Teachings on Wise Samādhi
29. Selflessness is Samādhi
Reading from SN II 12.23 Causes for Liberation “What is the cause for renewal of being?” Or renewal of karma, of action “Identity, should be answered. “ This is bhāva. Bhāva is also ‘becoming.’ This sense of identity. Which becomes more and more solidified. But how does it get
24. The Experience of Nibbāna
And Samādhi, becomes so sharp,
collectedness of mind becomes so sharp,
steadiness so sharp and so present,
awareness starts to dissolve,
it breaks down here.
23. The Beautiful
[One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached [15] to what is favorable. One then lives, unattached to that. [One trains:] ‘Let me live, accepting what is unfavorable. One then lives, accepting that. [One trains:] ‘Let me live, unattached to both favorable and unfavorable.’ One then lives, unattached to that.
21. Viveka as Letting Go
Here it is quite explicit, where the Buddha is going. Because… this is not ant kind of awareness, this is not any kind of development that is properly developed in the same way that the Buddha taught. Now we need to understand the importance of viveka; letting go, detaching.
15. Drinking Deep the Bliss of Stillness
[Theragatha 1.1] My hut is roofed, comfortable, free of drafts; my mind, well-centered, set free. I remain ardent. So, rain-deva. Go ahead & rain. [Forwarding to…] So it is a very close bond. But, usually they would move together [a small monastic community] somewhere in the
14. Anthems to Solitude
[Theragatha 1.13] The color of blue-dark clouds, glistening, cooled with the waters of clear-flowing streams covered with ladybugs: those rocky crags refresh me. So this an anthem of solitude from these Theras (elder monks). That’s what they wanted. That’s what they were looking for. A