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Doug, your channel is one of the redeeming qualities of KZfaq. It has been so instrumental in informing my practice, and you explain complex topics in a way that people who are new to Buddhism can better understand. Thank you for all your work.

I definetly have expereinced terror during meditation, and so have others I have talked too. All the stuff inside you comes out during meditation, including your fears.

Thanks for this splendid video, Doug! As a practitioner, it all makes perfect sense to me. Also I love your attitude: "Different practitioners, different experiences, different interpretations." Best regards... 😊🙏

Practicing with OCD-like symptoms and anxiety makes terror quite plausible to me. There also was a phase where fear of death (heart failure mostly) hit me at a certain depth of absorbtion.

I have found eight to be my biggest hinderance, I do not consistently make sufficient effort. I find your approach to explanation helpful, thank you for sharing your insight.

I (and the rest of humanity) have never been in greater need of the three refuges and the panna that can only come from samadhi. ''Meditation vids'' are my favorite genre and inspire me to leave off reading books and get down to it on the cushion! I don't know the secular Buddhist perspective on gaining merit- but I will not hesitate to say that I believe your channel is a great merit field and the world needs all it can get, at present.

Thank you Mr. Doug 😊

Great video as usual, Doug! A great suttra with great commentary.

Thanks for the link!

Terror is relatable. Letting go completely and seriously looking through the delusion of self triggers the deepest, purest terror.

Great educational video. Interesting discussion on hindrances. After decades of sitting, I can say that I have experienced all 11 of these hindrances, and this is the first time I have heard of all of them from the Buddhist traditions. Coming from a Soto Zen tradition, most Roshi's tell students to "Just Sit". Sit without expecting anything, wanting anything, not wanting anything, Just sit to sit. While I resonate with this advice, it took many years to really get it. The teaching of hindrances seems that it might make it left difficult seeing it piecemeal from a novice intellectual standpoint rather than "trying" to sit to just sit, (which cannot be done while "trying" to not try) LOL.

The middle way is the proper path hence the contradictory teachings. Too much or too little of a certain thing can cause us to become unbalanced in meditation. The right amount of mental energy/viriya is a nice example.

Just the awareness of the problems faced in meditation can be the first step to overcoming them

Thanks for this video Doug! I feel more familiar with the hindrances whereas before I was vaguely aware of them. Perhaps there is no way to get rid of these hindrances by an act of will, but in my experience being aware of them when they occur seems to shorten the amount of time that they linger.

"enlightening" Doug! Great to go deep on these 11 hinderences

Thanks Doug, great way to start the morning.

I'm well, thank you.

Love the practical focus on this one!

You’re the man, Doug! Keep it up!❤

Thank you, I enjoyed your talk. Place looks like its coming along.

Good, useful information once again. Thank you Doug

Terror may seem vague but I remember playing a horror game and at night it was really hard for me to meditate well because I was so scared of some ghost popping up :)

Longing is for me thinking too much about something, can be pleasurable thinking - constant process without much effort no other things in mind

super interesting Doug !! and such a good example of the potential literary divergence we probably all should be aware of. I think the main reason I joined mahayana was so that things would be a bit more consolidated, even if just for practical purposes. All concepts of simplicity must be illusions of some sort, I imagine, aside from energetic experiences. Ive been hearing this distinction more lately, about not assuming that everyone has the same experiences, it is very strange how phrases like "we are all one" and "we all share a common experience" could potentially have a negative or stifling effect. Thanks for the pointer for this Suta, something really speaks to me in there. This and lately the Rhino Sutta I think should be given a lot of leeway for creative interpretation, they almost seem of modern subtly.

great video

Amazing

Thank you very much for this great video. Could you give a talk about how to control the "monkey mind" ìn meditation ?

Holy cow this is your best lecture yet. Edit: !

Thank you!

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Conceit and longing could be similar if you see it as identifying with the enlightened person that you’re going to be. So you’re too focused on the end result and the ego’s image of that.

Interesting 🤔 ... Is it possible that the opposite statements, about the last hindrance in the Pali vs Chinese versions of this sutta, might reflect a slight disagreement (based on differing experiences between individuals) about how to reach Jhana in the early Sangha? And the "one should contemplate the forms!" view influenced the lineage that eventually wrote down the Chinese Agamas, while the "one shouldn't contemplate the forms!" view influenced the branch that eventually wrote down the Pali Canon. This also ties in with what you've touched on in the discussion: different meditators could have different experiences on their paths, we should not expect one person's approach to be exactly applicable to everyone else 👌

Hey Doug! Is it possible the hindrance of Terror could be related to MN 4? There seems to be some overlap between these two texts. Particularly with the Jhanas and mentions of fear and terror. Something worth thinking about!

Does Buddhism believes in possession? If yes how to deal with it? Thanks 🙏

Terror, I think, it’s a panic attack or severe sudden anxiety. It has happened to me and that’s why I’m afraid of meditating. 😢

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Thanks Doug. Does the sutra have a name?

“If those who guide you say: Look, the Kingdom is in the sky! Then the birds are closer than you. If they say: Look, it is in the sea! Then the fish already know it. The Kingdom is inside you, and it is outside you. When you know yourself, then you will be known, and you will know that you are the child of the Living Father; but if you do not know yourself, you will live in vain and you will be vanity.” - Some Guy

Hi Doug, about a year ago i asked you about looking into deeper forms of meditation past the accepted levels of jana. I don't remember your response but it was along the lines of there are none. If you play the following from 18:00 to 19:00 - this person spoken of engaged in those deeper meditation that i was trying to allude to: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMlliKt8tJnbh5c.html

Probably, yes. As soon as a thought of me, myself, I is identified with there is an object that is separate. There is then a whole host of practices, including meditation to bring about non separation. Its entirely impossible to achieve. No thing needs doing, perhaps accept ignoring all thought, concepts. Denial of ourselves is no different from being completely absorbed by self, as you say, the middle way is The Way. I am and I am not. 🧘‍♀️🤏