Self absorbed perspective; does us in every time. I first saw this video years ago, and the wisdom then was just as true as it is now. Your sweet calming voice, always full of laughter and the joy of the Buddha, has nourished me in so many ways. I hope you are doing well.
The problem is not a problem, the real problem is how we react to that situation . I believe we need to learn to accept the real situation then we will not be struggling. If we can’t change the situation due to outside our control then we must learn how to accept it or learn how to stop those thought into our mind. Great video, thank you
Thanks Mindah, Ajahn Brahm's advice is wise indeed! It is always harder to anticipate than to go through with something difficult. But it can often be just as hard to calm the mind enough to see through it all. At least it is for me ... 🙂
OK no views and no opinions, but what an amazing teacher you are ! You are so clear, so succinct, so to the point, no waffle, no hesitation. It is such a delight to learn from you. Thank you & metta.
Even when surrounded by cruelty and mindlessness, I find peace in renouncing the consumption of animal flesh and animal byproducts. This alone has brought me much joy, knowing I am not contributing to the needless torture and slaughter of sentient beings, even if I am not perfect. Our body is a garden, not a graveyard. We can rejoice in this comfort even amidst suffering and confusion, taking refuge in our own potential for Buddhahood.
I am the world's worst procrastinator. After watching this earlier today, I decided to stop putting it off and go walk for 4 miles. It was very hot at noon today and I had not walked in about ten days, but decided I was walking 4 miles, heat or no heat. (I live in Las Vegas, so it gets hot here, though the humidity is generally low.) Today my heart was beating 100 mph, but I was determined to finish the 4 miles or get as close as I could. It took me An hour and a half, and I went slightly over 4 miles, but I did it. Thanks you Mindah.
I was in a situation a few years ago where everyday going to work was almost as depressing as going to funeral! In my meditation I was able to cope with the -ve thoughts associated with this. However the emotion was still there. lt was like a stain surging through my veins. I realised that I could treat this like an itch in my meditation. I found that it did not disappear, but I was able to just except it. This taught me the power of mindfulness and my confidence in Buddhist teaching. Great to see this latest vid. Thanks a million
Wow! I had not realized it, but you are speaking to something that I have been struggling with outside of my awareness. This reflection is so helpful on so many levels. Thank you!
Kyle Maynard, who was born without arms and legs, yet pursued athletics, wrote in his book that the mind will quit long before the body does. Your video reminded me of this wisdom. The mind insists on things that aren't true all the time.
Same here just found her channel. I think everything come st the right time . I'm going to work after a two week break . So this is what I needed to hear.
Only if those thoughts grew to prominence in the land of their genesis, this land would be so blissful! A billion people living in harmony, meditating over intelligent thoughts, what a sight it would be! Thank you so much for your comprehensive efforts towards spreading the Buddha's word in a beautiful & coherent way all the way from Australia! Sabbe sattaa sukhi hontu ❤️
I literally kept forgetting I had liked this video, and kept trying to. I wish I could give it 100 likes. Thank you so much, this is perfect timing for me in my life at the moment :)
Great video Mindah. I love the story Ajahn Brahm tells often about how he personally learned this lessons from a fellow monk, which he passed on to the Australian monk. It proves how often it's out attitudes toward life that makes the critical difference, not the actual problem itself.
Im so glad to see this new video. I love the newer introduction. I follow the same teacher and thank you for putting this up; I needed a reminder. I hope you find serenity and peace be with you.
It's 2+ hours later since I watched this, but at least I have my bookshelf re-organized now. I've been looking at it for weeks after buying it and thinking "Yeah, I'll get to that" and thinking often about how I should get that done. Tonight I said to myself "Thinking about it is harder than doing it." So now it's all properly organized and alphabetized. Now I can sit down, look at it and think about why I have too many books. Attachment is a struggle after all. ;)
Unfortunately they are not. Mostly fiction and graphic novels. But there are a few by Thich Nhat Hanh, Kabat-Zinn, Lama Surya Das, and Pema Chodron. Any other recommendations would be appreciated.
