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Vipassanā Anubhava, i.e., Vipassanā Experience

"Realisation of Nibbāna, through perfection in Vipassanā — the aspiration underlying the community. Vipassanā progress: the goal."

Not through stories of the past, but through any piece of dhamma content, whether from the Tipitaka directly or with inspiration from the Tipitaka in Vipassanā style or anattā language.

Anything of interest, helpful, or of inspiration. Anything about thoughts, photos, or questions, but in anattā wording, i.e., no I, mine, self, or soul. So, everything as yathabhuta (what really is), with the three marks of existence: anicca, dukkha and anattā.

Examples of Vipassanā wording:

Current post already in Vipassanā wording as close as possible with current enlightenment level.

1. All formations are impermanent, suffering and non-self. -> Impermanent, suffering and non-self nature of all formations

2. Clinging and many wishes not only cause the extra dissipation of energy but also bring cowardice too ->

a. Clinging and many wishes:

1. Dissipation of energy
2. Cowardice

b. Alignment of dissipation of energy and cowardice with clinging and many wishes, not few wishes

Community Vibe

Vipassanā in every vibe, like blood in veins and arteries.

For a start

1. Introduction in the comments below.
2. Posting — even a simple question, with capacity for sparking conversation.
3. Extension of an invitation to fellow practitioners.
4. Open to new moderators.

On clinging to anything in the world, even at the conceptual level

In short, on clinging to the five aggregates, even at the conceptual level

Entrance to apāya, the underworld, the unbearable suffering

On a feeble magnitude of conceptual clinging (sakāyaditthi)

Entrance to the first and shallow realm of suffering

Where the gift of power, an enormous power

With discontent, and desire for more power

An instance when the existence of some kilesās

But when control over kilesas, a huge power, a deadly harm to the other side

Like with greed, accumulation of enormous wealth

But still no contentment, no satisfaction

Just a bit more clinging, the hungry ghost realm, with more discontent

Then, the animal realm and finally hell

If no gross conceptual clinging, but only a subtle one

Then, the destruction of the very root cause

At least the entrance to the human world, not if devas

Everything impermanent, along with body, mind, and possessions too

The sole reason for suffering, along with the bad actions time and again

For such possessions and the well-being of the same

In saṃsāra, the flood of clinging, everywhere personality

Every person, at least a demon, an Asura, in real, if not in hell

Vipassanā, the comprehension of dhātus as an escape

At an instant in a form object or any real object

All the four dhātus, i.e. all the four states of matter

The paṭhavi dhātu as solid, the āpo dhātu as liquid

The vāyo dhātu as gas, and tejo dhātu as heat

At the novice level, states of matter as dhātus

But for higher stages more subtle lakkhaṇa (properties) of matter

Rather than just paṭhavi as solid, more precise, i.e., degree of hardness and softness

Āpo as the degree of fluidity and cohesion

Vāyo as the motion, vibration, support

Tejo as the degree of hotness and coldness

Because at characteristic level, dhātus, not just conceptual categories

Instead, direct objects for senses

Shifting of attention from coarse dhātu to subtle lakkhaṇa

May or may not the noting method shift from continuous to transition basis of noting

Continuous noting vs transition basis of noting

Continuous noting when continuous noting of any dhātu in mind

Like whilst a walk, vāyo dhātu, vāyo dhātu, ...

Transition basis of noting when noting of a dhātu only on switching

Like when switching over of focus from vāyo dhātu to tejo dhātu, and so on

Continuous noting suitable for a novice, for a beginner

Suitable for upaṭṭhāna (stable presence with the object)

Transition basis noting in some higher stage

For sharpening of udayabbaya discrimination (the arising/passing at boundaries)

Yesterday switching over from Fedora GNOME to Fedora KDE. Now, a bit of an urge again or regret or perhaps just GNOME in memory.

Some merits of KDE from KDE users? Not a criticism of Gnome please.