Timeline for What is Modern Vipassana?
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 12:52 | history | edited | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 12:35 | comment | added | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | Best is keep an open mind. See if the practice works and compare it with the Tripitaka. If you think something is wrong leave it aside. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 11:41 | comment | added | user14119 | Briefly, the leader seemed to promote a materialistic or at least not-fundamental view quite at odds with (what my friend and I see as) a correct interpretation of experience and the teachings. Indeed, he seemed to know little about anything much. I wondered if this was a characteristic of this approach since all that I've heard about it seems to suggest it is. I wondered if it is a false impression. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 11:23 | comment | added | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena |
I did not understand the last part of this sentence: I was rather horrified by the experience of a friend who went on a retreat, as was he. Also what happened?
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 11:19 | comment | added | user14119 | Thanks, Nice answer. But it doesn't quite put my mind at rest. I still feel, as you say. that much of the movement in fact ignores or misinterprets the Buddhas teachings The complication, as you also say, is the variety of views taught under the same general heading. Perhaps it's not possible to generalise about Vipassana. It's just that I was rather horrified by the experience of a friend who went on a retreat, as was he. . | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 10:56 | history | edited | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 10:37 | history | answered | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | CC BY-SA 4.0 |