Not Swept Away by the Eight Worldly Winds | Bhante Joe

watch the full video here{https://youtu.be/ztaW_WK8f9g?si=oQeH1laksAwTjepr}In this Dhamma reflection, Bhante Joe begins with a vivid experience of heading into the forest to sleep on a sun-warmed rock, only to find himself watching the weather and reading the direction of the wind. From there, he develops the Buddha’s simile of the eight worldly winds—gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, fame and anonymity—and reflects on how people spend their lives trying to stand in front of what they want while avoiding what they fear. Drawing on a striking encounter in Toronto, he explores why worldly change hurts so much, how papanca or proliferation expands the sense of self, and why sati-sampajañña offers a safer refuge. He then turns to body contemplation, non-reactivity, and practical ways of working with pain, before answering questions on suitable meditation anchors, mindfulness of bodily movement, and the role of loving-kindness in countering anger and attachment. From our monthly session with the Mettā Centre. For more information see www.mettacentre.org━ONLINE EVENTS & COMMUNITY PRACTICE Tune in with fellow practitioners for dhammavinayapatipada online events and community practice!━ MONTHLY MEDITATION via ZOOM ━━━━━*North America — 1st Sunday of the month: 7–8:30pm *Australia — 1st Monday of the month: 7–8:30pmhttps://dhammavinayapatipada.com/monthly-meditation-meetings/━━━━━ LUMA CALENDAR ━━━━━━━━━━*Subscribe for updates on special eventshttps://luma.com/dhammavinayapatipada?k=c━━━━━━ FIND OUT MORE ━━━━━━━━━━Linktree https://linktr.ee/dhamma.vinaya.patipadaWebsite www.dhammavinayapatipada.comWelcome!!