Ask a Monk (Part 1)

Ask a Monk (Part 1)

This is the first part of a collection of answers given by Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu regarding various questions related to a Buddhist and/or...

Episode 1

Enlightenment, Monks, Past Lives 
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Episode 2

Vipassana Meditation Courses 
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Episode 3

Women & Monkhood 
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Episode 4

Negative Mind States 
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Episode 5

Meditation and Mental Illness 
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Episode 6

Meditation Progress 
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Episode 7

What Should We See? 
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Episode 8

Quietude and Funny Feelings 
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Episode 9

Criticism and Insults 
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Episode 10

Buddhist Funerals and Relating Conversion 
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Episode 11

Conversion and Acceptance 
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Episode 12

Choosing a Tradition 
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Episode 13

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 
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Episode 14

Becoming Buddhist and Being a Monk 
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Episode 15

Controlling Thoughts and the Breath 
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Episode 16

Conflict with Society 
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Episode 17

Food 
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Episode 18

Celibacy 
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Episode 19

Monks and Healthcare 
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Episode 20

Relationships 
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Episode 21

Community, Loneliness and Productivity 
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Episode 22

Faith and Understanding 
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Episode 23

Thoughts on Outer Space 
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Episode 24

Meaning of "Mindfulness" and "Clear Thought" 
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Episode 25

On The Monk's Life 
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Episode 26

Monastery Etiquette 
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Episode 27

Other Useful Meditation Practices 
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Episode 28

Drug and Alcohol Addiction 
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Episode 29

"That Place Inside" and Issues from Childhood 
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Episode 30

Meditation and Problem Solving 
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Episode 31

Uposatha Observance 
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Episode 32

Celibacy Revisited 
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Episode 33

Is Ignorance Bliss? 
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Episode 34

Meditating on Drugs 
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Episode 35

Ask A Monk 
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Episode 36

Correct Observation of Thoughts 
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Episode 37

Value of Jhana 
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Episode 38

God and Prayer 
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Episode 39

How To Ordain As A Monk 
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Episode 40

Catching Distractions 
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Episode 41

Children 
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Episode 42

Purpose 
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Episode 43

Problems for Monks and Lay People 
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Episode 44

Meditation Aids 
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Episode 45

Heaven 
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Episode 46

Sublime Abidings 
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Episode 47

Book Learning 
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Episode 48

Pain 
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Episode 49

Scarcity and Abundance 
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Episode 50

Karma and Reincarnation 
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Episode 51

Sensuality or Meditation 
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Episode 52

If We Are All One, What Reincarnates? 
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Episode 53

Standing Meditation 
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Episode 54

Frustration and the Restless Mind 
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Episode 55

Proactive (Engaged) Buddhism 
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Episode 56

Stages of Insight and the Sotapanna 
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Episode 57

Daydreams - Immaterial Enjoyment 
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Episode 58

Buddhist Business Model 
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Episode 59

Persistent Bothersome Phenomena 
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Episode 60

Lotus Position and Stability 
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Episode 61

Learning Buddhism From Books and the Internet 
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Episode 62

Environmental Distractions 
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Episode 63

Conceptual Truth vs. Ultimate Truth 
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Episode 64

Self-Consciousness and Courage 
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Episode 65

Emptiness 
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Episode 66

Scheduling Meditation 
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Episode 67

Healing and Other Types of Meditation (and some news) 
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Episode 68

How I Became a Buddhist Monk 
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Episode 69

Taming One's Sexual Desires 
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Episode 70

Destiny, Fate and Time 
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Episode 71

Struggling to Find the Breath 
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Episode 72

Switching Between Objects of Meditation 
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Episode 73

Addiction to Entertainment 
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Episode 74

Sleeping and Bedding for Meditators 
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Episode 75

Selfishness and Goodness 
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Episode 76

Samatha and Vipassana 
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Episode 77

Locating People in Their Next Life 
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Episode 78

Compassion vs. Pity 
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Episode 79

Understanding the Mind 
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Episode 80

Bodhi Tree, Monk Food, Anger and Smoking 
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Episode 81

Dedication, Faith and Vows 
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Episode 82

Anapanasati (Breath Meditation) 
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Episode 83

What the Buddha Didn't Teach 
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Episode 84

Choosing Paths 
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Episode 85

Divorce 
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Episode 86

Choosing A Path 
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Episode 87

Envy and Competition 
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Episode 88

Pornography and Masturbation (and Addiction in General) 
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Episode 89

Monk Names 
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Episode 90

Recommended Reading 
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Episode 91

Falling Asleep While Meditating 
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Episode 92

Nirvana and Karma 
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Episode 93

Technology Vs. Tribal Society 
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Episode 94

Importance of Past Lives 
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Episode 95

Helping Yourself vs. Helping the World 
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Episode 96

Revenge 
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Episode 97

Mindful Yoga 
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Episode 98

Meditation Schedule 
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Episode 99

Giving Up Pleasure 
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Episode 100

Fear of Reality 
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Episode 101

