Vipassana is not the way to enlightenment.

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Vipassana is not the way to enlightenment.

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Vipassana is not the way to enlightenment.
Just sitting ten hours is a waste of time.
The best time to sleep is after 4.00am.
You can meditate about one hour at 7.00am. It is more productive.
Observing precepts are more important than meditation to attain enlightenment.

Is this a fair criticism?
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SarathW wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:54 am Vipassana is not the way to enlightenment.
Just sitting ten hours is a waste of time.
Is this a fair criticism?

Who's paying this guy's bills?
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not sure where from
Staying Uncomfortably

Then the Blessed One addressed the monks, “These worthless men, having spent the Rains uncomfortably, claim to have spent the Rains comfortably.

“Having spent the Rains in cattle-like affiliation, these worthless men claim to have spent the Rains comfortably.

“Having spent the Rains in sheep-like affiliation, these worthless men claim to have spent the Rains comfortably.

“Having spent the Rains in heedless-affiliation, these worthless men claim to have spent the Rains comfortably.

“How can these worthless men undertake a vow of dumb silence, the undertaking of sectarians?

(Mv.IV.1.13) “Monks, this neither inspires faith in the faithless …”

Having rebuked him and given a Dhamma talk, he addressed the monks:

“The vow of dumb silence, the undertaking of sectarians, is not to be undertaken. Whoever should undertake it: an offense of wrong doing[2]
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SarathW wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:54 am
I'm currently logging in at a public library with limited time, and it's not practical for me to watch long videos like this. Are you able to briefly summarise his opinion?
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User1249x wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:09 am
Sutta
Staying Uncomfortably
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I think you are mistaken and this is not a sutta.
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chownah wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:15 am I think you are mistaken and this is not a sutta.
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I'm currently logging in at a public library with limited time, and it's not practical for me to watch long videos like this. Are you able to briefly summarise his opinion?
Sorry about that.
I generally use videos as props to stimulate the discussion on a particular topic.
It is not necessary to watch the whole video to have your opinion.
By the way, I revised my OP.
If someone can summarise better please feel free do so.
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binocular wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:02 am
Who's paying this guy's bills?
The same people who bought the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Dinsdale wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:45 am I'm currently logging in at a public library with limited time, and it's not practical for me to watch long videos like this. Are you able to briefly summarise his opinion?
The video is of a Jain guru saying how to get enlightened, according to his Jain-Hindu beliefs. Why anyone should take a guru from another religion as an authority on how to practise Buddhism, is a question indeed.
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JamesTheGiant wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:06 am
Dinsdale wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:45 am I'm currently logging in at a public library with limited time, and it's not practical for me to watch long videos like this. Are you able to briefly summarise his opinion?
The video is of a Jain guru saying how to get enlightened, according to his Jain-Hindu beliefs. Why anyone should take a guru from another religion as an authority on how to practise Buddhism, is a question indeed.
See your point here, but in my experience it's a skillful mean to put my self to the test (or the teachings), and let so called "Gurus" carpetbomb my "sati" with anything. If it doesn't stand that kind of testing, then I have something to check out some more

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Why anyone should take a guru from another religion as an authority on how to practise Buddhism, is a question indeed.
Agree.
With your experience why monks have to get up 4.00am to do meditation.
Aren't many of them half asleep?
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SarathW wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:54 pm
I'm currently logging in at a public library with limited time, and it's not practical for me to watch long videos like this. Are you able to briefly summarise his opinion?
Sorry about that.
I generally use videos as props to stimulate the discussion on a particular topic.
It is not necessary to watch the whole video to have your opinion.
By the way, I revised my OP.
If someone can summarise better please feel free do so.
So is he criticising a particular method of meditation ( "vipassana" ), or just saying you don't need to meditate for long periods?
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just saying you don't need to meditate for long periods
What he saying is that the quality of meditation is more important than the quantity.
I agree with his principle but in practice, this may not work.
A beginner may need long hours of practice to break old habits.
In my case, I have never done formal sitting meditated more than thirty minutes due to my back pain.
However, I spent many hours studying and contemplating Dhamma.
As you may have noticed I am in Dhamma Wheel 24X7.
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If vipassana is not the way to enlightenment is it the way to the hell realms?

I don't think that there is any one word that is the name for the way to enlightenment. IF there was such a thing with a word for its name then I'm sure that the budddha would have known it and taught about it directly.
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SarathW wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:32 amWith your experience why monks have to get up 4.00am to do meditation.
Aren't many of them half asleep?
Then why are they monks?
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