Thank you, Bhante. I enjoyed the English today. It touched a little deeper. Laylife distractions and being a senior add their extra fetters, attachments and hindrances but enjoying the middle way. Sadhu

Love these excerpts "just like us" but.. Practice makes perfect!!

Good luck Bhante!!

Bhante, These are a wonderful. Thank you for posting them. Keep safe and well

Brother, I have no idea what you are doing here, but I think you are praying to Buda!

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Thank you for sharing and a nice outline of how to set wise aspirations. I’ll do the same!

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Having the teachings available in Spanish is a very good idea, that's projected to be the majority language of America in the soon approaching decades.

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5 aggregates subject to clinging, origins and passing away 👍 sadhu

thank you for the wisdom

I feel very grateful for these dhamma talks. Sadhu Bhante. 🙏

Investigate the journey of the food?

Hi Bhante, these clips are helpful tips and reminders. Thank you for posting them for all to use for their practice. Keep cool and well.

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Thanks

This is an ongoing problem for me. I don't garden, but ants literally PILE into my house through the front door when the weather gets too hot outside. I keep my kitchen very clean every summer, hoping this will deter them, but to no avail. Eventually, I always resort to placing bait. If not, they get into and onto everything to the point that I can't even cook in my home because the counter tops, stove, and EMPTY AND DRY sink are all overrun with ants.

Bhante J you are always spot on. Thank you for your continued wisdom and loving kindness. Talk to you later friend

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Thank you Bhante. Very helpful 🙏

Those who claim Maitreya Buddha won't appear for millions or billions of years are false teachers who fear being exposed by His Light.

Thank you Bhante for these clips This one is timely since I have a room full of fleas. I am all bit up from a week of trying to keep from killing them. Instead they multiply and are harming others who use the room. I thought I was not harming the insects but now I am putting others in danger. I will use your thoughts to reflect upon my situation. Thank you

Wow Bhante...It is really inspiring and amazing ❤

If there is non self than who is making the choice, you said we have a choice?

The question remains is there a “something” that notices the anger arise and stops the emotion?

This is the bhante I’ve been searching for

In a world gone blind, I beat the drum of the deathless - Buddha The deathless is the Atman And There is, monks, an unborn[1] - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated. If there were not that unborn - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated, there would not be the case that escape from the born - become - made - fabricated would be discerned. But precisely because there is an unborn - unbecome - unmade - unfabricated, escape from the born - become - made - fabricated is discerned.[2] - Buddha And again, the Atman. The Buddha didn't teach there is no Atman. He taught the mind and the body aren't the Atman. The no self teachings are about the mind and body, not the Atman/Buddha nature/Primordial citta/Deathless/ etc etc. No Atman = after you become an Arahant, and pass away, you destroy yourself. If there's no Atman, what happens to you after you escape from rebirth? You just go out of existence. This is self destruction. Nihilism. The Buddha didn't teach that. The Buddhas Atman is alive right now. He came to visit Ajahn Mun after Ajahn Mun became an Arahant. Buddhism isn't nihilism.

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Thank you Bhante and Dhamma friends for the delightful Q&A. I did not feel well enough to participate live. 🙏

But if there is no-self who is doing the Karma and who is choosing?

This is interesting as I listen to Dhamma talks every night and during the day if I can. I never saw this as entertainment? I listen to understand as this Avija is strong, I seek specific subjects to listen to in order to understand as I don't have a teacher - no teacher, how else can we learn? The Buddha himsef said this takes a long, long time to understand and he's right. I suppose when I think of this I see what you are saying but you need to understand the layperson is subject to algorithms that hijack attention and Dhamma talks do not appear, so we must seek them ... If you don't know how to extinguish things, how to let go, you'll get stuck on every level of the path. If you get stuck on the delicious flavor of emptiness or stillness, that's delusion's version of nibbana. Upasika Kee Nanayon For me its reading Suttas and that quote there from the Upasika is useful. The practice itself can be difficult to grasp if we don't understand the 4 Noble Truths, 3 marks of existence, 3 poisons and 3 Tanhas, Dependent Origination, the 5 Hindrances, how these are all playing at al times. Thank you Bhante.

I prefer Rupert Spira’s how to regarding difficult emotions. Either focus on the “I“ as in “I am experiencing anger” (vedantic approach), or bring the anger as close as possible to the sense of self, until it becomes indistinguishable (tantric approach).

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Glad I found this. This monk has a nice way of speaking that feels like a good friend speaking to you. Metta 🙏

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I believe that it's easy to attach bowing to bowing to something or someone. When I do sitting or walking meditation, I don't sit or walk to someone or something. I see bowing much like walking meditation in this sense. I also chant vows, aspirations, teachings. Not to someone but to chant. Bowing and chanting prior to sitting meditation brings greater focus, particularly early in the morning. Each of these practices bring the humility that you mention and also openness, focus, and resolve to each day's activities. Those have become more like sitting, bowing, walking, chanting. My understanding is this is where the Dharma as I understand it has been leading me.

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Good.