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©(First Edition) W.K.Ng (Private), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 1999: Free Distribution (First Reprint) WAVE Publications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 1999: Free Distribution (Second Reprint) Penang Buddhist Association, Penang, Malaysia: 2000: Free Distribution ©(Revised Edition) WAVE Publications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Knowing and Seeing 2003: a gift in the public domain, the material cannot be copyrighted. © (Revised Edition II) ??? (Revised Edition II) 2007: a gift in the public domain, the material cannot be copyrighted. The material in this book may be reproduced without the author’s per- mission. It is recommended, however, that unauthorized changes and other misrepresentation of the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw’s teachings be avoided. It is also the Most Venerable Sayadaw’s express wish that there not be his photograph or biography. He says: ‘There is only the Dhamma.’ Please respect the Sayadaw’s wish. Any inquiries regarding this book may please be addressed to the au- thor. Talks and Questions&Answers at a Meditation Retreat in Taiwan by the Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw A G IFT – N OT F OR S ALE A G IFT – N OT F OR S ALE ONTENTS C TABLES page page Tables ................................................................................................................................................................iv THE MENTAL PROCESSES Contents in Detail..................................................................................................................................... v Foreword (First Edition) ...................................................................................................................xi 1a: The Absorption Process........................................................................................................... 44 Introduction (Revised Edition)....................................................................................................... 1 1b: The Mind-Door Process ....................................................................................................... 168 1: How You Develop Mindfulness-of-Breathing to Absorption ..................... 29 1c: The Five-Door Process .......................................................................................................... 172 Questions and Answers 1 ............................................................................................ 49 1d: Death and Rebirth ..................................................................................................................... 192 2: How You Develop Absorption on Other Subjects................................................ 57 MATERIALITY Questions and Answers 2 ............................................................................................ 71 2a: The Twenty-Eight Types of Materiality .................................................................. 140 3: How You Develop the Sublime Abidings and Protective Meditations 81 2b: The Basic Types of Materiality of the Eye ........................................................... 141 Questions and Answers 3 ............................................................................................ 97 2c: The Basic Types of Materiality of the Body........................................................ 142 4: How You Discern Materiality ............................................................................................ 109 2d: The Basic Types of Materiality of the Heart ....................................................... 143 Questions and Answers 4 ......................................................................................... 145 5: How You Discern Mentality ............................................................................................... 163 DEPENDENT ORIGINATION Questions and Answers 5 ......................................................................................... 177 3a: Dependent Origination from Life to Life ............................................................... 196 6: How You See the Links of Dependent-Origination.......................................... 187 Questions and Answers 6 ......................................................................................... 199 7: How You Develop the Vipassanā-Knowledges to See Nibbāna ............ 213 Questions and Answers 7 ......................................................................................... 231 8: The Buddha’s Wishes for His Disciples and His Teachings ..................... 245 9: The Most Superior Type of Offering............................................................................ 261 The Forty Meditation-Subjects................................................................................................. 279 Editorial Notes ...................................................................................................................................... 281 Bibliographical Abbreviations ................................................................................................. 285 Appendix 1: Glossary of Untranslated Pali Terms .................................................. 287 Appendix 2: Contact Addresses............................................................................................... 291 Index of Questions from Yogis.................................................................................................. 293 Main Index................................................................................................................................................ 299 vi Knowing and Seeing (Revised Edition II) CONTENTS —"— the Ten Kasias.......................................................................... 61 (in Detail) The Colour Kasias ............................................................................................................. 61 page How You Develop the White Kasia............................................................ 62 —"— Remaining Colour Kasias.............................. 64 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 How You Develop the Earth Kasia ............................................................. 64 —"— Water Kasia............................................................ 65 The Buddha’s Dispensation ...............................................................................................1 —"— Fire Kasia ................................................................ 65 What Needs to be Fully Realized ...................................................................................2 —"— Wind Kasia............................................................. 65 The First and Second Noble Truth ............................................................................3 —"— Light Kasia ............................................................. 66 Knowing and Seeing the First Noble Truth .............................................................9 —"— Space Kasia ............................................................ 66 How You Know and See the First and Second Noble Truth .................. 12 The Four Immaterial Jhānas ........................................................................................... 66 You Develop Concentration ..................................................................... 12 How You Develop the Base of Boundless Space ......................................... 66 " Develop the Light of Wisdom ...................................................... 13 —"— Base of Boundless Consciousness ..................... 67 " Protect Your Concentration............................................................ 14 —"— Base of Nothingness .................................................. 68 " Penetrate to Ultimate Reality ........................................................ 15 —"— Base of Neither-Perception- Penetrating to Ultimate Materiality ...................................................... 15 nor-Non-Perception ......... 68 —"— Ultimate Mentality ......................................................... 16 The Three Purifications................................................................................................. 20 1 Questions and Answers 2 ........................................................................... 71 Knowing and Seeing the Second and Third Noble Truth ............................. 20 3: How You Develop the Sublime Abidings and Protective Meditations ................. 81 How You Know and See the Third Noble Truth ........................................... 22 .................................... You Know and See Dependent Origination 24 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 81 ............................................................................... " Practise Vipassanā 26 How You Develop Lovingkindness........................................................................... 81 ........................................................ " Know and See the Unformed 27 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 81 ........................................ " Fully Realize the Four Noble Truths 28 How You Develop Lovingkindness Person by Person............................... 83 ...................................................................... 1: How You Develop