Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. Instructions to Insight Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw (The following is a talk by the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita U Sobhana given to his disciples on their induction into Vipassana Meditation at Sasana Yeiktha Meditation ...

2. Insight Meditation: Basic and Progressive Stages
(Practice/Meditation)

(By Mahasi Sayadaw) SEEKING HAPPINESS It is a truism to say that nobody likes suffering and everybody seeks happiness. In this world of ours, human beings are making all possible efforts for prevention ...

3. The Progress of Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

The Progress of Insight (Visuddhiñana-katha) A Modern Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw  ...

4. About the Site
(Credits/References)

... I was trained in the Mahasi Meditation Center in Yangon, Burma as a temporary monk for 3 months, and ever since then I came to realize what is TRUE Buddhism. I grieve that I couldn't find the right path ...

5. Site Credits
(Credits/References)

... Society of America) Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization Mahasi Sasana Nuggaha Organization Special Thanks to the Following People Ven. Bhikkhu Pesala (Director of Association for Insight Meditation) ...

6. Books by U Silananda Sayadaw
(Books/U Silananda Sayadaw)

...  Gems of Mahasi Thought Selections and explanations of the various talks made by the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. Meditation Subjects to Rahula A on the various meditation ...

7. Books by Mahasi Sayadaw
(Books/Mahasi Sayadaw)

... on the Non-self Characteristic An extensive discourse on the teaching of non-self. Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw fired a full explanation on the Buddha Dhamma and revealed the doctrine in broad daylight. ...

8. Biography of Venerable U Silananda Sayadaw
(Books/U Silananda Sayadaw)

... practiced Vipassana meditation in Mahasi Sayadaw's tradition. Positions He taught as a lecturer at Atothokdayone Pali Unviersity in Sagaing Hills, Buddhist Scriptures, Pali, Sanskrit and Prakit languages ...

9. Biography of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
(Books/Mahasi Sayadaw)

Recent Master - MAHASI SAYADAW THE TRUE APOSTLE Following the footsteps of the Buddha to make available to all men the Universal principles of Truth and to offer to all the knowledge of the Path, ...

10. Meditation References
(Credits/References)

Research Guideline: scholarly approved to be authentic and genuine. Internet Sources: Association for Insight Meditation - Bhikkhu Pesala http://www.aimwell.org/ Mahasi Meditation Center - ...

11. Realizing the Eightfold Noble's Path through Vipassana Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

Vipassana Meditation - THE METHOD IN BRIEF (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) Eight Factors Fulfilled Every time you note "rising," "falling," "sitting," "touching," "seeing," "hearing," "bending," "stretching," ...

12. Way to Nibbana through Vipassana Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

Vipassana Meditation - THE METHOD IN BRIEF (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) Way to Nibbana In spite of his endeavour to contemplate without a break to be able to note the phenomena not less than once in every second, ...

13. Practicing Vipassana Meditation without Jhana
(Practice/Meditation)

Vipassana Meditation - THE METHOD IN BRIEF (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) Without Jhana If a person, who has acquired the knowledge of the phenomenal nature of mind-and-body, impermanence, suffering, and non-self ...

14. Practicing Vipassana Meditation with Jhana
(Practice/Meditation)

Vipassana Meditation - THE METHOD IN BRIEF (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) With Jhana Those who desire to practise Vipassana should first of all be well equipped with a knowledge, either in brief or in extension, ...

15. How to Practice Samatha Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

Samatha Meditation - THE METHOD IN BRIEF (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) The samatha meditation comprises (40) sorts. They are as enumerated below: 1. Kasina (10) 2. Asubha (10) 3. Anussati (10)  ...

16. Tranquility VS Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

Buddhist Meditations - TRANQUILITY VS. INSIGHT (BY MAHASI SAYADAW) What do we meditate on? How do we develop insight? These are very important questions. The two kinds of meditation are Samatha (tranquility) ...

17. The Difference between Samatha and Vipassana Meditations
(Practice/Meditation)

(BY MAHASI SAYADAW) Benefits of Samatha Meditation Of the two meditation methods, by practising samatha, four stages of Rupa-Jhanas and four of Arupa-Jhanas can be attained. Repeated exercise and ...

18. What is Threefold Training
(Practice/The Threefold Training)

(BY MAHASI SAYADAW) On coming across the Teaching of the Buddha, it is most important for everyone to cultivate the virtues of moral conduct (sīla), concentration (samādhi), and wisdom (paññā). One should ...

19. Advanced Dhamma References
(Credits/References)

...  Association for Insight Meditation - Bhikkhu Pesala http://www.aimwell.org/ Mahasi Meditation Center - Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organisation http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/mahasi.htm The ...

20. How does Rebirth Occur
(Teachings/Rebirth)

Rebirth Explanation - BY MAHASI SAYADAW Over two thousand and five hundred years ago, the Lord Buddha taught about the process of continued existence from his own direct knowledge. There are three kinds ...