DooDoot wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:41 pm

Modus.Ponens wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:31 am

since there is no understanding of anatta (thus requiring a guided meditation), there is no understand of my post

anatta means is loss of self. a loss of self for immature minds is dukkha

ok

I found an English reading of SN 22.59, Anattalakkhana Sutta, that doesn't skip the repetitions:
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I also found a pali chant from Amaravati:
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Thank you again, Mike.

I'm looking for good audio/video guided meditations that walk us through the process of contemplating impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not self. If a guru was skilled in transmitting not-self to spiritually immature minds, they may cause psychosis in those spiritually immature minds. :shrug:

Magnificent. 😎👌 Thanks. Actually, the first three teachings (or at least the second and third, the first isn't so direct): SN56.11 https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11 Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma sn22.59 https://suttacentral.net/sn22.59 The Characteristic of Nonself SN35.28 https://suttacentral.n...

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