by Sayagyi U Goenka
From time to time, because of the ingrained habit pattern of the mind, the meditator is inundated by waves of craving, aversion, sloth and torpor, mental agitation, and doubt. These are nothing but the reaction of one’s own mental defilements trying to stop the process of purification that has begun. The wise student persists in the struggle, using all his or her energy to oppose these enemies. Through persistent efforts, the meditator gets strengthened in pāramī of viriya and is successful.
* Viriya - Right Effort, in Seven Factors of Enlightenment
* Viriya Iddhipada: Work without Wavering - Ven Webu Sayadaw
* Rare opportunities to earn and share merits in participating in Global Vipassana Pagoda projects
* How to reach Global Pagoda, Gorai / Borivili, Mumbai
Pāramīs are virtues—that is, good
human qualities. By perfecting them, one crosses the ocean of misery and
reaches the stage of full liberation, full enlightenment. Everyone working to liberate oneself from all impurities in the mind has to develop the
ten pāramīs. They are needed to dissolve the ego and to reach the stage of
egolessness. A student of Dhamma who aspires to attain the final stage of
liberation joins a Vipassana course in order to develop these pāramīs.
The ten pāramīs are: morality (sila), renunciation (nekkhamma), wisdom (pañña), effort (viriya), tolerance (khanti), truth (sacca), strong determination (adhitthana), compassionate goodwill (metta), equanimity (upekkha), donation (dana).
The ten pāramīs are: morality (sila), renunciation (nekkhamma), wisdom (pañña), effort (viriya), tolerance (khanti), truth (sacca), strong determination (adhitthana), compassionate goodwill (metta), equanimity (upekkha), donation (dana).
Little by little, one develops
these pāramīs in every course. They should be developed in daily living as
well. However, in a meditation course environment, the perfection of the pāramī
can be greatly accelerated.
A human life is of limited
duration, with limited capabilities. It is important to use one’s life to the
best purpose. And there can be no higher purpose than to establish oneself in
Dhamma, in the path of Vipassana which leads one out of defilements, out of the illusion of
self, to the final goal of ultimate truth. Therefore no effort is more
worthwhile for a human being than the exertion of all one’s faculties to take
steps on this path.
In a Vipassana course, a meditator
makes best use of energy and of the time at disposal by developing the
faculties of sati (awareness) and of paññā (insight). The student strives to
become aware of everything that is happening within, from the
grossest to the subtlest level - striving to observe
dispassionately whatever reality may manifest at this moment, with the
understanding that this experience is impermanent, this will also change. These
two faculties, in proper combination, will lead the meditator along the path to
full liberation, full enlightenment.
From time to time, because of the ingrained habit pattern of the mind, the meditator is inundated by waves of craving, aversion, sloth and torpor, mental agitation, and doubt. These are nothing but the reaction of one’s own mental defilements trying to stop the process of purification that has begun. The wise student persists in the struggle, using all his or her energy to oppose these enemies. Through persistent efforts, the meditator gets strengthened in pāramī of viriya and is successful.
* Viriya - Right Effort, in Seven Factors of Enlightenment
* Viriya Iddhipada: Work without Wavering - Ven Webu Sayadaw
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* How to reach Global Pagoda, Gorai / Borivili, Mumbai
