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- Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:01 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
- Replies: 39
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Re: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
Thank you :). BTW it came to my attention that Yuganaddha Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.170.than.html says that different practitioners develop either tranquillity in tandem with insight, or one preceding another. So it may be that "the best way" is different f...
- Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:31 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
- Replies: 39
- Views: 44242
Re: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
The Roshi even stated once that doing insight meditation "aggravated' him. People are really different... I love insight - as exploration... But I had some hard time trying to practise tranquility. Especially at the beginning, when it seemed like hundreds of ants crawled over my body... :) Mig...
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:18 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
- Replies: 39
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Re: jhana vs silent illumination or other zen methods
As for jhanas vs shikantaza, I think there is a lot of evidence to show that shikantaza is an advanced practice and the practitioner would have reached a level of maturity before practicing silent illumination. The practice of silent illumination as Master Sheng Yen explained (in stages) starts fro...