Q: Developing A Truly Heartfelt Buddhist Form Of Devotion

(approx. 14 minutes) KEYWORDS: Q: "Please can you talk a little about the way to develop a truly heartfelt, but genuinely Buddhist devotion, and how to relate to the Buddha in one's heart?" Personal reflections, emotions, commitment, loyalty, aliveness, concepts, meditation tools, open-hearted state, nourishment, lifestyle guru, rehydrate, awareness, candle, incense, Refuges, determinations, gratitude, avoiding negative emotions, terrifying movies, joy, happiness, caring, painting, rust, habits, losing ourselves, news items, despair, emotional repertoire, capacious, intelligence, neurosis, fear, reclaiming native sensitivity, solitary practice, Dedication of Punnya, intentional wishing, psalms, theism, anthropomorphism, external authority, trust, freedom.

Q: What Helpful Daily Reflections And Practices Have You Learnt?

(approx. 12 minutes) Keywords: "What daily reflections/practices did you find helpful as a junior monk?" Devotional practices, early life conditioning, joy, faith and beliefs, enquiring, poetry, prose, commitment, Mahamangala Sutta, ‘rightly aligned’, deepening, traditions, source code, right view, true principles, mentally, emotionally, physically, responsibility, foundations, highest level, Four Noble Truths, insight, imperturbability, goal, self and not-self, atta, anatta, rainbow, multidimensional awareness, ocean, evolving, morning, reciting Pali, dedication of punnya, unapologetic, greed hatred and delusion, not reasonable.