A Comparative Study of Meditation Methods of Moe Gok Sayadaw and Mahase Sayadaw

Abstract

To achieve the supreme result, which is NibbÈna, mind development newlineis necessary to be completely done through SÊla-sikkhÈ (morality), newlineSamÈdhi-sikkhÈ (concentration) and PaÒÒÈ-sikkhÈ (wisdom). Because these newlinethree sikkhÈs can make free the mind from the three levels of defilements; newlinethe level of transgression (vÊtikkama kilesÈ) - such as killing, cheating, newlinestealing, robbing, engaging in sexual misbehavior, raping, causing troubled newlineand broken families, telling lies, back-biting, uttering harsh words, and newlinetalking nonsense, taking intoxicants or other kinds of harmful drugs, etc., newlinethe level of manifestation (pariyuÔÔhÈna kilesÈ) - such as craving for others newlineproperty, harbouring the harmful thought, holding wrong views, etc., and newlinethe level of latent tendency (anusaya-kilesÈ) - greed (lobha), hatred (dosa) newlineand delusion (moha), lying dormant in the mental continuum. In this newlineregard, Visuddhimagga states thus newline