Steven, these are some of the books I recommend: www.enthusiasticbuddhist.com/best-buddhist-books-for-beginners-top-8/ www.enthusiasticbuddhist.com/books-on-buddhism-suggested-reading/
Thank you Minda. it is very hard to stay mindful in this busy life we are in. Your videos really help me keep my head above the water at times. thank you.
i don t know how thank you for this lesson of wisdom...i was searching a pratice system for live the bouddisme and i have find your videos...is it the case or the attaction law? thankyou i have adopted you .i hope when i go live this karma with you, you go be sweet, compassionated and understanding...i had just a lot of beatings in my life 😄
LOL @ 11:34 😂 Thank you for this wonderful video. I love the egolessness in the way you present yourself and your topics of discussion. I feel so grateful to have access to this channel. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! 🌠🌌🌟
I've been taking in several handfuls of your videos over the last couple of years. I should admit that I resisted, in the interest of "wishing the internet away", updating my google name so it would be "safer?" for me to comment online. Well it would be easier for me to wish myself away than wish the internet away, so Hello, I am Jin of California. A very useful and well put together channel. TY, Mindah. I think concomitant to "doing before contemplating" mundane tasks is the idea of getting completely square with The Way Things Are, or TWTA. There are basic rational (non-subjective ways) to view the world, without which society breaks down quickly. How one chooses to act in the face of plain reality is another matter entirely. If your talks veer into this direction, it would be well by me. And I'll leave my thoughts about the Ayurvedic idea of self for a place where that is the main subject. TY again.
I watch quite a bit of TH-cam videos, but this is one that may change my life for the better. Regardless, I do appreciate the effort. I recently ordered In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
Really enjoy your Channel. Thank you for showing me books, and other information on Buddhism and inner peace. I was wondering why you don't do any new videos because you have great content and are a very informative teacher?
I find that your compassion and easy of teaching is what I have been looking for. But I have a question. How do determine which Buddhist tradition to follow?
Step1: Understand there is no time called future or past. After living with this you will realize all thoughts occur in this moment and it has no time too.. This is the path (road) Step2: further living with this understanding you will realized The “I” or “me” is just a concept (fake) which is the reason and it is just a endless stream of thoughts… like a line of ants.. one after the other… so all beings receive endless death and birth continuously… all satisfactions are temporally… they dilute with the time (an illusion) ..you feel always not enough.. after years of meditations too... this patter call Mara or Satan. Step3: further living by observing the things on step 1 and 2 you will automatically shift to the other thought pattern (Buddha/The god) and you will feel by 100% that you are not going to have a rebirth. Also you will start feeling the extreme happiness which is not dilute with time. Also you will realized all beings are in a endless dreams inside you, coz now the meaning I has disappeared and you are the Universe. ( human mind with Mara pattern cant feel any of these, actually you cant see things only you feel) .So now you are a door.. * Please not this who thinks that they are doing Buddhist meditations.!!!!! The truth finder ( Gauthama Siddhartha) learned all mediation techniques and practiced from teachers Alarakarama and Uddaka Ramaputta. But final Gautama Siddharatha found these meditation were not the correct path. So gave up those all techniques.. * people misunderstood by looking at Buddha's statues.. ppl think that buddh’s statue indicate that doing meditation. No it is not. That is his off mode. Like standby status of a laptop. It is called nirodha-samāpatti. So people please be wise.. The main foundation is understanding a thought by creating an another thought, This is pranja capability. It can dilute the fake ego and wake you up from the eternal dream. But doing mediation you will get a temporarily satisfaction for few years.. or few life-cycles. Wake up neo!!!
I would like to say thank you for encouraging and others. I've been wanted to do it for a long time but I'm scared because I heard that it will be worse than a raw surgery.
This is very helpful, thank you! Do you still have plans for a membership site? Also, do you have advice for joining local meditation or Buddhist groups? Are there certain "red flags" to watch out for?
