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Featured Essay: Seeing Through

Featured Essay: Seeing Through

Seeing Through.
An essay by Ven. K. Ñāṇananda Bhikkhu

`Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammàsambuddhassa’
Yesam sambodhi angesu – sammà cittam subhàvitam
âdàna patinissagge – anupàdàya ye ratà
Khinàsavà jutimantà – te loke parinibbutà
This is the last verse of the `Section on the Wise’ (Panditavagga) in the Dhammapada. According to the Dhammapada commentary, this verse, as well as the two [...]

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Featured Essay: Understanding Vipassanā

Featured Essay: Understanding Vipassanā

Is the practice of vipassanā the application of viriya (energy), sati (mindfulness), samadhi (concentration) but only when it generates wisdom (paññā), more specifically ñāṇadassana (knowing and seeing)?

Introduction
The Sutta-Pitaka has a couple of texts which are not the word of the Buddha but close reporters. They originated and developed during the first 100 to 300 years [...]

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