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Blog: http://psychreviews.org/satipatthana-the-direct-path-to-realization-bhikkhu-analayo/ For those who have floundered in many different Buddhist traditions and want a solid foundation of Early Buddhist teachings, the following review highlights some of the works of Bhikkhu Analayo who is one of the best scholars of Early Buddhist texts. For this review I’ll focus on what good meditation practice is in this tradition. Intro: 0:00 Bhikkhu Analayo 0:46 Diligence 2:53 Clearly knowing 5:42 Mindfulness 7:25 Freedom from desires and discontent (equanimity) 9:55 Early Buddhist Meditation Studies: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780367111373/ Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781899579549/ Mindfulness: Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Video links: The Anapanasati Sutta https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Credits: Bhikkhu Anālayo By Bhikkhu Analayo, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14907622 A lute being made in a workshop By © Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15104236

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/how-to-walk-thich-nhat-hanh/ Throughout the day it is hard to include mindfulness for meditation practitioners. The mind can swirl around goals and obstacles for most of the day. The trick for many meditators is to include as much mindfulness as possible in areas of the day that are taken for granted. One area for Thich Naht Hanh that is taken for granted is walking. Intro: 0:00 How to walk: 1:26 Gratitude on tap: 2:47 What is happiness? 3:24 How to Walk - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781937006921/ Stock Footage from www.videoblocks.com

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/zen-haiku-various-authors/ Haiku is the shortest form of poetry. The goal of this poetry is to communicate the poet’s immediate experience. Of course the audience didn’t experience what the poet did, so the trick is how it makes the audience use their memories to fill in the gaps. Each individual reader will have a unique image in response to the same poem. To get the most out of this experience just absorb yourself in the images that your mind naturally creates from the words… Explanation of Haiku 0:00 Pointing instruction 0:30 Basho 1:44 Masaoka 2:07 Soseki 2:12 Soseki 2:24 Soseki 2:33 Joso 2:44 Basho 2:57 Chiyo-Ni 3:07 Hashin 3:14 Basho 3:26 Masaoka 3:38 Basho 3:50 Moritake 3:58 Issa 4:06 Basho 4:16 Basho 4:26 Soseki 4:38 Basho 4:50 Masaoka 5:02 Ryuin 5:13 Hara 5:24 Issa 5:33 Tama 5:39 Soseki 5:48 Issa 5:57 Basho 6:08 Basho 6:21 Outro Japan 6:28 Zen Haiku – Jonathan Clements: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780711236516/ Classic Haiku - by Tom Lowenstein: Hardcover: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781627950480/ Good English translations here http://www.thehypertexts.com/Haiku%20Best%20Masters%20Translation%20.htm Sound effects and Zen Garden music: https://mynoise.net/ Video of Japan from my 2015 trip.

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/dependent-co-arising-various-authors/ Welcome to Psych Reviews. In this video I am tackling one of the most difficult subjects to understand in Buddhism and that is the study of how suffering is caused. It is called Dependent Co-arising. Intro: 0:00 Dependent Co-arising 0:38 Disclaimer 2:18 Alternate sequence 4:05 Ignorance 6:17 Four Noble Truths 6:28 The Eightfold Path 6:58 Aging and death 7:36 Birth 8:44 Becoming 9:16 Clinging 9:56 Craving 11:44 Feeling 12:50 Name and Form 13:32 Consciousness 14:54 Fabrication 16:00 Eightfold path 17:16 What is the deathless like? 22:42 Outro 24:14 The Shape of Suffering – Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/shapeofsuffering.pdf The Great Discourse on Causation: The Mahanidana Sutta and its Commentaries – Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781681724478/ Buddhessence – Darryl Bailey: http://www.darrylbailey.net/books/ Under the Bodhi Tree: Buddha's Original Vision of Dependent Co-arising - Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781614292197/ The Noble Eightfold Path – Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/eightfoldPath_150211.pdf Lusting While Loathing: Parallel Counterdriving of Wanting and Liking Ab Litt, Uzma Khan, and Baba Shiv Stanford University Identity and authentic change https://rumble.com/v1gvjcr-identity-and-5-ways-to-make-authentic-change.html Credits: Photos, music and sound effects from: www.storyblocks.com https://mynoise.net/ Austro-Hungarian troops executing captured Serbians, 1917. By UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD - http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DefenseLINK_Search/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=HDSN9902350&JPGPath=/Assets/1999/DoD/HD-SN-99-02350.JPGhttps://research.archives.gov/description/533647, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1550332 Andromeda and Milky Way Colliding By NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19730667 Four classical elements By en:User:Heron - Transwikied from en:. Originally uploaded by en:User:Heron. Recompressed with OptiPNG by Michael. Converted to SVG by tiZom, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2262444 The Victory of Buddha By Abanindranath Tagore - Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20165972 Reeds growing in saltmarsh in the estuary of the River Tay By Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12580279 Map of territorial changes in Europe after World War I (as of 1923) By derivative work: Fluteflute (talk)Map_Europe_1923-fr.svg: Historicair - Map_Europe_1923-fr.svg, CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5707302

