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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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Dhamma talks given by Ven. N. Nyanamoli Thera

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The Audio Dhamma talks given by Nyanamoli Bhikkhu are now available on https://nyanamolibhikkhu.wordpress.com/ For the Dhamma texts please click on the following link for more information, https://pathpress.wordpress.com/nyanamoli/ Bellow are the…
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Bhava – the limits of Heidegger’s study of being

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by Ven. Akiñcano The world “‘loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati. kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, lokoti vuccatī”ti? Venerable sir, it is said ‘the world, the world.’ In what way, venerable sir, is…
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The Wit and Wisdom of Ven Nanavira Thera

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Speech for the Opening of a Monument in Bundala, Sri Lanka, Friday 26th February 2016, by Michael Rae (Path Press Board Member) - Ven Nanavira was nothing if not a very serious…
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Thoughts about Ven. Nyanasumana

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Speech by Steven Ganci during the Ven. Nyanavira Thera Memorial Day, Bundala, Sri Lanka, 26th February 2016. Well, it's a great pleasure to be here with all of you today…
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Introduction to Nanavira Thera and his approach to Buddhist practice

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by Michael Rae Nanavira makes it clear at the start of Notes on Dhamma for whom the book is written and to whom it might appeal. This is the person…
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