Bhante Jothiko,

Sadhu & thank you for you compassionate and balanced review, which helps
fine-tune the little that I have known.

My only comment is some of the Pali spellings, and I say this because I feel
that remarks by practitioners would be more highly valued with proper Pali.
So with due respect I am making a list of Pali words that I suggest be spelt
correctly (and also to remind myself of same), as follows.

> 1- The most basic sitting meditation attitude `Parimukkham Satim
> Utthapetva'

should be "Parimukha.m sati.m upa.t.thapetvaa".

> Than meant by `Parimukkham' ='all around'.

should be "Parimukha.m"

> 2 - Idddhii is of `UttaraManussa Dhamma' `extra ordinary human
> achievements',

should be "iddhi" and "uttari,manussa dhamma"

> The lesser one of which is the first state of
> meditation `PatthamaJhana'

should be "pa.thamajjhaana" or "pa.thama jhaana"

> Tells us about his practices in `UpaKilesaSutta � M.N.

should be "Upakkilesa Sutta"

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> Either as the `four divine abidings' `BrahmaVinaraa' � regard toward
> all directions

should be "brahmavihaara"

> Or the development is of a Kasina, `A Totality'.

should be "kasi.na"

> 4 - Sanna nimitakarana � the producer of signs- the meditation
> object is fully attended to.

should be "sa~n~naa nimittakara.na"

> 5 � Above all, it indicates Uppekkha �

should be "upekkhaa"

> `IddhiPadaa' � are a way to Nibbana.

should be "iddhipaada".

Please continue to help us with your clarifications as you see fit, despite
my pedantry. If each of us do our best, we can help a lot of others, too.

Khamatu me bhante,

Piya Tan


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