Ajahn Brahmali: “There Is No Bad Meditation!” Dhamma Talk, Meditation, Q&A, London 12.06.24

Описание: After a 15-minute guided meditation, Ajahn Brahmali gives a broad and deep talk on meditation, whether there are bad meditations, how to make every experience productive for one’s practice, and inclining the mind away from the world. He ends with a 20-minute Q&A session.

[0:00] Guided meditation
[16:03] Travel observations and seeing the three characteristics
[22:24] What the Buddha said on bad meditations
[35:01] What bad meditation looks like
[42:20] Approaches for making all meditations useful
[54:47] How we relate to the world and the problem of linear time
[1:18:06] Q1: Reflecting on meditations
[1:22:26] Q2: Balance between accepting you can’t change problems and turning a blind eye
[1:28:27] Q3: Ignorance in dependent origination
[1:32:44] Q4: Tips for ego dispelling
[1:35:23] Closing remarks on Anukampa

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How often do you get up from your meditation thinking, “What a waste of time that was!”? What if that wasn’t the case? Perhaps there is another way of approaching our practice that makes every meditation experience worthwhile.

In this enlightening talk, Ajahn Brahmali will delve deep into the essence of meditation and unravel some of the misconceptions around it. He show us a fresh approach to meditation guided by wisdom and compassion. Together we will explore how we can integrate our so-called “bad” meditations into the Noble Eightfold Path, so that every experience becomes part of our journey to peace.

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