-Citta cannot be an object of your attention -Necessity of the physical seclusion -Characteristics of "citta" (mind) and choices of "mano" (intellect) -Identifying with your mind -Why should precepts be the guiding principles of your behaviour -How are the first three fetters actually abandoned -Understanding "kusala" (beneficial, wholesome, skilful) and "akusala" (unbeneficial, unwholesome, unskilful), and why they are so. -Difference between mood and emotion -Meaning of anicca -The essence of Attavada -How to correctly "get rid" of unwholsome states -The insight of the Four Noble Truths -Anapanasati and Satipatthana as the ways that someone already a sotapanna can tame the mind further -Training the mind once it's tamed -Difference between "Self" and "Indvidual" ____________________________________ If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ AUDIO FILES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF OUR YOUTUBE DHAMMA TALKS https://t.me/HillsideHermitage ____________________________________ MORE TEACHINGS: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd9WZzxqAkE

A brief discussion on the nature of wisdom and how would one correctly define it. -------------------------------------- If you wish to support the life at the Hillside please feel free to do so by donating at: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGtDIg7j_-A

-Why lying is wrong. -Perversion of the existential order of things, due to avoidance of responsibility and suffering. -Why boredom gives rise to anxiety. -Delusion is distraction. -How much your being depends on your assumptions, on the company of others, on the health. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you would be very welcome to do so by donating at: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings For the Buddhist Phenomenology essays see: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings/writings/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhlUvFvttI

If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FzSf1n1Pn0