By:: [[Eryu]] # ☸️📒 Dhamma Learnings Tags:: #dhamma/journal ##### 2025-07-10 - 4 levels of Awakening (Fruits)!! - **(WONDERFUL)** 4 levels of awakening (4 [[Magga Phala|4 Fruits]]) #vilas/wisdom/depth #eryu/learning/major 1. seeing that i have no control - anatta - sotapanna 2. seeing that everything which arises passes - no holding on - sakadagami 3. seeing that everything is "fake" - breaking conventional namarupa - anagami 4. when namarupa (PS) ceases for long enough, even witness consciouss drops - that's death - arahat ##### 2025-07-09 - [[Namarupa]] = Burden on Consciousness = Symbolization (命名） + Definition (定义） + Description（描述） - 6 steps to liberation ( #vilas/wisdom) 1. Letting go of attainment - anutpada Nibbāna dhatu 2. ⁠seeing things as they are - yathabhutanānadassana 3. ⁠stop conditioning - paticcasamutpada 4. ⁠reduce wittiness consciousness - anidadssana viññana 5. ⁠letting go of witness itself - viññana nirodha 6. ⁠suññata Bhumi - no step ##### 2025-06-26 - Why follow buddha? - There are 8 ways in total - As in AN8.12 Sīhasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an8.12/en/sujato)) - There's a **=="prick"==** in the heart when doing **==immoral== deeds** — that's the **dukkha** vedana #buddha/unique #dhamma/why - e.g. when **==stealing, when feeling jealous, when hating someone, when over eating, etc==**. ##### 2025-06-18 — How to attain [[Nirodha]] Samapatti (Vilas) - As discussed relating to nirodha samapatti - how to attain it, here are the steps 1. Control over watching the breath for atleast 16-18 hours 2. ⁠Watch the pause in the breath 3. ⁠Reduction of breath which happens automatically - say 4 to 5 breath in a minute 4. ⁠Discern the 5 senses or 5 dhatu along with consciousness as sixth 5. ⁠Stilling of breath 6. ⁠Enter into the 7th Jhāna 7. ⁠Enter into 8th jhāna 8. ⁠Make a nimitta or perception to return back after Nirodha 9. ⁠Return back to the nimitta at the end of it ##### 2025-05-25 — [[Vilas]] established in [[Nibbana]] 😊🙏 - Vilas has achieved [[Ubhatobhaga Vimutti|Ubhatobhāga Vimutti]] Sadhu sadhu sadhu 😊 🙏 🙏 🙏 #vilas/milestone/major - i.e. Established in [[Nirodha]] Samapatti without going into Jhanas :) ##### 2025-05-24 — Formula: How to do metta! (Vilas) - Youtube: [Start the day with Jhānas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncsFeJWd6ss) - Remove byapada and kamacchanda - **==(Wonderful!!) How to remove Byapada (do Metta)?==** #formula/vilas/practice - avero homi = **==find the "ONE THING" that is "bothering me", or frustrating me==** — say to yourself, **"it's OK"** :) - abyapada = do not **COMPETE** (with **previous session**) or **COMPARE** **(with anyone)** - Fault of **kamachanda**? Find a fault — i.e. **==It cannot fulfill you==** :) It's Unsatisfying :) ##### 2025-05-14 - Dhamma and [[Thermal Dynamics]] - Video: What if the laws of physics and the path to liberation are not so different? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoLYLVuhqTo)) - Follow up to 2025-05-12 talk - Samsara = adding heat - Nibbana = complete cooling down (reaching absolute 0 degree) ##### 2025-05-12 — ==Dukkha = Fire== & ==Dhamma = Water== (Seeing Dhamma without needing any Beliefs :)) - Rebirth in This Very Life – How Your Mind Recreates Worlds ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/Q72_IQTXw0A?si=Zw7BrO2tU6Bnwidp)) - #vilas/wisdom/depth Most wonderful Dhamma talk :) - **==Dukkha = Fire==** = **"==Stress=="** = **Anger** (Burning fire) & **Greed** (excitement, burning with desire, 欲火) => Leads to **==Hell== (a Burning place)** - **==Dhamma = Water==** = **"==Coolness=="** => Leads to **==Heaven== (a Peaceful place)** - Eryu: Dukkha = Fire and Dhamma = Water. Such a wonderful way to see it. Thank you Vilas for sharing it. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 😊🙏 - Eryu: Having Sila, Samadhi, and Panna gives you the coolness - Eryu: Having Sadha (faith in the Nature of things), sila, sutta, caga, and panna leads to a peaceful place (deva realm) ##### 2025-02-14 - Vilas: [[Metta|Loving-kindness]] as a family person - spouse / children / office colleagues / friends - _"May you be happy and free, even if I am not part of your life forever."