Awareness

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Source / Teacher
Day
Index
Question
Special Retreat Germany September 2014
Steve
14
9
Would you please talk about how to deal with fear about the way one may die?
Ref: 2014.09.x.14.09
Audio answer
Singapore QA August 2011
Rosemary
6
1
When I try to just to sit down, and sometimes it's about forty minutes, focusing on my breathing, after a while, I can feel my head drops downward. Some stuff is very heavy inside, so I was wondering how can I get past that stage.
Ref: 2011.08.x.06.01
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2007
Rosemary
7
2
Can you please talk about the importance of having Compassion for ourselves in situations where someone is doing something incorrect, but only mildly? Often I try to have Compassion and Lovingkindness for the other person, but really my aversion is the real problem. How to detect it sooner, and work with it?
Ref: 2007.01.x.07.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2017
Rosemary
17
10
How can I increase awareness?
Ref: 2017.07.x.17.10
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2017
Rosemary
17
6
Could you please explain the term heedfulness?
Ref: 2017.07.x.17.06
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2017
Rosemary
17
1
Is peace of mind that there is not thought bringing me away from the moment?
Ref: 2017.07.x.17.01
Audio answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2010
Rosemary
15
14
What does Buddhism think of drinking and drugs? If nothing bad comes from getting drunk, is it considered ok, wise, or unwise? The fifth precept says to undertake the rule of training to abstain from intoxicants which confuse the mind.
Ref: 2010.01.x.15.14
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2009
Rosemary
9
5
What techniques do you advise for working with letting go of feelings of unworthiness, low self-esteem, self-hatred, feeling guilty, blaming oneself? Balancing these with good actions I know already.
Ref: 2009.01.x.09.05
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2009
Steve
8
2
Do you have any tips for making resolutions, choosing what is appropriate for ourselves etc.?
Ref: 2009.01.x.08.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand July 2011
Rosemary
7
1
Could you please talk more about this significance of special mindfulness activities and walking meditation?
Ref: 2011.07.x.07.01
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2019
Rosemary
15
1
In the third foundation of mindfulness in the Satipatthana Sutta we are to observe mind states, with or without desire or aversion, just observe. In the fourth Satipatthana Sutta/foundation of mindfulness, we are to investigate the conditions for the arising of desire and aversion, when they arise as hindrances, see how to let them go and prevent them from arising in the future. Could you please explain the difference?
Ref: 2019.07.x.15.01
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2019
Rosemary
13
5
I can understand the usefulness of the Four Assurances, but does the fourth assurance mean there is no connection between cause/ill doing and affects/negative consequences following this ill doing?
Ref: 2019.07.x.13.05
Audio answer
Singapore QA January 2005
Rosemary
1
1
What if you meditate and thoughts keep coming through even though you are patient and keep coming back to the breathing?
Ref: 2005.02.x.01.01
Written answer
Bangkok QA May 2008
Steve
21
1
With the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path, the practice of developing Awareness, the practice of developing Compassionate Understanding, and in general the practice of purifying the mind: can you achieve any of this without meditation?
Ref: 2008.05.x.21.01
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2018
Steve
17
25
Can you talk about the difference between attention, awareness and mindfulness?
Ref: 2018.07.x.17.25
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2018
Rosemary
15
7
Could you please talk about the Seven Factors of Enlightenment? How to develop them?
Ref: 2018.07.x.15.07
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2018
Rosemary
18
4
What do you mean when you say to reflect that the eight worldly dhammas can block us from understanding reality, from seeing the three characteristics?
Ref: 2018.07.x.18.04
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Rosemary
7
2
Please talk more about idealistic wishes, judgment, and their relation to Right Effort. Are there any special questions we can work with to find the truth of right and wrong effort?
Ref: 2007.09.x.07.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Steve
4
5
Is there a difference between concentration and awareness?
Ref: 2007.09.x.04.05
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Steve
5
3
Why don't we practice awareness in fast motion also?
Ref: 2007.09.x.05.03
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2005
Steve
4
17
What is the relationship between awareness and self-consciousness?
Ref: 2005.01.x.04.17
Written answer
- Awareness
- Self-consciousness
Special Retreat Thailand January 2002
Steve
3
6
Please explain the difference between Awareness and Concentration?
Ref: 2002.01.x.03.06
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2004
Steve
8
1
How can we keep the awareness of the mental Dukkha in our daily life more awake?
Ref: 2004.01.x.08.01
Written answer