Q&A 25 Sept 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- 00:23 Q1. Dear Ajahn, may I please ask this potentially selfish question? I have experienced a lot of suffering in my life, and when we dedicate merit to others, I feel that I actually need the merit myself, to alleviate my own suffering. (In general, I feel I have been too generous to others in my life, and now I question whether that was the right thing to do). How does the dedication of merit work? Do others really benefit when we dedicate merit? Or is it just in imagination, to gladden one’s own heart?
08:15 Q2. Dear Ajahn, when you shared some stories of Buddhas in other universes and great bodhisattvas like Ksitigharba in parallel realms, with his optimism towards hell beings, I started crying deeply. I don’t know about Ksitigharba. I know about Avalokiteshvara a little bit. Can Ajahn give some comments on my emotional state of mind?
12:24 Q3. Dear Ajahn lately I’ve been recognizing very intensely the dukkha characteristic; on such occasions I see everything as impermanent and suffering, everything as dangerous in that sense. The reality that my body and everybody else’s body is subject to old age, sickness, death and pain, that everything pleasant is subject to change becomes vividly intense. When this happens, my mind becomes overwhelmed but this recognition of dukkha also inclines my mind to letting go because it recognizes that there is absolutely no security in conditioned things. Can you give me advice on how to correctly direct my mind when such experiences happen? This recognition of dukkha is gradually becoming more and more frequent and constant.
18:52 Q4. Dear Ajahn, you mentioned Devanussati sometimes. How does one do this practice? Do we have arakha deva? (Guardian devas) If so, how do we bring them to mind? Thank you.
27:26 Q5. My question, I want to become a Buddhist monk; however, there is no any monastery in my country Lebanon and in UAE where I'm currently living and working. May I kindly ask your advice or suggestion regarding this point? What shall I do? In fact, I know that the life of a Buddhist monk is a tough one as what I saw in TH-cam as well, but it's really a dream to me to be a Buddhist monk supported by the collective energy of the sanga. Hence, I'm already 45 years old.
32:56 Q6. Our family (comprising 2 little children) has a practice of listening to Buddhist mantras before sleeping, as a method of calming the mind. Recently, we traveled to Perth and stayed in a hotel. My children wore Buddhist amulets around their necks during this trip. As usual, we listened to some Buddhist mantras for a very short while before turning in. The next morning, my child woke to find her Buddhist amulet missing. (She couldn't have dropped it when sleeping, as the necklace is short and needs to be wriggled over her face and onto her neck.) She (unjustly!!) got a scolding from all of us for losing the necklace. I said a short prayer to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva for the amulet to be recovered, as I didn't want it falling into unfriendly hands. Suddenly, when we were at the train station, we discovered the Buddhist amulet back on her neck again. This was physically impossible. All of us were shocked, and we chalk up the recovery to the Bodhisattva's grace for sparing our family further anxiety. Question - do I need to seek permission from resident spirits/pretas/devas etc before playing Buddhist mantras? I'm mindful that some of them may not like Buddhism or Buddhist mantras very much!
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🙏🙏
sadhu sadhu sadhu
Namo Amituofo
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu Anumodana. It was lovely to see Ajahn on Wednesday. Thank you LP Achalo for this teaching, and wonderful volunteers for uploading this video. 功德无量!!! (classic oft-used Chinese Buddhist phrase for "immeasurable merit") 🪷🪷🪷
Very good video, thank you Ajahn!
There are a couple of Sri Lankan monasteries in UAE. There is one in Jumeirah called Mahamevanawa
Let’s catch up if you want. I’m also deep into the Buddhist tradition.
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Reference to person from UAE wanting to enter monkhood there maybe a way for him to say to practice meditation at Threvada international monasteries in California or places like Goenka or International Meditation Centres worldwide
Permission to enter monkhood permanently is required from family first but to enter for say 7 or nr of days is not required from family
Pls check and contact monasteries in countries outside UAE
Thank you so much for your advice as well
Hello again, actually I would like to express my gratitude for your insightful guidance, which has given me much to reflect on regarding my aspiration to enter monkhood. While I am eager to pursue this path, my current obligations to my mother and wife prevent me from doing so at this time.
I am particularly interested in exploring the possibility of joining the monasteries we discussed. Given my need to navigate visa processes, I am concerned about potential challenges in entering countries such as the USA and others. If you have any insights on alternative options or specific monasteries that might accommodate these circumstances, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.
Additionally, I want to thank Ajahn for clarifying my options. I found his advice invaluable, particularly the suggestion to practice and uphold the precepts in this lifetime as a meaningful way to engage with my spiritual journey.
Thank you once again for your support. Sadhu