_ - "_I do not own you, but I love you as you are, in this moment_." - ![[慈心#^dm63oe]] #### All about [[MN1 Mūlapariyāyasutta]]! ##### 2025-02-01 — (MN1) Lifespans of Rupa and Arupa Realms! - Earlier: - ![[Puthujjana#^oabb1d]] - Puthujjana can attain these and live for eons! We should achieve this first! - ![[Loka#^136k5l]] - Good temples to get into Jhanas: Taktsang monastery (Tiger's Nest), Basgo gompa, saspol caves ##### 2025-01-29 - SN12.62 Dutiyaassutavāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.62/en/sujato)) — More clarify on Consciousness - An ordinary person can get disillusioned with the body, but not the mind - but it would be better off if they identify with the body than mind — which is ever-changing ##### (2025-01-28) — (MN1) Abhibhu - AN8.65 Abhibhāyatanasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an8.65/en/sujato)) - [Photos for practice](https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNqCxS0wjJTib5ZfGo4njlftY2kzWSx-Gybvoph) - Perceiving Colors - practice perceiving just the 4 colors - blue (sky), yellow (sun), red (blood, etc.), white (like 4th jhana in DN2) — while watching the breath - this makes you lose the body eventually - This is similar to [[Kasina]] meditation — takes you to transcend form, but not yet 5th jhana (as in perceiving space) ##### 2025-01-16 — (MN1) Pajāpati - _Pajāpati_ = _Pajā_ (all beings) + _Pati_ (Owner, Provider) - Provider and owner of all beings - Zeus in Greek, Jehovah (YHWH) in Christian, Allah in Arabit religion ##### 2024-12-19 — (MN1) Bhuta - Bhuta = **come into form** = **==manifested==** = **that which has ==arrived==** (like a plane, or San Francisco) = **"Thing"** = **"Ghost"** (in indian language) - Vilas is a "Ghost" — when the body falls down, there's no "Vilas" ##### 2024-12-17 — (MN1) Air - 15 Qualities of Air 1. Movement 1. Contractions / Expansion 2. Brings smell 3. Helps Drying 4. Generates energy (e.g. wind mill) 5. Vibrating / sound - ![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#^10-qualities-of-earth]] - Not answers - Cooling - Pressuring - Oxynation - Eryu - Breathing? - Circulation ##### 2024-12-16 — (MN1) Fire - 15 Qualities of [[Dhātu|Fire]] 1. Warmth and comfort 2. Oja - Nutrient / Vitality 3. Energy 4. Emotions 5. Aging / maturation - ![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#^10-qualities-of-earth]] ##### 2024-12-12 — (MN1) Water! - 13 Qualities of [[Dhatu|Āpo]] - Life - -> Refreshing - Relaxation and happy - -> Fear - too little kills you, too much kills you (if you fall into water) - (And plus the 10 qualities of Water) - ![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#^10-qualities-of-earth]] - Other experiences of Apo - **"Fills up"** - **"Flowing"** (fluidity) - Carries things (e.g. on a boat) - Adaptive - Feminine - life giver, fluidity - Has "Craving" - **"Cleaning"** / Purification - including, "cleansing" one's sins - **"Cooling"** - Reflective ability - Takes the breath away - Immersion (of myself / my body) - more worldly qualities: cooking, lubrication - (Mannati) God - Both Earth and Water are thought to be God - 2 Qualities of Āpo: It **binds**, and **flows** ##### 2024-12-09 — (MN1) Earth (Pathavi!) - 10 Qualities of Earth: #vilas/wisdom/depth ^10-qualities-of-earth 1. (Sañña) It's [[Stability & Security|Stable]] 2. (Sañña) -> It's [[Stability & Security|Secure]] (Reliable) 3. (Sañña) -> It's (always) Available 1. -> It has a Coordinate 4. (Sañña) -> Taken for Granted / Permanent 5. (Maññati) -> Making me Satisfied 6. (Maññati)-> I can Accumulate - I can create a Boundary around it 7. (Maññati)-> It's Delighting / Valuable 8. (Meti maññati) -> It brings Pride 9. (Meti maññati) -> It Can be possessed 10. (Abhinandati) -> Celebration / Delightfulness - Not answers: - It can be identified - You can hold it - It can be "shaped" - Vilas: NO. That's the domain of the Mind (because shape is created in the mind) ##### 2024-11-20 — (MN1) [[Ariya]] = one who knows [[Jaramarana|Death]] - What is an Ariya? - Answer: One who understand that "death" is certain for everything - **The "Eryu" of yesterday is "dead"** - Why? **==The "day" has died, replaced by "night"==**, and again "day" - "morning" has died, replaced "forenoon", .. by "noon", "afternoon", "evening", "night", ... - Why? Yesterday, **==he was a "happy person", but now he's no longer happy==** #eryu/insight/major - Yesterday, was a "sad person", but now he's no longer sad - **History = "his" + "story"**.. wow.. 😊 #vilas/wisdom ##### 2024-11-19 — (MN1) What are the Qualities of Puthujjana? - (on [[MN1 Mūlapariyāyasutta]]) - **Traits of a [[Puthujjana]]** - It's **==Childish==** - **==Having 3 Qualities: Fear / Worried, Anxious, Despair==** - Eryu: Ultimately very anxious about [[Jaramarana|Death]] - **==ALL (every single thing) that we do in our day, is to escape [[Jaramarana|Death]] :)==** #vilas/wisdom - **Territory** - **"Feel" everything** - hence get **"bored"** — and hence would **always "recreate"** (e.g. recreation) - Doesn't know **what is "World"** - Seeks recognition, rewards, security, etc. - Plans (for security) #### June 2022 - November 2024 ##### 2024-11-04 — ==4 Levels of "Self"== #eryu/learning/major #learning 1. Named [[Sakkaya-ditthi|self]] — 5 aggregates — "Eryu" - Goes at Sotapanna 2. 