In this episode I am once again joined by David Johnson, a meditation teacher and author of ‘A Path to Nibbana’.
In this episode David describes the forgiveness meditation technique that he teaches to his students who encounter emotional blocks in meditation practice.
David recalls his own journey with forgiveness, including his experience forgiving a toxic boss, and shares his students’ accounts using this technique.
David also explains the links between keeping Buddhist precepts and a peaceful mind, and details other benefits of a moral life, including increase in personal power and acquisition of siddhi.
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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep225-forgiveness-meditation-david-johnson-2
Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.
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Topics Include:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Dealing with emotional blocks in meditation
01:47 - Metta vs breath as meditation object
02:37 - Advantages of metta meditation
03:16 - Emotional and psychological blocks to feeling good
04:20 - When the 6R’s aren’t enough
05:55 - The process of forgiveness
07:32 - How to forgive
08:47 - Don’t dredge the mind
10:09 - How David forgave his toxic boss
13:19 - Anecdotes of students’ forgiveness
17:51 - The power of the habit of forgiveness
19:27 - Phrases to unlock forgiveness
20:38 - A common metta meditation mistake
24:11 - The Buddha’s forgiveness method
25:19 - Meditation dosage
27:17 - David on psychiatry and therapy
31:22 - When to stop the technique
32:55 - Will forgiveness make me a pushover?
35:44 - Developing personal power
36:33 - David’s fears
37:30 - The root of fear
43:01 - Why keep the precepts
42:22 - How negative karma ripens
44:55 - Benefits of following the precepts
48:33 - Investing virtue for positive rewards
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Previous episode with David Johnson:
- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep212-path-to-nibbna-david-johnson
To find our more about David Johnson visit:
- https://www.dhammasukha.org/forgiveness-meditation
- https://www.dhammasukha.org/david-johnson
For more interviews, videos, and more visit:
- https://www.guruviking.com
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James
