The Progression of Insight Knowledge

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The Progression of Insight Knowledge

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A good Dhamma talk given by Steve Armstrong and Hla Myint on the the Progress of Insight.

http://dharmaseed.org/retreats/1300/

I am looking forward to purchasing their transalation of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw's "Manual of Insight" when it gets published.

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Thanks Don

Are you familiar with this?
The Progress of Insight (Visuddhiñana-katha) by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
translated from the Pali with Notes by Nyanaponika Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... gress.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
kind regrds,

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Ben wrote:Thanks Don

Are you familiar with this?
The Progress of Insight (Visuddhiñana-katha) by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
translated from the Pali with Notes by Nyanaponika Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... gress.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
kind regrds,

Ben
Thanks for the link Ben. :smile:
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Some teachers would discourage students from reading about the Nanas on their own... It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...
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This is on the same subject

The seven purifications and insight knowledges by Ven Matara Nanarama

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Viscid wrote:It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...
Hi Viscid, aren't these just more objects to be mindful of?
rowyourboat wrote:This is on the same subject

The seven purifications and insight knowledges by Ven Matara Nanarama

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With metta

Matheesha
Thanks for the link Matheesha. :smile:
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dhamma_newb wrote:
Viscid wrote:It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...
Hi Viscid, aren't these just more objects to be mindful of?
"What holds attention determines action." - William James
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Viscid wrote:Some teachers would discourage students from reading about the Nanas on their own... It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...
I fail to see how such a closed-hand habit would be in keeping with the open-hand Dhamma. Maybe if the Nanas are somehow an extra spice on the Dhamma, it makes sense to watch out who learns about them and when?

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Well it's kind of hard to avoid information on the Progress of Insight today, it's on many forums and websites. I'm pretty sure I came across it when I first learned Vipassana and did a search on Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw. There's a link to the Progress of Insight on his Wikipedia page.

If this information is supposed to be for teachers only then they've done a poor job of keeping it from beginning students.
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daverupa wrote:
Viscid wrote:Some teachers would discourage students from reading about the Nanas on their own... It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...
I fail to see how such a closed-hand habit would be in keeping with the open-hand Dhamma. Maybe if the Nanas are somehow an extra spice on the Dhamma, it makes sense to watch out who learns about them and when?

:shrug:
I agree.
The watched mind brings happiness.
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I am larger and better than I thought. I did not know I held so much goodness.
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