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by oceanfloor
Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:49 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Fate of Jhana Practitioners
Replies: 27
Views: 8506

Re: Fate of Jhana Practitioners

Will one inevitably be born in the immaterial realms if one has attained fine material and immaterial jhanas or should one be in the said jhanas at the moment of death to be born so? Material and immaterial realms are also known as Brahma realms. In DN 13 the Buddha speaks about how to be born in B...
by oceanfloor
Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautama?
Replies: 81
Views: 15111

Re: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautam

Fair enough. Curious what you were trying to convey with those statements though. It was more to do with discussing who buddha is, what dhamma is and what is authority in buddhism :smile: :reading: I wonder why you have joined quite long time ago, but you want to discuss those basics just from rece...
by oceanfloor
Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:15 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Please identify the Sutta
Replies: 4
Views: 1591

Re: Please identify the Sutta

Thanks..interesting how its Theravada monks in front of Dalai Lama. Many Theravadin, especially the close minded, hypocritical ones, don't know that Vajrayana refers to Tipitaka too. Both traditions are based on the same thing. The Dalai Lama has no problem chanting together. Doesn't matter who is ...
by oceanfloor
Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:08 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Dhamma Ending Age
Replies: 49
Views: 10924

Re: Dhamma Ending Age

If getting rid of superstitious trappings you don't believe in, while embracing a Buddhist practice you feel is helpful and beneficial to yourself and others, is a sign of the dhamma ending age, then please let the dhamma end today . :tongue: We get terribly hung up on definitions and doctrinal del...
by oceanfloor
Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:53 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

Dear OceanFloor, There is a whole book of discussion from the 1960's regarding the issue of right samadhi. See this topic: http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=15323&start=20#p220875 And this link: Satipaṭṭhāna Vipassanā: Criticisms and Replies At first I thought the Satipaṭṭhāna...
by oceanfloor
Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:07 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

Some minor points in response to oceanfloor - However, my question to Bikkhu Pesala was about jhana dichotomy, that is samatha jhana and vipassana jhana. Samatha and vipassana are adjectives, jhana is noun. Your sutta quote and the other sutta links do say something about the adjectives, but not th...
by oceanfloor
Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:23 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

Dear OceanFloor, There is a whole book of discussion from the 1960's regarding the issue of right samadhi. See this topic: http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=15323&start=20#p220875 And this link: Satipaṭṭhāna Vipassanā: Criticisms and Replies However, the criticisms raised ther...
by oceanfloor
Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:42 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

Hi oceanfloor, Regarding concentration (samadhi) and insight (vipassana), see, for example: "And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the ending of the effluents? There is the case where a monk remains focused on arising & falling away with ...
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:57 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautama?
Replies: 81
Views: 15111

Re: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautam

Gaoxing wrote:How much faith did the Buddha have in the Suttas?
Which one comes first, the Buddha or the Suttas?
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:07 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautama?
Replies: 81
Views: 15111

Re: Why do Buddhists always revert back to siddhartha gautam

And yes, it is Buddhism-as-religion. If you've read the suttas it's hard to get the impression the Buddha wanted it any other way. If you want to be secular, and mix and match religious ideas that's fine, it's your life, but don't call mine unhealthy, because the Buddha would speak in praise of it....
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:39 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

Hi OceanFloor, Here are some threads that refer to U Panditia's book In This Very Life, which is hosted by Bhikkhu Pesala: http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=8854&start=20#p212748 In part: Approaches such as taught by Mahasi involve the development of strong levels of mindfulne...
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:48 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

tiltbillings wrote:
oceanfloor wrote:Yes, samma-samadhi.

:anjali:
The answer to your question, then, is yes.
Thank you for the answer. Care to explain why? Some specific quote or section from the link mikenz66 gave me, aimwell.org, will be much appreciated. Or maybe you have some other reference.

With metta,
:anjali:
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:47 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

tiltbillings wrote:
oceanfloor wrote: Are you sure? How about the 8th Path, does Mahasi technique support it?
You mean Samma Samadhi, Right Concentration?
Yes, samma-samadhi.

:anjali:
by oceanfloor
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:33 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

I'm sure Bhikkhu Pesala would be happy to answer you questions, but from previous conversations I understand that unless they have some very specifically personal question, he would rather people posted questions on the forum. Well, I don't have any personal question, it is all objective. Ok then, ...
by oceanfloor
Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:36 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching
Replies: 27
Views: 6947

Re: On Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching

However, accomplishing this is not straightforward , and as Retro says, involves the Eightfold Path, also explained in the Buddha's first discourse: SN 56.11 . "The way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, is this: It is simply the noble eightfold path, that is to say, right vi...