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by khaaan
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:18 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?
Replies: 19
Views: 1754

Re: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?

The Webu Sayadaw's discourses were translated to English from audio recordings by Roger Bischoff, the teacher at the International Meditation Centre in Heddington, U.K. If you contact the center, someone there, possibly Mr. Bischoff himself, may be able to give you some answers. I will note that the...
by khaaan
Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:44 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?
Replies: 19
Views: 1754

Re: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?

Trimming away any fat, of which there really is little, The Venerable Webu Sayadaw basically said that if one maintains a continuous awareness of the in and out breathing for 24 hours one will reach the goal. Later in the [Satipatthana] Sutta The Blessed One states that if anyone trains correctly t...
by khaaan
Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?
Replies: 19
Views: 1754

Re: Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Method - Plausible?

Such a simple technique. One wonders why the Buddha spoke thousands of suttas and gave a myriad of teachings when he could have just said... 'focus on the spot day and night'. 🧐 Maybe it's not that simple; although we all wish it was. The Webu Sayadaw emphasized the importance of picking a single p...
by khaaan
Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:29 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dependent Origination in terms of conventional truth and Ultimate truth?
Replies: 32
Views: 4352

Re: Dependent Origination in terms of conventional truth and Ultimate truth?

Why do you believe that Sarath doesn't do concentration meditation, chanting, or generosity? I don't have any knowledge of Sarath's practice. I am only suggesting routes to channel his inquisitive energy. Sarath didn't ask for suggestions about his practice. You volunteered, "I would recommend...
by khaaan
Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:48 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dependent Origination in terms of conventional truth and Ultimate truth?
Replies: 32
Views: 4352

Re: Dependent Origination in terms of conventional truth and Ultimate truth?

Sarath, it is clear to me you have a sharp mind and ask good questions, but does it get your closer to where you want to be? If not, then maybe there is another route to get to the heart of the matter. I would recommend alternate techniques for handling the inquiring mind such as concentration medi...
by khaaan
Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:45 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: How did Aṅgulimāla clear the vast amounts of dark karma he incurred by murdering hundreds of innocents, in a few years?
Replies: 44
Views: 6447

Re: How did Aṅgulimāla clear the vast amounts of dark karma he incurred by murdering hundreds of innocents, in a few yea

However, my understanding is that all your karma must be cleared prior to attaining Nibbana. Not all your kamma, just some of it, and I'm not clear on whether the relevant kamma is "cleared" before attaining Nibbana or as a result of it . At any rate, one who has attained Nibbana for the ...
by khaaan
Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:07 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sutta that states jhana leads to nibanna
Replies: 12
Views: 2502

Re: Sutta that states jhana leads to nibanna

From the Buddha's account of his own struggle for enlightenment (M36.31, M85, & M100; as quoted in Sujato, A Swift Pair of Messengers ): ‘I thought of a time when my Sakyan father was working and I was sitting in the shade of a rose-apple tree, where quite secluded from sensual pleasures, seclud...
by khaaan
Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:04 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sutta that states jhana leads to nibanna
Replies: 12
Views: 2502

Re: Sutta that states jhana leads to nibanna

I have heard Ajahn brahm say in the past there is a sutta where The Buddha says he sees no other possible destination than Nibanna for one who practises jhana regularly Does anyone know which sutta this is? Or any similar suttas? Here's a portion of DN 29, as quoted in Sujato's A Swift Pair of Mess...
by khaaan
Sat Apr 06, 2019 1:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Google Saffron - Theravada Search Engine
Replies: 44
Views: 138802

Re: Theravada Search Engine

retrofuturist wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:44 am Google Saffron
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=00545 ... cbjbznmwso
This link doesn't seem to work any more.
by khaaan
Sat Apr 06, 2019 1:33 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Spiritual Evolution
Replies: 9
Views: 1507

Re: Spiritual Evolution

If that were the case beings in the deva realms would all be stream enterers. Unless there is another rule or law you're going by, then you'd have to define it. Although I'll add it does seem like the people who've had shitty experiences of existence attain enlightenment more. Moggallana was in hel...
by khaaan
Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:24 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dukkah and contentement
Replies: 93
Views: 9560

Re: Dukkah and contentement

The second characteristic of conditioned phenomena is Dukkah which is often translated as "unsatisfactory". And yet, Buddhism encourage us to be content (or non-greedy). Being greedy is unsatisfactory and leads to more unsatisfactoriness in the future. So not being greedy makes sense. How...
by khaaan
Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:30 pm
Forum: Sīla
Topic: job search
Replies: 7
Views: 2451

Re: job search

I thought Elliot Temple's short essay on lying was good. It ends with this gem: when you lie, you’re disrupting your own relationship with (true) reality. That's not an outcome a truth-seeker would want! I don't think the essay contradicts the anything the EBTs say about lying. If I'm wrong about th...
by khaaan
Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:44 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry
Replies: 49
Views: 6958

Re: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry

MN 44 literally says the five aggregates are the "kayo". These five clung-to- aggregates are the sa k kayo described by the Blessed One." "Pañca kho ime, āvuso visākha, upādānakkhandhā sak kāyo vutto bhagavatā" OK, just so I'm 100% clear: you claim that that line of MN 44 l...
by khaaan
Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:44 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry
Replies: 49
Views: 6958

Re: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry

DooDoot wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:40 pm
khaaan wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:10 pm can you quote the Pali line that literally says the five aggregates are the "kayo"?
I did. MN 44.
No you didn't. When I asked you to quote the relevant Pali line, an entire sutta is not what I had in mind.
by khaaan
Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:10 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry
Replies: 49
Views: 6958

Re: Dependent Origination, Meditation and Stream Entry

MN 44 literally says the five aggregates are the "kayo". Ok, I'm on board with what you said about the meaning of sakkāyo, but can you quote the Pali line that literally says the five aggregates are the "kayo"? When I use ctrl-f in my browser to search for "kayo" on ht...