BOOK SYNOPSIS

The Great Teacher presents a selection of seven Dhamma discourses that Venerable Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa gave in Myanmar. Each discourse illuminates various aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path. Together, these discourses give a profound view of the mind, the working of the mind and the practice leading to the liberation of the mind as taught by the Buddha. MORE

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The 4 ways of meditation practiced by arahants: Vipassanā preceded by Samatha; Samatha preceded by Vipassanā; the joined practice of Samatha & Vipassanā; removing Vipassanupakkilesa (disturbance of insight). In this series of lectures, Sayadaw explains the meaning of these four ways of practice described in the Yuganaddha Sutta and clarifies it further with the texts on these four ways from the Paṭisambhidāmagga. MORE

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Paṭiccasamuppāda is the detailed explanation of the Four Noble Truths, which is the core teaching of the Buddha. At the same time Paṭiccasamuppāda can be seen as a summary of Paṭṭhāna (Conditional relations) where cause and effect are explained in details. MORE

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In this book, different and various information related to feeling like the meaning of feeling, the cause of it, types of feeling such as 3, 5, 6, 18, 36 or 108 are explained in detail. The seven questions on feelings which were preached by the Buddha are also presented in this book. They are the cause of feeling, the cessation of feeling, the path leading to the cessation of feeling, the satisfaction and dissatisfaction aspect of feeling and escape from it.

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In this book Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa addressed questions such as 'How and where does kamma arise?', 'Where is it stored?', 'How does kamma ripen? When does it become full-grown?', 'Are meat-eaters incurring bad kamma?' etc with his usual inimitable style, illustrating the point with his anecdotes as well as examples from Buddhist Scriptures.

BOOKLET SYNOPSIS

This booklet is organized in a note format demonstrating the main points about the practice of the Four foundation of Mindfulness according to the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta.

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Sayadaw explains the process whereby kamma takes over us just before death to sow its seed for the next life. He clears up some misconceptions about ghosts, an interim life before rebirth, reincarnation, and so on. He asks "Who is it who shifts from one life to the next?” and "Who is it who performs kamma and receives its result?” ̵ in dismissing the notion of a permanent entity or soul. Issues about cloning and the efficacy of prayer to stop kamma are also raised.