Knowing & Seeing, 1st Revised Edition

by Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw

Knowing & Seeing (4th Edition) presents a series of talks and question & answer sessions at a meditation retreat by the Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw, abbot of the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Myanmar (Burma). These sessions present the Buddha's teachings on the traditional Theravadan concentration meditation known as jhana practice. Based on the original Pali suttas, the Visuddhimagga, and later commentaries, the Sayadaw teaches yogis, step by step, how to attain the stages of mental purification and vipassana knowledge. Pa-Auk Forest Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the Theravada tradition, with emphasis on the teaching and practice of both samatha (tranquillity) and vipassana (insight) meditation.

Genres: Meditation, Buddhism, Religion, Philosophy

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

The Most Venerable Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa Mahāthēra, more commonly referred to as the Pa-Auk Sayadaw, is a Theravāda monk, meditation teacher and the abbot of the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Mawlamyine.

Sayadaw was ordained as a novice in 1944 and fully ordined in 1954. He became a forest monk, and developed a set of meditation methods often called the "Pa-Auk Method".

Reviews

[Zhi Yi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always admired and respected Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw. This book is an absolute treasure. It offers a glimpse of the meditation training being taught at Pa Auk Monastery, from cultivating samatha to vipassana. Everything is based on what the Buddha taught - discerning materiality and mentality as well as their causes, seeing them as impermanent, dukkha and non-self. I really enjoyed reading this book.

[Santiago · Rating 4 out of 5]

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