Tag: Anicca (Impermanence)
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Extracts from Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice by Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Impermanence (anicca) is the essential factor which must be experienced first and understood by practice. A mere reading of books on Buddhism or a book-knowledge of the Buddha-Dhamma will not be enough for the understanding of true anicca because the experiential aspect will be missing. It is only through experience and understanding of the nature of change…
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The Imperfections of Insight
Now when the meditator is a beginner of insight, ten imperfections of insight arise in him. For imperfections of insight do not arise either in someone who has reached Nibbana or in persons with weak morality, neglectful of their meditation subject and idlers. They arise only in a meditator who keeps to the right course,…
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Buddhist Meditation
Anapana Meditation Students are helped to gradually develop calmness of mind during the first five days of the course by focusing their attention on an area or spot at the base of the nose, being aware of in-breath, out-breath, and the touch sensation of the breath. When the mind is given only one object it gradually…
Dhamma Servants 