Venerable Kumara is a Malaysian monk who is staying with ven. Aggacitta in SBS, a thriving forest monastery near Penang in Malaysia.
Childhood interest in spirituality. Contact with Christianity. Existential questions as a teenager. First meditation retreat with ven. Sujiva becomes the best week of venerable life.
The right attitude towards health problems and methods to cure them.
More difficulties with places. Health problems. Trying to become a streamenterer made things worse.
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Ven. Kumara (13) - Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw's place
Staying at Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw's place. Giving up on quick streamentry. Provoking touble.
The nature of the Chinese family. Their attitude to children and monkhood.
Departure from old friends. Gravitation towards the monks' life.
The joy of clarity about knowing what to do.
Dealing with pain, the first experience of peace and a vision.
Disentangling from the lay life. Dealing with parents, their views and attachments.
Experimenting with bare awareness and insight experience.
Venerable Aggacitta's vision for SBS. Training monks in Malaysia. Establishing a Malaysian Buddhist identiy. Following scripture over tradition.
Rejoining with ven. Aggacitta and starting SBS in Malysia. Encounter with wild boars.
Dealing with physical health problems. Experimenting with various alternative health therapies. A surprising solution that had nothing to do with Dhamma practice.
Roller coaster of emotions. What do do with them? The attraction of the simple life.
Meeting venerable Aggacitta. Ordination with U Rewata.
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Ven. Kumara (14) - Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw's method
Staying at Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw's place. Observing the mind. A different version of the Mahasi technique.
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Ven. Kumara (11) - Difficulties after Ordination
Difficulties to find the right place, with physical pain and doubt. A seemingly trivial solution.
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