Purpose of the precept against entertainment. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

This is an excerpt from one of our old talks. Talks about the dangers and relative benefits of concentration practices as opposed to the liberating results of the correct meditation of not giving in to the mental defilements or unwholesome states. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to…

How to practice in the environment that is challenging you. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Questioning the concept that concentrating on pleasant breath sensations can lead to liberation or achieve any semblance of Nobility. Suttas references:https://suttas.hillsidehermitage.org/?q=mn50#mn50:13.1-mn50:13.10 https://suttacentral.net/mn108?view=normal&lang=en If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel yo…

Here is an excerpt from one of our old talks. It addresses the appropriation of self and why the denial of self doesn't lead to wisdom or liberation. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

How to attain the Dhamma with more than just your reasoning or magical beliefs. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Practice of metta and the root of your aversion. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What to look for when it comes to structuring your life and surroundings in order to support your Dhamma practice. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Discussing the wrong views that revolve around the idea of "impermanence" If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

When should you keep the Ten Precepts? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

How to correctly practice "asubha" contemplation that the Suttas often talk about. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Why is it better to lean towards asceticism and saying "no" to one's desires? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What makes one rough, what makes one gentle. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What is the pleasure of jhāna?If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What does it mean to be "established in virtue" as the Suttas often say. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠⁠For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠…

Spending time contemplating things that are relevant to suffering and your freedom from it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠…

How to prevent yourself from acting out of unwholesome mental states over and over again. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠…

A brief reminder on understanding the difference between managing of suffering as opposed to uprooting it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠…

Can just virtue be enough for developing of wisdom and understanding? If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-usFor other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

The root of all traumas and where they end. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-usFor other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

How to prepare yourself for solitude and seclusion. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

Patience and inspiration for skillful things that take time to develop. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

Discerning what is truly beneficial for oneself.If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-usFor other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind is their leader and their maker.If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows from that, as a wheel follows the ox's hoof. - Dhammapada 1 If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

Looking closely into the meaning of "yoniso manasikara" and its importance for the Right view.(Suttas referenced in this talk: MN 43, SN 46.51, AN 1.66-67, AN 1.11-12, AN 6.63, SN 35.240) If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

Contemplation of death, done rightly. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Looking at the core of Stream-entry and how is a sotapanna unable to suffer amidst suffering. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

New series on our channel that will go through studying the MEANING of a selected number of suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya. For the PDF of the Sutta please visit here If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

What does it mean to have "faith" in the Teaching?If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

How to free yourself from the burden of your own existence. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Why does your own mind not listen to you?If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What is the most practical way of discerning "elements" that the Suttas talk about.If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Clarifying some common misconception about what it takes to become a sotapanna and how can a lay person do it. For a new essay by Bhikkhu Anigha also see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/what-the-jhanas-actually-are/ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hill…

Or could you do both?If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

How to overcome or at least diminish the consequences of one's unskillful actions...If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Don't think you understood something until you can explain it in simple terms.If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What differentiates an arahant or even a sotapanna from the puthujjana. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What are the three intoxications the Buddha talks about and why did he call them "intoxications"? ____________________________________If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Do you do things differently if you have a limited time left? ____________________________________If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/⁠

How to take the practice of "NoFap" even further until the desire for satisfying body's sexual cravings is fully eradicated. ____________________________________If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

How did someone like Aṅgulimāla, a mass murderer and an evil man, end up becoming a completely liberated arahant? ____________________________________If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/…

- Sense of subjectivity and "I am"- Understanding is measured by freedom from suffering- Practical examples of not acting out of unwholesome- How to develop the Right criteria- Overcoming hindrances ____________________________________If you wish to support our work and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.o…

- Eternal repetition- Fuel of Samsara- Cause of it all- Desire to end the desires ____________________________________If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

- Allowing the pressure to arise- Meditating with sensuality- Attending to the hindrances rightly- Thoughts are the symptoms of your mental state- Sila, samadhi and panna are united- How wrong sila intensifies your views ____________________________________If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are ve…

- Always under pressure- Discovering the Five Hindrances- What does "seeing things on the right level" mean?- The hindrances cannot be the objects of your experience- Thoughts are real as thoughts- Sensuality begins and ends with thoughts- See THROUGH the hindrances, instead of trying to get rid of them- Not being pressured while the pressure remai…

- How to become Self-reliant- Jhana and the Right view- How to know if you are acting out of desire- Benefits of doubt- The Eight precepts can be the Five with celibacy ____________________________________If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermita…

- Two factors of Sotapatti- What you might be missing?- Attitude of yoniso manasikara- Seeing things as phenomena- Practice of putting your experience as a whole "in brackets"- When things feel "less real"- How Yoniso Manasikara leads to seeing the "sign of your mind" (cittanimitta)- "Less real" is real as such ____________________________________I…

- Jhana is like being free from all debts- How do you take up the body?- Where does the danger of sensuality need to be seen?- Taking up one's own body as the basis for sensual delight- Practicing the relinquishment - Practice in the right order- Gateway of desiresIf you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by do…

- A choice that could cut through everything- Diminishing of personality through sense restraint- Don't be absorbed in sights, sounds, smells, tastes and sensations- Sustaining this practice throughout your day- How to avoid rigidity in your practice- Being joyful If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by do…

If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings