Occasional Postings

The Buddha Dhamma is very profound and subtle. It can be understood completely only by those who have developed Panna, wisdom in its fullest sense, meaning penetrative insight into causes and their effects.*Yet, at the same time, because the Dhamma is universal, it has some aspects that are very simple and can be understood, appreciated and followed by ordinary people of mundane outlook. Of it's three basic divisions, Sila, Samadhi.

(For an explanation of words in Pali - the language of the time of the Buddha - please see the Pali Glossary https://www.ubakhin-vipassana-meditation.org/blog/pali-glossary )“The Teachings of the Buddha contained in the Tipiṭaka have but one object: liberation from suffering. Methods vary, but the object is the same. It is not necessary to follow all the methods. Choose one of them, and then what is required is to put it into practice with adequate.

Paṭiccasamuppāda Vibhaṅga Sutta (including SN 12.2 excerpt) Dependent Origination is the insight described by the Buddha on the occasion of his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. "Dependent on ignorance, volitional formations arise Dependent on volitional formations, consciousness arises Dependent on consciousness, the mind and matter arises Dependent on mind and matter, the six sense-bases arise Dependent on the six sense-bases, contact arises Dependent on contact, sensations arise Dependent on sensations,.

“Nothing is improved by not being attentive. When we improve our awareness, so many other things improve. If you keep your attention focused on the spot and are aware from moment to moment, then you will reach your goal. The Buddha did teach this and the wise people of old did reach their goal by this practice. You can reach your goal if you keep knowing in- and out-breath at.

“Please take it from me that [Buddhist meditation] will give you an escape from the normal conditions of life, a lotus as it were in a pond of crystal water immune from it’s fiery surroundings. It will give you that Peace Within which will satisfy you that you are getting not only beyond day to day troubles of life, but slowly and surely beyond the limitation of life, suffering and.

The final words of the Buddha just before he breathed his last and passed into Maha Paranibbana were “Decay (annica) is inherent in all component things, work out your own salvation with diligence.” In fact, this is the essence of all his teachings during the forty-five years of his Buddhahood. If you keep the awareness of annica, which is inherent in all component things, you are sure to reach the.