I can attest to having a RU-vid addiction for how to videos with dharma talks filling a large portion. Without practice one becomes similar to a fan in the stands of a ballgame. We all dream of hitting it out of the park but we rarely chase our dreams. Maybe the simile is stretched. Thank you Bhante for bringing it to my attention.
This is interesting as I listen to Dhamma talks every night and during the day if I can. I never saw this as entertainment? I listen to understand as this Avija is strong, I seek specific subjects to listen to in order to understand as I don't have a teacher - no teacher, how else can we learn? The Buddha himsef said this takes a long, long time to understand and he's right. I suppose when I think of this I see what you are saying but you need to understand the layperson is subject to algorithms that hijack attention and Dhamma talks do not appear, so we must seek them ... If you don't know how to extinguish things, how to let go, you'll get stuck on every level of the path. If you get stuck on the delicious flavor of emptiness or stillness, that's delusion's version of nibbana. Upasika Kee Nanayon For me its reading Suttas and that quote there from the Upasika is useful. The practice itself can be difficult to grasp if we don't understand the 4 Noble Truths, 3 marks of existence, 3 poisons and 3 Tanhas, Dependent Origination, the 5 Hindrances, how these are all playing at al times. Thank you Bhante.
Sure, stop it and become a Bhante. Books and audios around, but I do not touch them, after a long retreat I understood the futility. Maybe a lot of nonesense inthose media. Will not bring u to Nirvan, probably.
