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As most of us know, the three
trainings of virtuous conduct, concentration, and wisdom,
are the three stages of Buddhist prac-tice. Through the
practice of the three trainings, an ordinary per-son can
attain the supreme Nibbana and become a noble one.
The Visuddhimagga compiled by the Venerable Buddhaghosa
is an exposition of the three trainings. It is based on
the Pali texts and commentaries, and explains the seven
stages of purification, and sixteen insight-knowledges.
But how to attain them has been a difficult question for
all Buddhists for many generations. For this, we are fortunate
to have the Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw. His teaching is
the same as, indeed it is in much more detail than, what
is described in the Visuddhimagga. Based on the very same
sources, the Pali texts, commentaries and the Visuddhimagga,
the Sayadaw teaches meditators, step by step, how to attain
those stages of purification and insight-knowledges.
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