Ask a Monk (Part 2)

Ask a Monk (Part 2)

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

Episode 1

Monastics Learning Secular Laws 
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Episode 2

Buddhist Traditions and Lineages 
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Episode 3

Ordination Insurance 
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Episode 4

Three Pathways to Liberation 
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Episode 5

Inability to Tame the Mind 
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Episode 6

Jobs for Monks 
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Episode 7

Ordination and Enlightenment 
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Episode 8

Short Retreats 
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Episode 9

Buddhism and Other Religions 
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Episode 10

Describing One's Practice To Others 
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Episode 11

Hand on the Stomach 
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Episode 12

Monks and Ill Parents 
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Episode 13

Ordination With a Medical Condition 
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Episode 14

Do You Have to Let Go of Anything? 
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Episode 15

Interview With a Meditator (Yasa) 
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Episode 16

Aspirations and Ordinations 
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Episode 17

Inability to Do A Retreat 
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Episode 18

Monks and Music 
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Episode 19

Disturbing Vibrations 
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Episode 20

Nibbana and Heaven 
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Episode 21

Tantric Sex 
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Episode 22

Paying For Retreats 
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Episode 23

Getting A Life 
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Episode 24

Retreats for New Meditators 
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Episode 25

Killing One To Save One Thousand 
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Episode 26

Monks and Novices 
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Episode 27

Learning From Other Schools 
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Episode 28

Married Monks 
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Episode 29

Families and Ordination 
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Episode 30

Meditate On This 
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Episode 31

Buddhism and Non-Dualism 
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Episode 32

Meditation Courses with Mental Illnesses 
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Episode 33

Monks, Meditators, Yogis 
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Episode 34

Scientific Testing of Arahants 
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Episode 35

Anger, Mindfulness and Repression 
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Episode 36

Taking Nibbana as an Object 
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Episode 37

Importance of Metta 
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Episode 38

32 Parts of the Body 
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Episode 39

Giving Up Noting 
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Episode 40

Christian Meditators Feeling Jesus and God 
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Episode 41

Non-Self and Reincarnation 
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Episode 42

Clear Comprehension, Direct Understanding, Mindfulness 
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Episode 43

Fear and Anger 
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Episode 44

Solving the World's Problems 
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Episode 45

Our Practice With Ajaan Tong 
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Episode 46

Finding Peace and Happiness 
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Episode 47

Supressing Emotions 
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Episode 48

Meditation Techniques of the Buddha 
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Episode 49

Advanced Meditation Techniques 
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Episode 50

Activities of the Buddha 
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Episode 51

Thinking and Living 
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Episode 52

The Goal of Meditation 
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Episode 53

How to Know When Meditation is Working 
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Episode 54

Depression from Illness 
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Episode 55

Procrastination 
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Episode 56

Disrobing and Lay Life 
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Episode 57

Karma vs. Probability 
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Episode 58

Buddhist Prophets 
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Episode 59

Writing Out Suttas 
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Episode 60

Middle Way vs. Moderate Way 
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Episode 61

Moving From Object to Object 
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Episode 62

After Ordination 
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Episode 63

Where Do Old Monks Go? 
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Episode 64

Dealing With Social Pressure 
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Episode 65

How Good Acts Bring Good Results 
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Episode 66

Analyzing Sexuality 
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Episode 67

Religious Travel 
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Episode 68

Lucid Dreams vs. Reality 
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Episode 69

Derealization 
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Episode 70

Taking the Same Meditation Course Again 
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Episode 71

Minimum Daily Meditation For Enlightenment 
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Episode 72

Buddhism and God 
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Episode 73

Experience of Wisdom 
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Episode 74

Where To Start For Enlightenment 
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Episode 75

Trying to Be Equanimous 
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Episode 76

Effectiveness of Walking Meditation 
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Episode 77

Increasing Viriya (Effort) 
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Episode 78

Nimitta, Access Concentration, Kasina 
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Episode 79

Justified Violence 
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Episode 80

What is Noting? 
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Episode 81

How Much to Donate After a Retreat? 
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Episode 82

Desire and Guilt 
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Episode 83

The Hippie Culture 
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Episode 84

Distracted by Seeing Cause and Effect 
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Episode 85

Answering Questions 
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Episode 86

Distractions at Work 
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Episode 87

Worshipping the Buddha 
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Episode 88

Repression of Emotions 
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Episode 89

Meditation for Anxious People 
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Episode 90

An Enlightened Teacher 
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Episode 91

Higher and Lower Attainments 
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Episode 92

Practice Before a Retreat 
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Episode 93

Monks Clinging to the Internet 
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Episode 94

Sexual Relationships in Buddhism 
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Episode 95

Contemplation of Dukkha 
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Episode 96

Christian Happiness and Enlightenment 
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Episode 97

Attachment and Love in Relationships 
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Episode 98

Accepting Change 
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Episode 99

