Thank you, Bhante. The history of the Burmese Vipassana program was very interesting. And especially, your words of encouragement to lay people in our practice are most welcome. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.
Thank you Ashin! The not complete purity of those who nominally have achieved sotapanna stage, can be probably understood if the stages of magga and phala would be taken as two events that could happen in different time. One may attain the path but not the fruit of it, means he / she has still to practice to complete the sotapanna stage to eradicate completely the first 3 defilements.
With the arrival of Ajahn Thong TurboVipassana the question of the intensity of transformative power of spiritual realizations became even more actual. There are meditators “nominally” going through all the vipassana stages so lightly, that no one would consider their practice as really fulfilling the Magga-task, the less as real sotapannas. In Ajahn Thong field emerges a possible understanding that it is often necessary to go through all the vipassana stages many times to (once) become a sotapanna. Actually, I met somehow similar private ideas even in the Mahasi system.
Thank you, Bhante. The history of the Burmese Vipassana program was very interesting. And especially, your words of encouragement to lay people in our practice are most welcome. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.
Díky za předání Vašich znalostí, zkušeností.🙏☸
Wieder einmal großartig und sehr interessant! Vielen Dank 🙏🏻😇
Much inspiring, thank you.
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Thank you Ashin!
The not complete purity of those who nominally have achieved sotapanna stage, can be probably understood if the stages of magga and phala would be taken as two events that could happen in different time.
One may attain the path but not the fruit of it, means he / she has still to practice to complete the sotapanna stage to eradicate completely the first 3 defilements.
With the arrival of Ajahn Thong TurboVipassana the question of the intensity of transformative power of spiritual realizations became even more actual. There are meditators “nominally” going through all the vipassana stages so lightly, that no one would consider their practice as really fulfilling the Magga-task, the less as real sotapannas. In Ajahn Thong field emerges a possible understanding that it is often necessary to go through all the vipassana stages many times to (once) become a sotapanna. Actually, I met somehow similar private ideas even in the Mahasi system.