Yin, Yang, Male, female, expansive, reserved,
And no, i'm not being silly.... everything has Yin and everything has Yang, depending on its comparisons.
I would say theravada is Yang, whereas Vipassana is yin.....
Vipassana vs Theravada
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Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Between the first sentence and the second sentence is a massive jet-packed logical jump. What is needed to fill in that gaps would make the Grand Canyon look like a drainage ditch.Brizzy wrote: Mr Goenka says you can be a Hindu, Moslem, Christian, Jain or Buddhist and still receive the benefits of 'vipassana meditation'. So no, I don't think Mr Goenka would describe himself as a Theravadin or even a Buddhist.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
Makes no sense.Fede wrote:Yin, Yang, Male, female, expansive, reserved,
And no, i'm not being silly.... everything has Yin and everything has Yang, depending on its comparisons.
I would say theravada is Yang, whereas Vipassana is yin.....
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Maybe not to you....
OK.
OK.
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
I'm Theravadian
why because i follow the 8noble path
and 4noble truth
i follow the teaching of elders
so i'm not Jewish or christian because
i do not follow their rules and teachings
you are not Jewish by birth
you are not Christian by birth
you are not Muslim by birth
you are not Brahmin by birth
it is by following the teachings of certain religion
you become one from the religion
metta
why because i follow the 8noble path
and 4noble truth
i follow the teaching of elders
so i'm not Jewish or christian because
i do not follow their rules and teachings
you are not Jewish by birth
you are not Christian by birth
you are not Muslim by birth
you are not Brahmin by birth
it is by following the teachings of certain religion
you become one from the religion
metta
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Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
Well said, Gena.Gena1480 wrote:I'm Theravadian
why because i follow the 8noble path
and 4noble truth
i follow the teaching of elders
so i'm not Jewish or christian because
i do not follow their rules and teachings
you are not Jewish by birth
you are not Christian by birth
you are not Muslim by birth
you are not Brahmin by birth
it is by following the teachings of certain religion
you become one from the religion
metta
What Makes an Elder? :
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
Okay, but how does that relate to the subject of this thread?Ron-The-Elder wrote:Well said, Gena.Gena1480 wrote:I'm Theravadian
why because i follow the 8noble path
and 4noble truth
i follow the teaching of elders
so i'm not Jewish or christian because
i do not follow their rules and teachings
you are not Jewish by birth
you are not Christian by birth
you are not Muslim by birth
you are not Brahmin by birth
it is by following the teachings of certain religion
you become one from the religion
metta
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
It is quite clear if Goenka had said he was teaching Buddhism or Theravada, he would have succeeded in reaching a much smaller audience. By cleverly saying he teaches only Vipassana and giving an acceptable rationale why he does so , he benefits a much larger number of people. That was his intention; he was not interested to create more people calling themselves Buddhists. Vipassana is a method that is extracted from the Buddhist teachings and it is developed in Theravada more than the other traditions.
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What makes you think that Vipassana is more developed in Theravada than any other practice?pilgrim wrote:It is quite clear if Goenka had said he was teaching Buddhism or Theravada, he would have succeeded in reaching a much smaller audience. By cleverly saying he teaches only Vipassana and giving an acceptable rationale why he does so , he benefits a much larger number of people. That was his intention; he was not interested to create more people calling themselves Buddhists. Vipassana is a method that is extracted from the Buddhist teachings and it is developed in Theravada more than the other traditions.
Vipassanā: 'insight', is the intuitive light flashing forth and exposing the truth of the impermanency, the suffering and the impersonal and unsubstantial nature of all material and mental phenomena of existence. It is insight-understanding vipassanā-paññā that is the decisive liberating factor in Buddhism, though it has to be developed along with the 2 other trainings in morality and concentration. The culmination of insight practice see: visuddhi VI leads directly to the stages of Nobility see: visuddhi VII.
Insight is not the result of a mere intellectual understanding, but is won through direct meditative observation of one's own bodily and mental processes. In the commentaries and the Vis.M, the sequene in developing insight-meditation is given as follows: 1. discernment of the material rūpa. of the mental nāma. contemplation of both nāma-rūpa i.e. of their pairwise occurrence in actual events, and their interdependence, 4. both viewed as conditioned application of the dependent origination, paticcasamuppāda 5. application of the 3 characteristics impermanency, etc. to mind-and-body-cum-conditions.
The stages of gradually growing insight are described in the 9 insight-knowledges vipassanā-ñāna constituting the 6th stage of purification: beginning with the 'knowledge of rise and fall' and ending with the 'adaptation to Truth'. For details, see visuddhi VI and Vis.M XXI.
Eighteen chief kinds of insight-knowledge or principal insights, mahā-vipassanā are listed and described in Vis.M XXII, 113: 1: contemplation of impermanence aniccānupassanā 2: of suffering dukkhānupassanā 3: of no self anattānupnupassanā 4: of aversion nibbidānupassanā 5: of detachment virāgānupassanā 6: of ceasing nirodhānupassanā 7: of abandoning patinissaggānupassanā 8: of waning khayānupassanā 9: of vanishing vayānupassanā 10: of change viparināmānupassanā 11: of the unconditioned or signless, animittānupassanā 12: of desirelessness apanihitānupassanā 13: of emptiness suññatāupassanā 14: insight into phenomena which is higher understanding adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā 15: knowledge and vision according to reality yathā-bhūta-ñānadassana 16: experience of Danger or danger, ādīnavānupassanā 17: reflecting contemplation patisankhānupassanā 18: contemplation of turning away vivattanānupassanā.
