3-6 Dealing with Problems
Dealing with problems—various problems in meditation. Your ability to deal with difficulties depends on your attitude. When we encounter problems, we need to deal with them, and how we deal with them depends largely on our attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvwB1aS9ZE&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=9&pp=gAQBiAQB When obstacles and various problems occur, what kind of attitude do you have? This course covers over […]
3-5 Pain ≠ Suffering
Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. Pain and suffering are two different animals. We will inevitably encounter various pains. When faced with pain, we should not run away, but instead use the right method to deal with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB5Q8YAL6s&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=8&pp=gAQBiAQB However, we don’t deliberately seek pains. When inevitable pain arises, we should resolve it with the […]
3-4 In the Face of Life, Aging, Illness, and Death, the Choice Is Yours
This point is essential. Those superficial ones are quick to conclude that it is a pessimistic set of teachings, always harping on unpleasant things like suffering, always urging us to confront the uncomfortable realities of pain, death, and illness. They consider this to be pessimism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK17i5cUz8s&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB The fact is quite the opposite. Pain exists in […]
3-3 Don't Escape If You're Really Suffering
One popular human strategy for dealing with difficulty is autosuggestion: when something nasty pops up, you convince yourself it is pleasant rather than unpleasant. Rather than hide it or disguise it, you need to examine it to death. This is not the spirit of Ah Q, not that kind of self-deception. Instead, it's about directly […]
2-4 Fill the minds of your enemies with loving-kindness
For all practical purposes, if all of your enemies were well, happy, and peaceful, they would not be your enemies. If they were free from problems, pain, suffering, affliction, neurosis, psychosis, paranoia, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., they would not be your enemies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_5QYBmEb3Q&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB Your practical solution to your having enemies is to help them overcome […]
11-4 Only With Wisdom Can We Face Everything Smilingly
I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! Dear Guru and the Three Jewels, please bless me! Please help me eliminate self-attachment and all selfish habits, and […]
2-3 Psychological illness to be healed by psychological medicine
Psychological illness is to be healed by psychological medicine. You can use one idea to cancel another. You can balance a negative emotion by instilling a positive one. Giving is the opposite of greed. Benevolence is the opposite of hatred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMfRnGz0u4&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=4&pp=gAQBiAQB Understand clearly now: this is not an attempt to liberate yourself by autohypnosis. This […]
2-2 Extinguish ego with mindfulness
Vipassana meditation is an exercise in mindfulness: egoless awareness. It is a process in which the ego will be eradicated by the penetrating gaze of mindfulness. This is Vipassana, namely, insight meditation. Of course it is based on concentration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxuln_dillc&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB The practitioner begins this process with the ego in full command of mind and body. […]
2-1 Meditation is a solitary activity
Vipassana meditation is a delicate psychological activity. The mental set of the practitioner is crucial to its success. The technique works best in an atmosphere of calm, benevolent confidence. Keep this in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3J63y_h6EI&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=11&pp=gAQBiAQB Calm requires concentration. For example, we chant before evening classes begin. On one hand, it will guide you into a good […]
1-0 Attitude
The attitudes essential to succeed in practice 1. Don’t expect anything. During meditation, first—don’t expect anything. Just like a scientist observing nature, he is not expecting anything, but simply observing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ1cFTwhZcc&list=PLG59GFmZzsi5_M67QcRHXrv2Z2nORqAYg&index=10&pp=gAQBiAQB Treat the whole practice as an experiment. 2. Don’t strain. Don’t force anything or make exaggerated efforts. Effort is still needed. For example, […]