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Sayadaw U Pandita: Hot or Not?

buddhajunkiebuddhajunkie
edited February 2011 in Meditation

Any thoughts, experiences or facts about his teachings, his approach and/or his impact on Buddhism?

I'm reading his online book "In This Very Life".

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/pandita9.htm

Any other readings/multimedia by him that you recommend?

His meditation style seems very peculiar, with a strong emphasis on "aiming" your concentration. I experimented with increasing the "aiming" aspect of my counting and mental noting and noticed much stronger concentration much more quickly. However, I do wonder if there are any downsides to this.

Thanks! And check out the book if you're not familiar with him.

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  • ShiftPlusOneShiftPlusOne Veteran
    Hmm, I just know he leads a meditation class over here in Melbourne on Thursdays. One day I might go check it out.
  • buddhajunkiebuddhajunkie

    Wow, that's great. He's definitely a teacher I would want to check out.

    He promotes a very "active" meditation style. For example, he clearly states that one should look for impermanence rather than to wait for it to come as an insight.

    Btw, the link above suddenly stopped working. Weird. Here's another one I found:

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pesala/Pandita/
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