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Other alternatives to watching Culadasa online is monthly Patreon QnAs – I recommend them also, and are a bit cheaper.

Cost is 100$-150$ according to website

Thank you for the very interesting post. I know nothing of this matter, but it was very informative to read your impressions of and thoughts on the matter. I hope you will get good replys in this thread and I’ll follow them with interest, too.

I think this would be a great idea, especially since he speaks of so many things not readily found in TMI and as far as I know his next book will have a more mainstream audience and societal/political focus?

Anyways, my first thoughts were transcribing + a wiki, however would require large efforts, perhaps with a transcription “service” where…[Read more]

“Do you think during a time of purification, the emotion that is being purified is closer to the surface than it would be otherwise?”

I for sure totally agree with this view. Both from experience and from what I’ve learned.

One thing also that you may try is, when the anger arises outside of meditation, to focus on the physical/bodily…[Read more]

I’d really recommend giving some of Adyashantis works a try at this point of what seems to be a transitioning period or phase for you. “The end of your life” and “Spontaneous awakening” are books/audiobooks of his which deal directly with things (positive ang negative) which frequently occur in the wake of profounf insight experiences and…[Read more]

I don’t think this answers your first question as directly as you’d like Jevan, but I think you’ll find it an interesting read. It’s from another Vipassana (related) forum.

“Question for those who have obtained stream entry (or feel they might have)”
http://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/5944441

I don’t think this answers your first question as directly as you’d like Jevan, but I think you’ll find it an interesting read. It’s from another Vipassana (related) forum.

http://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/5944441

I don’t think this answers your first question as directly as you’d like Kevan, but I think you’ll find it an interesting read. It’s from another Vipassana (related) forum.

http://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/5944441

To add another perspective, while speaking from my own experience, I can relate to your frustration about not being able to practice Stage 2 practices. I had an extremely hard time as well, staying focused. Culadasas techniques helped me very well, getting up to Stage 4 in 2 months. My recommendation would be to divert time as to spend maybe 10 or…[Read more]

Very awesome answer indeed! Thank you Nick! Very elucidating to hear from someone with thorough experience in the two different schools. I think all of your 4 reasons sounded very compelling and I feel very encouraged to continue with Culadasa type of meditation.

Also I did not know about the “teaching resources” – so thank you Blaz for that aswell 🙂

If someone more would like to answer Olovs first set of questions, I too would be super interested in hearing that answer. Extremely interested, Ingram et al have really done some solid work on pragmatically describing Vipassana stages in an accessible way, while Culadasa doesn’t describe those 16 nanas at all, yet, they fit together (I suppose). But how?