If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside 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 Mn 107: "...When the Tathāgata gets a person fit to be tamed, he first trains him thus: ‘Come, monk. Be virtuous. Dwell restrained in accordance with the Pāṭimokkha, consummate in your behavior & sphere of activity. Train yourself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest faults.’ “... the Tathāgata then trains him further: ‘Come, monk. Be one who is guarded in the doors of your sense faculties. On seeing a form with the eye, don’t grasp at any theme or details by which—if you were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the eye—evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail you. Practice for its restraint. Protect the faculty of the eye. Attain restraint with regard to the faculty of the eye. On hearing a sound with the ear.… On smelling an aroma with the nose.… On tasting a flavor with the tongue.… On touching a tactile sensation with the body.… On cognizing an idea with the intellect, don’t grasp at any theme or details by which—if you were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the intellect—evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail you. Practice for its restraint. Protect the faculty of the intellect. Attain restraint with regard to the faculty of the intellect.’ “…the Tathāgata then trains him further: ‘Come, monk. Be one who is moderate in eating. Considering it appropriately, take your food not playfully, nor for intoxication, nor for putting on bulk, nor for beautification, but simply for the survival & continuance of this body, for ending its afflictions, for the support of the holy life, thinking, “I will destroy old feelings (of hunger) & not create new feelings (from overeating). Thus I will maintain myself, be blameless, & live in comfort.”’ “When the monk is one who is moderate in eating… the Tathāgata then trains him further: ‘Come, monk. Be one who is devoted to wakefulness. During the day, sitting & pacing back & forth, cleanse your mind of any qualities that would hold the mind in check. During the first watch of the night sitting & pacing back & forth, cleanse your mind of any qualities that would hold the mind in check. During the second watch of the night, reclining on your right side, take up the lion’s posture, one foot placed on top of the other, mindful, alert, with your mind set on getting up [either as soon as you awaken or at a particular time]. During the last watch of the night, sitting & pacing back & forth, cleanse your mind o ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVw4gDCrfKQ

On the nature of jhana practice, for laypeople and monks. The necessary requirements and what exactly the seclusion from unskilful states means. Nature of the joy and pleasure experienced in jhana and few practical examples. ____________________________________ If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you would be very welcome to do so by donating at: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings For the Buddhist Phenomenology essays see: http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings/writings/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW2u48I1mnQ