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  • in reply to: The "I am" fever #13919
    vilaskadival
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    Dear Sybe07,

    Very nice analogy and compilation. What you have stated is certainly true and is exactly what happens to every being. With humans, it is more pronounced as we search for security in everything and that is the cause of expectation – be it love, work, belongingness etc.,

    Personally, have been through the situation which you have stated in the last paragraph from age of 11 itself and that made me to start the search on why certain things have happened with me in this way.

    During my growing years, have become heated up due to this isolation and misunderstanding which near and dear one used to get about me and that made be being silent most of the time. Even my parents used to feel that there is something wrong with me as I was more into observer role rather than a reaction one.

    There existed a rage in me to prove to people that I can perform which I did eventually, but instead of change in the situation which I expected, they saw me being rude and arrogant filled with ego centric ambitions, while internally I was not so.
    No matter of explaining could help which further increased the isolation making me feel stressed all the time and internal heating up continued into bouts of anger on some pretext or other due to this non-fulfilment and not being loved or accepted no matter what.

    This made me to explore into Hindu and Buddha dharma from 1999 onwards.

    After my father death in 2010 there has been several transformations because of Buddha Dharma and also due to Upanishad(s) which also carries the same essence of Buddha Dharma and that transformation made me “cool” from inside and stopped 3 things from 2013 onwards:

    1. Comparison with anything
    2. Compulsive living
    3. Competing with oneself or others

    Just last month my mother also died and that has further more transformed me teaching real essence of life and how looking at tilakkhana (anicca, dukkha, anatta) every moment can be of refuge in the whirlpool of crisis.

    Thought of sharing this personal experience which has made me see the fragility of life for which we all strive for and how one could cool down in the eye of storm by following the path of Buddha dharma.

    I do agree that one should be realistic in one’s own attainment which needs to be backed with personal experience which helps one to “be cool” when calamity strikes.

    in reply to: Sutta Desana #13916
    vilaskadival
    Participant

    Dear Saket,

    Thank you so much for the share and a noble deed indeed.

    May all beings be free from sufferings.

    in reply to: Sutta Desana #13909
    vilaskadival
    Participant

    Dear Lal,

    Have gone through Sutta Interpretations and appreciate the way you have explained.

    Taking cue from that, have started informing those people who are interested in this and explaining Sutta.

    Glad to hear that you are working on desana relating to Tilakkana and I’m sure that this would certainly help those who want to know pure dhamma.

    Regards,

    Vilas

    in reply to: initial sense-experience come about due to kamma vipaka #13822
    vilaskadival
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    Sybe07 said “My impression is, in this way it can be understood that the vinnana that sees, hears, smells etc. is a kamma-vipaka. This vipaka is just neutral, not moral or immoral.”

    In my opinion, all initial sense inputs are neutral and due to our karmic essence as humans and appear in kamaloka, these are bound to come in front of us. What to do with those inputs creates a good or bad deed in future which might be next moment as a continuity.

    Also it is right that nothing appears without reason and those happen due to kamma vipaka be it neutral, sukha or dukkha, immoral / moral.

    Sybe07, I tend to agree with you that initial inputs of vinnana as in seeing, touching, hearing, smelling etc., are not only due to kamma-vipaka but also are neutral.

    If we were to deeply penetrate, then as an experience can get to a stage that the vibrations / feelings which are got through move from being neutral to either becoming good or bad feeling based upon gati which is defined by kamma-vipaka. From the neutral inputs, if one were to not take any action, then it drops away and does not appear again. This is equal to saying that everything arises, stays and drops away and nothing is there in true sense to be called as “solid experience”

    in reply to: Goenka´s Vipassana #13687
    vilaskadival
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    I have been following both explanations – Lal and Chigstarrr on Goenka retreat.

    Chigstarrr is right on the process followed for 10 day retreat which provides a person with his own experience to see what the vedana which arises, stays and passes away means in reality.

    Anapana sati done in Goenka Vipasanna helps a novice to see what vibrations / sensations are arising for first 3 days near the nasal area and lip region and from 4th day to 9th day, the person would be able to experience for himself/herself on feelings which keep on arising, staying and passing away which can be heat, sweat, cold flashes, trembling etc.,

    After that, one can really get into pure teachings to observe these sensations and not react to them, but to take action the way Lal has been stating on the actual dhamma practice.

    These sensations can be of lobha, dosa or moha as they bring up all those experiences which has happened with one person and what to do with them in that retreat helps the person to observe and hence when he is provided with pure dhamma as medicine, he/she can really develop very will.