Yes, the membership site is not too far off now! ;) Regarding "red flags" for Buddhist groups, I think one thing to look out for is to be cautious about centers that only promote their own teachers' / lineage's books. For instance, if their whole library of books that they lend out to members doesn't have a wide selection of texts from other teachers (including teachers not directly connected with their school) then I think this could be a warning sign. It's not unusual for a Buddhist center's shop to only sell their teacher's books, but if their library is the same and only stocks their teacher's books, then this would be a bit strange. You might find that a Theravada group only loans out Theravada books, but that's perfectly normal. Many schools will only hold books in the same tradition e.g. Theravada/Mahayana/Vajrayana. So to summarize this point, just try to find a center that seems more embracing of other schools and teachers on the whole. :)
Constantly chant : Namo Amitabha, Repentance and Dedication of Merit. Repentance All the unwholesome karma created by me. Arising from beginningless greed, hatred and delusion: Expressed through my body, speech and mind. I hereby regret and repent them all. Dedication of Merit May the merit and virtue accrued from this work, dedicated to all. Repay the four great kindnesses above and relieve the suffering of those on the three paths below. May those who see or hear of these efforts generate Bodhi-mind. Spend their lives devoted to the Buddha Dharma and finally be reborn together in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
If anyone wants to know about the essence of Buddhism, you can read The Diamond Sutra. The Buddha actually spent 22 years explaining The Diamond Sutra.
I find this can be a Catch-22 because the complaining mind, as at 7:12, actively resists the chance of finding something to enjoy in a given experience.
Now during Corona times, self-talk differently. Many folks are upset having to wear a mask .... 😲 Don't self-talk "I'm a sucker for the govermment". Tell yourself "No big deal, give me the darn thing"! 🙏🌹
Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning! Pushing the wheelbarrow is easy. It's the thinking about it that's difficult. Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. Although you might prefer my version: Kittens should be petted, not mangled!
Hi Mindah, I hope I didn't troll your channel too hard! I like to stop by and say hello from time to time. Delete any of them that you deem inappropriate! Blessings 🐍👏
Self absorbed perspective; does us in every time. I first saw this video years ago, and the wisdom then was just as true as it is now. Your sweet calming voice, always full of laughter and the joy of the Buddha, has nourished me in so many ways. I hope you are doing well.
She is a treasure. I wish she were still active making videos
Great talk. Very Stoic as well as Buddhist. Thank you!
Everything that lives.....
dies. Make your peace with that and all will be fine.
Aloha
The problem is not a problem, the real problem is how we react to that situation . I believe we need to learn to accept the real situation then we will not be struggling. If we can’t change the situation due to outside our control then we must learn how to accept it or learn how to stop those thought into our mind.
Great video, thank you
Thanks Mindah, Ajahn Brahm's advice is wise indeed! It is always harder to anticipate than to go through with something difficult. But it can often be just as hard to calm the mind enough to see through it all. At least it is for me ... 🙂
You are a very good teacher. I really enjoy these videos. Thank you !
found your channel just a few days ago..really incredible content , a sincere thanks to a wonderful teacher :)
OK no views and no opinions, but what an amazing teacher you are ! You are so clear, so succinct, so to the point, no waffle, no hesitation. It is such a delight to learn from you.
Thank you & metta.
Even when surrounded by cruelty and mindlessness, I find peace in renouncing the consumption of animal flesh and animal byproducts. This alone has brought me much joy, knowing I am not contributing to the needless torture and slaughter of sentient beings, even if I am not perfect. Our body is a garden, not a graveyard. We can rejoice in this comfort even amidst suffering and confusion, taking refuge in our own potential for Buddhahood.
thank you... you were there in perfect timing... your discussion helped me so much!!
I can listen to you all day . I love your video
I am the world's worst procrastinator. After watching this earlier today, I decided to stop putting it off and go walk for 4 miles. It was very hot at noon today and I had not walked in about ten days, but decided I was walking 4 miles, heat or no heat. (I live in Las Vegas, so it gets hot here, though the humidity is generally low.) Today my heart was beating 100 mph, but I was determined to finish the 4 miles or get as close as I could. It took me An hour and a half, and I went slightly over 4 miles, but I did it. Thanks you Mindah.