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/meditation-chronic-pain/ I have another digital web review on Meditation but exclusively on dealing with Chronic Pain. As turbulent as it is to meditate with a stressful mind, it is much more difficult when there is physical pain. Both the mental and physical pain play off of each other and build. There is agreement with this in the book “The Mindfulness Solution to pain.” It states that “emotional stability contributes to a more manageable pain perception.” We cannot eliminate physical chronic pain but our emotional state can make it worse. Meditation can work to reduce the overall experience of pain, because “we function so much better when the body-mind dynamic feels better, and we are able to do more things.” As always don’t use these meditation instructions in place of professional medical care. Meditation is best when it is not the sole method used for your pain management. Intro 0:00 Disclaimer 0:58 Thanissaro Bhikkhu & Rob Burbea 1:08 Guided meditation 2:09 The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Jackie Gardner-Nix, Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781572245815/ The Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing) Step-by-step https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Fabricating around pain - Thanissaro Bhikkhu https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2017/170825_Fabricating_Around_Pain.mp3 Rob Burbea's Energy Body talks Energy Body: Instructions (1) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31525.html Energy Body: Instructions (2) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31526.html Energy, Image, Emotion (Part 1) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31527.html Energy, Image, Emotion (Part 2) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31528.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/saints-and-psychopaths/ This is a review of the Mahasi master William L. Hamilton's book, Saints and Psychopaths. Bring a notepad and take down some tips on how to improve your meditation practice. Intro 0:00 Greed, hatred and delusion 0:33 Saints and Psychopaths - Mukti 1:28 Cycle of Abuse 2:02 Psychopath development 2:15 Saint vs. Psychopath 3:03 Enlightenment maps 3:38 Snowmass Contemplative Group 3:56 The value of teachers 5:20 Embarrassment of Enlightenment - False Gold 6:12 Summary 6:41 Outro 7:23 Saints and Psychopaths by William L. Hamilton: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780964490406/ Credits: Reward of Saint Sebastian By Eliseu Visconti - Eliseu Visconti Website: page; file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37938802 Depiction of the Devil By Herman the Recluse of the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice - http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/Browse-the-Manuscript/Djavulen/?=&mode=1&page=577#, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=181848 The Retreat House at St. Benedict's Monastery http://www.stbenedictsretreat.com/ Jekyll and Hyde (Richard Mansfield) By Photo by Henry Van der Weyde (1838-1924; London, England) - http://www.photography-museum.com/jekyll.html / Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia; description page was here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1819530 Miroirs - V. La vallee des cloches – Maurice Ravel – Performed by Luis Sarro Intro music: Violin Sonata no. 9 'Kreutzer', Op. 47 performed by Edward Auer

Blog: https://www.tumblr.com/psychreviews2/719123605096660992 The Anapanasati Sutta: This is a mini review of Gil Fronsdal's and Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translations of the sutta into English. It shows you how to meditate with the Anapanasati Sutta, and how to develop insight towards enlightenment. You can find much more below: 1st Tetrad: 0:26 2nd Tetrad 4:15 3rd Tetrad 5:50 4th Tetrad 8:45 Gil Fronsdal's translation and audio files http://media.audiodharma.org/documents/16_steps_of_Anapanasati.pdf http://audiodharma.org/series/1/talk/5979/ Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html Thanissaro's index of talks. You can search under "Tetrad" for the specific talks on the discourse on breath meditation. https://www.dhammatalks.org/mp3_index.html Thanissaro's description of stream entry via the concentration path at 1:19:00 http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/3022.html Gil's description of stream entry http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/975.html