6 excerpts, 27:26 total duration
8. “Are there harmful states of concentration? How would you potentially go down the wrong path? Is there a question you could ask yourself?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Wrong concentration] // [Craving] [Views]
1. “Is it easy for a person with attainments to deal with the world?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stages of awakening] [Everyday life] // [Discernment] [Conceit] [Culture/West] [Wrong concentration]
Quote: “To push away the world is also to reifying it. One gives it power when one is afraid of it.” [Craving not to become] [Proliferation] [Fear]
Laypeople with highly developed meditation practice function well in the world. Comment by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Lay life] [Meditation/Results] [Energy]
1. “Should we judge the quality of our meditation only by the time we spend in focused concentration?” Answered by Ajahn Jotipālo, Ajahn Ñāṇiko, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and the Abhayagiri Saṅgha. [Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo] [Meditation/Results ] [Concentration] // [Mindfulness] [Right Effort] [Investigation of states] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Hindrances]
References: Walking Meditation by Ajahn Ñāṇadhammo; “The Five Hindrances,” from The Anthology Vol. 1 by Ajahn Sumedho, pp. 35–44.
Story: Ajahn Tate and the bhavaṅga states. Told by Ajahn Jotipālo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Tate] [Wrong concentration] [Ajahn Mun] [Mindfulness of body]
Story: Ajahn Khao meditates all night with no awareness. Told by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Khao] [Wrong concentration]
6. Reading: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, pp. 373-374: Ajahn Chah’s approach to jhāna. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Jhāna] [Right Concentration] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wrong concentration]
A sense of ease and the quality of knowing is what takes one to places of insight. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno. [Happiness] [Knowing itself] [Insight meditation]
13. “You made a distinction between wrong samādhi and right samādhi. I imagine wrong samādhi has a certain lack of clarity but a feeling of settledness. Earlier you mentioned that you could hear the tone of the voice of the inner critic. Can you apply the same thing to samādhi? If one becomes aware of wrong samādhi, would it be concentration or mindfulness that reveals that?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wrong concentration] [Right Concentration] [Investigation of states] [Concentration] [Mindfulness]
Quote: “As the mind becomes more settled, then the mind becomes more sneaky as well.” [Wrong concentration] [Delusion]
Follow-up: “Is this knowing somatically or more of a mental experience?” [Mindfulness of body] [Mindfulness of mind]
4. “You mentioned ‘Look for the gap.’ Is this related to looking for fading away?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Insight meditation] [Dispassion] [Recollection] // [Cessation] [Cessation of Suffering] [Impermanence] [Faith]
Follow-up: “So we’re not just looking at the blank ...” [Wrong concentration] [Emptiness] [Nature of the cosmos] [Unwholesome Roots] [Not-self]