The Progression of Insight Knowledge

[dhamma_newb]

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.

[Ben]

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
kind regrds,

Ben

[dhamma_newb]

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
kind regrds,

Ben

Thanks for the link Ben.

[Viscid]

Some teachers would discourage students from reading about the Nanas on their own... It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...

[rowyourboat]

This is on the same subject

The seven purifications and insight knowledges by Ven Matara Nanarama

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf

With metta

Matheesha

[dhamma_newb]

It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...

Hi Viscid, aren't these just more objects to be mindful of?

This is on the same subject

The seven purifications and insight knowledges by Ven Matara Nanarama

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf

With metta

Matheesha

Thanks for the link Matheesha.

[Viscid]

It can create inhibiting expectations and self-diagnoses...

Hi Viscid, aren't these just more objects to be mindful of?

[daverupa]

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?

[dhamma_newb]

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.

[dhamma_newb]

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?

I agree.