Ekagrata is a universal mental faculty.
We all have Ekagrata.
So what is meant by Ekagata in Jhana?
Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
I doubt this.
It means a part of the mind that forms the "base" of the mind does not move.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
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Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
The Buddha did not speak Abhidhamma. Abhidhamma often contradicts sutta.SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:47 pmDo you reject Abhidhamma?I doubt this
http://103.242.110.22/theravadins/Engli ... actice.pdf
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
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https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
Samadhi or Concentration (Ekagata) - though often very weak - is one of the 7 mental concomitants inseparably associated with all consciousness.
https://www.budsas.org/ebud/bud-dict/dic3_s.htm
https://www.budsas.org/ebud/bud-dict/dic3_s.htm
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
Not according to the suttas.
Unflagging persistence was aroused in me, and unmuddled mindfulness established. My body was calm & unaroused, my mind (cittaṃ) concentrated (samāhitaṃ) & single (ekaggaṃ). Quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful mental qualities, I entered & remained in the first jhana...
MN 19
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
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https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
I agree to go back to topic, after this remark:DooDoot wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:01 pmNot according to the suttas.
Unflagging persistence was aroused in me, and unmuddled mindfulness established. My body was calm & unaroused, my mind (cittaṃ) concentrated (samāhitaṃ) & single (ekaggaṃ). Quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful mental qualities, I entered & remained in the first jhana...
MN 19
The Agama parallel to MN 19 (MA 102) is not so manifest.
It puts samadhi & ekaggata as the entrance to second jhana. While in the Pali version, it is the first jhana.
So one might reconsider this passage about the jhanas altogether; for it does not fit in the rest of the Nikayas.
It is an important nuance. Because the maras will be delighted to have you believe that, with good thoughts only, you could get into samadhi (establishment in citta). But that is not the case.
Not having thoughts of vindictiveness (byāpāda) and harmfulness (hiṃsā) [for the maras, for instance,] is not enough to be established in the citta, and liberate that citta later on.
If one would just stop at having good thoughts, one would be a mere slave of mara, this way.
One needs instead a bit more than that as shown here: https://justpaste.it/69jp3
In other words, one also needs to have the will to escape the kāma's world, aka mara's world. Kāma meaning here, an object of desire, of pleasure (RV. VS. TS. AV. ŚBr. MBh.).
One might get to the first jhana by getting rid of bad thoughts. But definitely not to samadhi and ekkagata, directly like that.
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Re: Who are the contemporary meditation monks?
Greetings,
Metta,
Paul.
Agreed. Sarath, if you wish to continue with this line of inquiry, it would be better to start a new thread focused specifically on your line of inquiry, than to bend this topic in that direction.
Metta,
Paul.
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