How Much Must We Note? 
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Episode 100

Importance of Traditions 
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Episode 101

Regrettable Vows 
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Episode 102

Letting Go of the Future 
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Episode 103

Learning Pali 
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Episode 104

Thailand 
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Episode 105

Formal Determinations 
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Episode 106

Spouses 
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Episode 107

Realizing Your Fetters 
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Episode 108

Gaining Nothing 
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Episode 109

Truth Hurts 
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Episode 110

Holy Rapture 
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Episode 111

Giving Up 
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Episode 112

All That Exists 
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Episode 113

Is Control and Illusion? 
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Episode 114

Too Many Questions 
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Episode 115

Is Becoming Sotapanna Gradual or Spontaneous? 
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Episode 116

Buddhist Riots 
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Episode 117

The Part Music Plays 
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Episode 118

Gradual Transition to Monasticism 
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Episode 119

Fear of Telling the Truth 
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Episode 120

Fear of Death 
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Episode 121

Brain and Mind 
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Episode 122

Calming Down, Panic Attack 
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Episode 123

Mindfulness Without Noting 
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Episode 124

Relaxing in Life 
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Episode 125

Avoiding Attraction 
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Episode 126

Dealing With Proselytizing 
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Episode 127

Once-returner and Non-returner 
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Episode 128

Contemplation on Impermanence, Suffering and Non-Self 
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Episode 129

Practicing Satipatthana or Vipassana 
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Episode 130

Social Issues 
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Episode 131

How You See The Buddha 
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Episode 132

Appearance of the Buddha 
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Episode 133

Progressing in Daily Life 
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Episode 134

Are Asubha Conceptual? 
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Episode 135

Fear Upon Losing Awareness 
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Episode 136

Difference Between Meditation and Prayer 
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Episode 137

Notion of God 
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Episode 138

Removing Wrong Thoughts 
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Episode 139

Fairy Tales 
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Episode 140

Irregular Heart Beat 
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Episode 141

Accepting Yourself 
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Episode 142

Vipassana Without Momentary Concentration 
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Episode 143

Mindfulness on a Busy Day 
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Episode 144

Ethics and Age 
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Episode 145

Politics 
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Episode 146

Death vs. Nibbana 
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Episode 147

Progress Against Depression 
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Episode 148

Experiencing Nibbana 
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Episode 149

Balancing Normal Life and Meditation 
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Episode 150

Unexpected Aspects of Ordination 
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Episode 151

Is It Good To Give Up? 
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Episode 152

Living Without Desires 
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Episode 153

Putting Desires to Use 
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Episode 154

Do Good and Bad Exist? 
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Episode 155

Stress in Dreams 
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Episode 156

Uselessness of Everything 
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Episode 157

Understanding vs. Happiness 
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Episode 158

Impermanence and Nibbana 
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Episode 159

Generating Motivation 
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Episode 160

Benefit of Pacceka Buddhas 
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Episode 161

Do I Have Free Will? 
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Episode 162

Removing Anxiety 
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Episode 163

Fear of Freedom 
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Episode 164

That Which Has Not Been Experienced 
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Episode 165

Divorce Conflict 
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Episode 166

Goals in Meditation 
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Episode 167

Not Feeling the Body 
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Episode 168

Guidance for Enlightened Beings 
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Episode 169

Premarital Ordination 
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Episode 170

Which Foundation of Mindfulness 
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Episode 171

Dualism in Quantum Physics 
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Episode 172

Strange Experiences in Meditation 
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Episode 173

Attachment to Becoming a Monk 
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Episode 174

Can A Murderer Become Enlightened 
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Episode 175

Coming to Practice Through Happiness or Suffering 
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Episode 176

Wisdom, Suffering, and Reality 
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Episode 177

Art in Buddhism 
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Episode 178

What is Real? 
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Episode 179

Alcohol 
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Episode 180

Realizing You're Wrong 
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Episode 181

Motivation 
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Episode 182

Controlling Too Much 
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Episode 183

Theistic Interruption 
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Episode 184

Is Nirvana a Place? 
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Episode 185

The Switch of Mindfulness 
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Episode 186

Materialists and Rebirth 
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Episode 187

Is Staying With the Breath Samatha? 
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Episode 188

Temporary Enlightenment 
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Episode 189

Removing Anxiety Completely 
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Episode 190

Point to Unmeditative Life? 
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Episode 191

Secular Mindfulness 
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Episode 192

Choosing Labels 
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Episode 193

Nervousness in Class 
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Episode 194

Finding Truth Within 
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Episode 195

Choosing One Type of Buddhism 
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Episode 196

Threat of Ugliness 
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Episode 197

Here To Help 
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Episode 198

Transferring Merit, Connecting With Deceased 
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Episode 199

End of Life Time 
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Episode 200

Alienation Through Meditation 
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Episode 201

Listening Mindfully 
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Episode 202