6 senses — "Experiencer" - Indriya samvara begins 3. Phassa - Goes at Anagami 4. Vinnana with Namarupa (Vinnana holding onto Namarupa) - Goes at Arahat ##### 2024-09-27 — How to become an Animal :) - How one becomes an animals? :) #vilas/wisdom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AST2hgj9SCY - Reaches 3 + 3 + 3 - moha - fear, hatred — "hate" to lose :), **stinginess** - delusion -> brings in **depression** - dvesha - biting (back biting), "hate" to be "instable", anger (hatred, jealousy) - raga - senses, kamaguna (sense qualities), sukha - when 3 + 3 + 3 happens, one goes into the apaya :) - Other combinations - 2 + 1 + 1 = very good (generous and kind) person - 1 + 1 + 1 = deva - 0 + 0 + 1 = brahma - 0 + 0 + 0 = arahat - Solutions: - Give - that reduces "fear of losing" - **give what you mostly treasure** (e.g. give "service" when you have a lot of money anyways) #formula/life/tips ##### 2024-09-24 - 3 Levels of "Love" - 3 levels of love 1. level 1 - Worldly [[Love]] - **sensuality + attachment** - it comes with **==expectations==** (and **possessiveness**) — when expectations are not met, anger comes - You have to put a "relation" to it — like father/son, father/daughter, son/mother 2. level 2 - [[Pema]] - "Pure love" — **some attachment** (no judgement / bias) - when you make someone a teacher — that **=="respect" cuts off sensuality==** - like a **"mother to a child"**, or "child to a mother" 1. level 3 - [[Metta]] - **no attachment** whatsoever ##### 2024-09-16 — Vilas' Amazing Retreat (with 32 Ladies) 🙏 - What makes Dhamma work? - **5th Precept** — **==Intoxication==** — This is the ==MOST IMPORTANT== one to start with!! #vilas/guidance/wisdom - Then **Go backwards** — from Intoxication and back to killing - Remove **10 Akusala** — this will give the best ground for Jhana - ALL 31 are in tears :) - All are in Jhanas and see the aggregates :) ##### 2024-09-04 — 4 Levels / Types of [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] ("I") 1. Who am i now — "Eryu" - goes at Sotapanna 2. I am a "Father", "son", "husband", "teacher", "US national", "neighbor", etc. - goes at Sotapanna 3. "I" am seeing, hearing, smelling, etc. - goes partially at Sakadagami - goes fully at anagami 4. "Consciousness" extinguishes (not only the 6 consciousnesses, but also the witnessing "I") - What you have at the 8th Jhana - goes only at Arahat ##### 2024-08-28 - 3-Stage Development - Kama -> Pema -> Metta ##### 2024-07-06 — On what is [[Kama|Kāma]] and How to remove [[Kamacchanda]]? - 5 kamaguna (and 6 qualities) - **ittha** - when you make things **=="different"==**, then **==liking==** comes! #eryu/learning/major ^5ki5t7 - Eryu: or **=="special!"==**, or what's **=="new"==** #eryu/insight - when things are the "same", it becomes very boring (arati) :) - **kanta** - "I've **fallen in love** with you :)" - How to reach Anagami (remove all kamachanda)? - **See from the =="Mother's"== perspective** #eryu/practice/learnings/major #formula/practice/hindrance - Reading people (Abhinna) #vilas/iddhi - holding their face - very insecure - cross arms - they'd never agree with anything - eyes looking somewhere - they can **NEVER be trusted**! ##### 2024-06-08 — Dukkha = Burden!! ###### Part 1 - Video: - Can you feel the burden of samsara? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrW1Fd0oVLA)) - What is Dukkha? - **==Dukkha = Burden==** (Heavy) #vilas/wisdom #formula/dhamma #eryu/learning/major - Can we **see it**!? - Can you **==bear== with / ==tolerate== it**? - **Burden != suffering** - even when happy, still a burden! - Burden -> (is not equal to, but leads to) Suffering - **input:** burden - **process:** bearing - **output:** suffering - Moha: **Thinking that (by doing what i'm doing) one day this burden will end**! :) - Eryu insight on Dukkha - Normal people's understanding: **==not having food is dukkha==** - Buddha: **hunger itself is the dukkha**! ###### Part 2 - Q: How to **come out of the ==Burden==**? - Answer: **Improve ==Sila==!