Dear Members, The object of earth now becomes firmly fixed in the mind. The object changes into Uggaha Nimitta and this finally changes into Patibaga Nimitta....
Dear Members, After acquiring 5th Jhana in Tejo Kasina, now the practitioner should change his Kasina vehicle to Vayo Kasina. He must start from Parikamma...
Dear Members, The Jhana practitioner is now an expert in colour Kasinas, Pathavi, Tejo, and Vayo Kasinas. Next step is to practice Apo Kasina. In this Kasina,...
Dear Members, The Jhana practitioner has already achieved 5th Jhana in 8 out of 10 Kasina. Now he has to start another Kasina called Aloka Kasina which is...
Dear Members, Next step is to change Kasina vehicle to Akasa Kasina. The object of this Kasina is space. In this, there are also two methods for initiation of...
Hi, I'm a beginning meditator from Spain and I recently found this group. I want to thank you all for the interesting posts which I've found here. I've become...
Hello Diego,
Welcome to the group!
You wrote:
> I'd like to start with a question about the ultimate state of
> cessation of feeling and perception. Is the...
Hello Diego, I don't think you will get a final answer about nibbana until it occurs. Cessation and what it is, is one of the questions discussed endlessly by...
While at Leigh's retreat I had a particularly powerful kundalini expedience, so I thought I would begin a kundalini thread for you all to engage in. I attended...
Hi all, I just completed the 11 day Jhana/Satipatthana retreat led by Leigh Brasington and assisted by Lucinda Green and Lloyd Burton. Leigh and the others...
Hi Brian and others, I believe there is no reason why a Kasina couldn't be any color. Last semester I made 20 different Kasina found them all very useful. Best...
Welcome Diego, it is good to have your interest in our group. I hope we can be of help to you. Your question sounds pretty advanced. I would say no one ...
Hi Jeff, welcome back! That kundalini experience sounds like it was painful! Hope the back's feeling better now. Regarding brown & blue, you wrote: <quote>"I...
Hi Brian and Jeff, BK> Sounds very colorful. :-) The intention of my initial post to Htoo was to ask if a BK> typo had occurred; the followup was to...
Christine and Brian, thanks for the very useful information you provided me regarding nirodha samapatti. Has anyone read Paul J. Griffiths "On Being...
To Diego: In a message dated 7/7/03 3:18:13 AM, krop83@... writes: << I feel the same dissatisfaction with those terms. Because if we were seeking an...
To Brian: In a message dated 7/6/03 6:15:28 PM, bkelley1@... writes: << Hi Jeff, welcome back!>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (Jeff:) Thank-you Brian for your...
To Dimitry: In a message dated 7/6/03 10:26:05 PM, koleso@... writes: << Hi Brian and Jeff, In my opinion "brown" is certainly misleading. The source of...
Hi Jeff, mac> I think all mac> of the colors have their uses, and in the Visuddhimagga a burnt umber or mac> Earth-red is certainly specified. No, it is not...
Dear Jeff, You wrote: <quote> "In regard to the use of the word "supramundane" in relation to the upper jhanas (5-8) and nibbana, I have no problem with...
Hi Jeff and friends, mac> So, which color of Earth-red do we choose? It doesn't matter too much which, if it is not close to primary colors of color kasinas,...
To Dimitry: I am sorry that you find my explication of jhana is in your opinion "shallow," but I can see how I am a bit heterodox in my views, thus your...
Hello everyone, Tomorrow I'm leaving for an 8-day retreat at the Insight Meditation Society. The senior teacher is Christina Feldman, and since I've heard that...
Hi, I have heard really great things about Christina Feldman. I am in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and I think she is eventually coming to do a retreat here with ...
To Brian: Good to hear you are sitting a retreat soon and even more that it is going to be at IMS and involving the Jhanas. Excellent. I have also heard...
Hola! I had a first intention of observe the messages a time before start writing but after the nice welcome from Jeffrey Brooks I had decided to write a...
