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... show more

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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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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