** - How? - By Contemplating on the **==drawbacks==** / consequences of immoral deeds? - e.g. What mentality i have to be in to kill? i.e. Burning. - e.g. What mentality i have to be in to stealing? - e.g. What mentality i have to be in to have sex? e.g. Shameful ##### 2024-06-07 — Dhamma = Dissecting!! - Buddha Dhamma = [[Dissection]]:) #vilas/wisdom #eryu/wow #formula/dhamma - (From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQBWRJJsbfY) - As per MN62 - **Vilas cut to small pieces of meat and bones**, and given to the wife. Now, what did she receive? :) ##### 2024-05-17 — Nirutti! ![[(2-Part Series) Exposition on Nirutti (Etymology)#Breaking down of the MN26 Pāsarāsisutta 7 Qualities searched by Buddha]] ##### 2024-05-10 — All about **==Consciousness==**! **==Witness is ALL YOU NEED==**!! ![[(2024-05-10) (BEST EVER) (3-Part Series) All about Consciousness & Witness!]] ##### 2024-05-04 - ANY Struggle = Not aligned with Dhamma - **==ANY Struggle==** = **==NOT Aligned with Dhamma==**!! #vilas/wisdom - Struggle = **==adhamma==** = akusala (As mentioned in MN41) - **No struggle** in life = **you're aligned with Dhamma**! - dhammacariya ##### 2024-04-20 - (Most important) Meditation? **==OBSERVE!!==** **NO Focus**! - Most important and wonderful session together with #May #observation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxhEcSCSTk - Vilas: (Key of [[Meditation]]) **Don't ==Focus==**! **==Observe==**! #vilas/guidance/major - Observe: it's a **"==fun==" game** for the mind #eryu/practice/learnings/major - observe **_pressure_** (wind), **_hot/cold_**, **_water droplets_**, **_heavy/light_** in breath - observe the **"==hardness & softness=="** in the sofa / chair #eryu/practice/learnings - Eryu: Curiosity stops the mind!! - Vilas: **WRONG!!** More curiosity = more worse! #eryu/learning/practice - Curiosity = mind shaking & restless already - Focus: the mind is **"forced"** to do something — and hence it will run away - 3 steps of [[Samatha, Vipassana, and Anupassana]] - Samatha = _Watching_ the breath = **Just being aware of the breath** - Vipassana = _Observing_ the breath = **investigate on the breath (long / short, hot/cold, etc.)** - Anupassana = _Investigating_ on how it comes to be ##### 2024-04-15 - (Amazing) on Neutral feeling & Boredom! - Sense-Objects & Boredom \[[[MN115 Bahudhātukasutta|Bahudhātuka sutta]] - Part 2] ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/m66iJFp2Kx0)) - Great video on [[Arati|Boredom]]!! - Difference between **Boredom** v.s. **Neutral [[Vedana|Feeling]]**? - What is **_adukkhamasukhā_** feeling?? #eryu/learning 1. **_Before_ you recognize** someone / something — that's the neutral feeling 2. You're **_NOT_ feeling the body as we speak** — that's the neutral feeling - What is [[Arati|Boredom]]? #eryu/wow #vilas/wisdom ^a9c79c - **Nature of existence is [[Sunnata|Emptiness]]**, and when you **see this nature** it is boredom. - when something is **done repeatedly**, you **start to see** this nature. - Why we need a **"==vacation=="**? **What** do you want to vacate? It's the **boredom that you try to vacate**! - [[Arati]] — 2nd enemy of the Mara #eryu/wow #vilas/wisdom - so that you need **==Recreation==**, i.e. **"==re-creation=="** — more **sankhara** to create fun! - How [[Depression]] happens? ^depression - **Arati** -> **Eating** (khuppipāsā) -> **Thina-middha** -> **Depression** - **[[Depression|Depressive]]** people will keep on eating — to **==escape [[Arati|Boredom]]==**!! - Eryu: They also want to **stay in bed** (related to **thina-middha**) ##### 2024-04-10 - (WOW) How to remove Sexuality / [[Itthi|Woman]]??!! - Context: - Starting from AN1.1-10 Rūpādivagga ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an1.1-10/en/sujato)) #woman - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJB62S-8jHI - **==Sexuality==** (See [[Itthi]]) = **==Highest== [[Kama|Kāma]]** = **==Root== of Kama** #eryu/learning - **Sexual Shame** ([[Hiri & Ottappa|Hiri]]) is **==Primordial==**!! - (WOW!!) We all know it's **wrong**!! That's why everyone does it at **night**!! #vilas/wisdom - Because it's "illusory", and illusions works better at night! - Eryu: That's why **EVERYONE blushes**! ☺️☺️ - 4 ways Asubha(?) - Charnel ground meditation - leads to Sotapanna & Sakadagami - Dhatu - goes to Anagami - Vilas: Watched the "stomach" portion where it shocked with the **==Fear of Birth==** - How to become an Anagami? - **==Remove the "woman" in everyone you see==** #vilas/wisdom - Women ^5b225f - **==Security== (ONE THING a woman is searching for)** #vilas/wisdom - Physical - Masculinity - voice, height, chest (broad) - Emotional / Psychological - Security, stability - Family (kids) - Financial - "Success", more "capable" - Caring - she wants to be "taken care of" - Leads to **==possession==** — Women are the most **possessive** #vilas/wisdom - **How to break?