Vesak Poya - APPLICATION OF YONISO MANASIKĀRA: HINDRANCE OF ILL WILL

Welcome to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. This is ONLY the APPLICATION OF YONISO MANASIKARA TO THE HINDRANCE OF ILL WILL from the Vesak Poya Dhamma Session, conducted via zoom on 26 May 2021. **Please note - each contemplation is a gradual and sequential development of yoniso manasikara, therefore you may wish to do the meditations or contemplations in sequence. For the full 3.5hr session (including contemplations) you can listen to episode 103 WHY YONISO MANASIKARA IS ESSENTIAL TO THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH (Vesak Poya FULL Dhamma Session) In this segment from the Vesak Poya Dhamma Session, we examine Buddha's teachings on: ayoniso manasikara - reason for arising of unarisen ill will (byāpādo) and increase & expansion of arisen ill will yoniso manasikara - medicine for unarisen sensual desire and arisen sensual desire to be abandoned meditation instruction - use our own examples to see both ayoniso manasikara and yoniso manasikara reminder to notice how the mind settles towards the right direction (towards the Noble Eightfold Path, leading with Right View) after applying yoniso manasikara The main suttas supporting this contemplation: — Āhāra Sutta (SN 46.51) — Nīvaraṇappahānavagga (AN 1.12 and AN 1.17) A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wd0qPxduCs Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai