I'm in UK and not so far from Bristol where I believe there is some Aro stuff going on, but it seems fragmented and nothing...
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Replying to @happyseagulls
The Bristol group (centering around http://arobuddhism.org/lamas/lama-metsal-wangmo.html … , who I recommend highly) is unusually solid and modern, I’d say!
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..that path? I find those practices a little clearer than the Shi Ne and Lhatong recommended in Roaring Silence...
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Replying to @happyseagulls
Both yes and no… A solid base in generic meditation is very helpful. Many students do come to Aro after several years of >
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experience with modern Theravada-based systems, wanting to go further than that does; and this can work out well.
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I think Aro may not do as good a job of teaching the basics of shi-né as would be ideal… But have you done the email course?
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So if Aro shi-ne instruction is not so hot, surely some sutra experience would be even more beneficial?
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Replying to @happyseagulls
It’s not so much that it’s not so hot as that Roaring Silence is very abstract;
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and technical specifics are taught only one-to-one, not on group retreats. (The group retreats teach tantric stuff mostly.)
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So you mostly only get the Aro meditation instructions if you are actually a student.
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Otherwise, the email course is the most concrete and detailed thing.
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