** — Remove the "possessive" - Summary: 1. **Goal:** **Wants ==Secured state==** 2. **2 Characters** 1. **==Possessive==** nature 2. **==Caring==** nature, ##### 2024-03-25 - Atimana v.s. ego v.s. mana - Atimana (Highest out of the 3) = i'm higher, everyone else is lower - Ego = **demonstration** of "self" - Mana = measuring — you will not give up dhamma because it's "better" ##### 2024-03-23 - Vilas: What is [[Kamacchanda]]? - You can **==NEVER satisfy==** #vilas/wisdom - **in summer you want cold things, in winter you want hot things** - **when single, you want to get married, after married, you want to become single** - **when not having money, you want to earn, after having money, you don't know what to do** :) - The **==same money, before investing them, makes me unhappy==**. Now the **==same money, after return, makes me happy!!==** #eryu/wow - This **=="happiness" and "unhappiness"== on something that is =="unreal"==, is ==Kama==!!** #vilas/wisdom #eryu/learning/major - Vilas: Whatever is **=="valuable"==** (but actually has no value) is kama ##### 2024-03-15 — Path of Dhamma!! > [!info] Prerequisites for starting Satipatthana ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OfcuLhWSBs)) - (Wow!) **14 Steps of developing on the (Ariya) path** #vilas/wisdom #dhamma/teaching #formula/dhamma #dhamma/map/best - (0) **chanda** - first hindrance is thina midha — **disinterest** in Dhamma 1. -> cetana — intention to pursue dhamma 2. -> adhiṭṭhāna — unmoving intention to pursue dhamma 3. -> buddhaguna (dhammaguna, sanghaguna) 4. -> akusala reducing 5. -> cāga — giving up (worldly notions) — **==disinterest== in the world** - -> start understanding 5 aggregates 6. -> ariya magga (**sotapanna** magga) - eventually becoming sotapanna 7. -> sutta savana (hearing) — you'll penetrate into sutta 8. -> develop 5 indriya - now can practice [[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]] - More - PS penetrated at EVERY level - In Nibbana all the time - Last step: Drop Buddha Dhamma itself 🙏 ##### 2024-02-29 - Difference between - Ethics, Moral values and Liberation ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9UxCiKx6pU)) - #eryu/learning/major - Ethics (nīti) v.s. Morality v.s. Liberation (Atta / Attha) - **Ethics** — **=="Dos & Donts"==** — (Worldly) **==Conventions==** - i shouldn't **make sound when eating** - i should use the zebra line - What is Ethical need not be Moral - e.g. **social drinking (alcohol)** - e.g. drinking **tea & coffee** - **Morality** (Dhamma / Kusala) — **=="Right & wrong"==** — **Good and Bad (for that person)** - **Moral** - ==It makes the person **"lighter"**== - it's good for the health and the mind - **Immoral** - ==It makes the person feel **"hard"** and "heavy"== - **Any [[Addiction|Addictions]]** are immoral - **==Atta / Attha==** — Have **=="Essence v.s. non-essence"==** — The **Only "Valuable" thing** is **Nibbana** (Liberation) - Doesn't have raga/dvesha/moha ##### (2024-02-18) How I'm born (all about [[Gandhabba]]) [[(2024-02-18) How I'm born (All about Gandhabba)]] ##### (2024-02-13) Vilas' Analogy on [[Kamma]] (as Software engineer) - Here is the shortest possible answer relating to deeds: 1. Understand that deeds are like seeds and require moisture and ground to sprout 2. The seeds are potentiality of good and bad 3. If one were to remove the ground or make ground non usable or remove moisture, then seeds would not be able to sprout - What Buddha did is to remove craving which is the moisture and when that is removed, the seeds (as in consciousness) does not get the footing on the ground and hence cannot manifest anything at all - Now to use software words as an example: 1. A product has lot of bugs 2. These are assigned to me to fix it 3. As soon as I feel, perceive and work as 'these are my bugs' so long the suffering would be there and I might introduce new bugs in the product and ultimately keep on fixing it 4. I remove craving for the product and "fix bugs" as bugs and nothing else and do not attach any value 5. Later, I quit the job and the bugs don't follow me as they are not "mine" to be assigned from the beginning itself - Thus, I've relieved from 'craving' for the product which was the reason why these bugs were seem to be assigned to me as I felt that they are my bugs as the product is mine ##### 2024-02-11 — How to watch the Phassa! ![[(2024-02) (Important!) How to watch the Phassa (Contact)!!#(2024-02-10) How to watch the Phassa !! (Watching all 3, including the experiencer!)]] 