Overcoming an inherent intoxication with life.
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-Detachment from identity and gender. -Equanimity arises not from changing external perceptions but from relinquishing ownership of the body and its attributes. -Praise and blame affect only those who mistakenly identify with their form, but letting it go will require abandoning of the pursuit of validation, desire, and self-image. -Beautification and social approval reinforce attachment, while seeing the body as impermanent and not-self leads to freedom from suffering.
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The ultimate way of permanently uprooting the five hindrancesIf you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Learning how to address the root of the problem through the correct training and discernment.
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A recap of an old discussion on how to keep the perspective on the goal of practice by regularly questioning yourself: Are you suffering? If so, what is the cause of this suffering? Is your practice bearing fruit or not?
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A recap of an old discussion on how to develop calm within the discomfort of right endurance through knowing the breath. Also, a description of the fundamental discomfort of the senses and why one acts out of lust. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/
How to differentiate between different types of pleasures, and which ones are harmful and which ones not as much.
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A recap of one of our old videos, describing the how not to fall into a trap of managing your suffering at the expense of uprooting the problem of it. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/
Is there a way that's according to the Suttas whereby a lay person can actually practice successfully towards the stream-entry or higher? ___________________________________ The books mentioned in the video discuss the historical differences between the Suttas and the later Commentaries and Abhidhammas, the original jhana practice taught by the Buddha, and later yogic-style concentration practices:
___________________________________ @14:48 - A mistake, it wasn't Mahasi's teacher, but the teacher of Ledi Sayadaw called Hpo Hlaing. For further reading of some works that unintentionally reveal implicit esoteric, yogic, and Abhidhammic views that underlie modern Theravada, see:
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Mind needs pressure to expand. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Does practice of dispassion lead to depression? Or is it a completely different thing... If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Is it possible to be deeply concerned and invested in the worldly affairs and practice rightly towards liberation from suffering at the same time? If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
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Another look at anapanasati from a different practical perspective, uncovering its core principles and where they apply. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Practice that inevitably results in jhana and the examples of the non-sensual pleasure that accompanies it. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Different ways of describing "citta" and looking into various aspects of the relationship one has with it. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
The correct way of uprooting the hindrances that make you feel like a debtor or a prisoner. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
Another talk in "Mind - The Wild Animal" series. It addresses the relationship between the five lower fetters and citta. As mentioned previously, this practice applies only to those who are already firmly established in virtue and have been restraining their senses from intentional distractions and unbeneficial states. Otherwise, any notion of "heart," "body," or "mind" that they hold will not pertain to the true internal physicality of rupa, and thus their citta will remain indiscernible to them. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:
‘Don’t run back to the past, don’t long for the future. What’s past is left behind; the future has not arrived. Whatever phenomenon is presently arisen is clearly seen right there. Knowing this, foster it— unfaltering, unshakable.' The Sutta discussed in this video: https://suttas.hillsidehermitage.org/?q=mn134 If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/
