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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Replying to @Meaningness
So if Aro shi-ne instruction is not so hot, surely some sutra experience would be even more beneficial?
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It’s not so much that it’s not so hot as that Roaring Silence is very abstract;
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..it would be detrimental to explore both vipassana/mahasi stuff and the nanas on one hand, and Aro on the other?
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Replying to @happyseagulls
I think that would probably be fine for a while. Eventually, you’d probably want to choose one or the other;
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because ultimately they do point in quite different directions.
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Replying to @happyseagulls
Yeah, that’s critical to understand, and few people do. https://vividness.live/2013/10/22/sutrayana/ … points at this
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Or perhaps better:https://vividness.live/2013/12/12/emptiness-zen-tantra-dzogchen/ …
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... then Aro to play around in the world beyond emptiness. Hence my question!
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Yes… it could work… but if you do specifically want to go the Aro route, then it *can* also take you to emptiness, >
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Replying to @Meaningness @happyseagulls
while also giving you the conceptual basis you need for tantra, instead of a conceptual framework that heads elsewhere.
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