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Having seen clearly that I am both hero and villain, knowing that I am capable of great and or horrible acts, I try to keep my shadow firmly within my eyesight. -J.W. Outward

Can't meditation also be used as a distraction?

Venerable Bhante, as you say a person who had previously lived a hectic lifestyle (let us say for practical reasons that were not grossly sensually rooted) - will slowly have to re-establish a baseline of their degree of engagement with the 'world' of senses, to gradually lower and lower levels. For such an individual who is still in the lay life, but dwelling restrained in the right manner, and having greatly lowered the baseline/threshold of engagement' a practical necessity may arise which demands an increase their level of engagement. Would I be correct in stating that such an individual would 'suffer' that increase. That the person would now 'prefer' to maintain the lower level of engagement, and its opposite is now painful (even though it may be necessary) ?

I honestly can't thank you enough for sharing this wisdom. Much love from the UK

🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ Thank you Ajahn. Delusion into Hatred are the roadblocks in my practice that arise during particular circumstances that are of course related to my karma/vipaka. Ignorance is correct...I am going to do better. I don't make excuses after the facts of my own volitional engagement, but continuing the same behavior is an excuse in and of itself. I truly know better, yet I act out of hatred daily. It is time to let go again. 🙏🏻

Towards the end it reminded me of that saying "Nothing real can be threatened; nothing unreal exists." Ironically trying to escape suffering by maintaining a contradiction - which is why it can be threatened. 🙏

Love waking up to a new teaching!!! Good morning Dhamma family and Venerable’s

Thank you, this comes at the perfect time 🙏

Very nice, well explained.

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Bhante thank you so much for these videos I cant describe in words how thankful I am. I have seen most wonderful results recently by watching various videos on this channel and I am seeing more and more what you mean with gradual training of restraint and seeing the context. I have worked hard on restraint. It is that assumed being on the level of sense of objects and the pressure towards the content for a beginner that makes the context which is at the opposite side feel unpleasant because that is the only escape a putujana knows and obviously if one acts out then towards the content then the context will feel even more unpleasant because one resists it even more. So one learns that any bad thought that is pressuring me is not something I have no control over that must opress me but instead it is I who am creating the problem by intentionaly deliberately thinking this bad thought and hence I can intentionaly deliberately stop thinking this bad thought and same with speech and bodily action now you get stronger in regard to the pressure and the context becomes much and much more appearent and as one is not contradicting the context with volitionaly intentionaly not thinking unwholesome thoughts,speech and bodily actions one have become strong in regard to the pressure and one learned to stay with that pressure without moving and jumping as one did as a beginner and now start understanding the context of that anxiety on that inescapable existence background level.

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🌄Good morning and have a good day teachers 🙏

I must have good samadhi because recollecting Ajahn Nyanamoli brings me joy

Does it follow that thinking and pondering are a particular type of joy in the same sense that speech is particular type of thinking and pondering?

Is there a way to train overcoming the resistance towards feelings *directly*? Or is it still in the domain of "unscrewing the craving"? Why is it phrased as "subduing the perception of resistance" instead of just "overcoming resistance" in the outta?

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Dang: I am therefore I suffer

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Not sure where I would be without these teachings. I can't thank you enough.

This dude is so obnoxious, whenever the monk on the right tries to formulate a thought he immediately cuts him off and continues with his own ideas. He talks about moderation from everything and clearly he can't moderate himself from being in the teacher position.

This may be a stupid question but is this man enlightened?

Wonderful Dhamma.. Sadhu Sadhu sadhu 🙏🙏

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Now, only I see the discomfort when desires first emerge. Thank you so much. As I have undestood, the work I need to do is seeing that danger here and now. Is that right Bhanthe? 🙏

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This monk always looks irritated that he has to answer these questions

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Why do you say that it is impossible for two Buddha to be alive at the same time? I read that an Arahant follows the teachings, but a Buddha is self-taught. I also encountered the claim of an unbroken succession of one Buddha reborn through the ages. Is it merely the improbability of independent self-discovery at play, or am I missing something fundamental?

This video was quite on point with my life atm, thank you

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Thank you. Your video sharings are helpful. This one in particular was impactful. Well, there's been others too that I felt connected to.

What is meant by protecting the entire world?

Good morning Dhamma family

Namaste. I would like to know why people are scared to die??? . please

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Two brilliant minds

What is meant by "pastures that don't belong to you?" - also this explanation is spot on. I've had anxiety for the last few weeks, and at times overwhelming levels of anxiety. This basically began when I threw myself into my work obsessively and stopped practicing. I was telling myself that this anxiety was a reason to lessen up on my practice and basically forget about sense restraint for the time being, all the while my anxiety has been increasing. Thank you so much for putting things in the correct order in my mind for me. I know that what you say is correct.

"Mindfulness" means non-forgetfulness, not focusing.

If anyone is struggling with this, here are 2 realizations that made me stop craving : 1- I AM the one fantasizing. Porn is just static images and videos, they are objects. Remember when you were a kid, and you played with your toys, making them have epic battles, tea parties etc, the toys seemed alive, the fantasies were real... Until one day you grew up and realized, that it's just pieces of plastic, you were playing alone using your fantasy. Same thing with porn, you are the one actively fantasizing... Ok,ok, but why? Why are you fantasizing? 2-I was fantasizing because I had this belief given to me during the youth, that having sex is tied to my self worth. If I had a lot of sex with different women, I would finally be accepted, and be worthy , loved and full. This lie, this ignorance, is what kept me fantasizing about having sex, or even going to actually have it, and yet, I never felt whole, I didn't question why, I just felt the pain. There is no difference between a porn addict, masturbating with his hand, and a sex addict, masturbating with another person body, both are trying to fill an imaginary void. Once I challenged this belief, realized that sex does not define me, sex is only important to me if I want to make a family and procreate, or if I want to bond with my partner and build more intimacy, that's it. I am not interested in hooking up with random women, therefore it follows, I am not interested in watching and fantasizing about random women having sex. Once that belief was dissolved, and replaced with my own, inner truth, the house of cards came crumbling down, now I see clearly. If I go to watch porn, it's just static images, I don't feel the need to fantasize on them anymore. Just like if I go get my childhood toys, I see them as static pieces of plastic. I would need to put in effort, to pretend and fantasize.

So correct me if I'm wrong, please . Ajahn Chah was teaching the wrong meditation as he was teaching everyone focusing on the tip of the nose while breathing. Even his branch monasteries are usually teaching this technique, I was lay helper in one of them in the UK for six months, and this is what they thought me from day one this and nothing else literally . I just love to hear your thoughts on this . Thank you for your help

Thank you for everything

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