Occasional Postings

The Power of Forbearance….I have explained a little bit about forbearance now. If I were to explain it fully, there would be no end. Forbearance gives bene­fits now and for the rest of saṃsāra. If you want to be happy in the present, you must work on your patience. If you want to be happy in the future, you must work on your patience. If you want to do something, to.

 “…Whenever we breathe in or out, the in-coming and the out-going air touches somewhere in or near the nostrils. The sensitive matter (kayapasada) registers the touch of air. In this process, the entities touching are matter and the entity knowing the touch is mind. So don’t go around asking others about mind and matter; observe your breathing and you will find out about them for yourselves. When the air comes.

Sayagyi U Ba Khin was born in Yangon, Myanmar, on 6th March 1899. Though he had been a brilliant pupil throughout elementary and secondary school and passed theuniversity entry exams, he did not go to university. His parents were not well off and hefelt that he had to earn an income as soon as possible to support them.He entered the British administration and through diligent work and study became oneof.

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,.