Guided Meditation With Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Nov22, 2020/S33)

[With English interpretation] Ven. Pomnyun Sunim answers a question during one of his Sunday Meditation sessions. Learn Vipassana Meditation from a Zen Master, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. "We meditate not to make money or attain fame but to find our way to true happiness and freedom, or nirvana and liberation." by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim.

Transcript

Welcome.

We will begin the online meditation with Venerable Pham Nyeongseon Im shortly.

Before we proceed,

We will meditate for a brief moment to calm our minds.

We will begin the meditation with Venerable Pham Nyeongseon Im.

We will begin the meditation with Venerable Pham Nyeongseon Im.

We will begin the meditation with Venerable Pham Nyeongseon Im.

Hello.

I am Venerable Pham Nyeongseon Im.

I hope you are in a good way.

I am a little cold.

Where I am is a little cold.

I am not cold.

We are going to go below freezing tomorrow morning.

I am cold.

I am not cold.

I think we are hanging out the last day just of the fall.

I am not cold.

Then we will transition into the beginning of winter.

I am not cold.

I am not cold.

Let's look at your questions from last week.

If we become very skilled at mindfulness and meditation,

Do our other actions and circumstances matter anymore?

Can mindfulness allow us to overcome any emotional obstacles?

Yes.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

If we can overcome any emotional obstacles,

We can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I will give you a few words.

As an example.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

We run into several difficulties while trying to harvest grains.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

We can overcome any emotional obstacles.

We can overcome any emotional obstacles.

We can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think that we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

I think we can overcome any emotional obstacles.

And the water is not However,

Somebody comes along and asks,

Well,

If you think it can thrive anywhere,

Then will it thrive inside water?

Will it thrive without soil?

Will it thrive hanging in the air?

Or will it thrive if you just put it on top of rock?

So these are kind of outlier exceptions.

So these don't really make sense.

I mean,

Outside is usually used in elections.

They just go by without soil after subscripting,

Without park spots.

It's really encourageable to just under Grant but not only that.

It's really encourageable to just under Grant but not only that.

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But if you have a lot of problems,

If you have a lot of problems,

If you have a lot of problems,

If you have a lot of problems,

Then you can't do it.

You can't do it.

You can't do it.

You can't do it.

So even if you come up with this incredibly good resistant strain of some kind of grain,

You still need to nurture it.

You still need to plant it in the soil.

You know,

That's the minimum amount of external circumstances you have to provide.

And if you supposedly there's a person that can,

You know,

Has obtained complete freedom regardless of the circumstances.

However,

That doesn't mean that it's free from the external circumstances when it involves knifing him or starving him to death or stopping his breathing or burning him alive,

For example.

So these are absolute.

So when you frame the questions that allow us from any emotional obstacles or external circumstances that any is an absolute that I can't speak to for sure.

But what I can confirm to you is that all the little difficulties we face in normal everyday life,

For example,

We're being insulted or getting involved in arguments or fighting,

All those challenges,

And I can say for sure that you will attain a stage in which you can free yourself from the obstacles that are presented by those little challenges,

But the everyday challenges.

Just as I can say,

If you take an improved species of some kind of grain and if you plant it normally,

They will thrive.

It is imminently possible for you to live without suffering in a circumstance that defines a person's ordinary life.

As long as you don't create some kind of extreme external situation for yourself just to test it.

Next question.

Sunim,

Did you mean we can get to the deeper space when we practice Sunday meditation continuously,

Even without participating in longer retreats?

Sunim,

I think we can get to the deeper space when we practice Sunday meditation.

I think it's going to be a little difficult.

I think we can get to the deeper space when we practice Sunday meditation.

At the same time,

It's not impossible.

I think it's going to be a little difficult for you to get to the deeper space.

Because individuals can differ.

I think that we can get to the deeper space when we practice Sunday meditation.

But generally speaking,

Doing it for 30 minutes a day,

It's going to be difficult for you to go deep inside yourself.

I think that we can get to the deeper space when we practice Sunday meditation.

But generally speaking,

Doing it for 30 minutes is difficult.

It's like digging a well.

Instead of digging it until you hit the water deep enough to hit the water,

You're just starting to dig,

Then going there,

And then stopping and coming back to start to dig again.

