form wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:05 pm What is the definition of direct knowledge?

Insights that alter your view of reality.

Yes, from direct experience, and some anecdotes from recent and ancient mystics.

[quote=rhinoceroshorn post_id=595367 Asubha may work for some, but it seems, at least for me, ignoring craving is the best remedy. :anjali: [/quote] There's nothing wrong with desire, it's clinging to desire that makes it a problem. So trying to ignore that which is a natural part of being a human i...

Continuous mindfulness.

it's also worth pointing out that several of Ajahn Chah's students have made the point that his emphasis on the practice of watching one's own mind rather than reading lots of suttas was something that he seemed to have tailored to fit the needs of young Western intellectual types who had done more...

Based on direct knowledge of how a local TFT-monastery is functioning, I would say you are wrong. Personally, I've come to understand that Ajahn Chah was inclined to advise his disciples to practice meditation first, and later investigate suttas. ... That's certainly the impression I have. In some ...

If one would want to ordain in TFT today, they will most likely require one to read several books by a disciple-teacher and not require any actual Sutta study, i would assume this is norm in TFT. Based on direct knowledge of how a local TFT-monastery is functioning, I would say you are wrong. Perso...

I wish you fast progress, but more so i hope you gear up, put on the best gear to be able to dwell deeper. Thanks for your kind words, and best regards to you and your fruitful practice. I don't know where I am other than I've seen the dhamma, and know that for the rest of my life there will only b...

Why or how or how come did you started doing this practice? I follow the pattern set up by the initial healing moment and think this is a natural part of a process. What is the reason of doing this practice and not something else? The overall reason is to end dukkha, and what I'm doing right now is...

I visualize colored chakra's spinning and releasing excess smoke that swirls up or down in the chain of chakra's, or directs the smoke to a specific chakra by seeing it swallowing smoke. I usually don't think about the breath, just picture these chakra's spinning is enough. Why or how or how come d...

I don't experience this as craving arises and then one becomes aware of the fullness of the lower abdomen. It's the other way around, sensations in the sacral part of the body, and then the mind identifies this as sexual energy. If one releases this energy by sexual activity that's all right, but n...

I think the 'agent being weak and young' = anxiety and fear etc. I believe you're right about this. Yes. The key is in the continuity of practice. Venerable Webu Sayadaw uses a simile of someone making fire by rubbing two sticks together. When tiring there is a rest. And then some more rubbing. The...

In a way, yes, though patiently maintaining mindfulness of 'that which is', at the moment, moment to moment, noting when such and such, whatever, arises, and passes, without expecting anything particular, nor trying to make anything particular, arise, or pass, could, in the mundane vernacular, be c...

If you talk about accessing and control the fire element, I guess it's right. But the force is much more than heat, and more interesting in my opinion. But for training, heat can be a skillful means maybe. I mean lower abdomen will get full by being regular human being, cravings indicates fulness o...

And dare i say there is a stage where you handle it by knowing the causes for it to arise and then make it happen - where i think the yoga comes in. Yes, this is what I experience by trying out different types of yoga and breathing techniques now. It's a nice flow of energy, and one can raise or lo...