I was in a situation a few years ago where everyday going to work was almost as depressing as going to funeral! In my meditation I was able to cope with the -ve thoughts associated with this. However the emotion was still there. lt was like a stain surging through my veins. I realised that I could treat this like an itch in my meditation. I found that it did not disappear, but I was able to just except it. This taught me the power of mindfulness and my confidence in Buddhist teaching. Great to see this latest vid. Thanks a million
I MISS THIS SO MUCH
Thanks so much for sharing this, it's been a great help. Procrastination has been the bane of my life 😊
Good morning friend from HOUSTON thanks for your Chanel! ❤️💯😎
Thank you 🦋
I love your talks.
Thanks for that message
Thank you for your kindness Mindah.
It's great to hear from you again. I've missed your teachings.
Thank you Mindah
Sadhu!, you look like angel. Mindah-Lee Kumar .
Thank you so much
Thanks for this video, I really needed hear something like this in this moment.
Love you!
Thank you for this video. It is exactly what I needed to hear to get over the hurdle I'm facing in my practice. Peace be with you.
This advice came at a perfect time in my life. Thank you for making this video.
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Same
Wow! I had not realized it, but you are speaking to something that I have been struggling with outside of my awareness. This reflection is so helpful on so many levels. Thank you!
So lovely to see you again Mindah-Lee.
Thank you for your video.
Kyle Maynard, who was born without arms and legs, yet pursued athletics, wrote in his book that the mind will quit long before the body does. Your video reminded me of this wisdom. The mind insists on things that aren't true all the time.
It makes me feel good to see other Buddhists with channels giving unique perspectives.
Same here just found her channel. I think everything come st the right time . I'm going to work after a two week break . So this is what I needed to hear.
Only if those thoughts grew to prominence in the land of their genesis, this land would be so blissful! A billion people living in harmony, meditating over intelligent thoughts, what a sight it would be! Thank you so much for your comprehensive efforts towards spreading the Buddha's word in a beautiful & coherent way all the way from Australia! Sabbe sattaa sukhi hontu ❤️
I absolutely love the way you laugh at the things you say😁
I literally kept forgetting I had liked this video, and kept trying to. I wish I could give it 100 likes. Thank you so much, this is perfect timing for me in my life at the moment :)
Wish you do more videos
Genius!
Good content and helpful to people who are willing to get peace and happiness
Thanks Mindah,The thought of doing is difficult, not the doing.
These are wonderful
Tysm this is incredible
Great video Mindah. I love the story Ajahn Brahm tells often about how he personally learned this
lessons from a fellow monk, which he passed on to the Australian monk. It proves how often it's out attitudes toward
life that makes the critical difference, not the actual problem itself.
Wonderful practical wisdom expressed in a gentle and compassionate manner. Thank you for sharing Mindah. Peace and blessings to you.
Thank you for the practical understanding of how to cope with the mundane struggles of everyday life.
True wisdom
This is my favourite Buddhist channel. Thank you so much!
Thank you
Im so glad to see this new video. I love the newer introduction. I follow the same teacher and thank you for putting this up; I needed a reminder. I hope you find serenity and peace be with you.
It's 2+ hours later since I watched this, but at least I have my bookshelf re-organized now. I've been looking at it for weeks after buying it and thinking "Yeah, I'll get to that" and thinking often about how I should get that done. Tonight I said to myself "Thinking about it is harder than doing it." So now it's all properly organized and alphabetized. Now I can sit down, look at it and think about why I have too many books. Attachment is a struggle after all. ;)
You can be forgiven if most of them are Buddhist books. :D
Speaking of books, have you ever thought about writing one, Mindah? Great work as usual. Every new video is a gem. :)
Unfortunately they are not. Mostly fiction and graphic novels. But there are a few by Thich Nhat Hanh, Kabat-Zinn, Lama Surya Das, and Pema Chodron. Any other recommendations would be appreciated.
