{"title":"Lineage Talks by Patrick Given-Wilson","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"4919","title":"Ven. Webu Sayadaw: a talk by Patrick Given-Wilson (Video Streaming and Download)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\n    \u003c!-- \u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"language\" value=\"\" id=\"radio1\" checked=\"checked\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/br\u003e \u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"language\" value=\"\" id=\"radio2\"\u003eItalian\u003c\/br\u003e --\u003e \u003cinput type=\"button\" id=\"download_btn\" onclick=\"window.location='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1JD-aAwtolKf0Pv2RPg1ITegl4Zea0ics';_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'dhamma_talks_video', 'TALK - Webu Sayadaw']);\" name=\"Add\" value=\"Download (438MB)\" class=\"btn\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dmKg66ucVio\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Do not waste the time that you have got left. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis time is there for you to strive steadfastly with energy. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can be sure that you will die, but you can't be sure how much longer you have got to live.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pariyatti.org\/Free-Resources\/Treasures#VenWebu\"\u003eWebu Sayadaw\u003c\/a\u003e was important for two reasons. One was that in his time he became one of the most venerated monks in Burma; he was known as an arahant, a fully-liberated person.  And the second reason is that he encouraged Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Goenkaji's teacher, to start teaching meditation without delay.  For a householder to be encouraged by a monk of such standing,  gave Sayagyi enormous status, prestige and backing in his work throughout his life.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn this video, Patrick Given-Wilson explores this important relationship between \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Sayadaw-Webu_bymfg_817-3-1.html\"\u003eVen. Webu Sayadaw\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/U-Ba-Khin-Sayagyi_bymfg_920-3-1.html\"\u003eSayagyi U Ba Khin\u003c\/a\u003e taking us through the significant life events of this inspiring monk who was known for giving all importance to diligent practice over scholastic achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMuch of the material presented in this talk is gleaned from information that will be published in Part 2 of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Path\u003c\/em\u003e by Joah McGee. Part 1 of this title is available for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/The-Golden-Path--PDF-eBook_p_4810.html\"\u003efree download\u003c\/a\u003e. Additional material for this talk was obtained from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Way-to-Ultimate-Calm-_p_4647.html\"\u003eThe Way to Ultimate Calm\u003c\/a\u003e and other sources.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the shortcut to Nibb na. Anyone can use it. It stands up to investigation and is in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the scriptures.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e quotes of Ven. Webu Sayadaw\u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003chr\u003e    \u003cp\u003eView all the talks in this \u003ca href=\"\/Lineage-Talks-by-Patrick-Given-Wilson\"\u003evideo series by Patrick Given-Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e ","brand":"Given-Wilson, Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101585346654,"sku":"721012","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"5111","title":"Ven. Ledi Sayadaw: a talk by Patrick Given-Wilson (Video Streaming and Download)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e \u003cinput type=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1IsfDFwGeEPAv6Qo1EpxrvnC5lsv5dqDl';_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'dhamma_talks_video', 'TALK - Ledi Sayadaw']);\" name=\"Add\" value=\"Download (564MB)\" class=\"btn\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qgCKCY1xx_g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ca href=\"\/Ledi-Sayadaw\"\u003eVen. Ledi Sayadaw\u003c\/a\u003e was the first vipassana teacher that we know of in this tradition in modern times with such detail. His great innovation was to start spreading the actual practice widely and to householders.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this video, Patrick Given-Wilson explores the life of this meditation master and magnificent pariyatti scholar who authored over a hundred expositions on the Dhamma. He was perhaps the most outstanding Buddhist figure of his age. All who have come in contact with the path of Dhamma in recent years owe a great debt of gratitude to this scholarly, saintly monk who was instrumental in reviving the traditional practice of vipassana, making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cfigure\u003e    \u003cblockquote style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 150%\"\u003e       The only way to overcome ... moral failures and inherent weaknesses, is to practice concentration (samatha) according to the teaching of the Buddha. With this mental discipline, the wavering mind and distracting thoughts are inhibited. Then the mind can be turned towards insight practice (vipassana), which reveals the universal characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self.       \u003cfigcaption style=\"text-align: right\"\u003e—Ven. 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Ledi Sayadaw and Sayagyi U Ba Khin in helping to establish a tradition of vipassana householder teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cfigure\u003e    \u003cblockquote style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 150%\"\u003e       Take note, all of you. This layman is my great pupil U Po Thet, from lower Burma. He is capable of teaching meditation like me. Those of you who wish to practice meditation, follow him. Learn the technique from him and practice.        \u003cfigcaption style=\"text-align: right\"\u003e—Ven. 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Click the 'CC' icon next to the gear icon on the video toolbar then select 'Español'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this video, Patrick Given-Wilson explores the life of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pariyatti.org\/Free-Resources\/Treasures#sayagyi\"\u003eSayagyi U Ba Khin\u003c\/a\u003e the foremost lay teacher of vipassana meditation in Burma and S.N. Goenka's teacher.  He achieved extraordinary results with his students in short periods of time, and combined this with a stellar career as a senior civil servant in Burma, at times holding six to seven different senior government positions. He had a strong conviction that \"the time-clock of Vipassana has now struck\" for the worldwide revival of the Buddha's path to liberation, and directed his considerable energy towards its fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cfigure\u003e    \u003cblockquote style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 150%\"\u003e       I wish you had no doubt by this time about the real value of true Vipassana meditation, and if there are still doubts it is simply because your grasp of the Buddha-Dhamma in practice is not yet what it should be. 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