"I'll meditate observing an aspect of Dhamma" from AN 8.63, specifically looking at the five hindrances from the Satipatthana Sutta.

By opening to the perspective of everything arising and passing away in the space of awareness we see through the illusion of separation, directly experiencing anatta, the selfless nature of reality. We also let go of identifying with hindrances and and other ways we identify with the natural unfolding of experience. This talk includes an exploration of the Kashmir Shaivism text "Realization of Our True Heart."

Mindfulness of the five hindrances

Welcome and Introduction to the Session, Settling Meditation, Teaching, Guided Meditation.

Identifying pleasant/unpleasant/neutral vedanā and their relationship to the five hindrances.

Identifying the five hindrances as the object of our meditation can loosen the grip of self identification with these often unpleasant mental states.

Exploring conditionality as an aspect of Right View; understanding what conditions support freedom and what conditions get in the way; includes a brief exploration of the five hindrances

Guided Meditation

Meditation instructions.

Creatively engaging with what clouds our minds and hearts, particularly in the context of social engagement.

Navigating the challenges of practice with curiosity.

Teaching and guided practice on working skillfully with challenging states of mind and heart.

Hindrances – growth along the path, and the utility of engaging them for growth and deepening of practice

A Summary of the Five Hindrances and the Seven Factors of Awakening

Teachings on the five hindrances and how to hold them with equanimity. Making friends with our beautiful monsters.

Questions are précised and read into the file: 00:38 Q1 Buddhist cosmology I find terribly overwhelming. If I just focus on what is helping me, will I be missing out on much? 02:07 Q2 I really value your teaching that it all comes back to clinging. 02:55 Q3 Yesterday you mentioned a shift that can be sensed before the tone of pleasant or unpleasant actually arises. Can you say anything more about this shift before the vedana quality actually appears? 04:23 Q4 This seems so interwoven. I guess it's a tangled skein. 12:17 Q5 You mentioned that it was helpful to point the citta towards kaya sankara rather than the vaci sankara. Is that what allows the development of equanimity? 16:52 Q6 I am confused. Are the heart and the citta two different things? 19:44 Q7 About the taints/ asava, is this a linear sequence? 28:15 Q8 Isn't part of the beauty of what you've done with samadhi as well is that to enter samadhi you've experienced non-fabrication of the 5 hindrances. 30:13 Q9 When I practice the jhanas I find I get to a certain point where I can't get further into calmness. Is that where I should start to investigate? 35:13 Q10 I have a resistance to being grounded. It seems I prefer the fizzy state. 42:37 Q11 In relating to signs and to being able to set signs aside, what role does beauty play in the dhamma? 44:58 Q12 Could it mean that it reduces the energy in unhelpful sankaras? Q13 There might be a time when I'm experiencing an upset and I would just put myself in front of a tree and the experience of viewing, considering the tree gives time for the capacity to identify with something wholesome and helpful.

An overview of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity, and how they can be used as antidote to the hindrances

Working with hindrances in metta practice.

Question and Response Session with Tuere Sala

Hindrances to metta practice. How to offer to a person we are having difficulty with.

In moments, when meditation feels like a struggle, you are most likely in the terrain of the five hindrances. The Buddha's teachings show us how to navigate this terrane with confidence.

Focus: Hindrances

Critical text analysis of how Anapanasati practice fulfills the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Discussion of the samadhi (step 11) and liberating the mind (step 12) from hindrances and self.

Exploring Hindrances; reflections, some guided practice, then silent practice.

In this talk Gullu shares reflections on the hindrances of ill will and in particular the Buddha's instructions for cultivation of a mind free from ill will.

In this talk Gullu introduces the 5 hindrances: Desire, Aversion, Sloth/Torpor, Restlessness & Doubt and how they keep us from feeling comfortable or "at home" with the present moment. He also introduces the acronym RAFT from Gil Fronsdal as a method of working with them. RAFT is Recognize, Allow, Feel & Tease Apart. The talk uses some visual aids which can be found at https://links.gullusingh.com/mj1

Talk given at Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center in Colorado

What if we consider the five hindrances not as obstacles, but as veils, coverings, or energies moving through the body?

This is an examination of the steps in the Gradual Training as represented in MN 39 The Longer Discourse at Assapura. Here the Buddha includes beautiful similes for the five hindrances and the experience of the four jhanas. Our study has the aim to deepen our own practice and progress on the path.

Part 3: Guided Meditation

Part 2: Teachings

A Dhamma talk on the 5 Hindrances followed by a guided meditation on settling with the breath.