am iesit pe terasa sa lucrez, era soare… am simtit un miros un intens de mort si moarte, descompunere. primului gand care a aparut “iar moare cineva” i-am dat flit cu alt gand “lasa, sunt doar gandurile mele despre moarte, care nu imi dau pace zilele astea, anii astia…” stiind in acelasi timp ca nu …
Te invit sa stai 5 minute cu tine si cu gandurile de iubire si compasiune. “Metta” inseamna benevolenta (mettā bhāvanā), bunatate, pritenie, buna intentie si interes fata de celelalte fiinte. Este una dintre cele 10 calitati (paramis) pe care le cultiva filozifia budhista Theravada. Inchide ochii si… Inspirata de calugarul Thanissaro si de profesorii …
One of the few footage of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, at IMC Yangon, Birma, 1957
This is one of the few audio recording of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. It was composed by Sayagyi U Ba Khin for his foreign students, who were not able to easily come to Myanmar for further practice and guidance. He recorded the discourse at least twice on early audio tape recorders. It was later transcribed …
You have to be very careful. You have to stand firm and face many difficulties, so that you can know true anicca (impermanence) with your own experience. You must work very hard—that is why we repeatedly remind you. Difficulties come at this stage of the course. During the time of our great benefactor, Saya Thetgyi, …
I’m writing for this post for almost three weeks now. There are so many details I would add, but I will do it in the future posts about the practice… Intention I wanted to experience a sitting in one of the oldest places in Europe where vipassana is practiced, so I set my intention for …
“So everything starts with a clean-up, eh? And how do you suppose that’s all going to happen?” “Conscious awareness is the point of departure for any venture. The aspiration of one’s thought finds the most effective path, just like a stream in Nature.” chapter 21 – Should we all go to the forest? “And just …
in a nutshell, from Anastasia [book] “The Space of Love” by Vladimir Megre Read More »
I admit I felt good reading Saunder’s comments on A critique of Vipassana Meditation as taught by Goenka. I haven’t write my thoughts to the critique yet – I have some things to say, from my own experience – but I will put here Sander’s comments, as he is also a part of the professionals …
I just read this article and all the comments to it. It is an extended writing about the vipassana technique and thr 10-day course. I appreciate the effort of the author to gather these many aspects of it. I also wanted to write about it… If one did not took a 10-day vipassana course in …
A critique of Vipassana Meditation as taught by Goenka Read More »
This is the last excerpt from “Why I Sit” booklet by Paul Fleischman. IX Those ten days of nothing but focusing on the moment by moment reality of body and mind, with awareness and equanimity, gave me the opportunity ironically both to be more absolutely alone and isolated than I had ever been before […] …
[book] Why I Sit – Paul Fleischman (excerpt 6, last one) Read More »