2023-10-28 - Vilas: **What is Abhijjhā**? - etymology - Abhi = higher - Iccha = wish - meaning - **To get more than anyone** - If someone has it, then **I should be the one who should** and not someone else ##### 2023-10-17 - 2 Ways to practice Dhamma! - From my chat with Vilas, following this video: - Deepen insight into SIX senses - Day 2 ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjBp1nOzoEA)) - @@@@ **==2 Ways==** to practice Dhamma #dhamma/practice/map/best - #1 - The [[Dhatu]] way - [[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta]] - [[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta]] - #2 - The [[Ayatana|Salayatana (6 senses )]] way - [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta]] - [[MN13 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta]] - [[MN38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta]] - (As mentioned in [[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta]] as well) ##### 2023-10-13 - Experiencing Nibbana - **How to experience [[Nibbana]]?** #formula/practice #eryu/practice/learnings/major 1. rupa - [[Nibbida]] ([[Nimitta|Animitta]]) 2. -> vedata - upekkha 3. -> sanna - anicca 4. -> sankhara - samatha 5. -> vinnana - nirodha - 2 things will happen 1. you will smile a lot 2. you will close your eyes and enjoy ##### 2023-10-12 - Mara's army - 10 things come during deep meditations (all part of [[Mara|Māra]]) :) - \(0\) (a hindrance) restlessness 1. kama 2. arati 3. hunger / thirst 4. tanha 5. thina-middha 6. bhīru (fear) 7. doubt 8. judging / blaming 9. stubborness 10. 4 pairs (8 winds) ##### 2023-09-23 - On Loneliness / Emptiness :) - (TODO: Youtube link) - [[Addiction]] = **Anything that gives you [[Kama|Pleasure]]!!** #eryu/learning - The food addiction of #Matt has nothing to do with food, but with loneliness (i.e. desiring attention) - @@@@ The problem of all of us is **==_Loneliness_==**, i.e. **_=="[[Sunnata|Emptiness]]"==_**, or **=="Voidness"==** #eryu/learning/major - (WOW) All we want to build in life is these 4, to **get out of loneliness** :) #formula/life - **4 Things: 1) body, 2) skill, 3) house/money/comfort, 4) relationship** - And they relates to the [[8 Worldly Conditions]] - @@@@ **Dhamma** shows us that everything has **==ALWAYS BEEN EMPTY!==** - **Alone != Lonely** - @@@@ With Dhamma, you **become alone**, but **not lonely** :) #eryu/learning/major - Because you're finally "full" :) - **True Fullness = [[Santosa|Contentment]]** ##### 2023-08-20 - Practicing [[Sila]] is about seeing the **==Consequences==** — What it will **==LOSE!==** #eryu/learning/practice - It's always about bringing the **==Fear==** — What it will **lose** if it offend - e.g. like in [[MN19 Dvedhāvitakkasutta]] and in [[AN8.40 Duccaritavipākasutta]] - And seeing about **==Death==** (i.e. [[Maranassati]]) - In that you will see the "**==What's the point?"==** - Once you're truly **==Convinced==**, **THAT'S IT**! — you will **NEVER be able to do it!** - i.e. if the "Mind" has **Truly SEEN** the **Consequence** of it! ##### 2023-08-15 - Practice of seeing the Dukkha - #eryu/practice/learnings **When Dukkha comes, it means there is no Samadh!!** — hence, it's a **reminder to re-establish the Samadhi**! - like a "V", with Dukkha, you're going on to one side, now you have to bring attention to the other side (i.e. your meditation object), and once awareness is established, now you can come back to the bottom of the "V". ##### 2023-08-14 - Observe the Dukkha - Observe the [[Dukkha]] in not able to watch the breath!! #eryu/practice/learnings/major - Having "debates" within oneself is also dukkha! - Deal with [[Thina-middha|Drowsiness]] in meditation! #eryu/practice/learnings/major - 1) make **determination** (i.e. sankappa) to be reminded 5m before going to sleep, and give the mind some work to do! - 2) watch the pain — of not able to watch the breath - 3) bring [[Maranassati]] — death contemplation — and it brings in fear and now you'd watch the breath - i.e. "**What if i die this moment! Are you ok?**?" ##### 2023-07-11 - You **NEED to ==pre-decide==** on what [[Vipassana|Vipassanā]] to do AFTER the [[Samatha]]!! **It will provide [[Viriya|Energy]] and stop the [[Thina-middha|Sleepiness]]**!! #eryu/learning/practice/major ##### [[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana]] ![[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana#^8a9127]] ![[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana#Vinnana & Movie :)]] ![[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana#^e0788c]] ##### [[(2022-09-07) Samisa and Niramisa Sukha]] ![[(2022-09-07) Samisa and Niramisa Sukha#^0534fe]] ![[(2022-09-07) Samisa and Niramisa Sukha#^56d8c0]] ![[(2022-09-07) Samisa and Niramisa