dear vishusoran in my humble opinion you seem to be bordering towards obsession with this Venerable monk and his state of Arahantship and peoples remarks about his attainments. you promote his website vigorously and make proclaiments about him. you genuinely seem to have been touched by him and that...

thanks tilt,

thanks mike

i do appreciate the writings of the Venerable very much in allowing me to deepen my understanding

as another aside, i remember reading the great Yoga teacher Swami Sivananda say that when we sleep, the mind rests in the heart. i used to visualise the process as a means for falling asleep quicly and deeply in the Dhammapada Citta Vagga Dhp03 it states: . Dwelling in the cave (of the heart), the ...

as another aside, i remember reading the great Yoga teacher Swami Sivananda say that when we sleep, the mind rests in the heart. i used to visualise the process as a means for falling asleep quicly and deeply

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as 'sankhara rise to the surface' the meditator should remain equanimous, neither reacting with desire or aversion as the sensation is felt, on the understanding that the sensation is impermanent, anicca , the Noble Eightfold Path must be followed for this process to work according to both Goenka an...

Thus both process must happen together: new are not created (no avijja --> no sankhara), and old is used up during arising of consciousness and feeling ( sankhara --> vinnana --> vedana ) - and thus leading to elimination of sankhara gradually. And, for this no other sutta is needed as a support ex...

it arrived this morning.

i've read it

. it worked

oops -False Speech, oh well

thanks SarathW

ive edited that mistake, well spotted and my thanks for giving me the correct definition

sankharas are the volitional actions of past kammas which condition present and future kammas

leigh brasington: if you are craving a jhana, you've got sense desire and an unwholesome state of mind. You have to set those aside to be able to enter the jhana......................................................................................................................... (here he gives i...

thanks Mike

i'd found reference to it in 'Four Elements' by Pa-Auk Sayadaw' also so i guess its taught in the Burmese schools following the teachings of the Abidhamma and Vishuddimagga.

The eye-basis is the element of the sensorium within the eye- ball where consciousness of sight is generated; and the consciousness of sight connotes the power of seeing various kinds of colours, appearances, forms and shapes. The ear-basis is the element of the sensorium within the organ of the ea...

6 feelings : feelings based on the 6 sense bases feeling born of eye-contact is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Feeling born of ear-contact is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Feeling born of nose-contact is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Feeling born of tongue-contact is inconstant, chang...

well done mkoll

i read it also just yesterday but have no idea where!!

2 feelings: pleasure and pain - (bodily sensation)
3 feelings: pleasure, pain, and neither-pleasure-nor-pain (mental feeling)