I think that when you're digging something,

You can get to the deeper space.

I think that when you're digging something,

You can get to the deeper space.

But if you're doing it for 30 minutes,

You can't get to the deeper space.

You can't get to the deeper space.

But what I can say is that for a person who has initially experienced a kind of a long session or Consistent constant session in which he or she has experienced that death at least once They can follow up with a smaller or shorter meditation periods and still get there Nirminder may Okay,

Tom.

She means our Honda amazing mention anangasan and an govata nan ocean that's Awesome.

However doing a little by little every day or doing it once,

You know every Sunday It's a lot better than not doing it at all Here I'm dale.

Some are a Tomo Come on,

She's I Think it will definitely help you in your everyday life And there I'm the rookie Tom.

She's got you go.

Okay,

And Chairman,

How get the hang of that sugar yuksi Madhir.

Kaya I went for trying to get to a big deep space,

You know,

That's doing it a short time Then that itself is being greedy And had young kohkara.

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There you go.

Kat's me It's almost trying to get at the result without putting in the requisite effort Groom,

Which any guess what the may union going union in a grown or you want to change general hekis You know if there was a case then why would Buddha himself have gone through six years of very difficult training or practice?

Molent you can worry about which I'm chairman.

Hey,

I don't know to do the middle Of course today,

You know,

I'm not saying that you have to practice like Buddha did but anyone who took arika to Jana go Sarah on kiddo,

It's an asa get them in a man and sing chakar.

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I was back up some Because Buddha because no he did not have a guide at that time and he was pioneering a new path There was a lot of miss miss hits during his practice Gonna,

Manan sing chakar good.

They're doing the role.

Balgana go young people get a resource And after that long journey,

He was able to discover the middle way and also discover the path of dependent origination Mmm,

Kulgu rid Rege a parent giller in dices and he was able to kind of teach that to us to show us the right way Here in a modern girdle.

Canangi Anira do gaga in me Palgan.

Then get a target them on a Buddha Thank you.

I'll tell about that and I'll see you soon And because in that sense,

You know,

We have a much easier path because it's a path that's already traveled already has been pioneered Nick Rana I'm really parent.

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However easy or the correct that path may be no one can actually walk that path for you We have to work at ourselves Don't never get in this helmet.

So quite karma you assume.

They got a book on here And the habits will carry with us,

You know,

The ingrained habits the the layer of karma we have this we have to overcome ourselves The each angle girl do not own their Gotta come all hurry and some sheep in sick heads or the enormous ita You'll cheer is some sheep when I said they are normal sit down.

You can and are absent You know to overcome this barrier It's gonna be difficult for you to do so by practicing 30 minutes a week or just couple of minutes a day I'm good at a small some delay man.

Some people are harder at the time.

You'll do the Hanbar.

I'd rather not So to summarize Even if you do it 30 minutes a week or 30 minutes a day,

It's a lot better than not doing it at all No,

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You go so tongue and so many people Seguirre come on,

She's not you know,

Kenomara Subs but to be able to get to that deeper space you speak of by this kind of frequency of Meditational practice it's gonna be difficult There goes on and on over the Nana kah,

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Oh,

I see.

Well,

Yeah But since it's better doing it than not doing it at all.

So I urge you to continue your practice even though we can practice In German,

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But but if you want to kind of change your fundamental makeup or Heal any deep-seated trauma or experience a kind of a more deeper Changes in your deeper in your you know inner space then you have to and I invest a longer time Google toe and bam man and other than India Nira Yaloban Chugga chugga,

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I'm Because I had a guy come on a commando get in the Hanukkah check us a trace of that end So that's why I keep telling you that you know,

You're doing this but you are enduring doing meditation then you won't last that long because enduring something creates stress I'm going to put on some tests on gun model.

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They wonder why I'm here.

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She is Hymnidar Jananika,

So there's a budget but Jananika go Joe.

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Nana,

That's why That's why in order to do this continuously in constantly you have to approach it from a relaxed from a relaxed and comfortable state of mind You know,

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She got in on how to join you guys.

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Yeah So if you have ten minutes then go ahead for ten minutes if you have you know several hours in a day That's good,

Too.

