Thanissaro Bhikkhu - Your Mind Is Lying To You
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- Опубліковано 23 січ 2013
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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, also known as Ajaan Geoff (born 1949), is an American Theravada Buddhist monk of the Dhammayut Order (Dhammayutika Nikaya), of the Thai forest kammatthana tradition. He is currently the abbot of Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County. Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is also a translator of the Pāli Canon and other modern Buddhist works, and is the author of many Dhamma books and articles.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu was born Geoffrey DeGraff in 1949 and was introduced to the Buddha's teaching on the Four Noble Truths as a high schooler, during a plane ride from the Philippines. After graduating in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History from Oberlin College, he travelled to Thailand, where he practiced meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, who'd studied under Ajaan Lee. He was ordained in 1976 at Ajaan Lee's Wat Asokaram, where Ajaan Lee's nephew, Phra Rajvarakhun (Samrong Gunavuddho), served as Preceptor for his ordination. Later, he took residence at Wat Dhammasathit in Thailand, where he continued studying under Ajaan Fuang.[2]
Before Ajaan Fuang's death in 1986, he expressed his wish for Ajaan Geoff to become abbot of Wat Dhammasathit. Some time after his teacher's death, Ajaan Geoff was offered the position of abbot, but with "strings... attached" and no authority since he was a Westerner in a monastery founded by and for Thai monks. Instead of taking that position, he travelled to San Diego County in 1991, upon request of Ajaan Suwat Suvaco, where he helped start Metta Forest Monastery.[1] He became abbot of the monastery in 1993.[2] In 1995, Ajaan Geoff became the first American born, non-Thai bhikkhu to be given the title, authority, and responsibility of Preceptor (Upajjhaya) in the Dhammayut Order. He also serves as Treasurer of that order in the United States.
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So glad I found this channel. First off, his voice is super soothing and the material is very good.
This guy should be more widely known (I know 'should' is a fraught word.) 'It's hard to find a teaching like this,' is something that is said in the suttas and now....It's true. I feel fortunate to have found the Thai forest tradition, and lucky to have it to implement, hopefully to a greater and greater extent, until the day I die.
00Tathagata Do you know accesstoinsight.org? It has lots of translations of buddhist texts and he's one of the main protagonists of that project. He's widely known because of this, to those who study the pali cannon..
Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a "true rarity" in this modern world of Dharma celebrity... found in most Buddhist magazines. He has no need for celebrity, he is a true teacher that wants others be free of their suffering. He is tough and very honest but a true gem of a Dharma teacher.
He has many books published on amazon.com. You can get titles there or once you have titles you may find they are offered freely elsewhere online.
00Tathagata try ajhn jayasaro too 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
For the sake of his practice, leave him where he is. His insight and teaching might proliferate but he needs to be left alone to attain what ever he can. He can only point the way for each of us to take the responsibility to follow ourselves.
Fascinating voice, interesting teaching!
The Buddha didn't deal with abstractions he delt with actions. Excellant statment. So much for conventional and ultimate reality.....
Yes indeed, these teachings are a treasure; so much so, that you would be lucky to have encountered them over a 1,000,000 life times.
This is excellent. My favorite meditation style is Mahasi.
To know is to live. We are like particles of Light. We are within continual Spirit, yet each of us an individual. How awesome is that? Peace.
wow ! he is very lucky monk to have Ajaan Lee and Ajaan Fuang to be his Teacher monks. in Thailand both monks was The top of 28 master monks .sadhu sadhu sadhu.
I bet they drank a lot of Singha beer~
Venerable Thanissaro Bhikkhu and venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero changed my Life. I them my life. These are the talks that clears my mind. Go,Do Jhana
nice to see another Sri Lankan here.
A turning point in my life was when it dawned on me that my mind seemed to believe that it could kill me and somehow survive the experience.
A rare monk and teacher. Sadhu!
Teachings that still make sense after careful investigation like these are treasures. True Dhamma is rare but a light in the world of darkness.
Very smooth and convincing.
A very clear, understandable, honest presentation of the dharma.
I just read your writings on “Freedom from the Buddha Nature.” One of the best readings I’ve ever had ... clear and so easy to understand. Sadhu!
many thanks. Just listened to his series of talks on Karma on Dharmaseed - excellent.
excellent!
Thank.you😎
Sadhu anumodana
My mind is not trying to kill me.
The audio in this segment isn't working at this time. All I can hear is a very muffled voice, as if listening to someone talking with their faced pushed into a pillow. Other segments by "1983dukkha" play fine. Does anybody else have this issue with the audio?
I realise in all belief systems they all talk positively about negative stuff which means its still on there mind, dont be fooled times change and everyone's different
Shadu Shadu Shadu
In "With Each And Every Breath", Thanissaro advises, in "Visions and Other Uncanny Phenomena, "If (during meditation) you sense that you're outside your body, you may feel tempted to travel around a bit on the ASTRAL PLANE, but you should resist the temptation. There are dangers there, and meanwhile you're leaving your body unprotected." I've never even HEARD a conservative teacher mention "the astral plane". So, is THAT the realm we first enter when we die? WHEN we enter it unexpectedly and unprepared, at death, WHAT IS THE ADVICE for being within the astral realm, with no chance of going back to the body ???
sonny wagner Does Tibetan Book of the Dead not offer the advice? I've not read the book but watched a UA-cam video on the book. I do understand everyone is not comfortable with mahayana Buddhism.
