Lankaputra wrote Pl carry on
To respond to him⊠OK let me back track, as for humility, when i chose to participate, it was simply as an acknowledgment of the great work Sujato has done over the last so many years. I found him during the lockdown. I wanted him to know, how he inspires the silent public.
The âhumility factor?â it is very hard for anyone to go into the issues of popular buddhism, the moment one speaks up, there are many that confront the person for speaking up. For instance Burmese meditation, Sujato made a video on it. He is like the Royal elephant that went to war, not caring whether he would get killed. Some loved it, some hated him for that gumption.
I had been struggling to make sense of Buddhist meditation for several years, and finally I did. Once I did, I found out, Sujato more or less had come to the same conclusions many years ago. Why did I not find him then? Well perhaps one learns better by struggling, rather than have oneâs parents do the homework for them. Karma has its own reasons. As for Ajhan Chah and Ajhan Brahm, I would not give them credit for whatever I say.
As for âletting goâ every therapist says this to the patient. Ajhan Chah was wonderful, but I did not find right buddhist meditation (4 buddhist jhanas through him), in his writing. Pl bring me a quote of him that praises the 4 jhanas or the Satipathanas as in SN 47.42. However for the latter I would give credit to Vasubandhuâs Abhidhmmakosa. I had already given credit to Sarvastavadins for this in the main post, and mentioned how Theravadins failed at Satipatthana.
As for Ajhan Brahm, I know he is Sujatoâs teacher. With all due respect Sujato himself said in one of the talks, a student does not need to be like a teacher, he said âit is complicatedâ. I totally understood, He is entirely different from Brahms. I had listened to Brahms 10 years ago, and he did not inspire me, but Sujato did. Need I say more?
I do not take any credit for the things I say, as for the history you do not believe. Pl read Johannes Bronkhorst, He is a frigging great scholar. Some Theravadins have a way of saying âWe donât trust themâ or some demeaning thing like âThey are of a different brandâ If I give credit to anyone it would be these, below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_La_Vallée-Poussin
or the writings of J. Polack,
or the many publications of Alexander Wynne. His Youtube postings are beyond amazing. That someone dared to give such a gift without being asked???
I hated some of the things, Wynne said at the beginning, and then I realized I simply hated him, for he was getting rid of my misconceptions. He basically thrashed Satipathana, the way Analayo presented it.
Now I am thankful for hating him, for the hate turned to love.
Dear Lankaputra I have limited time each day. I shall not disappoint you over time. Will answer all your questions. Just to clarify, Iâve nothing but humility. How could anyone be otherwise facing the dilemma of Samsara, as death sits looming over all of us.
âDo not waste a single momentâ this is âour words to theeâ Buddha had said even as he was dying, But he did not die, did he?
With love