Vipassana:formal practice or technique or daily life?classic
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:31 am
I would like to look at this post of Mikes from the causes for wisdom thread. I think he is asking for specifics so this thread can look at any points on this matter.
(and keep more general posts related to the causes for wisdom on that thread)
Note: I would prefer that this stays in the Classical Theravada forum. If anyone would like to present arguments that don't fit here they are very welcome to start a different thread with a simila heading in another forum.
(and keep more general posts related to the causes for wisdom on that thread)
.I don't find Robert's posts unpleasant, and I did have a nice afternoon tea with Robert and some of his friends in Bangkok. And I have no problem with them presenting their opinions. However, my impression of their criticisms of other teachers is like Tilt's: that they inaccurate and often evasive. Rather than pointing out something specific that someone is teaching or doing wrong, the discussion (as in this thread) tends to focus on assumptions about what "meditators" do.
I have given examples of what other teachers say, which I find to be consistent with the statements from the Buddha that anything that arises does so from causes and conditions. I was hoping that by giving such references we we might be able to discuss in detail where exactly particular teachers and Dhamma practitioners are, or are not, making serious errors. This is clearly an important question, but to answer it requires engagement with the specifics
Note: I would prefer that this stays in the Classical Theravada forum. If anyone would like to present arguments that don't fit here they are very welcome to start a different thread with a simila heading in another forum.