Sukha#^73a3c5]] ##### [[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna]] ![[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna#^b13708]] ![[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna#^92102f]] ![[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna#^e1e7ea]] ![[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna#What is Awareness and Sati Mindfulness ?]] ##### [[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)]] ![[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)#^0ae5e9]] ![[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)#^9f3ada]] ![[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)#^7beabb]] ![[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)#^dfb0f8]] ![[(2022-08-28) on 3 Types of Dukkha, and Sloth (Superb)#^01c5ad]] ##### [[(2022-08-16) Near Death Experience, Out of Body and Astral travel experience]] ![[(2022-08-16) Near Death Experience, Out of Body and Astral travel experience#^summary]] ![[(2022-08-16) Near Death Experience, Out of Body and Astral travel experience#^c20790]] ![[(2022-08-16) Near Death Experience, Out of Body and Astral travel experience#^a404c9]] ##### [[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate]] ![[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate#^188712]] ![[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate#^3ba898]] ![[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate#^855e59]] ![[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate#^f74556]] ![[(2022-08-15) Dhamma discussion - 5 khandas, where to start and what to meditate#^2bff48]] ##### [[(2022-08-13) Meditation to understand the senses (on MN137)]] ![[(2022-08-13) Meditation to understand the senses (on MN137)#^5-steps]] ![[(2022-08-13) Meditation to understand the senses (on MN137)#^8-directions]] ##### [[(2022-08-12) Meditation to cleanse the Citta]] ![[(2022-08-12) Meditation to cleanse the Citta#^1917c7]] ##### [[(2022-08-10) Experiencing Dependent Origination through MN28]] ![[(2022-08-10) Experiencing Dependent Origination through MN28#^meditation-summary]] ![[(2022-08-10) Experiencing Dependent Origination through MN28#^ac134d]] ##### 2022-08-09 Dhamma discussions - Why Vandana? How it helps? - https://youtu.be/51qrFnvQtuc - Vilas described how a formal practice (e.g. 6 hours) would look like. (With #Naveen) - And how [[Satipatthana]] can be practiced — like you ***watching a Puppet Show*** (of the body and the 5 aggregates), and there's no "person" there. ##### 2022-08-08 (Vilas Video) How to meditate - Samatha and Vipassana - https://youtu.be/zlyHhsZcazM - Great video giving step by step instructions on how to get into [[Jhana|Jhāna]]. With #Naveen. - Including a great explanation on the reasoning of the [[Sila|5 precepts]] (around 20m in?) and [[Dasa Akusala|10 immoral deeds]] (around 55m in) - @@@@ The goal is to establish [[Brahma Vihara|Brahma Vihara]] -- where Karuna (compassion), metta (friendly attitude), Muditā, and upekkha becomes unwavering habit, and one would stay in **2nd jhana** in all waking hours. ##### 2022-08-06 - on AN4.133 — 4 types of Dhamma students ![[AN4.133 Ugghaṭitaññūsutta#^summary|AN4.133]] ##### [[(2022-07-27) What will go away in Sotapanna, Sakadagami, Anagami & Arahat]] ![[(2022-07-27) What will go away in Sotapanna, Sakadagami, Anagami & Arahat#^5-levels]] ##### [[(2022-07-25) How and what to meditate upon for reaching Sotapanna, Sakadagami, Anagami and Araht]] ![[(2022-07-25) How and what to meditate upon for reaching Sotapanna, Sakadagami, Anagami and Araht#2022-07-25 How and what to meditate upon for reaching Sotapanna Sakadagami Anagami and Araht]] ##### [[(2022-02-21) Personal experience of Dhamma - Sotapanna and beyond]] ![[(2022-02-21) Personal experience of Dhamma - Sotapanna and beyond#^comparison]] ##### [[(2022-07-20) Discussion on Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta]] ![[(2022-07-20) Discussion on Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta#2022-07-20 Discussion on Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta]] ##### (2022-07-19) Discussion on Buddha dhamma - https://youtu.be/3Aa_VJ_mEng - Context: new student #Harshil was asking whether he's a sotapanna. - **(Great)** Vilas explained how one gets into Dhamma, and progress through sotapanna all the way to arahat. #dhamma/overview - Vilas explained how the new student is **indeed a sotapanna** based on his understandings and experiences, and how he can further progress. - Vilas explained how to practice [[Indriya Samvara|Indriya Bhāvanā]] -- in the way that you **break the [[Nimitta]]** for anything you see, hears, smells, etc. - Once indriyas are