Apologizing 
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Episode 102

Longings for Life Before Meditation 
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Episode 103

Buddhist Holidays 
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Episode 104

Learning From Mistakes 
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Episode 105

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Stupidity 
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Episode 106

Strong Attachments 
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Episode 107

The Tipitaka 
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Episode 108

Problems Sitting Still 
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Episode 109

Is Enlightenment Within Us All? 
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Episode 110

Is There a Purpose In Life? 
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Episode 111

Mind in the Stomach and Technique of Breathing 
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Episode 112

Nirvana from Samsara, Selfishness from Benefit, and Good Questions from Bad 
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Episode 113

Partner's Resistance To Meditation 
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Episode 114

Stephen Hawking, Death, Rebirth and Nirvana 
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Episode 115

Mark Zuckerberg, Vegetarianism and Killing 
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Episode 116

Importance of Dreams 
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Episode 117

Should Addicts Meditate? 
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Episode 118

Assisting Terminally Ill or Hospice Care Patients 
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Episode 119

Dealing With Pests 
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Episode 120

Experience of Reality 
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Episode 121

Abstaning from Alcohol 
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Episode 122

What Do Buddhists Do When Someone Dies? 
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Episode 123

Dealing With Pain and Using Suffering as a Vehicle for Enlightenment 
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Episode 124

Physical Exercise 
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Episode 125

Euthanasia 
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Episode 126

Karma in a Holocaust 
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Episode 127

Why the Abdomen? 
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Episode 128

Sexual Misconduct Part 1 of 2 
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Episode 129

Sexual Misconduct Part 2 of 2 
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Episode 130

How to Balance the Faculties? 
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Episode 131

How to Stay on the Middle Way? 
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Episode 132

Strange Experiences 
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Episode 133

Life Partners 
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Episode 134

Dealing With People 
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Episode 135

Samatha Jhana, Vipassana Jhana 
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Episode 136

Esoteric Theravada Buddhism 
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Episode 137

Nama and Rupa 
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Episode 138

Mindful Enough 
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Episode 139

Good Reason to Ordain 
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Episode 140

Mindfulness of Breathing 
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Episode 141

Social Learning 
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Episode 142

Right Concentration 
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Episode 143

Nightmares 
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Episode 144

Wisdom 
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Episode 145

Dealing with Theists 
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Episode 146

Science Vs. Religion 
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Episode 147

Dealing with Missionaries 
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Episode 148

Ajaan Tong 
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Episode 149

What did you gain from meditation? 
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Episode 150

Joining the Military 
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Episode 151

To Be Or Not To Be 
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Episode 152

Remembering Past Lives 
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Episode 153

Why People Think Buddhists Worship Idols 
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Episode 154

Teaching Meditation to Children 
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Episode 155

Realizing Impermance, Suffering, Non-self 
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Episode 156

Study of the Dhamma Vs. Practice 
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Episode 157

Meditating Lying Down 
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Episode 158

Scheduling Meditation 
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Episode 159

Should You Meditate When You Are Tired? 
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Episode 160

Astral Projection 
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Episode 161

Giving Up The Mantra 
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Episode 162

Sitting With Eyes Opened 
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Episode 163

When You are No Longer a Beginner 
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Episode 164

Difficult Family Members 
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Episode 165

Noting Thinking 
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Episode 166

Meditating 24/7? 
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Episode 167

The Truth of the Tipitaka 
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Episode 168

How to avoid nihilism? 
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Episode 169

Lying to Save a Life? 
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Episode 170

Relationships and Letting Go 
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Episode 171

Do Enlightened Beings Feel Pain? 
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Episode 172

Helping Others Prepare for Death 
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Episode 173

Is Extended Meditation Physicially Dangerous? 
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Episode 174

Magical Powers 
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Episode 175

True Refuge 
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Episode 176

Drinking Coffee 
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Episode 177

Fifth Precept (Drugs and Alcohol) 
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Episode 178

Lust 
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Episode 179

Morality and Meditation 
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Episode 180

Modern Education 
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Episode 181

Equanimity of a Buffalo 
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Episode 182

Do Opposites Create Each Other? 
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Episode 183

Does Meditation Repress Emotions? 
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Episode 184

Fear and Illusion 
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Episode 185

Are the Mind and Brain Different? 
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Episode 186

Doubt About Karma 
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Episode 187

Monk Radio Introductions 
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Episode 188

Right Concentration as the Jhanas 
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Episode 189

Are Monk Precepts Binding? 
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Episode 190

Focusing on the Abdomen 
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Episode 191

Moving During Meditation 
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Episode 192

Difficulty for Women Monastics 
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Episode 193

Meditating During Hard Times 
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Episode 194

Brainwashing 
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Episode 195

Meditating During Difficult Times 
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Episode 196

Does Meditation Make One Anti-Social? 
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Episode 197

Avoiding Delusion 
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Episode 198

Helping Others 
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Episode 199

Why Walking Meditation Comes First 
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Episode 200

Working With Difficult People 
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Episode 201

Barriers to Meditation Progress 
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Episode 202

