Vipassana Vs the Suttas - Which is Right?

Vipassana Vs the Suttas - Which is Right?

55:32 - 2 years ago

Here, in this excellent talk, Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi talks about the differences between Vipassana practice and his more recent discovery of what the Suttas teach directly with no interpretation. In 1999 he ended 20 years of Vipassana and decided that he still had not found "it". This after 22 hr/day retreats of up to 2 yrs in length with the most famous meditation teachers in the world. In Sri Lanka, a monk said throw out everything he has learned and go back and read the Suttas (Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya) and follow them exactly. There you will find what the Buddha taught, but you must read them with no preconceptions. In this talk to at the Indonesian Temple he explains what he found and his subsequent meditation practice.