What is the pleasure of jhāna? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What does it mean to be "established in virtue" as the Suttas often say. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠

Spending time contemplating things that are relevant to suffering and your freedom from it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠

How to prevent yourself from acting out of unwholesome mental states over and over again. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠

A brief reminder on understanding the difference between managing of suffering as opposed to uprooting it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠

Can just virtue be enough for developing of wisdom and understanding? If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

The root of all traumas and where they end. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

How to prepare yourself for solitude and seclusion. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

Patience and inspiration for skillful things that take time to develop. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

Discerning what is truly beneficial for oneself. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind is their leader and their maker. If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows from that, as a wheel follows the ox's hoof. - Dhammapada 1 If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Looking closely into the meaning of "yoniso manasikara" and its importance for the Right view. (Suttas referenced in this talk: MN 43, SN 46.51, AN 1.66-67, AN 1.11-12, AN 6.63, SN 35.240) If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Contemplation of death, done rightly. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Looking at the core of Stream-entry and how is a sotapanna unable to suffer amidst suffering. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

New series on our channel that will go through studying the MEANING of a selected number of suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya. For the PDF of the Sutta please visit here If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What does it mean to have "faith" in the Teaching? If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

How to free yourself from the burden of your own existence. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Why does your own mind not listen to you? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What is the most practical way of discerning "elements" that the Suttas talk about. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Clarifying some common misconception about what it takes to become a sotapanna and how can a lay person do it. For a new essay by Bhikkhu Anigha also see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/what-the-jhanas-actually-are/ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Or could you do both? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

How to overcome or at least diminish the consequences of one's unskillful actions... If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

Don't think you understood something until you can explain it in simple terms. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

What differentiates an arahant or even a sotapanna from the puthujjana. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/