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  • Basic Instructions…Very Briefly       ( more » )

First of all we should know the difference between Samatha and Vipassana Meditation. Unless we are able to understand the difference between these two types of meditation, no one can practise any type of meditation very well because they get confused. So in Buddhism there are 2 types of meditation; one is Samatha Meditation and the other is Vipassana Meditation. . .

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  • Additional Instructions      ( more » )

The mind must stay with the movement of the foot while you are walking. If the mind goes to other parts of the foot such as beneath the foot or knee then the concentration becomes weak. Unless you slow down your stepping, you are unable to watch precisely and energetically. Then your concentration is weak. . .

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  • Noting Thoughts      ( more » )

Sometimes while doing walking meditation your mind may go out or wander but you continue repeating mentally 'lifting, pushing, dropping'. When you reach the other wall you stand there, "Ha! My mind is going out (or wandering)". At that time you are startled by your finding. That is because you do not observe, you do not know the thought so you think you are observing the movement of the foot. . .

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  • Pain As It Really Is      ( more » )

Vipassana or Insight Meditation is based on Four Foundations of Mindfulness, namely Kayanupassana Satipatthana (Mindfulness of Body), Vedananupassana Satipatthana (Mindfulness of Feeling or Sensation), Cittanupassana Satipatthana (Mindfulness of Consciousness) and Dhammanupassana Satipatthana (Mindfulness of Mind Objects). . .

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  • Paticca Samuppada      ( more » )

Today is the 10th August, 1992. The purpose of Samatha Meditation is to attain higher concentration of mind. We call it Jhana concentration. Sometimes Appana concentration, Appana Samadhi. Jhana concentration is translated as fixedness concentration. Appana Samadhi is translated as absorption concentration. Both are in the same sense.

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  • Anapanasati, Samatha or Vipassana Meditation      ( more » )

Anapanasati, respiration meditation is mentioned in the Visuddhimagga as Samatha Meditation. In the Visuddhimagga there are 40 subjects of Samatha Meditation. They are 10 Kasina, 10 Asubha, 10 Anussati, 4 Brahma Vihara, 4 Formless Spheres, Perception of the Loathsomeness of Food and Analysis of the Four Elements. Anapanasati is one of them. . .

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  • Metta Bhavana (Part 1)      ( more » )

We are going to deal with Metta Bhavana briefly so that everyone can practise Metta meditation as the base for Vipassana when it is necessary. In the Bikkhunupasaya Sutta, the Buddha said while you are engaged in Vipassana Meditation and if the mind is distracted a lot or the mind is defiled with much of the Kilesa. . .

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  • Metta Bhavana (Part 2)      ( more » )

The Commentary said that the first person of Metta meditation should be the preceptor or a person like the preceptor, who is much respected, who is endowed with Sila, Samadhi and Panna; and with purified mind. Such a person must be the first object of specific loving-kindness meditation because you feel respectful towards that person because of his virtue and his generosity, so it's easier for you to have the spirit of loving-kindness in you, directing your loving-kindness towards this person. . .

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  • Progress of Insight, Part 1 (30.9.92)      ( more » )

(Excerpt) In this stage of insight knowledge, that is Paccaya Pariggaha Nana, Insight Knowledge of Causality, we still realize the specific or individual characteristics of bodily and mental processes together with its cause. It is at this stage that we can realize the whole world arises dependent on cause and effect. This stage is also called Purification of Insight by Overcoming Doubt because you have thoroughly realized cause and effect of mental and physical phenomena through your personal experience of them.

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  • Progress of Insight, Part 2 (5.10.92)      ( more » )

When you are able to comprehend all the three characteristics of impermanence, suffering and impersonal nature of mental and physical phenomena, then it is called Sammasana nana, Insight Knowledge of Comperhension. At this stage of insight knowledge your mind becomes concentrated to a large extent and there are few thoughts occasionally arising but you are able to observe them. . .

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  • Progress of Insight, Part 3 (7.10.92)      ( more » )

When a meditator is endowed with these five factors (firm faith, health, straightforwardness, strenous effort and insight knowledge of arising and passing away of phenomena) then he is sure to attain Path Knowledge and Fruition Knowledge if he proceeds with his intensive practice. . .

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  • A Talk at WBD, Australia (1990)      ( more » )

…(Excerpt) When you see any visible object, you should note 'seeing, seeing..'. When you smell any odour, then you should note 'smelling, smelling..'. When you taste any food, you should note 'tasting, tasting..'. When you touch any tangible thing, you should note 'touching, touching..'; but sometimes you may feel hard then you should note 'hard, hard..', sometimes you may feel soft, then 'soft, soft..'. When you think about something, then you should note 'thinking, thinking..'. The mind object and the mind that knows it. . .

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  • Vassa 1993 - Specific characteristics of consciousness      ( more » )

When you are experiencing the rising or falling movement with very deep concentration, the movement is very subtle. You are not conscious of the form of the abdomen or the body. What you are realizing is just movement, a series of movement going outwards and coming inwards. . .

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  • Specific characteristic of fire element      ( more » )

Sometimes when the sun shines and the fan stops, then you may observe 'hot, hot..'. We have to take some time to observe it (i.e. to be patient) until it has stopped. The more we observe it, the deeper the concentration on it. The deeper the concentration becomes, the more penetrating our insight into it. . .

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  • Q & A with Chanmyay Sayadaw in South Africa, 1999      ( more » )

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