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@bethupton1286 Why is it that you translate nāma-rūpa as materiality-mentality throughout your videos but not the other way round i.e mentality-materiality?

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I would love to learn meditation with you and join some of your retreats but I seems impossible, you are too busy

This is interesting. I love how technical these videos are. My teacher used to say that people need a lot of guidence at the beginning of the path. He also said, that sometimes people also need more guidence at the end of the path, at the sankharaupekha level.

Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu. I am dust.

Sustained and applied effort

I came to this experience in a round about way. I started with 6 R"s and reading the middle length discouraged but over time technique changed to diaphragmatic breathing, smiling and body scan. I began experience the fourth jhana and guiding energy over that time. That was before before the pandemic. Since then I've figured out the working of breath mindfulness and come to realize that what I doing was not the same as what was being described. Seeking answers recently the monadology of Leibniz gained my interest but the relationship was apparent until I my reading, about an hour ago, of The Buddhist antecedents of BS Meditation which discussed kalapas so I"m now a subscriber.

Thank Beth. ' Look closely at the way things really are, and see, that the past no longer exists and the future has not yet come, and be at ease in the present moment free from desire' :)

Thank you Beth. Could you please post a link to the video you mentioned called "The Toes"? What is the best way to get started watching your video's on meditation. I currently do not have access to full absorption and am not sure if regular practice is momentary samadhi or not. I do reflect on the three characteristics all being based on the fact that every moment of experience is changing by conditions, and it can not be otherwise, which is dukkha because it is unstable and beyond our control to determine or anticipate and hence is also anatta, in that we can not have of momentary experience: may it be thus, and it is thus, or may it not be thus and it is not thus. Everything by conditions, unchosen, unselected, no self, no owner, no person, living being, or life span, just moments of the citta experiencing the object, one by one. Some of that was the language of an abhidhamma teacher named Sujin. It seems to be an accurate description of momentary experience even though we can develop skill and have some influence and can make choices we do not have any dominance over nature, or the power to determine what is or will be. Does this align with your understanding of the three characteristics and why dukkha, anatta, and anicca are all different aspects of the same truth of impermanence by conditions, unchosen, unselected? Thank you very much for posting these videos. Peace be with you and your community 🙏🙏🙏

I looked up anything I could find about the “-to”s. I’m probably spelling it wrong. I couldn’t find it in previous videos either. Does anyone know how it’s spelled or how to learn more about it?

Volkman Rapid

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A very comprehensive explanation. Thank you

Finally i approach an understanding of dependant origination. Thank you.

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4:00 and turn on the subtitles 🤣

Is delight the same as liking?

Wonderful ❤

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Muchas gracias Beth...🙏🙏🙏

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What is the compassionate jhana?

Thank you Beth. Metta 🙏

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I have severe mental illness, and I’m having a lot of trouble meditating. I might go so far as saying I can’t meditate. I need help. I don’t have anyone I can ask. I tried contacting Beth, but she’s too busy. I’m afraid all of this might be out of reach.

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If the sensations at the inside of the nostril or of the skin on the outside of the nose near the nostril are too subtle, is a sound object (a pure sine tone audio) equally good for someone who hopes eventually to develop access concentration and progress to jhanas?

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Does Yellow Kasina really empower us to turn objects into Gold?

11 Kasinas Madam!!! Consciousness Kasina

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Air Kasina is the easiest of all as per me.. Sit comfortably before a fan.. observe its sensation on one particular pary of your body.. With eyes closed, chant any words for the wind while observing the sensation.

That was really helpful! I’m looking at many names for these philosophies, but the translations have confused me. Thank you for posting.

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When doing this, I often end up imagining Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man, then another Spider-Man appears to point at the second Spider-Man, like that one meme image... I'm always surprised with how many Spider-Mans keep popping up for each layer until my brain gets tired, I laugh and I finally give up trying to be Spider-Man. For a while, anyway. Not a joke, but it makes me laugh!