Proper Noting in Meditation 
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Episode 203

Eating and the Middle Way 
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Episode 204

Eating One Meal A Day 
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Episode 205

How To Form Opinions If You're Just Mindful? 
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Episode 206

Born to Be Good 
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Episode 207

Mindfulness of Whatever Arises 
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Episode 208

Meditation Course Curriculum 
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Episode 209

Doubt About Becoming a Monk 
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Episode 210

Physics and Buddhism 
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Episode 211

Sustaining Enlightenment 
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Episode 212

The Ten Imperfections of Insight (Vipassana Upakilesa) 
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Episode 213

Proper Noting Procedure 
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Episode 214

Persistent Stressful Phenomena 
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Episode 215

Wholesome and Unwholesome States in Practice 
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Episode 216

Is Cessation An Experience? 
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Episode 217

Overcoming Fear of Ordaining 
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Episode 218

Knowledge of Samatha Jhanas 
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Episode 219

On The Right Track 
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Episode 220

Frustration With Inanimate Objects 
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Episode 221

Psychedelic Drugs 
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Episode 222

Health Benefits of Meditation 
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Episode 223

An Ideal Buddhist Society 
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Episode 224

Existence of Matter 
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Episode 225

Personal Interpretations Vs. Orthodox Buddhism 
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Episode 226

When Pain Becomes Unbearable 
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Episode 227

Where Experience Continues After Death 
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Episode 228

What Happens at Nibbana? 
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Episode 229

Noting in Meditation 
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Episode 230

Are Arahants Free from Karma? 
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Episode 231

Keeping Mindful During the Day 
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Episode 232

Paranoia about Rules and Precepts 
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Episode 233

Answering Questions from Family Members 
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Episode 234

Thoughts Against Others 
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Episode 235

The Buddha's Nibbana 
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Episode 236

Committing to a Tradition 
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Episode 237

Arahants and Buddhas 
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Episode 238

Dealing With Anger in Meditation 
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Episode 239

Contradictions in Monastic Practice 
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Episode 240

Lay Practice of Generosity and Renunciation 
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Episode 241

Moderized Buddhist Translations 
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Episode 242

Intellectual Knowledge of Insight Knowledge 
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Episode 243

Role of Freedom and Creativity in Enlightenment 
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Episode 244

Reasons For Ordaining 
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Episode 245

Life WIthout Suffering 
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Episode 246

Teaching Buddhism as Lay People 
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Episode 247

Guided Internet Retreat 
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Episode 248

What is Depression? 
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Episode 249

What the Buddha Taught 
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Episode 250

Writing A Book 
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Episode 251

Doing Good Deeds Unwillingly 
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Episode 252

Coping With Dying 
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Episode 253

Fleeting Thoughts 
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Episode 254

Meditating With Earplugs 
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Episode 255

Living a More Buddhist Life 
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Episode 256

Wanting to Be Free 
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Episode 257

Interest In Monastic Life 
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Episode 258

Stream Enterer 
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Episode 259

Interview With A Meditator 
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Episode 260

Undeserved Anger 
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Episode 261

How Frequent Should Noting Be? 
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Episode 262

Age Limit For Ordination 
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Episode 263

Pushing One's Limits 
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Episode 264

Religious Tolerance 
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Episode 265

What If Everyone Was Buddhist? 
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Episode 266

Buddhists Who Don't Follow Buddhism 
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Episode 267

Equanimity 
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Episode 268

Bringing Up the Past 
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Episode 269

Beauty 
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Episode 270

Noting Outside of Meditation 
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Episode 271

Staying Calm, Reoccuring Dreams 
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Episode 272

Maintaining Peaceful Relationships With Non-Meditators 
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Episode 273

When Noting Drops Off 
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Episode 274

Pali And Buddhism Courses 
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Episode 275

Worldly Motivation 
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Episode 276

Role Of Lay Buddhists 
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Episode 277

Partiality to Solitude 
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Episode 278

What Goes From Life To Life? 
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Episode 279

Physical Disabilities 
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Episode 280

Cultivating Anatta 
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Episode 281

Do Arahants Experience Extreme Suffering? 
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Episode 282

Experimental Meditation Techniques 
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Episode 283

Bhikkhuni Dress Code 
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Episode 284

Interview With A Meditator (Sumedha) 
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Episode 285

Learning From Other Monasteries 
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Episode 286

Practicing with Other Groups 
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Episode 287

Overdosing on Study 
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Episode 288

Alternate Paths To Enlightenment 
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Episode 289

What's So Special About Buddhism? 
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Episode 290

Finding Your Own Teacher 
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Episode 291

Mindfulness And Noting 
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Episode 292

The Evolution of Meditation 
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Episode 293

The Mind and Rebirth 
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Episode 294

Meditation Progress 
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Episode 295

Curing Phobia 
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Episode 296

Greeting a Monk 
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Episode 297

Social Justice 
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Episode 298

Judging With Wisdom 
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Episode 299

Meditating in Public 
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Episode 300

Power of Protective Chanting 
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