Purpose of Anapanasati
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Further investigation into the intentional nature of breathing and why it is particularly useful for undermining your sense of control.
How to recognize the tantric nature of "energies", "techniques" and "special experiences" and how to abandon it.
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Very good morning Venerable’s. Absolutely love waking up to new teachings
Thanks so much Venerables. So happy for another video.
The Pop Buddhism diss in this one was just masterful, might just be your best mocking ever. It strikes right at the core of it so vividly, exposing it in all its wrongness. After this, whoever still fails to see it... It's not wording that will be lacking.
What great compassion this bhikkhu has, he's been repeating the exact same critiques for 10 years now, on and on, same stuff in almost every single video... So that whichever video you happen to land on first (YT recommends), you are highly likely to hear about it. That's not exactly pleasant but it is necessary.
Is there a transcript of the video available somewhere? I looked on Your webpage and couldn't find it, I'd love to be able read it sometimes when I cannot listen to the audio
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Great talk, thank you !
Quality as always.
Thanks Bhantes
Thank you so much Venerable's for these talks, I think the latest ones are especially great.
Regarding not having your eyes closed-- how come Ajahn Chah, and other Venerable monks, sit in meditation with eyes closed? I have a hard time imagining that they were simply hypnotizing themselves.
However speaking for myself I've certainly noticed that which you speak of-- I tend to become dull and drowsy, and half-dreaming, when I sit with my eyes closed.. But I wouldn't dismiss it altogether, as a rule.
Thanks very much for another great talk, Bhantes. I still have a dilemma about the relationship between bodily action and intention. My understanding of the talk is that the relationship is purely coincidental and is more of a correlation than causal. Now I struggle to understand, for example, how can one withhold from unwholesome bodily actions. Are wholesome vs unwholesome actions that are coincidental and predetermined too. I know I asked you that question before, but I still cannot resolve that conflict. Thank you!
It's both coincidental and causal, or you can call it "coincidentally causal". The causality of the relationship is undermined by its coincidence. However, that coincidence can only be correctly revealed on the basis of the right causality (e.g., avoiding unwholesome actions and cultivating wholesome ones). That's why a full understanding of the fundamentally coincidental nature of one's aggregates (i.e., arahantship) frees you from both good and bad. Or as it is often said "Dhamma is beyond good and evil".
Thank you 🙏
The sports arena example is exactly the same in the states . Mass hysteria
I dont understand. Why there is no connection between intention and body? When there is intention to breath in, I breath in. Please guide me. I want to understand.
Try to examine this: How exactly do you move your arm ? Do you precisely, meticulously and intentionally setup every voltage gradient on every Ion channel on every neuronal cell, so that the electrical impulse is being propagated in such a way as to contract each individual muscle fiber so that your arm moves. Or does moving of the arm "just happen" ? And if 'you' moved your arm, would you have done so if not prompted by this comment or talk ? If your moving of the arm is determined by what you read/heard, then what part of that process is caused by 'you' exactly ? You decided to move your arm, yes, but only because that option appeared in your mind, prompted by something else. Could you have decided to move your arm if that idea or some circumstance never came up ?
And for "intention and body" part, what exactly is intention (phenomenologically speaking) ? And how exactly does it connect to the phenomena of, say, breathing ? Your head is connected to you torso via the neck, what about intention to the act of breathing ? (what is the neck-equivalent there ?)
Hope that helps.
@@stefanvidenovic5095Thank you for detailed answer.
I don't know where is the connection but I can see the relation because I can manipulate my breath to some extend, ie. I can hold my breath for a while. So there must be some connection with my intention there?
@@Vinevelus Ok, push further, how exactly can you hold your breath ?
Also, if you have the time, try reading some David Hume, he was the one philosopher who noticed this apparent lack of causality in things... He might help you to start seeing it.
If these domains are separate though, why is it said that “I am totally confined within the body” or that intention is only possible because of the body - both indicate causality.
There is no intention behind breathing. It is just life unfolding. You seem to be deeply overthinking it.
Schopenhauer speaks truth in a straightforward way unlike the buddha who, like you, obfuscate reality.
Still obssessed with these monks, huh 😂
If you've been unable to understand that suffering exists because of desire but there is a way to free yourself from this, then I fear you are just making things much more complicated than they need to be. I'm not sure how much more straightforward the buddha could be.
@@titomaximus1377 I would argue that I am not "obssessed"(sic), as you say but am willing to speak the truth when I believe a false narrative is being perpetuated. thoughts?
@@garrettpeters2547 I never said I had or have a problem understanding that this existence IS suffering. The philosopher I mention states this clearly. The buddha's teachings on the other hand have too much fantasy in them to be taken seriously.
How's your meditation practice coming along? How's your relationship with your body and your heart? Would I be wrong to assume you spend a lot of time in your head, and little in your heart? The teachings are designed to help us understand our experiences, and if you've not yet had the experience, the teaching remains a theoretical exercise and then yes you can feel it's overly complicated..