    This has infact happened with me and there is marked changes in every aspect including the way I’m able to take death of my mother which happened on 23rd December, 2017 where I’m able to focus on the citta, asavas, gati and the vedana it brings in. There has not been a single instance right now of any kind of sorrow which I believe is the effect of following the path provided by Goenka and supplemented by Lal through Pure Dhamma.

    Actually, in my opinion sankara’s arise as feelings and they come and go and in that way, suit the experience of what one undergoes in Goenka retreat. If we were to accept to them, then in seems like these Sankara’s will get exhausted if the vedana is just observed.

    While just breath meditation might not provide actual vipasanna, but one can see that observation of feelings (vedana) as defined in Mahasatipattana sutta would certainly enable a person to get rid of many sankara’s which arises on body as vedana.

    Conclusion: Goenka’s Vipassana course will put a person on the right path followed by Pure Dhamma by Lal would really help a person to achieve Sotapanna stage and beyond which seem to have become reality for me as I can see for myself tremendous changes which has happened due to both of them.

    vilaskadival
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    I feel that apart from Kamma and Kamma vipaka, the body pain or pleasure (dukkha vedana and sukha vedana) are conditioned by niyama as under:

    Chitta Niyama
    Kamma Niyama
    Dhamma Niyama
    Bija Niyama
    Utu Niyama

    Eventhough the pains or pleasure encountered seemed to be arising out of Kamma done in the past moment or coming from earlier lives, the other niyama’s certainly have role to play.

    From my own personal experience, seem to see all these 5 different niyamas dictating bodily experiences that one undergo moment after moment.

    The only thing which is in control of a person as gati is to either react or not to react thus not adding mental inputs which Lal has excellently explained.

    As an example, I had a muscle cramp / catch at the knee which had not surfaced for 27 years. Had an accident 27 years ago and this got automatically manifested on 24th December out of nowhere.

    From the outset, it seems like past Kamma vipaka which did not have an opportunity to express and my cross legged sitting and a sharp movement of getting up created that vipaka to show its occurrence.

    However, upon careful examination I felt that this was not only Kamma vipaka but also due to Dhamma and Utu Niyama which triggered the Vipaka to manifest as physical pain.

    After 25th Dec to 7th Jan, did not have any pain at all and it came back as a pain due to again sitting in the same position and getting up carelessly which is Kamma Vipaka.

    Thus, I feel it is combination of Niyama which causes the body pain / suffering or pleasure and not just Kamma Vipaka.

    Would be glad to hear your views.

    vilaskadival
    Participant

    Namaste to all,

    First of all, thanks to Lal for creating the site and now the forum. Wish him a stage of Arahat in this very life time as I feel he is helping all those who seek Buddha Dhamma.

    Nice topic by Tobias and I have had experiences starting from 2013 where slowly with understanding of Buddha’s tilakhana and what started as a kindle slowly merged into knowing and experiencing more and more.

    With that there was change in my attitude which my wife was the first person to notice and then my son also got interested. He is now in a college and we discuss on Dhamma topic everyday between all 3 of us.

    As Lal has stated correctly that “dhammo ha ve rakkati dhammacari”, it has practically happened in me where there is withdrawal of senses from worldly affairs.

    From my childhood days, never was interested much with movies and other stuff and even interaction with others have changed drastically from 2013 and always in look out for discussion on Dhamma else I’m just silent observer of all that is happening.

    I feel that due to good karma if the remaining family members are also contributing to Dhamma discussions and practice, it enhances the experience which is the case with mine, something similar of Tobias.

    I try to just be like a dew drop on lotus while being with people and profession (not working on full time job now after I moved into Dhamma) so that others do not feel lost in my discussion while I maintain the balance of thoughts and words ensuring that I don’t get carried away either by just being there yet withdrawn and as a spectator.

    Right now, developing the art to balance between worldly events and dhamma where-in if people are genuinely interested in Dhamma, then I speak in length else will just engage to limited extent on worldly aspects relating to one or other profession so that the energy is conserved in experiencing dhamma.

    With increase inclination to Dhamma, many people have moved away including near and dear ones and friends. This is expected since the gati takes care accordingly.

    I live in Bangalore, India and engaged with Software development as a consultant (if anyone refers to me to help on their projects) along with showing Himalayan regions to people especially the Wheel of Life (patichasamutpada) depicted in Tibetan monasteries.

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