Guided Meditation | Bhante Bodhidhaja | 2 January 2021

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Bhante Bodhidhaja is so clear and concise. More online teachings from him please!

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Thank you for an awesome talk & meditation today, Bh. Bodhidhaja!! It was truly beautiful!

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Love him 😊😊

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Namo Buddhaya !!!!!!

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sadhu sadhu sadhu! so clear and wise talk. what a joy to hear it.

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thank you. may all be happy

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I love guided meditations and I have tried a lot but the one from Bhanta Bodhidhaja are by far my favorites, please continue posting some new ones.

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Have a look on this channel here for more guided meditations.

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Good morning from Minneapolis

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Thank you so much🙏the challenges in the background (birds?) are coming exactly as Meditation starts.. a sign and training for me Gerda from Germany

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For me I can only speak about "hippy" experiences but I believe it is possible to feel true love. Most other types of love I believe are tainted and yes there's still value in it and them but I think it helps a lot to know what true love is, and it's pretty hard to explain, yes it could mean givjng your life for someone or thing, I mean we all die anyway, but I think and have personally felt that it is more than that, it's a magical force that brings peace and ofc love and heals all at the same time, it rights what's wrong, and fills any holes that appear to be missing, instantly. If you could see it it would be every different colour of light energy almost like electric fireworks flowing through the body, imagine being "enlightened". It doesn't have a sound per se but a very relaxing and at home feeling, perhaps the most naturally relaxed feeling possible as a being. When you feel like this, you'll want to understand everyone else, and care for old people/those suffering because you'll feel complete yourself. It's within us all, yet banned and told us not to exist by society which seems dead against it. It fits in with the Buddhist idea of enlightenment, but also the Christian idea of God. John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Im conflicted because the practices to bring this about are apparently demonic, and there's good reason to think so. Yet our lives seem so empty without it. If anyone could offer real insight into that I would be eternally grateful!

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What practices, to bring love about ,are you saying are "demonic"?

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Dreaming on Ayahuasca

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@@thejjjwils I've taken drugs and had all kinds of experiences but I see them now as distractions. I suppose if you get something positive from a drug experience and I say positive in inverted brackets it is only giving a taste....the experience does not seem to last. This is only a comment section so I'm limited here but from my experience if you had a positive experience well and good but don't chase it with more drugs as it will end badly. Hipsters go on about illicit drug medicine but that's their bag I just know it doesn't work for me and drugs in general have casualties. All bonifida aspirants will not advocate taking drugs to gain spiritual experiences. In my experience. Peace and love..

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Thanks for the reply. I take it you havnt had an Ayahuasca experience then?

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@@thejjjwils I replied doesn't depend on having X or y experience it stands alone...

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Using hypnosis teckniques to relax into a meditation !!!..Is that OK with your superiors I WONDER !!

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Hi Bhante seeing this 6 months late 😅

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According to the teachings of Omniscient Buddha there is nothing called Meditation and it should be "BHAVANA" and that explains underneath. Always keep the tasks related to this particular Bhāvana alive within your own system.

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Bhāvana - It is an undertaking to promote Dāna and Seela collectively, to develop a skill to maintain calmness within the system for harmonious living throughout the life. Bhāvana is the most admirable and commendable practical activity that someone could enter into to control his/her system with great confidence according to the teachings of the Buddha. The sustainability of freedom through that calmness in the system is said to be “Kusalaya” and it is based on progressively eradication of the Kāma Asūchi from the system. Remember that this undertaking is an ongoing practically observable activity through self-assessment & self-actualization and it must be done individually rather as a group to achieve its maximum benefits. The skill development methodology pertaining to Bhāvana described by the Buddha in Ānāpāna-Pabba under Kāyānu-Passanā of Mahā Sathi Pattāna Suthrya and it is: “Sabbakāya Paṭisanvedī Assa Sissāmī’ti Sikkhati Sabbakāya Paṭisanvedī Passa Sissāmī’ti Sikkhati” That means, Bhāvana is the observation of the inner behavioural pattern of a humanistic system by paying total attention to its all six senses vigilantly as well as sensitively. This Bhāvana is absolutely a practically viable skill development exercise to be carried out persistently, to acquire feedback to judge & promote the calmness of a system. It is an examination of the behaviour of a system whilst the Upadana Rupa or omens of worldly objects are approaching and leaving from all directions towards six senses. Moreover, the examination of the behavioural pattern of one’s own system, whilst engaging with daily activities, through this methodology of Bhāvana, has three phases to consider. Associating with Upadana Rupa, [which are being emerged (Uppāda) by entangling with worldly objects] and reacting with them through touching [Passa] with six senses, can be considered as the first phase of that examination; The second examination a sensitive observation, and that must be carried out to observe the variation of speeds of the system due to the activation of its six senses. This is a collective examination to be done in par with the first one to figure out the causes pertaining to actions whilst dealing with Upadana Rupa by six senses for a considerable period of time [Tithi] after being with Kāma Dhamma to produce temporary feelings; and Third examination is to observe how those Upadana Rupa are leaving [Assa] from the six senses after disturbing the humanistic system by propagating such Kāma Dhamma. This observation becomes ineffective if the following are not observed through Bhāvana. Am I carrying likings & dislikings [Kãma Dharma] to produce Papa Kriya? or Am I doing away with Kāma Dhamma to promote Punya Kriya within the system? If one is striving hard to engage with Punya Kriya throughout his/her life, then that person is said to be an enhancer of Paramitha [discussed in another article], the Buddha admired. The Buddha specifically mentioned what to observe through this invaluable undertaking of Bhāvana by describing an effective methodology to be adopted in Sammā Wāyāma under Dukkha Nirodhagāminī Paṭipadā Ariyasachchan of Chathusu Ariya Sachchesu described in Maha Sathi Pattana Suthra: Uppan-nānan Kusalānan Dhammanan Thitiyā, Asammosāya, Bhiyya Bhāvāya, Vepullāya Bhāvanāya Pāripūriyā Chandan Janeti Vāyamathi, Vīriyan, Ãrabhathi, Cithtan, Paggaṇhāthi, Padahathi. Once a Kusalaya [explained above] arises through Kusalā Dhamma, that should be sustain by providing full protection; that should not mismanage by aligning towards the outside worldly objects for happiness; that must be stabilised and maintained with no delay; and always be positive towards such Bhāvana to be a winner of life as explained above. Utilize all available efforts, strive hard, deploy the undertaking of Bhāvana immediately in all activities and employ all thoughts to maintain a simple, free & peaceful life. Always keep the tasks related to this particular Bhāvana alive within your own system.

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