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Meditation Q&A, Sept 2, 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
14:19 When doing walking meditation, are we supposed to wait until the front of the foot touches the ground to note "touching" (after noting "lowering" of the front of the foot)?
16:31 Can you meditate if there's noise around?
17:40 My mom wants to meditate and study with me but wants to keep her Christian faith. Is there any value to the practice when one rejects things like rebirth? Is there a way to attainment without it?
27:52 Where willpower isn't enough it's surprisingly more effective to wish "may I be able to.." Why? How Buddhists incline the mind properly? How to differentiate this from the disappointing hope for magic?
30:38 I am massively interested in learning more about Buddhism, I have started reading books about Theravada Buddhism. How did you settle on a school of Buddhism? Sorry if that is too personal.
31:03 What are some other meditation techniques for cultivating goodness?
33:22 Do you have suggestions for increasing the amount of mindfulness in a day. I can forget for long stretches of time.
36:26 While meditating is knowing an experience?
38:47 Could you please clarify whether the present moment is the goal or the means to the goal?
41:21 I perceive more appropriate than rising and falling a noting of the type “inflating, deflating" like a balloon, is it appropriate? Why do we say “rising” if the belly goes forward?
44:33 I'm starting to make a lot of progress in my practice. I'm also starting to be afraid of losing self. It may sound childish but it's a scary thought to not be able to go back and what it will feel like. My question to that is any advice for that fear?
48:46 How to see clearly “suffering” in waking meditation? I fail to understand dukkha in the object of concentration while walking.
52:21 Where should we locate emotions when we note them? Pain I can locate it, thoughts kind of in the forehead.. but emotions give multiple bodily informations so where should I focus?
54:35 After years of practice I still can't see for myself the religious parts of Buddhism as possible, while the teachings of mindfulness, no clinging and love have rung true. Am I doing something wrong?
58:20 After years of practice I still can't see for myself the religious parts of Buddhism as possible (things like 31 planes of existence, rebirth, the Buddha seeing the future etc.), while the teachings of mindfulness, no clinging and love have rung true. Am I doing something wrong?
1:04:01 When I observe the rising and falling of the abdomen, I sometimes feel a tightness or contraction in the abdomen. During those times, should I shift to saying “tightness, tightness?”
1:04:59 End
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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
14:19 When doing walking meditation, are we supposed to wait until the front of the foot touches the ground to note "touching" (after noting "lowering" of the front of the foot)?
16:31 Can you meditate if there's noise around?
17:40 My mom wants to meditate and study with me but wants to keep her Christian faith. Is there any value to the practice when one rejects things like rebirth? Is there a way to attainment without it?
27:52 Where willpower isn't enough it's surprisingly more effective to wish "may I be able to.." Why? How Buddhists incline the mind properly? How to differentiate this from the disappointing hope for magic?
30:38 I am massively interested in learning more about Buddhism, I have started reading books about Theravada Buddhism. How did you settle on a school of Buddhism? Sorry if that is too personal.
31:03 What are some other meditation techniques for cultivating goodness?
33:22 Do you have suggestions for increasing the amount of mindfulness in a day. I can forget for long stretches of time.
36:26 While meditating is knowing an experience?
38:47 Could you please clarify whether the present moment is the goal or the means to the goal?
41:21 I perceive more appropriate than rising and falling a noting of the type “inflating, deflating" like a balloon, is it appropriate? Why do we say “rising” if the belly goes forward?
44:33 I'm starting to make a lot of progress in my practice. I'm also starting to be afraid of losing self. It may sound childish but it's a scary thought to not be able to go back and what it will feel like. My question to that is any advice for that fear?
48:46 How to see clearly “suffering” in waking meditation? I fail to understand dukkha in the object of concentration while walking.
52:21 Where should we locate emotions when we note them? Pain I can locate it, thoughts kind of in the forehead.. but emotions give multiple bodily informations so where should I focus?
54:35 After years of practice I still can't see for myself the religious parts of Buddhism as possible, while the teachings of mindfulness, no clinging and love have rung true. Am I doing something wrong?
58:20 After years of practice I still can't see for myself the religious parts of Buddhism as possible (things like 31 planes of existence, rebirth, the Buddha seeing the future etc.), while the teachings of mindfulness, no clinging and love have rung true. Am I doing something wrong?
1:04:01 When I observe the rising and falling of the abdomen, I sometimes feel a tightness or contraction in the abdomen. During those times, should I shift to saying “tightness, tightness?”
1:04:59 End
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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