How to break the negative mental patterns.

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"Cannot Endure" A brief look into the AN 5.139 sutta and how right samadhi can come only through immovability towards the five sense objects.

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• Difference between mere bearing of discomfort and "enduring things on the right level"
• Common, yet mistaken, idea of the Buddha being a child when he had the first jhana

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Is there a way of practically understanding what "consciousness" is, without falling into abstractions?

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Overcoming an inherent intoxication with life.

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-Detachment from identity and gender. -Equanimity arises not from changing external perceptions but from relinquishing ownership of the body and its attributes. -Praise and blame affect only those who mistakenly identify with their form, but letting it go will require abandoning of the pursuit of validation, desire, and self-image. -Beautification and social approval reinforce attachment, while seeing the body as impermanent and not-self leads to freedom from suffering.

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The ultimate way of permanently uprooting the five hindrancesIf you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:

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Learning how to address the root of the problem through the correct training and discernment.

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