Through these 18, the adverse ideas and views are overcome, for which reason this way of overcoming is called 'overcoming by the opposite' tadanga-pahāna overcoming this factor by that. Thus 1 dispels the idea of permanence. 2 the idea of happiness, 3 the idea of self, 4 lust, 5 greed, 6 origination, 7 grasping, 8 the idea of compactness, 9 kamma-accumulation, 10 the idea of lastingness, 11 the conditions, 12 delight, 13 adherence, 14 grasping and adherence to the idea of substance, 15 attachment and adherence, 17 thoughtlessness, 18 dispels entanglement and clinging.
Insight may be either mundane lokiya or supra-mundane lokuttara. supra-mundane insight is of 3 kinds: 1 joined with one of the 4 supra-mundane paths, 2 joined with one of the fruitions of these paths, 3 regarding the ceasing, or rather suspension, of consciousness see: nirodha-samāpatti.
See: samatha-vipassanā visuddhi III-VII.
Literature: Manual of Insight, by Ledi Sayadaw WHEEL 31/32. Practical Insight Meditation, Progress of Insight, both by Mahāsi Sayadaw BPS. The Experience of Insight, by Joseph Goldstein BPS.
source: http://what-buddha-said.net/library/Bud ... dic3_v.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What Makes an Elder? :
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
I said other traditions, not other practices...Ron-The-Elder wrote: What makes you think that Vipassana is more developed in Theravada than any other practice?
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
Everyone,
I think all this discourse is a positive thing. However, we're getting totally off topic and starting to not make any sense. (Even though the discussions in and of themselves are wonderful intellectual "pockets" of interest.
I am a Theravadan.
Vipassana has always been a technique used by Therevada practitioners. It is not another "flavor" of Buddhism.
Vipassana can be learned by anyone with an open mind and a good teacher. One's belief system need not change.
Perhaps we should move on. I truth I just keep getting more confused with each post I read. I hate to be so dogmatic but this is the way I see it. If someone can give me a three sentence explanation why Vipassana is another "school" of Buddhism – Please tell me.
I mean all of this with love people.
In Metta
I think all this discourse is a positive thing. However, we're getting totally off topic and starting to not make any sense. (Even though the discussions in and of themselves are wonderful intellectual "pockets" of interest.
I am a Theravadan.
Vipassana has always been a technique used by Therevada practitioners. It is not another "flavor" of Buddhism.
Vipassana can be learned by anyone with an open mind and a good teacher. One's belief system need not change.
Perhaps we should move on. I truth I just keep getting more confused with each post I read. I hate to be so dogmatic but this is the way I see it. If someone can give me a three sentence explanation why Vipassana is another "school" of Buddhism – Please tell me.
I mean all of this with love people.
In Metta
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
"Vipassana" has become associated with specific techniques which are practiced by specific groupings. Once people have committed to a particular grouping they are encouraged to stick to it exclusively. Two sentencesndangelo wrote:Everyone,
Perhaps we should move on. I truth I just keep getting more confused with each post I read. I hate to be so dogmatic but this is the way I see it. If someone can give me a three sentence explanation why Vipassana is another "school" of Buddhism – Please tell me.
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Alright, you asked:pilgrim wrote:I said other traditions, not other practices...Ron-The-Elder wrote: What makes you think that Vipassana is more developed in Theravada than any other practice?
What makes you think that Vipassana is a method that is developed in Theravada more than in other traditions?"Vipassana is a method that is extracted from the Buddhist teachings and it is developed in Theravada more than the other traditions."
What Makes an Elder? :
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
A head of gray hairs doesn't mean one's an elder. Advanced in years, one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness,self-control, he's called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
-Dhammpada, 19, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
Actually I didn't ask, it was an opinion. And that opinion is based on my observation that Vipassana is taught, emphasised, held in great importance, has the most number of teachers, examined, and inspired copious amount of literature among Theravadins than either Mahayana and Vajrayana.Ron-The-Elder wrote: What makes you think that Vipassana is more developed in Theravada than any other practice?
Alright, you asked:What makes you think that Vipassana is a method that is developed in Theravada more than in other traditions?"Vipassana is a method that is extracted from the Buddhist teachings and it is developed in Theravada more than the other traditions."
Re: Vipassana vs Theravada
One way to get a rough idea as to which tradition has the most Vipassana teaching and instruction might be to just google "vipassana" and see if the results that come back as the first couple of pages are from predominantly some traditions more than others or if in fact they come back sort of equally distributed.
Rough idea only......statistically not valid but perhaps yielding some insight...
chownah
Rough idea only......statistically not valid but perhaps yielding some insight...
chownah