11 Meditate Together
16:00 I want to meditate and have been following the initial precepts of Buddhism, yet I have a deep aversion to starting meditation. Days go by thinking about it but never starting. How can I change?
17:18 I recently practiced Metta during meditation to all of my friends and family, alive and deceased. Shortly after, I experienced a deep bliss. I tried to to think of defilements, but couldn't. What was this?
18:43 I broke a precept. Is this a deterrent to my meditation practice? How long should I wait to restart my practice?
20:20 Meditation now relieves me of a lot but somehow some things of the past that I forgot or never noticed suddenly come up, like something I did or said. It causes a panic. Is my mind now seeing clearly?
23:01 I found a meditation group, and the teacher gave me a meditation on love-and-kindness. I didn't join, because I found it easier to meditate on breath. Am I missing out by not being connected to a sangha?
27:30 Is exercise a hindrance to a proper meditation practice?
29:50 When meditating on the points around the body, when should I return to the first point? How far from the meditation object do I need to drift before I shoot to go back to the first point?
30:49 Do we ever go beyond noting? Would an enlightened being keep noting? I find noting very beneficial - but is ita preliminary to being able to rest in pure awareness unconditionally without a mantra?
32:03 I don't know if Nibbana is cessation of suffering, compassion to all beings in this life, or a pure land where sensing continues. With this confusion why, and how can I, continue to pursue it?
33:58 When you meditate, should there be a constant effort to maintain awareness of your meditation object? Or can one just let things be, even if one’s degree of awareness is quite dim?
34:55 What would you advise for meditation and study? After much study, and having a consistent meditation practice, is there any need to study? There are boundless books which makes me feel I am unlearned.
37:19 When doing daily chores, is it required to come back to the stomach before changing noting objects, as we do in formal meditation?
38:42 If emotional hurt becomes before anger, what should be noted? I can't seem to separate the mind states of the hurt and feelings.
39:43 Can you please expand on the difference between tanha and desire for enlightenment?
43:01 When I close my eyes and meditate, and I reach the state where I visualise the space, I start to focus on my eyes. I move my eyes, and this keeps changing the structure of the space. How do I prevent this?
44:03 Should I meditate for one hour and sleep for 7.5 hours, or meditate for 2 hours and sleep for 6.5 hours?
46:21 When you note an object of experience during meditation, are you supposed to conceptualize and understand that object? For example, that your feeling is anger, doubt, etc.? Or can you simply note “feeling”?
47:14 Putting the question to the limit, theoretically, if someone read your booklet, watched all your teachings and practiced diligently, could they achieve enlightenment? Or would they need to study more?
48:53 What is the method to go from the 4th jhana to the formless Jhanas?
49:29 Does intellect help with becoming enlightened? I've heard stories of the Buddha or his disciples being incredibly intelligent.
52:04 Is mindfulness the same as alertness or the same as memory sati?
52:33 Is subtituting sleep for meditation for about a week optimal?
53:29 I care a lot of what people think about me. Should I completely ignore what others think about me or is there a right amount of care I should have when it comes to what others think of me?
55:12 How should I do dhammavicaya analysis of qualities?
56:11 How can we engage in right view? Are brahmaviharas important?
58:08 Because of Buddhism I have become asocial. Could you advise how to start a meditation group? Should we just meditate? Vipassana, metta, and/or guided? Study the sutras? Do we need a qualified monk?
59:33 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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