Wise Awareness

By Kumara Bhikkhu

A collection of Bhante Kumara's guided meditations and Dharma talks.... more

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Wise Awareness episodes:

March 02, 2022What Do You Think of Yourself? #13 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
The importance of recognizing our views regarding ourselves

Fear and avoidance regarding our feelings about ourselves

Acknowledging these things and looking beyond them

Why we attach strongly to negative and inaccurate views about ourselves

How the idea of not-self can help us detach from these views

Techniques we can use to recognize and detach from views about the self
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29min
February 28, 2022How to Let Go #12 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
The importance of first knowing our underlying motivation and orientation

The thing we are letting go of is mental, not physical

Pleasant feelings are not caused by things we desire, and unpleasant feelings are not caused by things we dislike

How clinging to views compounds our suffering

How clinging to habits impedes our awareness and prevents us from letting go and reducing our suffering

Defining things in relation to ourselves set us up for suffering

The subtle relationship between attachment and gratification

Imagining what your life will be like without clinging, in specific situations
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58min
February 27, 2022Noble Eight Fold Path #11 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
The noble eightfold path leads to the end of cravings, and therefore the end of sufferings.
Maintaining proper orientation - learning how and why to let go.

Recognizing and releasing ill will and cultivating kindness towards ourselves and others.

Understanding and adhering to the precepts of right speech for the benefit of ourselves and others.

The importance of not harming any being and not taking anything to which we are not entitled.

Maintaining ethics in sexual conduct. '

Pursuing an occupation which is wholesome and does not cause harm to yourself or others.

Promoting the arising of wholesome qualities in the mind and preventing the arising of unwholesome qualities.'

Remembering to be aware in order to promote wholesome mental qualities. Developing and maintaining mental composure.

Knowing and seeing things as they are as a result of our practice, which leads to freedom
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59min
February 26, 2022Four Noble Truths #10 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
What do we mean when we say 'suffering'?

Aspects of suffering that are inevitable and inherent in every aspect of existence, and suffering that occur only occasionally

How to cure ourselves from suffering because we do not get what we want

Unsatisfactory strategies we often use to avoid experiencing suffering and better alternatives to them

The desire to be and the desire to disappear or not to be

To end suffering we have to look at the cause

If we truly understand the nature of suffering, it will cease
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46min
February 25, 2022Manipulating The Mind #9 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
When our efforts to change our mental state are wise and beneficial and when they are not

The beneficial effects of gratitude on the mind

Using questions to inspire the mind

We cannot force the mind to be a certain way

How to choose proper sources of wisdom to help us grow spiritually

The importance of desire to practice and how to cultivate it
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43min
February 24, 2022Understanding Escapism #8 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
When speaking is beneficial and when it takes us away from the current moment

Other behaviours on retreat that represent discomfort with current-moment awareness and what to do about them

Seeing boredom as a form of defilement allows us to work with it properly

Looking toward the source of feelings that we lack something or need something to distract us
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41min
February 23, 2022Composure (Samādhi) #7 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
The proper role/meaning of samādhi in meditation

How beliefs about samādhi can lead to striving and greed

Effects of composure practice on the body and physical sensations

Our goal is not concentration but rather composure

Properties of the stable, composed, collected mind

A composed mind is not achieved by force or strong effort

The role of attention to breathing in developing a composed mind
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32min
February 22, 2022Cultivating the Five Spiritual Faculties #6 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
What is our goal in meditation? How do we relate to this goal? Is our goal proper? What should we cultivate in order to achieve this goal?

The difference between source-orientation and goal-orientation

Having confidence in the practice without activating the self

The path of developing continuous awareness that leads to mental stability

What happens as we start to gain wisdom?

How to ask ourselves questions to investigate our mental processes

How to observe greed and other defilements in the moment
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47min
February 21, 2022Defilements #5 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
We need to take the defilements (greed, aversion and delusion) seriously and learn about them if we are to avoid suffering

Skillful and unskillful ways to engage with defilements

The difference between wisdom and effort

The danger of trying to suppress defilements

How the defilements activate our sense of self

How to see the defilements not as "me" or "mine" but simply as nature

How the defilements affect our views of others

How to interact skilfully with other people's defilements

Real-world examples of how to work with friends and colleagues whose behaviour is driven by defilements
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40min
February 20, 2022Cultivating the Perception of Impermanence, Suffering and Not-self #4 | Kumāra Bhikkhu
What is our goal in meditation? How do we relate to this goal? Is our goal proper? What should we cultivate in order to achieve this goal?

The difference between source-orientation and goal-orientation

Having confidence in the practice without activating the self

The path of developing continuous awareness that leads to mental stability

What happens as we start to gain wisdom?

How to ask ourselves questions to investigate our mental processes

How to observe greed and other defilements in the moment
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19min

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.