VIPASSANA: MOMENT TO MOMENT AWARENESS IN THE PRESENT
“THE MAHASI SAYADAW’S instructions that in vipassana, the yogi must note all the material and mental phenomena relating only to the present is not in accordance with the Buddhist Canon.”
This remark was heard from a Tipitakadhara Sayadaw.
A Tipitakadhara Sayadaw is a Sayadaw who has shown himself, through a series of very rigorous verbal and written examinations, to be a complete master of the Tipitaka, or the “Three Baskets” of the Buddhist Canon. The examinations for the Tipitakadhara degree are of such a high and unrelenting standard that in the past fifty years, only six sayadaws have been deemed worthy of the Tipitakadhara degree.
As a long time disciple of the Mahasi Sayadaw, I had studied diligently the publications of the Mahasi Sayadaw, and I was at a loss as to what to make of the above remark. The Myanmar saying came to mind: “A lawyer who never errs, a doctor who never dies.” – U Hla Myint Kyaw.
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