The Practice which Leads to Nibbana, Wisdom Ancient
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The Practice
The Practice
Which Leads To
Which Leads To
Which Leads To
NibbŒna
NibbŒna
(Part 1)
Pa Auk Sayadaw
(Compiled and Translated by U.Dhamminda)
The Practice
Which Leads To
The Practice
Which Leads To
Which Leads To
NibbŒna
NibbŒna
(Part 1)
Pa Auk Sayadaw
(Compiled and Translated by U.Dhamminda)
© U Dhamminda 1998
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duced without any further permission from the author.
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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................. 1
The Development of Concentration .......................................... 1
Developing Insight .................................................................... 8
Discerning Dependent Origination ......................................... 20
Sixteen Knowledges ............................................................... 27
The Method Of Developing Mindfulness Of Breathing ......... 47
Thirty-two Parts Of The Body ................................................ 63
Skeleton Meditation. ............................................................... 65
White Kasiöa .......................................................................... 69
Ten Kasiöas ............................................................................ 74
The Four ArèpajhŒnas ............................................................ 77
Lovingkindness Meditation (Metta BhŒvana) ........................ 83
Compassion Meditation (KaruöŒ BhŒvana) ............................ 96
Sympathetic Joy Meditation (MuditŒ BhŒvanŒ) .................... 98
Equanimity Meditation (UpekkhŒ BhŒvanŒ) ......................... 99
Recollection Of The Qualities Of The Buddha. .................... 100
Meditation On The Repulsiveness Of Corpses (asubha) ...... 102
Recollection Of Death .......................................................... 103
The Four Elements Meditation ............................................. 105
Method Of Analysing Rèpa KalŒpas .................................... 115
Theoretical Explanations For Rèpa KammaÊÊhŒna: .............. 143
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Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammŒsambuddhassa
Introduction
The method of practising meditation that is taught at Pa Auk
Tawya Monastery is based on the explanation of meditation found
in the Visuddhimagga commentary. Because of that the method in-
volves several stages of practise which are complex, and involved.
These stages include a detailed analysis of both mentality and mat-
ter according to all the categories enumerated in the Abhidhamma
and the further use of this understanding to discern the process of
Dependent Origination as it occurs in the Past, Present, and Future.
Therefore people who are unfamiliar with the Visuddhimagga
and the Abhidhamma will have difficulty in understanding and de-
veloping a clear picture of the practice of meditation at Pa Auk
Tawya. For foreigners who cannot speak Burmese this problem is
This introduction has been written to help alleviate these diffi-
culties by presenting a simplified example of a successful medita-
tor's path of progress as he develops his meditation at Pa Auk Tawya.
This we hope will enable you to understand a little better the more
detailed sections of the book which are the actual instructions for
those who are practising meditation.
It also must be stressed from the beginning that this book is in-
tended for use by people who are actually undergoing a course of
meditation at the centre under the guidance of Pa Auk Sayadaw.
The Development of Concentration
The meditator at Pa Auk Tawya usually begins by developing
one of either two meditations: Four Elements Meditation or Mind-
fulness of Breathing. Either of these meditations can be used to
develop concentration which is then used to investigate the nature
Introduction
The Development of Concentration
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