And if you can invest over ten days straight,

That's great So whatever circumstance it allows you but without tension without making an offered effort that will lead to more stress Yeah Hey guys,

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And with that let's experience it ourselves You're a woman.

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Then I look at you and I am Now it can't be tense.

You can't have a specific intent and you have to let go of any kind of outcome based expectations No,

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If you sleepy because that's a natural kind of phenomena of the body You know,

You don't allow yourself to say no,

I can't sleep.

No,

I saw all I could do so I'm telling you something is someone who is a man and he'll ask me no,

Marika.

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So you just observe even general sanga get on a number two more jungshan chugging chag,

You know,

And All the different thrusts that come in your way,

You know,

Those are natural phenomena of the mind because she most and I guess I then the upset and He don't sing act.

Oh,

I didn't matter.

I Even the thought that these thoughts are good.

These thoughts are bad needs to be there need not be there Just let go of even those judgments Charlie me,

I don't talk to you.

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You don't know man.

And you took one it any guy don't know Whether you feel sleepy whether there's pain or whether you have this distracting thoughts They're there because you know,

Circus conditions are there for them to be there.

Okay,

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I am So don't attach any significance to those and don't allow your mind to wander into those What did mommy?

Kokuma cut the top to shirahasa Sumi Drago Sumi now knows her Arachali your mind should be singularly focused on the tip of your nose and Recognize the breath in and the breath out you got way and on a tongue I said oh,

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Yeah No other significance of meaning in your life at that moment except that breath But that is so sorry was on sorry got the region manan cookie.

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We had you and then done at this So you may hear the bird chirping outside the window,

But don't attach any significance to it We had done a some bosun.

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It up.

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Mommy could total to sugar then that addition Because attaching significance to some stimulus means that your mind's already asking follow-up questions as to the nature of that Gorman II Call my cut the to shoot a lot chicken.

They're over and I tell you more that get them then you have lost your focus on the breath Grace oh Then hands on your own.

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So oh well at a challenge So no matter what phenomena happens don't attach any significance imbue them with any meaning and just focus on the breath Yeah,

Hey,

We'll get some it down You know,

Let's begin some simple woman.

Yes.

Let's do it for 35 minutes today You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You Although we only do it once a week,

Since we've been doing it for a while now,

I hope you've become more used to,

Familiar and comfortable with the process.

You Yeah,

This went well.

It was a little late I feel well rested after being fatigued.

I can sense the breath coming in,

But not as well the breath going out.

I was overwhelmed by sleep.

Despite being drowsy,

I was able to focus on the breath.

I was distracted,

But I managed to bring back my focus to my breath.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I was able to finish well today by focusing on the breath.

I was a good practice for feeling lighthearted and relaxed.

I felt heat enveloping my body.

I felt a little stuffy.

At first I was able to focus well,

But as time went I lost that focus.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

I felt the wind move.

As you are akin to practicing,

For example,

If somebody actually curses you out,

Instead of imbuing that curse with any significance and personalizing to yourself,

You are able to maintain that distance and recognize how your mind reacts and also objectify the observation that he is upset and he is cursing you.

In that sense,

You are not being not being looked into the emotional state or how upset that person is or his words and what not.

You are able to maintain that freedom from his situation.

To be able to be focused on the breath without being distracted by all these random thoughts you have inside your head.

It's akin to being able to manage and keep a consistent equanimity despite what you hear or touch or smell or see.

In other words,

Your equanimity is not maintained by not hearing it.

Your equanimity is able to be sustained despite your hearing things and touching,

Smelling,

Seeing,

Tasting and thinking.

In that sense,

The previous question we tried to answer at the beginning was that can mindfulness allow us to overcome circumstances and other actions?

In that sense,

Yes.

The reason I answered that was that there was a qualifier there of any and any obstacles speaks to an absolute that will not hold in extreme circumstances.

However,

Unless it's an outlier extreme circumstances that you make to test yourself,

If the circumstances you face are the same things that you face in your everyday life,

The answer is yes.

Even if you face a terminal cancer diagnosis and you are facing imminent death,

You are able to maintain equanimity.

In such a fashion,

I want you to own and master the master of your own life by not blaming others or blaming external circumstances but owning your own sense.

I will see you again next week.