BUBS Retreat- Session 7 - Q&A

(Questions are précised)
00:29 Q1 What should I do to stop wandering thoughts.?
06:25 Q2 If we can enter the stream by listening to dhamma, why then meditate? Can we enter sotapanna only by listening to the dhamma?
16:57 Q3 Some say Jesus is the future Maitreya. What’s your opinion?
17:37 Q4 How does insight arise?
24:52 Q5 Kindly advise on the way to notice the breath.
26:47 Q6 Can you elaborate why Yasas’ story gives you hope?
33:12 Q7 How should we make effective aspirations to reach nibbana?
38:47 Q8 When a person realizes nibbana does it mean they are an arahant
39:41Q9 Why are we not encouraged to send metta to our spouse/ close partner?
41:51 Q10 [Although I see many mental things arising and ceasing,] in life I still experience physical pain. Why is this?
45:43 Q11 Is the feeling of metta the same for everybody?
51:44 Q12 Where is the Buddha? Where are all the buddhas?
53:01 Q13 If there is no self, why does one have to liberate one’s self?

[@Sepidehriahi]

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[@fodizi]

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu Anumodana, thank you Ajahn Achalo for answering these patiently. 🪷🪷🪷 I revisit some of your Q&A at different points in time with varying lengths of intervals between them, and I realise that the answers speak differently to me as time passes (maybe because of life experience, or the results of meditation along the way). I wish to convey my deepest gratitude to you, the volunteers, and the questioners.

[@adhicitta]

Sādhu, sādhu, sādhu. Anumodami. 🙏