A thera’s ancient remarks on vipassanā

In addition to an earlier post on Ven. Malunkyaputta‘s most interesting analysis of vipassanā meditation (right in front of the Buddha) which clarified what “bare awareness” actually boils down to in terms of meditation practice there is another beautiful personal account from one of the monks in the early Sangha: Venerable Tālaputa (who later became [...]

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Anussati – Sinking away from the wet in a stream of life

Practical ideas on anussati, sati and apilapanā. Today I would like to invite you to a short experiment. It is going to be very simple. Here is the experiment: Think of a random number, for instance “1325″. Now close your eyes and try to keep that number in your mind, continously, don’t forget it, don’t [...]

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