Discerning the theme of "safety" that can be used for one's own contemplation, to aid dispassion and removal of the gratuitous sense of ownership of one's experience.
Looking at the core of Stream-entry and how is a sotapanna unable to suffer amidst suffering.
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The nature of the body and the reasons why you still might be attracted to it...
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Q&A with various people on:
- Self control
- The Five Precepts and lay life free from suffering
- Current wars and whether some circumstances justify killing
- Why meditation techniques fortify the wrong views
- How jhana is not what's commonly understood by "meditation"
- True reason for the mind not being calm
- How to discern your intentions and what to do about it
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Another discussion based on a few excerpts from Ajahn Chah's talks.
How to stop craving for removal of the suffering, while aiming at the freedom from suffering.
Worry about the future and grieve over the past, but don't suffer on account of it in the present.
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Q&A with Slovenian Upasaka group on:
- Getting back to the Suttas
- Practice of metta "meditation"
- Why is modern Vipassana wrong
- Problem of "sensation" watching
- Right meditation/composure
- Contemplation of Death done rightly
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- Should you ordain or not?
- Can you stay a layperson and still practice?
- Are monasteries more distracting environments than the household life?
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A useful excerpt from one of our old "Discussions from a Mountain Top" videos.
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More of work projects, rescuing a Sri Lankan krait (Bungarus ceylonicus) from dogs' playground, and releasing it further into the wilderness.
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