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Re: Situation awareness Edit Delete post Report this post Quote Post   by  frank k  »  Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:09 am Dhammanando  wrote:  ↑ Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:56 pm English renderings of  sampajañña  are of broadly three kinds. The rendering "clear comprehension" (or some synonym of this) is usually used by those translators who accept the Abhidhamma's treatment of  sampajañña  as a mode of  paññā : It doesn't need Abhidhamma support to justify that interpretation. AN 4.41 defines sampajano as : STED S&S  definition custom built for in-jhāna usage Now look in AN 4.41, the 4 developments of samadhi sutta, and once again you see the same definition of sampajano as in SN 47.35, the one that fits jhāna perfectly in terms of the most obvious things one would investigate from such a still and refined state of mind. AN 4.41 third of four exercises, for sati and sampajaññāya Katamā ca, bhikkhave, samādhi-bhāvanā bhāvitā...

https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/36069/simplest-possible-teaching-on-the-four-satipatthana/36079#36079 The best advice I can give anyone, beginner or not, is forget about MN 10 and DN 22 (the suttas people tend to default to as the definitive reference on the subject), and ignore what most of the so called experts are saying about mindfulness. Instead, read the first 10 suttas in SN 47, the satipatthana samyutta, carefully, and repeatedly. Those 10 suttas in SN 47, and you can rely on Thanissaro's excellent book, "right mindfulness" as the best reference manual on the topic, although there are a couple of issues I have it. But those two sources will give you a safe base to work from. @frankk Can you expand further on what is problematic in [B. Analayo's] viewpoint? I haven't fully delved into his work, but from what I have seen, it has been extremely well-put and well-founded. I had no intention to contradict your answer. Merely to add. In my p...

Re: Can you develop Iddhipada by Satipathana? Edit Delete post Report this post Quote Post   by  frank k  »  Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:40 am You need sati developing any path factor. The 4sp satipatthana are the nimittas/signs of samadhi. The 4ip iddhipada, all have 'samadhi' embedded in their formula. And the 4 types of ip, if you study those words carefully, the first 2 figure prominently in the right effort formula (chanda, virya). So in a sense, the 4ip are describing how right effort and right sati are developed to produce right samadhi. If you compare the 4ip extended formula with AN 6.29 and AN 5.28, by studying the role of the development of luminosity for knowledge and vision, and the lack of piti and sukha mentioned in the 4ip, and the easy accessability of the 6 abhinna from developing 4ip, then it becomes clear the 4ip are ways to purify a fourth jhana to the point of being able to attain 6 abhinna . And since the destruction of the asavas (the 6th a...

interesting question from https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/35973/pleasure-in-shower/35995#35995 Q: I follow Yuttadhammo's tradition and I wanted to know how to prevent the pleasure I get in taking showers. Everytime I take them, I have a clinging to the warmth of the water and the feeling of it. How do I prevent this or come to disattach from the experiences I have in showering and getting pleasure from it? the-buddha traditions tipitaka personal-experience shareeditflag asked yesterday Dhamma4All you may be under dressed, insufficiently warm all the times you're not in a comfortable hot shower. Wear more layers, keep your body warm, do enough cardiovascular and other physical exercises everyday (at least 30min) to improve your base body temperature and overall physical health. Then when you step in a hot shower, it won't feel like anything especially comfortable. When your reserve energy is strong, you feel like you could eat or not eat, sleep or not sl...

SN 16.5  Enlightened Arahant Maha Kassapa keeping strict rules to set a good example for future generations 5. Jiṇṇasutta 5. Old Age Evaṃ me sutaṃ … So I have heard. rājagahe veḷuvane. Near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ mahākassapaṃ bhagavā etadavoca: Then Venerable Mahākassapa went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: “jiṇṇosi dāni tvaṃ, kassapa, garukāni ca te imāni sāṇāni paṃsukūlāni nibbasanāni. “You’re old now, Kassapa. Those worn-out hempen rag robes must be a burden for you. Tasmātiha tvaṃ, kassapa, gahapatāni ceva cīvarāni dhārehi, nimantanāni ca bhuñjāhi, mama ca santike viharāhī”ti. So Kassapa, you should wear clothes given by householders, accept invitations for the meal, and stay in my presence.” “Ahaṃ kho, bhante, dīgharattaṃ āraññiko ceva āraññikattassa ca va...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron “His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Ven. Thubten Chodron continue to give generously to the Buddhist community, and in particular to the community of Western Buddhist practitioners. This fourth volume in the magnificent Library of Wisdom and Compassion maintains the high standards set in the first three: it is comprehensive without sacrificing relevant detail, it is precise without sacrificing accessibility, and it is of enormous value to practitioners and teachers but still of great interest to scholars of Buddhism.” —Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School The Library of Wisdom and Compassion is a special multivolume series in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama shares the Buddha’s teachings on the complete path to full awakening that he himself has practiced his entire life. The topics are ar...