5th Monthly Q&A Session – October 31th, 2022

Recording of the Fifth Monthly Q&A with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo organized by Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery.

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Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
01:02 – Q1: Is it okay to think “It’s their Samsara” when I see people suffering?
04:29 – Q2: Awareness of the breath and the Buddha’s enlightenment
11:01 – Q2a: Explaining the term “Dhyāna”
15:28: – Q3: What would be the best practice when one has retired from “active” life?
18:54: – Q4: How can one truly develop compassion if one is isolated from other people and their suffering?
26:49 – Q5: Could you tell me more about walking meditation?
33:48 – Q6&7: Feeling guilty for wanting to end a mariage and how to deal with situations in which we feel that a relationship is being maintained because we make an effort to maintain it?
39:49 – Q8: How can I apply loving kindness and compassion with an alcoholic partner?
46:53 – Q9: What to do with bad thoughts and feeling bad about having them?
53:34 – Q10: How to find the balance between working and practicing Dharma?