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Meditative absorptions: why they matter.
How do the meditative immersions (jhanas) bring insight. Vipassana and samatha are not that distinct. The immaterial absorptions arupa jhanas are a springboard for dispassion and therefore for Nibbana, ultimate stilling of all arising and ultimate peace.
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HAPPINESS VANISHES LIKE A SNOWFLAKE.
Peace comes from desirelessness not from getting what we want. We are at peace when the mind is free from greed, hatred and delusion. The Ancient Path is the way to freedom, to liberation of mind.
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SAINTS AND PSYCHOPATHS
Choose wisely your teacher. This world of spirituality can be dangerous for kind and naive meditators. Deviant personalities are found in this milieu, and often, they are very drawing and convincing! When you start to realize that something is fishy about them, your life might be already upside down, your wallet empty, and/or your spiritual…
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HOW SOMEONE KNOWS S.HE IS ENLIGHTENED?
Is enlightenment a self-assertion? Can someone make it up? Can you wrongly assert yourself? Can someone else validate your enlightenment? Those questions are given answers.
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My personal experience from anagami to arahantship and the subtle hiding of craving for existence.
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SEEING YOUR OWN EYES
Awareness takes it all: the ineffable beauty of the Gods, and the bloody guts of an animal spread on a morning road. Wisdom sees the emptiness of it all. You could retort: How heartless is that! My little world is the whole world and the other worlds. There is no bubble. In meditation, I receive.…
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