Yawning 
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Episode 203

Buddhist Astrology 
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Episode 204

Mahasi Sayadaw Books 
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Episode 205

Finding New Friends 
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Episode 206

Expressing Disapproval 
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Episode 207

Happiness vs. Freedom From Suffering 
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Episode 208

Teaching in Schools 
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Episode 209

Wants Vs. Needs 
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Episode 210

Becoming More Loving 
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Episode 211

Falling Over 
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Episode 212

Fear of Romance 
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Episode 213

Do Buddhists Believe in Chi? 
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Episode 214

Fearful Thoughts 
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Episode 215

Valid Meditation Objects 
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Episode 216

Pursuing Thoughts Mindfully 
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Episode 217

CombiningMeditations 
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Episode 218

Giving Alms 
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Episode 219

A Good Reason to Ordain 
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Episode 220

Multitasking Mind 
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Episode 221

Shrinking the Ego 
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Episode 222

Gifts to a Monastery 
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Episode 223

Permission For Spreading Dhamma 
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Episode 224

Pain for Enlightened Beings 
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Episode 225

Closing Words 
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Episode 226

What If Nibbana is False? 
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Episode 227

Both Samatha & Vipassana 
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Episode 228

Abhidhamma Pitaka and Vipassana 
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Episode 229

Clairvoyance 
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Episode 230

Crying 
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Episode 231

Watching Body Vs. Mind 
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Episode 232

Holding On To Realizations 
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Episode 233

A Victim's Satisfaction with Karma 
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Episode 234

Chanda vs. Tanha 
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Episode 235

Joy of Insight 
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Episode 236

Ordination and Family 
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Episode 237

What Brings Happiness 
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Episode 238

Love and Attachment 
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Episode 239

Joining Other Buddhist Traditions 
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Episode 240

Formally Taking a Teacher 
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Episode 241

Cause of Samsara 
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Episode 242

Walking and Sitting 
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Episode 243

Prior Knowledge of Knowledge 
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Episode 244

Severe Mental Illness 
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Episode 245

How To Know What is Moral and Immoral? 
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Episode 246

What To Do If There is No Teacher Nearby? 
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Episode 247

Swallowing 
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Episode 248

Remote Visions of Dying Relatives 
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Episode 249

Scanning and Noting 
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Episode 250

Intentionally Bringing Up Issues 
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Episode 251

Meeting and Interacting With Monastics 
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Episode 252

Working Out Family Issues 
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Episode 253

Meeting With Buddhism Next Life 
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Episode 254

Keeping Buddhist Holy Days 
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Episode 255

Genius and Past Lives 
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Episode 256

Cause of Pleasure vs. Pain 
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Episode 257

Why Don't We Hear About Enlightened Beings Today? 
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Episode 258

Dealing With Complacency 
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Episode 259

Recommended Meditation Method 
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Episode 260

Forcing Vs. Folllowing 
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Episode 261

Belief in Reincarnation and Nibbana 
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Episode 262

Tolerance 
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Episode 263

Studying Jhanas and Mindfulness Before Vipassana 
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Episode 264

Letting Go of Things That Cause Us Pain 
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Episode 265

Low Self-Esteem 
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Friendship 
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Episode 267

Monastic Discouragement 
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Episode 268

Samatha Meditation 
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Episode 269

Bad Parents 
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Episode 270

Cause of Ignorance 
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Wisdom From a Pleasant Glow 
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Episode 272

Pain and Self-Torture 
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Need For Sleep 
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Episode 274

The Materialistic Path 
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Episode 275

The Untenable Self 
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Episode 276

Love and Compassion 
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Episode 277

Angry People 
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Episode 278

Contact, Feeling, and Craving 
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Episode 279

Is Mindfulness Enough 
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Episode 280

Working Through Guilt 
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Episode 281

Why Am I Attached to Suffering? 
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Episode 282

The Body Is Unnatural 
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Episode 283

Balance Between Spirituality and Worldly Pursuits 
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Episode 284

Forcing Vs. Following 
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Episode 285

Will Meditation Help With Worldly Pursuits? 
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Episode 286

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Meditation 
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Episode 287

Noting in the Head 
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Episode 288

Peripheral Awareness of Thoughts 
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Episode 289

Vipassana Meditation at the Nostrils 
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Episode 290

Does the Mind Have a Gender 
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Episode 291

Ridding Oneself of Songs in the Head 
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Episode 292

Drawing Awareness To A Thought 
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Episode 293

Right And Wrong Without Purpose or Value 
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Episode 294

Should Life Be A Meditation? 
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Episode 295

Subvocalizing Experience 
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Episode 296

Can There Be Desire That Isn't Harmful? 
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Episode 297

Do Arahants Know Everything About Reality? 
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Episode 298

Communicating With Destructive Parents 
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Episode 299

Fear Of Loss 
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Episode 300

Will Meditation Help Diminish The Ego? 
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