broken, the only thing left is vinnana. By which point you can experience the vinnana and get into all the rupa and arupa jhanas easily, and experience all the 9 jhanas. ##### (2022-07-17) Experiencing Buddha Dhamma in an easy way - https://youtu.be/i4UbNchnTFY - Vilas answers the question from #Owen, regarding how one can find that **true Dhamma** that leads to freedom, among many seemingly **conflicting theories and teachers**. #dhamma/teaching/teacher - Nibbida - the disillusionment is about standing **in front of a mirror and not seeing "Vilas"** in the mirror! - Vilas: the true Dhamma should make you ***Experience*** the **[[MN26 Pāsarāsisutta#^7-qualities-buddha-aspired|7 qualities]]** (nibbidaya, viragaya, ... Nibbanaya) that the Buddha himself sought after in MN26. (Around 18:00) - It's not so much about anicca, Dukkha, and anatta or PS cycle, since those are the theories. - Focus on getting the dispassion via [[MN10 Satipaṭṭhānasutta#1 Kāyānupassanā|Kāyānupassanā]] --- ## April 21, 2022 - June 30, 2022!! ##### (2022-06-09) Vilas clarified on **balancing of [[5 Indriya]]** - [[Saddha]] v.s. [[Panna]] - saddha = faith developed through experiencing insight; - panna = wisdom from that experience - **@@ Saddha** is **developed in the heart** through various experiences and **panna also gets known in the heart** which is the **seat of the mind**. - Saddha and panna are **not** in anyway inter-related as in virya and samadhi. - Saddha is dependent only upon awakening moments and panna forms based upon what is experienced. - viriya v.s. samadhi - Balancing here refers to where to put virya and samadhi - Too much of virya is cause of restlessness and too much of samadhi would be the cause of thina & midha (mind and body sluggishness / sleepiness) - Mental chatter happens due to restlessness and not able to get into samadhi due to too much energy creation which causes restlessness. ##### (2022-06-07) Meditation using Dhatuvibhangasutta - https://youtu.be/Qqn64qFzgsQ - Great guided mediation by Vilas using Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta, started from contemplating the 6 dhatus and moving on to the 4 arupa jhanas. ##### (2022-05-29) Practice for removing defilements - https://youtu.be/g3Lc1P6mzX4 - Vilas talked about how to get out of [[Addiction|Addictions]] (e.g. smoking, drinking tea, etc.) ##### (2022-05-23) How to attain [[Samadhi]]? - https://youtu.be/z8fKknQDwhM - Good guided meditation on Samādhisutta (sn22.5)! - Eryu: But i didn't follow the meditation very well! ##### (2022-04-21) [[AN10.58 Mūlakasutta]] - ![[AN10.58 Mūlakasutta#^root-of-all-things]] --- ## Old - INCOMPLETE!!! - [ ] #TODO/migration ##### [[(2022-03-23) On MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta (SUPERB, Deep and detailed)]] ![[(2022-03-23) On MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta (SUPERB, Deep and detailed)#^summary]] ![[(2022-03-23) On MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta (SUPERB, Deep and detailed)#^c8e8fb]] ![[(2022-03-23) On MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta (SUPERB, Deep and detailed)#^38da91]] ![[(2022-03-23) On MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta (SUPERB, Deep and detailed)#^0e000d]] ##### [[(2021-09-04) (BEST EVER) (12-day Series) Buddha Dhamma - Where to Start & What to do @Beginner]] ![[(2021-09-04) (BEST EVER) (12-day Series) Buddha Dhamma - Where to Start & What to do @Beginner#^day1-summary]] ##### [[(2020-07-04) Mahasatipatthana Sutta (English)]] ![[(2020-07-04) Mahasatipatthana Sutta (English)#^summary]] ![[(2020-07-04) Mahasatipatthana Sutta (English)#^awareness-light-in-the-room]] ![[(2020-07-04) Mahasatipatthana Sutta (English)#^bfa44a]] ##### (2021-07-09) (**Superb**) Dhamma discussion with 4 noble truths ^2021-06-09-dhamma-discussion - https://youtu.be/6K-QPv0svl0 - **@@ BEST EVER summary of [[Nivarana|5 hindrances]] with real life examples!!** - (21:00) Vilas gave an amazing example on [[Thina-middha]] (regarding someone goes to work).. 😂😂 - [[Thina-middha]] - I feel, ahhh it's ok.. tomorrow it will still be there.. No hurries to do it today.. :) I can do it *anytime* I want -- it will be there waiting for me (again, due to [[Nicca-sanna]]).. ^2021-06-09-thina-midha - Midha - for every given thing you try to **postpone**. - **@@@@** And how we have **[[Nicca-sanna]]** even tho it is anicca. - @@ (13:00) We only see **anitya** (impermanence) -- so that we know "**yes, it will not last forever but it will last as long as I exist!**" --  but not the arising and passing away! - (52:00+) Great answer on how to experience Anicca.