"Relief" with Bhante Vimalaramsi -Story about Dipa...

This is a 5 minute piece in which Bhante reads a sutta that describes the highest meditation levels/Jhanas (referred to as stations in the Sutta"). The Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Sayings) teach that there are 8 Jhanas otherwise known as levels of understanding. From the 4th Jhana there is only mind which gets successively calmer as each level is passed. Finally at the 8th Jhana of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception there is almost no vibration at all. The very last level, before the experience of Nibbana occurs, is where there is a cessation of consciousness. It is said that once a person experiences Nibbana they can, at will experience this state. Bhante Vimalaramsi spent some time studying with Dipa Ma in India and describes an experience that he witnessed while he was there. The Bhante has 30 years of experience and has studied with all the major teachers in the world. However he found that most teachers were not educating students in the exact method the Sutta's teach. They leave out a very important step which makes your practice go extremely fast and deep. For more information please check www.dhammasukha.org DVDs featuring low cost videos of Bhante Vimalaramsi and other items may be found at http://begintosee.googlepages.com