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Youre talking about the one-pointedness, is that what you sometimes read in different cases think thats a Tibetan expression.

And you know, am absolutely no expert on what they mean and what they say.

And you see, would have to know in what context.

If theyre saying it in context of jhanas, well, yes, maybe really dont know.

But these things all have very specific references to meditative states.

If you ask me what mean, can exactly tell you what mean.

can also tell you what the Buddha meant, but cant tell you what other people mean.

mean, wish could tell you, but really dont know.

Well, there is not in the fourth jhana, but light appears to some meditators at the time when the concentration is happening.

It says, hello, youre being concentrated now.

And if it is a really concentration, it should have the appearance of either sunlight or strong searchlight, but it could be yellowish or white.

And as it appears as a small point, and if it doesnt appear to anybody, one makes it big and sits in it for a moment and then gets on with it.

Is it better to be done slowly and gently or quickly That depends on ones skill.

If one has done it many times, just do it like that.

But if one hasnt done it many times, slowly, gradually, little by little, so that it doesnt pop back.

Not every meditator sees light, or sometimes one time yes and one time no, but it is actually a feature of being concentrated.

And one can use it to make it big and sit in it and enjoy it for a moment or for a few moments and then go to the jhana.

It very often appears before first jhana, but not for everybody.

It also depends whether one is visual.

People who are very visual, they have a lot more things happening and appearing than others.

Does it matter if youre visual or not Not at all.

The whole thing depends on feeling.

Okay, what else Following that might also be the case if the person is visual, that can be a distraction because one gets lost in these...

It can be....progresses the seeing and gets amazed at the image or something.

It can be a distraction, but it can also be helpful depending on how one uses it.

One has too many pictures going on.

Okay, anything else Something that just came to my mind when someone is leading their body and dying and it said to follow the light.

Is it like instant at that moment of possibility of going into a jhana, at that moment of leading the body and leading Well, if one is skilled at the jhanas, one would hopefully be doing them when one is dying.

So that theres no question of whether one can go into them.

But the Buddha, it is said, went from the first to the eighth, back down to the fourth, and died between fourth and fifth.

Because the fine material jhanas, which go up to the fourth, that was not subtle enough, and so between going to the fifth, he died at that stage.

And he said, he told the other side, thats what he was doing.

So if one, dont know, mean we cant compare ourselves to the Buddha, but if one can do the jhanas and one knows one is dying, one would hopefully do nothing better than that.

And then one would die in one of the jhanas.

Heres my question, because also if you havent practiced the jhanas, and yet in all that Ive read about dying that follows the light, was just wondering whether its something that may happen, it can happen instantly.

All know is that its much better to practice them now.

The scale of getting into the jhana is something that as years go by, when you continue to practice, you can just do almost instantly, it will.

But the reason Im saying always, please do a recapitulation, how you got in, so that you find your own personal trigger.

Now, usually people have personal triggers, and there are, you know, some people can use loving kindness meditation, and it really gets them into it.

Some people can use sitting differently, physical thing.

had one lady tell me that she has to roll her eyes back.

mean, if that gets you in, its okay, you know.

Some people have to actually remember that at this point in time they arent without any indrenses, and have this joy feeling about it, just as it is said here.

So one finds ones trigger, and as you find now, eventually, having done it so many times, you dont need the trigger, you just do it.

Also, remember you saying one of the unknowable things, one was the mind of a Buddha, and the influence of a Buddha.

And whats one of the others, the influence of a person in Jhana What does that mean Same thing.

person who can do the Jhana very well and has real concentration certainly has a mind which is like a laser beam.

And that laser beam, if used properly, can have good resultants.

But if its used in the wrong way, it can also have bad resultants.

So if the person is not enlightened.

So thats why the Buddha was very much against using powers for people who are not Arahants.

So only an Arahant, and he would know exactly, an Arahant would know exactly when to use power.

So the mind of a person in Jhana has power, and that power is there.

And whether one knows it or not, its there.

And we dont need to inquire the Buddha said that what kind of power that is.

Is the power only while theyre in the Jhana or after they come out Well, while theyre in Jhana, it is of course a much stronger power.

But again, it is a power which is to be used for enlightenment.

Thats why the inside is so much more readily available after the Jhana.

That the power is there and is pointed in that direction.

And thats what that power should be used for.

And then when one is enlightened, well, then one can do what one likes.

And you dont even have to come to any meditation retreat.

The imponderables, they are called, Micah.

What is meant by that intricacies of karma that youre trying to figure out your karma

Its not useful to see, well, nowadays Im having this sort of life and thats due because in my past life was a Persian dancer or something like that.

We cant find just one reason for one cause for one effect.

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Satipahna Meditation Practice Guide is destined to become an invaluable resource for meditators Shaila Catherine , author of Focused and Fearless Meditators Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity Once more Bhikkhu Anlayo has written a masterpiece that holds within it an accessible and clear guide to developing and applying the teachings held within the Satipahna-sutta.

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Born in in Germany, Bhikkhu Anlayo was ordained in in Sri Lanka, and completed a PhD on the Satipahna-sutta at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in published in by Windhorse Publications under the title Satipahna, The Direct Path to Realization.

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Bhikkhu Anlayos first book, Satipahna, The Direct Path to Realization , was a seminal work, bridging the divide between rigorous scholarship and meditative understanding and practice.

Following in the tradition of great scholar-practitioners, Anlayo illuminated the profound details of the Satipahna-sutta , which inspired my own interest in further exploring this pivotal discourse.

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Anlayo has developed a simple and straightforward map of practice instructions encompassing all four satipahna s the body, feelings, mind, and dharmas that build upon one another in a coherent and comprehensive path leading to the final goal.

One of the great joys of reading this book is Anlayos creativity in presenting the teachings of early Buddhism in a way that emphasizes their practical application.