One Tool Among Many
The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice
Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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What exactly is vipassana?

The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the right attitude.

1.When meditating: Don't focus too hard

Snipped from A Map of the Journey...u jotika For free distribution only When we meditate what do we do? We pay complete attention to our sensations. Today I want to make the word sensation very clear. Have you understood the word as I mean it? What I mean is: when you feel cold that is a sensation, when you feel hot that is also sensation, when you feel pain anywhere on your body, that is also sensation,

Friends: What causes most humans to fall right into Hell at Death? The Blessed Buddha once took up a little bit of soil on his fingernail and asked: What do you think, Bhikkhus, which is more: The little bit of soil on my fingernail or this great planet earth? Venerable Sir, the great planet earth is much more. The little bit of soil that the Blessed One has taken up on his fingernail is a trifle...

Friends:

The illusion of an Ego is the Strongest Prison!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
'I am' is an illusion. 'This I am' is an illusion. 'I shall be' is an illusion.
'I shall not become this or that' is an illusion. 'I shall be of form'is an illusion. 'I shall become formless' is an illusion. 'I shall become endowed with perception' is an illusion. 'I shall become without any perception' is an illusion. 'I shall become neither with nor without