Bhikkhu Ñanananda

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BlackBird wrote:Alright, I've uploaded both to rapidshare. Good news, both are for free distribution, and both look really good.

Venerable Bhikkhu K. Ñanananda - Towards calm and insight
http://rapidshare.com/files/334505800/N ... nsight.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Venerable Bhikkhu K. Ñanananda - Seeing Through - A Guide to Insight Meditation
http://rapidshare.com/files/334505801/N ... tation.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gonna contact what-buddha-taught and see if they will upload these files

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retrofuturist wrote:
Alas, I don't know how to do torrents...
Go and download a Torrent client, like << http://www.utorrent.com/downloads" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; >>, or << http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/download" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; >>, or << http://azureus.sourceforge.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; >>.
Once downloaded and installed, when you run Torrent files like the one in the link, that software will run it.
From there, it is pretty easy. DIY in about 10 minutes, playing around with the Torrent software you've installed.
Though you may want to read up on who torrents are in the first place, though.
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Greetings bhante,

Thanks for the tip. I'll keep it in mind (whilst trying to avoid precept violations!)

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Bikkhu Katukurunde Nananda is one of Sri Lanka's foremost meditative monks. He aparently lives in a little rock 'kuti' with a little rock bed like the arahanths of the past in Sri Lanka. He entertains guests very little and spends most of his time in seclusion. He does give meditation instructions for those who are serious and I know monks and nuns from all over sri lanka who visit him for instructions. He spent many years in quiet seclusion until one day his teacher invited him to talk on nibbana. This was followed by the 'nibbana' sermons which blew everyone away. He has another series known as the 'pahankanuwa sermons' denoting the place they were delivered from. But as far as I know they are in sinhalese. He is the epitome of monkhood for his practice, renunciation, humbleness, faith and wisdom.

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Thanks for sharing this. I'm already behind on my reading, but what the hell...
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thanks for making me buy more books
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Bhikkhu Ñanananda is cool

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Greetings,

If anyone has been following this topic with one eye but has yet to check out any of the works of Bhikkhu Ñanananda or is waiting for texts to arrive in the mailbox, can I recommend investing a little bit of time to read this Dhamma Talk...

Nibbàna Sermon 22
http://www.beyondthenet.net/calm/nibbana22.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's one of a long series, and each sermon feeds into the next, but I think in this sermon in particular, Bhikkhu Ñanananda really captures the profound essence of the Dhamma. At every turn, Bhikkhu Ñanananda turns an insightful eye to some of the deepest and revolutionary aspects of the Buddha's teaching. If you haven't read anything recently that's totally rocked your world, do yourself a favour and click on the link above.

:twothumbsup:

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Thanks Retro. There's something quite special about the way Bhante elucidates the Dhamma.

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The two books listed above are now available for download on http://www.what-buddha-taught.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (down at the bottom) saving everyone the hassle of rapidshare.

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"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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jcsuperstar wrote:thanks for making me buy more books
Haha my thoughts exactly.

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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Greetings,

Nibbana Sermons 1-25 can be downloaded as a single PDF from http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Metta,
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

Nibbana Sermons 1-25 can be downloaded as a single PDF from http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Metta,
Retro. :)
Geez, only 809 pages.
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Great...thanks Retro.
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tiltbillings wrote:
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

Nibbana Sermons 1-25 can be downloaded as a single PDF from http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Metta,
Retro. :)
Geez, only 809 pages.
I remember the first time I got to Nibbana sermons a few years back when someone posted a link on e-sangha - I was so fascinated how good they were that I read them all in a just a few days. And then re-read them all for the second time, and they seemed even better. However, this then lead to an interesting result – at the end I started thinking that it would be fair to examine the commentaries which the venerable criticises in a few places just to make sure the critique wasn’t a strawman. So, I tried reading a few available commentaries, and of course couldn’t understand anything as it was all based on abhidhamma. So, then I started reading on abhidhamma - and well, that’s what I’ve been doing ever since - now I'm basically completely fascinated by abhidhamma and the commentaries.

Anyway, this was just meant to be a small cautionary tale to retro (as I know he’s not very keen on abhidhamma and commentaries) – fascination with Nibbana sermons can sometimes lead to unexpected results :tongue:

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Greetings Tilt,
tiltbillings wrote:
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

Nibbana Sermons 1-25 can be downloaded as a single PDF from http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Metta,
Retro. :)
Geez, only 809 pages.
809 pages of genius.

:thumbsup:

Metta,
Retro. :)
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