question on vipassana practice
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im sending this(below question) to thusness through the contact form in
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/p/contact-us-html.html ;
am posting here so that any experience practitioners can give their comments/advice :-)
Hi Thusness,
　
I hope you can take little bit of time and reply ; need your wisdom to shed some light :-)
　
After some consideration and reflection(+ reading) , it seems that the practice of ' vipassana' is the most suitable way for me .
　Don't know how to say,but your description "Experiencing whatever that arises fearlessly,unreservedly " 'speaks to me' .
　I'll try me best to put my understanding/view into words regarding this practice.waiting for ur comment
　It seems this is quite an advanced practice,in that u put it at the end stage 'spontaneous perfection' .And it (this practice) has to do with afyter the arising insight into anatta,am i correct?
　But as u write in
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-anatta-emptiness-and-spontaneous.html ,
　"In fact all the subsections -- "On Stanza One", "On Stanza Two", "On Emptiness", there is already certain emphasis of the natural way."
　so this means "unconditionally accept/experience whatever we experiencing,whether it's absolute dread/fear/depression etcc.. ,to the strongest desire/pleasure etcc "
can already be practice even in the beginning stages b4 one is having undersatnding into n o-self(again,am i correct?).it's just that the later stages is more and more 'effortless'/natural.
　and this is a practice of vipassana - the bahiya sutta comes to my mind - in the seeing ,just the seeing , in the experience JUST the experience ;
JUST is a key word here,there's no need to fabricate any 'who,where,when' just experience with as much awareness/clarity as possible.
　Also,i suspect if one is practicing this sincerely,not rejecting any phenomena/experience,more and more unconscious tendencies will come to surface(to be let go/release).
　
That's all for now ,any article/book recommendation for this 'unconditional acceptance' practice?
　
Regards,
CH
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just bought 2 books by toni packer 2day :
1. the work of this moment
2.the silent question
seems to contain lots of pointers on presence(absence of separation) i.e non-duality
needs time to digest....
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I've recently finished reading a short book on introduction to Vipassana Meditation Instructions, by Venerable U Silananda, taken freely from Guang Ming Shan.
In my opinion, its excellent both for beginners to meditation and seasoned practicioners. Its just 58 pages easy to read, with (1) Introduction to Vipassana Meditation, (2) Answers to FAQs, (3) Meditation Instructions.
(http://media.kmspks.org/?cat=48).
Im staying near Kmspks, so i can access the place easily. If ure staying far, can drop me a pm, we can arrange a time n date n i can pass it to you.
They haf these distribution centers also:
- Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
88 Bright Hill Road - Singapore Buddhist Lodge
17 Kim Yam Road - Ci Yan Vegetarian Health Food
8/10 Smith Street - The Herbs Home
101 Upper Cross Street #02-55 People’s Park Centre - Rice House
Blk 129 Geylang East Avenue 2 #01-129 - Poh Ming Tse Temple
438 Dunearn Road - Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic
48 Lor 23 Geylang - Awareness Place Well-being Centre
Bras Basah Complex #03-39
But im not sure exactly which branch has which book.
- Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
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As for our practise, just a word of advice.. Venerable U Silananda mentioned that we learn faster with advice of a teacher who is competent to give instructions, correct mistakes, and give guidance when we have trouble in the course of meditation.
He mentioned that there are meditators who think they are making progress, but in reality, they aren't making progress at all. Sometimes they are making progress, but they think they are not doing well. Only the teacher can tell.
If we cant find a teacher, we may rely on books, but no book can entirely take the place of a teacher. We may do fairly well by reading the instructions and following them carefully. But even then, we may need for a discussion with a teacher occassionally.
Namo Amituofo
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There's an interesting exchange between Thusness and taoteching, hoping to get their permission to post their conversation here.
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Uh oh, Thusness says no go.