A Dhamma discussion based on the following question.. (after speaking about the possibility of bringing relationships with others into balance by withdrawing) “How could I do this if it is with a family member that I can’t avoid?”
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32: Focus on the Process to Get the Results
This ovāda discusses setting goals and dealing with expectations of results in one’s practice.
31: Overcoming the Fear of Renunciation
A Dhamma discussion based on the question… Do you ever feel fear from what the Buddha teaches? How long this has been going on, how many lives this ball has been picking up speed. How many times has it been slowed but never fully stopped, leading onto suffering for a long long time. I suppose…
30: Cooling the World
The ovāda discusses how the world burns with passion at the eyes, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind, and the importance of seeing the cooling of this passion as peace.
29: Deepening the Perception of Impermanence
A Dhamma discussion based on the question… “While practicing I believe I can sometimes glimpse the impermanent nature of all determinations. For example, I can establish my mind on the impermanence of the breath and recognize that the breath depends on the body as its necessary basis which is in itself also determined by consciousness…
28: Associating With Solitary Places
This ovāda discusses how to associate with solitary places. It was given at the ancient monastery of Situl Pawa inside Yala National Park.
27: What Observes Pressure and Its Abscence Is Not Supreme Peace | Discussion
A Dhamma discussion based on the question… “Is the mindfulness that recognizes the absence of pressure when it is absent, and the presence of pressure when it is present, without being deceived by it, that supreme peace? Or something moving in that direction?” Suttas Referenced: -MN 137 (Equanimity based on multiplicity) -MN 22 (Let go…
26: All Beings Have the Same Goal
This ovāda discusses how all beings have happiness as their goal and gives some of the Buddha’s strategies to achieve it.
25: Did the Buddha Teach Intense Focus On a Single Object? | Sutta Study
This video is a sutta study evaluating whether the meditation method of intense focus on a single object, such as the breath, is recommended by the Buddha. It is a follow-up to the video “Is Meditation Only for Stream Enterers or Those Who Are Close?” In particular, it builds on the points made in that…
24: When You Want to Meditate, Meditate. When You Don’t Want to Meditate, Meditate
This Ovāda discusses how experienced practitioners can lose motivation in meditation and how to overcome it.