Mahasi Sayadaw Quotes
Mahasi Sayadaw (U Sobhana, 1904-1982), Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master, developed the modern vipassana movement. His systematic approach to mindfulness meditation has influenced Buddhist practice worldwide and spawned numerous meditation centers.
The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.
Mahasi Sayadaw
When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.
Mahasi Sayadaw
Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.
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In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.
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True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.
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The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.
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Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.
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The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.
Mahasi Sayadaw
The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.
Mahasi Sayadaw
The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.
Mahasi Sayadaw
When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.
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The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.
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Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.
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In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.
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The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.
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The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.
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The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.
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Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.
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When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.
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Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.
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