Ven. Sujato - Goenka, Mahasi

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[sanjaytumati]

Regarding Goenkaji's tradition. Metta is huge in Goenkaji's tradition. Whatever qualities you want, you must practice them continuously. Qualities such as non-craving, non-aversion and loving kindness. It is obvious forementioned meditator at 1:00 was not practising loving kindness. How else could his heart be a desert? He has not been watering the metta parami. What you practise, that you will manifest. While i am open to criticisms of my master, this one is not a valid criticism.

[BarbarraBay]

@yuttadhammo so by quoting King Asoka, are you saying you follow a different idiosyncratic religion?

[bigulable1]

Dear Vipassana Practitioners(S.N.Goenkaji's traditions)

These type of negative approaches might hurt us only if we r not still aware of the old habit pattern of our mind to react...

Remember we practise the technique to liberate ourselves not to underestimate anyon...we practise the technique to be wise not to remain anario(ignorant/unwise)...

So, let's give them Metta(Goodwill) together saying....May u be happy!!! May u be peaceful!!! May u be liberated!!! liberated!!! liberated!!!

[yuttadhammo]

Is it really proper to publish such videos on the negative aspects of other people's traditions? If you had given an assessment of the pros and cons of every tradition (including your own), it would be different, but this is not right.

As King Asoka said:

"Whoever praises his own religion, due to excessive devotion, and condemns others with the thought 'Let me glorify my own religion,' only harms his own religion. "

[digimaton]

If someone has been practising Vipassana for 10 years without a joint practice of Metta Bhavana wouldn't it then be correct to suggest that they simply haven't been following the instructions they were given? Practice after every Vipassana sitting. Another aspect could be that a longing for feelings one once had is a manifestation of a particular set of desires, or attachments, especially is the individual is otherwise healthy and happy.

[ourlegacy]

[cont 1]

the cause of a practitioners problem and misery is an interesting one. I suppose an old student or an experienced meditators with years of experience are not immuned from the suffering arising from craving, aversion, and delusion, since such malady is a universal condition facing all humanity.

[ourlegacy]

The identification or rationale that a proven well-developed multiprung insight-based transformative discipline that once was an effective means of eradicating ones misery and delusion at the root level for allowing greater skillful means, insights, inner peace, joy, loving-friendliness, creativity, compassion, expansive peace, egolessness, and equanimity should after years of practice somehow stop working and switch gear to become

[ourlegacy]

[cont 1]

students to continue to share Dhamma with others, eradicate old habits of egotism, and continuously be inspired to practice and understand the teaching more deeply. Experiencing tangible transformative benefits quickly and making Vipassana living and accessible to people from all faiths with all abilities, including a newbie suffering from seasonal allergies practicing Anapana with a completely non-functioning nose, for inner peace and world peace is a great thing.

[ourlegacy]

The beauty is that since there are no charges for the Goenka Vipassana residential courses, the purification and cultivation of mind and body continues off the zafu. Doing Dhamma work by funding residential courses and centers around the world and by giving ones time, talent, service to organize and run meditation courses and centers locally to express ones gratitude (or experience metta) with pure volition without receiving anything in return enable experienced new and old [cont]

[ourlegacy]

And even if there are "problems", vipassana is the perfect system, technique, and teacher one is looking for that is guiding one out of it. Isn't that the idea of liberation and the point of practice (mental purification and concentration on and off the cusion)?