The TBOTD sounds frightening. MY point was that, if TB, being a conservative teacher, even MENTIONS the Astral Plane, maybe he could expand a bit on it to help us, in case we appear there suddenly.
Satu
Funny listening to this sound..
Who is he referring to @ around 13:50? “That’s why X is always saying…” I can’t quite make it out
Upasika Kee Nanayon
@@chrispietronigro1450thank you!
@@michaelmackenzie2569 Sure! Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a big fan of hers and has translated a number of her talks. Highly recommended. The first time I read them, they scared the hell out of me! I told Thanissaro that and he laughed 😄
Cv
Sounds like Fingerbob
Life isn't like this but all the best if we were all monks there'd be no life in the world
Is mind illusion ? or deception ! , the entire universe works only when mind is there. and yet its full of pleasure and pain, bitter medicine works well. consciousness and quantum physics its clear about what the world all about. comments are welcome.
Pleasure, pain, bitter, sweet are just experience and senses of the physical body. The body itself is just another form of a non permanent entity.
Why do you say things that you know from experience are not true. "the entire universe only works when the mind is there".... ok, try an experiment then. 1st light your house on fire and then fall asleep, or even think about something other than your house burning down, what do you suppose will be the out come?
all things are impermanent. the search for something absolute is the ultimate illusion. there's no where to go and no thing to find. this mind, this life, at this moment, is our entire reason for existing, like the ants.
Like the ants -> social construct
this mind -> the Buddha never talked about there being a "mind", only the 5 aggregates and 5 clinging aggregates
no where to go and nothing to find -> if this were true then suffering wouldn't exist, as we wouldn't be finding suffering
Its a thicket of view you are in! A wilderness of views! lol to quote the Buddha
TheVopepigota The Buddha always spoke of mind. Have you read the Dhammapada? "The mind precedes all things" Suffering is a result of resisting the natural processes taking place. That's why I say no where to go and no thing to find, because seeking is a disease that causes suffering. Stop seeking and you're here, right now. The place the dhamma exists whether your judgment considers this moment as enlightenment or not. The Buddha spoke of infinite mind moments. The mind is not a solid or eternal thing, it is a word we use to describe a natural process. There's nothing to argue about here. Who cares about words and ideas. The desire for ideas is one of the hardest attachments to break. All the Buddha's teachings are an attempt to break our addiction to both sense pleasure and ideas. Yet we come and argue on youtube comment threads. And you obviously do this habitually because you have your tag line that you reuse "why do you say things that you yourself know to be untrue?" Are you atatched to argueing ideas? Maybe something to reflect on. There is no solid truth, only relative truths, each serving the purpose of driving this or that organism in the whole process we call nature.
strange voice
He does not know for a fact that the Buddha existed, that nirvana exists, and that this monk life that he lives leads to liberation beyond death. What if another path is the correct path? What if no matter what we do is does not matter when we die? What if he led a regular non monk life he would be happier and more satisfied? Perhaps his mind is lying to him.....
I feel bad for this man he could of been led astray because his mind lied to him since he decided to believe in dogma.
john from When the self is seen as an illusion,its known that there never was a path leading to nirvana .
John you are absolutely correct!
dhamma for MRAs or some shit
That rape story is a way too oft occurence.
When I'm suffering I turn to Jesus and he gives me peace, hope, mercy and grace to understand. You can have these things by putting God first. If you follow Christ he can help you through times of suffering... Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you." To become a monk you have to say goodbye to family, job. That is a heavy price to pay. Jesus said, "My yoke is easy my burden is light." Compare the costs between Christianity and Buddhism. Buddhism demands a heavy price. It means you have to let go of your family, let go of all attachments to people, the things that you love because love and a craving for things is a cause of suffering. You have to let go of them. So, if you want to achieve Nirvana you have to let go of your husband/wife, kids, job, grandchildren; everything that you love you have to let go of. Christ only asks that you put Him first and he will take care of the rest. He doesn't ask you to leave your family and everything you love. After you seek Him first he adds everything you need along with blessings upon blessings. He allows suffering so people will come to Him.
Turning to Jesus will not destroy the root of suffering, this is the biggest difference between Christianity and Buddhism. The aim of Christianity is just to give temporary peace or rest, when aim of Buddha teaching it to give eternal peace and happiness.
thats what I yearn for and I know I don`t have it because of distraction of my mind and being undisciplined at this point to practice :(
"Christ only asks that you put Him first and he will take care of the rest." - This is something Buddhism says will lead to suffering; the idea that no effort is needed on our part to achieve true happiness. Buddhism teaches that true happiness is found in buddha nature, and that is right here, right now. Not when you die or have a divine revelation, but demonstrably here and present for every being to see. May you find true happiness Betsy.
"The aim of Christianity is just to give temporary peace or rest, when aim of Buddha teaching it to give eternal peace and happiness." - Well said my friend. Buddhism shows us the way to the deathless and encourages us to see for ourselves how our thoughts and actions are associated with impermanence and are subject to Dukkha. Dharma is truly a timeless teaching that goes right to the roots of our problems and solves them with skill.
Betsy Sargent
None of what youv,e said about Buddhism is true.
This talk is a waste. Delusional.
Consider emptiness.
Seriously? 😂....keep being empty😂😂
@@adamsconnected5613 kindly, consider that there is no "you". In the ultimate scheme of things, any reference to the self is illusionary. I'm sharp in my words cause there's too much catering to the self.
@@closetcleaner you can't get rid of self by thinking it away. Also, be careful with your speech, especially when speaking about monks who may very well have tasted the Deathless.