Ajahn have you renounced vaccine conspiracy theories and spreading misinformation? I ask because I'm trying to decide if I should take you seriously, maybe become somewhat of a follower and attendant to your message.

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Hi Venerable, thanks for your work. I know that you’re not intentionally trying to spread misinformation, but I would suggest that you do some more investigation into the Goenkagyi tradition maybe even taking a course then you would really start to understand it. There is a really good interview with Barry lapping on the Myanmar insight podcast.

Hi Venerable, thanks for your work. Mahasi Sayadaw got his name from the huge drum that was situated at his village monastery where he took robes as far as I know he was born in Shwebo, another thing is the Goenka method and the U Ba Khin method are exactly the only difference is that Goenka teaches it as a Universal Practice In the same sense as the Buddha would have taught it, to prove this there is not one mention of the word Buddhist in the Tipitika but there are plenty of words for a Dhammist in various forms, U Ba Khin taught the Vipasanna in the context of a Buddhist environment. Oh, it’s an interesting theory that you said that Vipasanna was invention of the British occupation. Vipasanna and the Abhidhamma was widely spread because of the British occupation and they’re printing presses. Actually, there is a tradition in Burma that when the senior monk feels that his most senior students are up to the task the head monk will wander off into the forest to make an attempt to complete his path to Nibanna. Vipasanna is a technique that needs to be asked for from a proficient teacher. That is why it is not in the text as that would value the efficacy of the Vipasanna , and you absolutely have to have a teacher. It’s not something you can just make up from scriptures especially if some mental difficulties come up you need someone who’s experience that can share metta with you and help you come difficulties that might cause mental health type of problems. It is very very dangerous to start practising serious Vipassana Meditation without a competent teacher.

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Ajahn have you renounced vaccine conspiracy theories? I ask because I'm trying to decide if I should take you seriously, maybe become somewhat of a follower and attendant to your message.

Thank you, Bhante. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu. Always enjoy your talks on Devas, cosmology and Indian philosophy. Your internet was nice and steady this time. I hope the fly that landed on the camera at about 33:55 was able to make some merit from listening to the sutta discussion.

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If you bring to buddha,s together does the world implode

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28:15 "In the Paleolithic age people were more robust... It seems like the adoption of agriculture was not so much of an advance as a kind of desperate dealing with a bad situation." The revelation of Matt Christman: "civilization exists to avoid farming"

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Missed this one, and your friend too!

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I haven't read it, but there's a book out called "The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date". This supports the view at 27:00 that our knowledge isn't strictly cumulative, but is a leaky.

Ajahn, it is probably not the case, but vpn can affect internet signal (VPN will slow down your connection because it needs some of that bandwidth for encryption purposes). But I did hear from my Canadian friend who works in the wilderness planting trees that internet quality there is bit glitchy. They probably need to plant more internet signal boosters as well. :) Thank you Ajahn!

Love what you said about physics and Buddhism. There are way too many books that traffic on that collision of domains.

Mahavira and Makkhali Gosala were contemporaries of Gautama Buddha as both were active during fifth century BC and were present in the greater Magadh area. They were central figures of Jainism and Ajivikas. I was expecting some reference of them.

You are very scholarly, Bhante. Blessings!

Thank you, Bhante. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.

Thanks for all of your work Bhante, you are exceptional.

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There's an awful lot of connection issues which is a real shame.. is pre-recording not an option? and then answering comments questions the following week?

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Bhikkhu Pannodhamma, have you ever been at Bhavana Society in West Virginia? The one Bhanté Henepola Gunaratana started? You look familiar from probably 15 or 20 years ago

Do good today everybody!

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Great video.Excellent research and presentation .Thank you Ajahn. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Much better with the cable .🙏🙏🙏

This is the take a step back and listen to the right advice on Jhanas I needed. There is so much hyperventilating rhetoric on this topic. Thank you.🙏

Thank you, Bhante. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.

I had heard of Buddhism for a long time, when I was young I might have even considered my self Buddhist but didn't know where to learn anything about it and it faded from my mind for awhile. What brought it back to my attention ended up being a video game series, Shin Megami Tensei, which has different beings from varies mythos in it so interest in the cosmology ended up getting me fully into the practice. 😊

Thank you for this... I noticed that Jhana starts easiest when the focus is on the very small point of physical sensation of the breath at the nostrils without any attention given to the perception of the in/out breath. The smaller the focus on that small point, the better. I like how you talked about the mind needing to catch up to the body's slowing down - the breath becoming nearly imperceptible. Eventually, yes, the mind slows down too and they get in sync again. :)

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This helped me have a clear picture of what to be doing. Thank you.

Thank you for your efforts, Sir! All the best from New Zealand.🙏

Thank you, Bhante. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.

A professor and a living library. I intend to listen to your talks just like a little child would listen to a grandpa telling stories for good sleep :) I mean the mythological spectrum of the talks yet making so much sense is very interesting. Thank you Ajahn Punnadhammo.🙏🙏🙏🍀

I really miss seeing you with Brian and Pannobhasa

Greetings from Russia. Thank you for the Dhamma ❤

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