Sorry for all these threads - hopefully this will be the last one!
I've been watching his movement for a bit but I can't find a detailed explanation of his method of meditation or his interpretation of the suttas on subjects such as jhana, concentration vs. mindfulness, etc.
Anyone know anything about the approach to meditation he teaches?
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Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
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Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by LonesomeYogurt » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:33 pm
Gain and loss, status and disgrace,
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by daverupa » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:02 pm
You may benefit from this page (but maybe you already knew about it?): http://www.buddhavision.com/ebook_collection.html
There are three .pdf links there under Meditations Articles, which are probably the best English materials at present. The rest of the works may also be of interest, though each item is a fairly short piece of writing.
The site also has a few audio recordings with the title "Satipatthanaya", but I am fairly certain they are in Sinhalese, as are the videos (both from the above site as well as YouTube) I was able to locate.
There are three .pdf links there under Meditations Articles, which are probably the best English materials at present. The rest of the works may also be of interest, though each item is a fairly short piece of writing.
The site also has a few audio recordings with the title "Satipatthanaya", but I am fairly certain they are in Sinhalese, as are the videos (both from the above site as well as YouTube) I was able to locate.
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by LonesomeYogurt » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:22 pm
I think Katukurunde Nanananda Thera and Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero are different people? Are they related somehow?
Gain and loss, status and disgrace,
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
-
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by daverupa » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:51 pm
It's easily possible my brain conflated the names; I apologize for the lack of pertinence.
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by LonesomeYogurt » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:07 pm
No problem! I actually know the man you posted here from a previous talk I listened to. If nothing else, it'll be nice to hear him again =]
Thanks!
Thanks!
Gain and loss, status and disgrace,
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
-
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by retrofuturist » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:48 pm
Greetings,
If you wish to see his vipassana instructions, see here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11967#p190713
Metta,
Retro.
If you wish to see his vipassana instructions, see here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11967#p190713
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
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Re: Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
by pilgrim » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:31 am
I don't think the good monk is famous for any paticular technique of meditation but for re-presenting the Dhamma in the vernacular and in a form that is not ossified by centuries of tradition and Commentarial literature.
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