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Knowing and Seeing: The true teaching of Buddha
Congratulations and congratulations again! Wise and blessed one,
you have finally arrived at the end of the world.
Here is the ultimate truth about you and everything that makes up the world.
For the past 30 years, I have wandered through countless religions and philosophies to find answers to the questions, “What am I? What is the world? And why do I exist?” But all of those were just claims and there was no proof. As someone who studied electronic engineering for a long time, I couldn't believe claims that couldn't be proven. If there is no physical evidence, there must at least be witnesses, and no religion has ever achieved what their founder achieved. Until I found out about Pa-Auk Temple.....
There are many religions in this world now. They all claim that they are the only truth. However, Buddhism is the only religion that has scientifically and physically proven its claims. Not all Buddhisms, only early Buddhism, and among early Buddhism, only the teaching method of Myanmar's Pa-Auk Sayadaw is consistent with the Buddha's true teachings.
Because only the practitioners of this temple are the ones who have achieving jhāna and nirvana. These people are living proofs of the Buddha's true teachings.
Moreover, if you read the Nikayas of early Buddhism, you will see that knowledge discovered relatively recently by science, such as "the expansion of the universe, the existence of atoms and subatoms, and the principles of earthquakes," was already explained by the Buddha, who preached 2,600 years ago. . This is an amazing fact.
Meditation has many benefits. However, the purpose of meditation that the Buddha taught us is not to live well. Buddha's teachings are clear. Existence is painful. “Give up attachment to life and achieve nirvana.” This is the true teaching of Buddha. That doesn't mean you should commit suicide. This is because most people who commit suicide are reborn in a more difficult environment than they are now. Therefore, suicide is not the answer.
The phenomenon of reincarnation is also a fact that can be proved through proper meditation by yourself.
In this book, Pauk Sayadaw teaches how to practice meditation on every steps to jhāna and nirvana. Even as you read this, many sincere practitioners are practicing the teachings of Buddha and achieving jhāna and nirvana.
If you search Anapana meditation on YouTube, you will see numerous videos. But be careful. And find out who is truly practicing the teachings of Buddha. Whether or not the purpose of meditation is the achievement of nirvana, whether the subject of meditation is really one of the 40 things written in the Nikayas taught by the Buddha himself, and whether there are people who continue to achieve jhāna and nirvana by practicing what they teach. Review carefully.
How can you believe things that are not proven? How can you believe in a teaching that has no proof?
“I believe it” means nothing more than “I don’t know it, so I choose to believe it.”
you have finally arrived at the end of the world.
Here is the ultimate truth about you and everything that makes up the world.
For the past 30 years, I have wandered through countless religions and philosophies to find answers to the questions, “What am I? What is the world? And why do I exist?” But all of those were just claims and there was no proof. As someone who studied electronic engineering for a long time, I couldn't believe claims that couldn't be proven. If there is no physical evidence, there must at least be witnesses, and no religion has ever achieved what their founder achieved. Until I found out about Pa-Auk Temple.....
There are many religions in this world now. They all claim that they are the only truth. However, Buddhism is the only religion that has scientifically and physically proven its claims. Not all Buddhisms, only early Buddhism, and among early Buddhism, only the teaching method of Myanmar's Pa-Auk Sayadaw is consistent with the Buddha's true teachings.
Because only the practitioners of this temple are the ones who have achieving jhāna and nirvana. These people are living proofs of the Buddha's true teachings.
Moreover, if you read the Nikayas of early Buddhism, you will see that knowledge discovered relatively recently by science, such as "the expansion of the universe, the existence of atoms and subatoms, and the principles of earthquakes," was already explained by the Buddha, who preached 2,600 years ago. . This is an amazing fact.
Meditation has many benefits. However, the purpose of meditation that the Buddha taught us is not to live well. Buddha's teachings are clear. Existence is painful. “Give up attachment to life and achieve nirvana.” This is the true teaching of Buddha. That doesn't mean you should commit suicide. This is because most people who commit suicide are reborn in a more difficult environment than they are now. Therefore, suicide is not the answer.
The phenomenon of reincarnation is also a fact that can be proved through proper meditation by yourself.
In this book, Pauk Sayadaw teaches how to practice meditation on every steps to jhāna and nirvana. Even as you read this, many sincere practitioners are practicing the teachings of Buddha and achieving jhāna and nirvana.
If you search Anapana meditation on YouTube, you will see numerous videos. But be careful. And find out who is truly practicing the teachings of Buddha. Whether or not the purpose of meditation is the achievement of nirvana, whether the subject of meditation is really one of the 40 things written in the Nikayas taught by the Buddha himself, and whether there are people who continue to achieve jhāna and nirvana by practicing what they teach. Review carefully.
How can you believe things that are not proven? How can you believe in a teaching that has no proof?
“I believe it” means nothing more than “I don’t know it, so I choose to believe it.”
495 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2000
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Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
13 books4 followersThe 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".
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".
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October 20, 2023
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.
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