"Relief" with Bhante Vimalaramsi -The Infinite Realms

This is a 5 minute piece in which Bhante Vimalaramsi reads a sutta that describes the highest meditation levels or "Jhanas" (referred to as "stations" in the Sutta").

The Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Sayings) teach that there are 8 Jhanas, otherwise known as levels of understanding. From the 4th Jhana upwards, there is only mind, which gets successively calmer as each level is passed. Finally at the 8th Jhana of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception there is only a small amount of vibration left.

The very last level, the cessation of perception and feeling ("9th Jhana in some texts"), before the experience of Nibbana , is where there is a cessation of any awareness or perception at all. When the mind comes back "on" from this experience, Dependent Origination is seen and Nibbana is experienced.

It is said that once a person experiences Nibbana they can, at will, experience this state (Nirodha Samapatti). Bhante Vimalaramsi spent some time studying with Dipa Ma in India and describes an experience that he witnessed while he was there.

Bhante Vimalaramsi has 30 years of experience and has studied with all the major teachers in the world. However, he found that most teachers were not educating students in the exact method in which the Suttas' teach. These teachers ignore a very important step, which will make your practice go extremely fast and deep. Please see the video "Four Foundations of Mindfulness" for more information on the practice of Tranquil Wisdom Meditation in the way Bhante Teaches.

For more information also please check www.dhammasukha.org which is Bhante's site.

DVDs of Bhante Vimalaramsi's talks and other items including audio snippets/podcasts of his talks may be found at http://sites.google.com/site/begintosee/

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Education

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• Vimalaramsi
• Meditation
• Nibbana
• Nirvana
• Dipa
• Ma
• Jhana
• Vipassana
• Realms
• Infinite
• Space
• Consciousness
• Brahma-Loka

[kirk7524875248]

What sutta is this?

[begintosee]

It's DN 15 (Digha Nikaya #15)

[TicalHYD]

I'm sorry, but this guy kicks ass to the maximum.

[kirk7524875248]

As incredible as this sounds, I actually believe it. These med. masters are so beyond our limited concept of reality.

[Bakmoon]

@vedicshlokas That's acording to Hinduism. Buddhism in contrast teaches that all planes including Brahmalokas are impermanent.

[vedicshlokas]

But Brahmalokaḥ sanātanaḥ is not the same as the Satyaloka planetary system. This Brahmaloka is eternal, whereas the Satyaloka planetary system is not eternal. And to distinguish between the two, the adjective sanātana has been used in this case. According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, this Brahmaloka is the loka or abode of Brahman, or the Supreme Lord.

[vedicshlokas]

Brahmalokaḥ sanātanaḥ —eternal spiritual planets is Vaikuṇṭha, the kingdom of God, which is sanātana, or eternal, and is therefore not exactly like the material creations. The virāṭ universal form of the Lord is an imagination for the material world. It has nothing to do with the spiritual world, or the kingdom of God. Sometimes Satyaloka, the planet in which Brahmā resides, is also called Brahmaloka.

[thangtran257]

@kirk7524875248 It's always fun and divine when it comes to Dipa ma. She's an endless inspiration :) Hope you a nice day and good lucks with your practice:D. Sam.

[shokolah]

You have done it again David. This is another Oscar for Best Picture of the year. Thank you for making these shorties, they are a real inspiration for my practice, especially when I lack motivation. I love you man! As ever, may all benefits gained through our practices benefit all beings. With metta. Fabien

[sittingmeditation]

Very interesting. I've not tried longer than 10 minutes or so... 7 days? wow. Sure, it's relief... but, ultimately - isn't that selfish because you're not there for others during that time? When I'm quiet - that state is there... I guess it would go on indefinitely if I didn't "do" something or, intend to come out of it quickly. If I return to usa from Thailand I'd like to visit you. I've found numerous things online where you've been spot-on with descriptions of jhanas and meditation specifics

[kirk7524875248]

Thank you so much:)