Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. In This Very Life - The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
(Teachings/General)

An excellent book on the Buddha's teachings and detailed information on Vipassana meditation. In This Very Life The Liberation Teachings of the ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. The Progress of Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

... works be clearly marked as such. *CAUTION* This is a major spoiler for the practice of Vipassana meditation, and you should NOT read this if you are currently practicing or ...

5. About the Site
(Credits/References)

... until I came in touch with Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw's guidances, and I rejoice at my Vipassana practices. I encourage every Buddhist to practice Vipassana, as this is the only way to realize the Buddha's ...

6. Books by Various Masters
(Books/Various Other Masters)

... and explanation of Vipassana meditation, a must-have for Vipassana practitioners. Ven. Ajahn Chah A Tree in a Forest - A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes A collection of sayings ...

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

... about how the Eightfold Path is accomplished during the practice of Vipassana meditation. The First Stages of Purity This talk talks about the concept of Vipassana meditation ...

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

... to read the books in the correct character set. Please follow the steps to install the fonts. [ Download ] The Books A Discourse on Vipassana An extensive guideline through the ...

9. 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 ...

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

... of Vipassana Meditation Mahasi Sayadaw Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw 1904 - 1982 A Brief Biographical Sketch by U Nyi Nyi Birth to Youth / Practice of Vipassana / Meditation Centers ...

11. A lot of people seem to understand the teaching of non-self, but I don't. What can I do to understand this doctrine?
(FAQs/Buddha's Teachings)

... that a lot of people seem to understand what the teaching of non-self is, but they don't. The teaching of non-self has to be personally realized through the practice of Vipassana meditation. One may ...

12. 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," ...

13. 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, ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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, ...

16. Introduction to Vipassana Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

Venerable Ashin Silanandabhivamsa (Agga Maha Pandita) [ Biography of the Author ] (from the courtesy of nibbana.com) Vipassana meditation is an awareness meditation. It teaches you to be with the ...

17. Tranquility VS Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

... and Vipassana (insight). Meditating on the ten devices (kasina) only gives rise to tranquility not insight. Meditation on the ten foul things (a swollen corpse, for example) only gives rise to tranquility ...

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

... by merely practising samatha meditation, one will not be liberated from suffering and misery. Samatha and Vipassana Only if vipassana insight-meditation is practised, one will be able to realize nibbāna ...

19. What is Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

(BY BHIKKHU PESALA) The word meditation in Pali is 'bhāvanā,' and it has a much broader meaning. It means 'mental culture,' and includes all efforts to develop the spiritual side of life. Practising ...

20. What is the Triple Gem?
(Practice/The Triple Refugee)

... ordained: 2 Vipassana-dhura: the practice of tranquillity and insight meditation. These two practices are our primary duties as monks and novices. If we don't devote ourselves to these two lines ...