I've thought about it... But that's as far as I got! .... Maybe one day. :)
Glad you enjoy my videos Shane. :)
Steven, these are some of the books I recommend:
www.enthusiasticbuddhist.com/best-buddhist-books-for-beginners-top-8/
www.enthusiasticbuddhist.com/books-on-buddhism-suggested-reading/
Awesome! Awesome. Just love that little peace of wisdom!
You are back!
Thank you for sharing this wisdom.
Thank you Minda. it is very hard to stay mindful in this busy life we are in. Your videos really help me keep my head above the water at times. thank you.
buddism is the only good kind of mind control!
Thank you for sharing, Mindah-Lee.
Thank you for this wonderful advice! 🤗
I'm going to make sure to suggest this video to many of my friends. It's great advice.
I love that
Awesome
Thank you for your videos. Watching them has helped me so much
I really appreciate you sharing your wisdom.. It really helps me understand how this could help me be a better person.
Its really amazing
Another fantastic video
May piece be upon the religion of peace!
Amazing video
I am always quick to check the latest guidance from Mindah-Lee. I liked, I shared. I thank you.
Much needed wisdom. Thank you Mindah-Lee. :)
That was very helpful. I have a job I hate. I'll try this method when I go back to work.
i don t know how thank you for this lesson of wisdom...i was searching a pratice system for live the bouddisme and i have find your videos...is it the case or the attaction law? thankyou i have adopted you .i hope when i go live this karma with you, you go be sweet, compassionated and understanding...i had just a lot of beatings in my life 😄
Thank you, this is just what I needed to hear. I was feeling very negative about work and public transit. This helped.
Some really great wisdom. Love your channel.. thank you
LOL @ 11:34 😂 Thank you for this wonderful video. I love the egolessness in the way you present yourself and your topics of discussion. I feel so grateful to have access to this channel. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! 🌠🌌🌟
I've been taking in several handfuls of your videos over the last couple of years. I should admit that I resisted, in the interest of "wishing the internet away", updating my google name so it would be "safer?" for me to comment online. Well it would be easier for me to wish myself away than wish the internet away, so Hello, I am Jin of California. A very useful and well put together channel. TY, Mindah. I think concomitant to "doing before contemplating" mundane tasks is the idea of getting completely square with The Way Things Are, or TWTA. There are basic rational (non-subjective ways) to view the world, without which society breaks down quickly. How one chooses to act in the face of plain reality is another matter entirely. If your talks veer into this direction, it would be well by me. And I'll leave my thoughts about the Ayurvedic idea of self for a place where that is the main subject. TY again.
I want happiness. " first drop I that's ego. Then drop WANT thats desire. Then you are left with HAPPINESS
This really enlightening. Am so grateful I found your channel.
I watch quite a bit of TH-cam videos, but this is one that may change my life for the better. Regardless, I do appreciate the effort. I recently ordered In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
Really enjoy your Channel. Thank you for showing me books, and other information on Buddhism and inner peace. I was wondering why you don't do any new videos because you have great content and are a very informative teacher?
I find that your compassion and easy of teaching is what I have been looking for. But I have a question. How do determine which Buddhist tradition to follow?
Step1: Understand there is no time called future or past. After living with this you
will realize all thoughts occur in this moment and it has no time too..
This is the path (road)
Step2: further living with this understanding you will realized The “I” or “me”
is just a concept (fake) which is the reason and it is just a endless
stream of thoughts… like a line of ants.. one after the other…
so all beings receive endless death and birth continuously… all
satisfactions are temporally… they dilute with the time (an
illusion) ..you feel always not enough.. after years of meditations
too... this patter call Mara or Satan.
Step3: further living by observing the things on step 1 and 2 you will automatically
shift to the other thought pattern (Buddha/The god) and you will
feel by 100% that you are not going to have a rebirth. Also you will
start feeling the extreme happiness which is not dilute with time.
Also you will realized all beings are in a endless dreams inside you,
coz now the meaning I has disappeared and you are the Universe. (
human mind with Mara pattern cant feel any of these, actually you
cant see things only you feel) .So now you are a door..
