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Recommends user473 · 2014-07 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Can one learn meditation on their own?”

Introduction to Meditation: How To Meditate [this video] For me, I find these videos very helpful. There are many other videos that Bhante have on his site that talks about meditations. You can also down load book from this site as well. [LINK]

Recommends Sankha Kulathantille · 2014-10 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “How to deal with bad past karma that makes my current life miserable?”

Regretting about your past is only going to make your Karma worse. Best way to deal with past bad memories is to do Vipassana [this video] on them. When a past memory comes to your mind, simply note it as a thought about the past. Don't react to it or take it as something that belongs to you. If that memory truly belongs to you, you should be able to stop it from appearing in the mind. But you can't! Because it appears due to causes. So wishing for such thoughts to go away will only create a need in the mind for it to not be present. But that's only going to make you suffer, which is what you are going through right now. The need for such thoughts to go away doesn't stop them from appearing in th

Recommends user2424 · 2015-06 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “How does the practice of Buddhism look at preconceived ideas, assumptions or notions?”

How does the practice of Buddhism look at preconceived ideas, assumptions or notions? Preconceived ideas, assumptions, notions and habits are what we try to understand and do away with in Buddhism. Through the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path we come to understand the Four Noble Truths . We gain Samma Ditthi - Right View [LINK] , i.e. the understanding of the four noble truths and the true nature of reality. When practicing insight meditation [this video] one is observing ones mind with detachment, objectivity, non-judgement and non-interfering. That allows the mental and physical phenomena to show themselves, to reveal there true nature. They are allowed to "speak" for themselves without us

Recommends user2424 · 2016-06 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Mind full Meditation”

Depending on what method of meditation you are practicing there are different options. If you are practicing Samatha (tranquility) meditation, simply return back attention to whatever primary meditation object you have chosen, e.g. the belly or entrance to the nostrils . If you are practicing Vipassana (insight) meditation, observe the tingling feeling and note it as "feeling, feeling" or "tingling, tingling" , while keeping attention on the phenomena. Note it 2-3 times and then return attention to the feeling of the rising and falling of the abdomen (primary object). In Samatha meditation one is gently shifting attention away from all other phenomena except the breath. In Vipassana meditati

Recommends Sankha Kulathantille · 2018-03 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Can the mind be trained to maintain equanimity in the face of compulsive urges/cravings (without giving in / acting out)?”

It's a meditation technique based on all four Satipattanas. i.e. Kayanupassana, Vedananupassana, Cittanupassana, Dhammanupassana. This is called the "ekayano maggo" . Which means the one way path or the one and only path to freedom from suffering. Here's the video for the booklet given above: [this video]

Recommends Brian Díaz Flores · 2019-02 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Desperate for help about intent and my fears”

@jj5828 I want to share with you five Dhamma talks that helped me through my way of overcoming my fears, traumas and obsessions. I hope you can take something useful from them. They are long, it's good to take your time when hearing this talks. Patience is key to develop a healthy mind. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [this video]

Recommends Sankha Kulathantille · 2019-09 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Enlightenment finding me”

How did a monk who was not able to learn a single stanza of Dhamma for 4 months become enlightened? Read the story of venerable Culapanthaka [LINK] . If you want to be enlightened, studying the Dhamma helps a lot, but meditation is more important. Especially Vipassana meditation [this video] .

Cites Bakmoon · 2014-08 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Maintaining the emotional state achieved in meditation through the rest of the day”

This pleasurable state that you are attaining during meditation is simply the result of concentration. These states can be developed in different directions within the Buddhist path, but if their place is not properly understood, they can in time become a hindrance. This bliss isn't enlightenment unfortunately. The goal of Buddhist meditation is to attain clarity of mind and concentration in order to see that reality is impermanent, unable to give us stable and lasting pleasure, and non-self. When these are fully realized, the mediator will be able to at least temporarily let go totally of all attachment and experience the happiness of Nibbana (or Nirvana in Sanskrit), a happiness that is to

Cites Brian Díaz Flores · 2019-01 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “I am addicted to Masturbation. What can I do?”

Let me start by telling you that I've been in your situation too. So, you are not alone in this. Denial, repression, justification and guilt: these are four responses/reactions/habits/behaviors that are useless and even harmful when trying to overcome some unwholesome pattern. If you notice that something is unhealthy (whether for your mind or for your body), you can overcome your obstacle without the need of those four mentioned reaction. The first step is to accept that something unskillful is being done. I chose the word 'unskillful' over 'bad', because the latter has some culturally loaded and might imply moral connotations. But in this specific situation, if I stick to your post, there'