Situated in the cultural heart of northern Thailand, Panyaden School in Chiang Mai integrates Buddhist values and environmental mindfulness with a modern bilingual curriculum, academically equipping students for further study in a Thai, international school or abroad. Panyaden is a green school, built from earth and bamboo and is peacefully located among rice fields just 15 minutes drive from the city centre.
A great response regarding heart and the mind. I agree with the response shouldn’t pay attention to find a distinction between the two. There is one and that is the knower the one who knows. WV
The way to attainment is vipasanna. The mental purifications that really calm the mind and remove the kelisa. How i realise nibanna through vipasanna? (Greed,hatred,delusions)are momentarily removed in that moment. Sotapanna attainment how it occur and the sequence you will experience..... It starts with vipasanna sitting meditation then until mind shuts down.Before it shuts down,you are clearly comprehending the inbreath watching the beginning,the middle and the end of the breath. Ceesation of conciousness occur during this moment. The mind suddenly shuts down. Ceesation of conciousness is similar to mind shuts down: When this happen,you will not know.(it is because your mind has now stop fabricating just like a factory stop production all machine are switch off and no one working) That moment of not knowing is the moment you enter magga(path)and phala(fruition)where you are no more existing in this ignorance existence of samsara. After the magga phala attainment is over you will be in strong samadhi adsobtion where your whole body are radiance with strong pleasurable sensations.(jhana adsobtion) At that moment you still do not know you have attain magga phala.(only pleasurable sensation overwhelming the mind) As these strong samadhi adsobtion gradually subside,you will now be able to aware of the calmness of mind and body sitting in erect and firm(in lower samadhi) At this moment you can easily aware of your breath as it rise on inbreath and as it fall on outbreath. It is easily notice without effort. It was during this time you will suddenly remember or recollect the mind ceesation or shuts down clearly. You remember it very clearly before it shuts down, your were clearly comprehending inbreath rising,middle and end of breath and suddenly everything vanished,no more conciousness,mind shuts down. Then you realise whole body immersed with strong pleasurable sensations and when the sensation is over you can realise your mind is peaceful ,happy and mindfulness on inbreath and outbreath is easy and that your sitting meditation posture is straight and erect or is very firm(In samadhi state) In this way you now come to realise that you have finally come to know how suffering ends. Nibanna is being realise by your pure mind. Mind that is non greed,non hatred,non delusions. You are now a stream entry or is now a confirmed Ariya or sotapanna.You are free from 4 woeful realms of existence and you only have 7 more existence one as human and another 6 life as devas. If you are hard working and if you continue practice your vipasanna meditation and come to ceesations of conciousness for the second times,your next attainment is Sakadagami and you only have 3 more existence.And if the third time ceesation you are Anagami and the 4th time you are Arahat and will be fully aware of everything and totally free from ignorance completely and never to be born again. May my explaination be enlightening to vipasanna meditators and what is being explain are the final knowledge you will experience when your time for attainment is ripe. Suki hotu. Buddhang saranam gacchami
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Thank you Ajahn for the explanation. I have anxiety and started practicing meditation daily since August. I recognise my anxious thoughts better and after acknowledging it, it goes away.
Thank you for uploading this Dhamma talk. As human beings, our default position in the face of a condition that provokes a strong negative emotion is to react blindly. This often manifests in an outburst of verbal, or in more extreme cases, physical anger. The wise method of dealing with such a provocation is to reflect and respond. I often find that taking just a few seconds to consciously recognise the feeling of anger in my body and mind is enough to see the feeling as just that much, simply anger, and in doing so the anger almost immediately begins to dissipate. This then gives rise to the space and ability to reflect more calmly on the provocation and formulate a wise response. This is not an easy thing to do at first and there has to be the volition to train the mind in this way, but with volition and training the unwholesome responses can be uprooted and replaced with wisdom.
How do you know, that that is so? Have you ever tried? Actually there lays a great power in not getting triggered into an angry response. There will be more, not less control, over events and outcomes. 😘
It makes me angry when people say no one can make you angry 😁😂😂 What about the civil rights movement though? Dr.King and the protestors DID help to improve the quality of life of oppressed people. Anger can inspire others to correct a ship headed for the rocks. Making the distinction that "not angry" is NOT Indifference. I believe that's pretty much how it gets interpreted.
Implementing social change by non-violent protest is a way of using anger skilfully, rather than reactively. Also, disagreeing with something is not necessarily anger. Nor can it be called indifference...
Feeling angry is ok and to be acknowledged and accepted. Running away with an angry train of thought is what's unskillful. Looking at the causes of the anger and recognizing them to be injustice, and working on thoughtful action against the injustice, is the path toward positive social change, rather than a generalized lashing out. The most famous events of the Civil Rights movement were largely well-considered social protests born of thoughtful responses to anger.
I love the way the microphone feedback makes him sound like that super-echo-y Buddha in the Chinese dharma/reincarnation videos on CKChua's channel. Seriously, though, this video is very helpful and encouraging for meditation practice. Brilliant!