* Please not this who thinks that they are doing Buddhist meditations.!!!!!
The truth finder ( Gauthama Siddhartha) learned all mediation techniques and
practiced from teachers Alarakarama and Uddaka Ramaputta. But final Gautama
Siddharatha found these meditation were not the correct path. So gave
up those all techniques.. *
people misunderstood by looking at Buddha's statues.. ppl think that buddh’s statue
indicate that doing meditation. No it is not. That is his off mode.
Like standby status of a laptop. It is called nirodha-samāpatti.
So people please be wise..
The main foundation
is understanding a thought by creating an another thought, This is
pranja capability. It can dilute the fake ego and wake you up from
the eternal dream. But doing mediation you will get a temporarily
satisfaction for few years.. or few life-cycles. Wake up neo!!!
waiting for new video for long time
That's right ☺️🐱
I missed you Mindah! I so need your inspiration! 😂
Great stuff as always.....
Its quite uncanny just as my Buddhist practices seem to be flagging this pops up and puts me back on track .
"Tashi tendrel" say the Tibetans 🌹 "Meaningful coincidence" says Deepak Chopra 🌹
M🌷🙏
I would like to say thank you for encouraging and others. I've been wanted to do it for a long time but I'm scared because I heard that it will be worse than a raw surgery.
This is very helpful, thank you! Do you still have plans for a membership site? Also, do you have advice for joining local meditation or Buddhist groups? Are there certain "red flags" to watch out for?
Yes, the membership site is not too far off now! ;)
Regarding "red flags" for Buddhist groups, I think one thing to look out for is to be cautious about centers that only promote their own teachers' / lineage's books. For instance, if their whole library of books that they lend out to members doesn't have a wide selection of texts from other teachers (including teachers not directly connected with their school) then I think this could be a warning sign. It's not unusual for a Buddhist center's shop to only sell their teacher's books, but if their library is the same and only stocks their teacher's books, then this would be a bit strange. You might find that a Theravada group only loans out Theravada books, but that's perfectly normal. Many schools will only hold books in the same tradition e.g. Theravada/Mahayana/Vajrayana.
So to summarize this point, just try to find a center that seems more embracing of other schools and teachers on the whole. :)
Can you make more guided meditation videos? 😊
Constantly chant : Namo Amitabha, Repentance and Dedication of Merit.
Repentance
All the unwholesome karma created by me.
Arising from beginningless greed, hatred and delusion:
Expressed through my body, speech and mind.
I hereby regret and repent them all.
Dedication of Merit
May the merit and virtue accrued from this work, dedicated to all.
Repay the four great kindnesses above and relieve the suffering of those on the three paths below.
May those who see or hear of these efforts generate Bodhi-mind.
Spend their lives devoted to the Buddha Dharma and finally be reborn together in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Pushing the wheelbarrow is easy, it's the thinking about it that's difficult.
Wow
If anyone wants to know about the essence of Buddhism, you can read The Diamond Sutra. The Buddha actually spent 22 years explaining The Diamond Sutra.
I find this can be a Catch-22 because the complaining mind, as at 7:12, actively resists the chance of finding something to enjoy in a given experience.
Now during Corona times, self-talk differently. Many folks are upset having to wear a mask .... 😲
Don't self-talk "I'm a sucker for the govermment". Tell yourself "No big deal, give me the darn thing"! 🙏🌹
Nice your vedeo
Wonder if this is where Nike got it
Story of my life :(
I’m more of the aversion type what type of Buddhism do I covert to??
Thank you Mindah for some constructive criticism. Guess we got to put thought in its place i.e be meaningless or end up being mean, LOL
Its better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles!
Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning!
Pushing the wheelbarrow is easy. It's the thinking about it that's difficult.
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get.
Life should be touched, not strangled.
Although you might prefer my version:
Kittens should be petted, not mangled!
Hi Mindah, I hope I didn't troll your channel too hard! I like to stop by and say hello from time to time. Delete any of them that you deem inappropriate!
Blessings 🐍👏