Ven. Ñānadīpa Mahāthera

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Kāyagatā sati – Mindfulness of the body

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by Ven. Akiñcano The Buddha tells us that there is one thing which, when developed, leads to the following: great existential dread (AN 1:576)1 great benefit (AN 1:577) great safety…
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Kāmā

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by Ven. Akiñcano “dujjānaṃ kho etaṃ, kaccāna, tayā aññadiṭṭhikena aññakhantikena aññarucikena aññatrayogena aññatrācariyakena—kāmā vā kāmasukhaṃ vā... This is difficult to understand, Kaccāna, for you with another view, with another belief,…
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Kammaṭṭhāna

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by Ven. Akiñcano The word kammaṭṭhāna is usually translated as “meditation object” and it plays a central role in the Visuddhimagga, Burmese-style meditation systems, the Thai Forest tradition, and in…
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Video Dhamma by Ajahn Nyanamoli Thero

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Some are already familiar with Dhamma teaching by Ajahn Nyanamoli shared here on Path Press website. In addition today we can find on YouTube also number of short video clips…
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Paññā – From Psychology to Hermeneutics

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by Ven. Akiñcano “catasso imā, bhikkhave, obhāsā. katame cattāro? candobhāso, sūriyobhāso, aggobhāso, paññobhāso — ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro obhāsā. etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, imesaṃ catunnaṃ obhāsānaṃ yadidaṃ paññobhāso”ti. Bhikkhus, there are these…
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Phassa

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by Ven. Akiñcano cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṃ. tiṇṇaṃ saṅgati phasso. phassapaccayā vedanā. In dependence on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With…
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Satipaṭṭhāna – setting up mindfulness

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by Ven. Akiñcano ekāyano ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā, sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya, dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamāya, ñāyassa adhigamāya, nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā. Bhikkhus, this is the one-way path for the purification of beings,…
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Citta

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by Ven. Akiñcano 1. citta — the mind The Pali word “samādhi” is usually translated as “concentration”. This is well and good—for as long as one knows what one is designating…
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