A new method of meditation is being promoted on YouTube by Bhante Vimalaramsi (born Marvel Logan), Delson Armstrong, and David Johnson, who call themselves Suttavadins. Their method is called TWIM (Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation) and their home base is Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center. They claim that this practice takes one all the way to full Awakening (Enlightenment). But is this really true? And is it safe? We expose the truth about TWIM.
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🙏 Thanks to the following:
Ven.Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Ven. Ajahn Punnadhammo, Ven. Bhikkhu Sujato, Oleg Pavlov, Pavel Kataorgin, Rob Ellis, AJ Gentile, Casey Cavanaugh, and others who offered help, support and information.
📋Other Suttavadins: Liam McClintock, Sister Khema, Doug Kraft, Andrew Litchy, and others.
📋Addendum 📋
• Sister Khema, who was still alive as this was being filmed, died of her cancer in September 2023.
• It is stated that Pavel Katorgin is from Russia. He is actually from Kazakhstan.
00:00:00 Māra's trick
00:07:42 Who are the Suttavadins?
00:19:28 CLAIM: Bhante Vimalaramsi is an Anāgāmi
00:33:45 CLAIM: A TWIM Anāgāmi Is a Genuine Anāgāmi
00:37:29 CLAIM: Bhante Vimalaramsi’s grasp of language is correct and his views should be unquestioningly accepted
00:42:34 CLAIM: Delson Armstrong is an Arahant
01:14:58 CLAIM: Compassion has an esoteric meaning
01:20:55 CLAIM: Loving kindness can charge water with healing powers
01:33:54 CLAIM: TWIM can cure cancer
01:37:30 CLAIM: Bhante Vimalaramsi can cure AIDS
01:42:25 CLAIM: Craving is a tension or tightness in the head (specifically the meninges)
01:58:24 CLAIM: Crystals should be involved in Right Samādhi
02:06:05 CLAIM: TWIM doesn’t lead one who practices it into psychosis
02:14:52 CLAIM: TWIM doesn’t withhold any secret teachings
02:16:55 CLAIM: Māra has no gender—is neither man nor woman
02:19:16 CLAIM: An Arahant maintains awareness during sleep
02:27:47 CLAIM: Sleep restriction is necessary for progress
02:50:41 CLAIM: The TWIM Cessation is really Cessation
03:04:29 CLAIM: The links of Dependent Origination are really tiny lights or bubbles
03:07:02 CLAIM: The Brahmavihārās are a feeling (vedanā) meditation
03:10:17 CLAIM: The Buddha taught loving-kindness meditation more than he taught mindfulness of breathing
03:12:45 CLAIM: Progress with Mettā meditation is faster than with breath meditation
03:15:29 CLAIM: The Brahmavihārās are an automatic process you can’t control, not willed & volitionally produced
03:17:11 CLAIM: The Buddha taught people to smile & laugh all the time
03:21:31 CLAIM: The Five Hindrances are your best friends, and should be invited into your mind
03:25:39 CLAIM: There is such a thing as “meditation pain” and you should just press through it
03:31:01 CLAIM: You should choose a Spiritual Friend to whom to radiate mettā
03:33:42 CLAIM: The Bodily Fabrication is tension & tightness in the head
03:37:25 CLAIM: The 6Rs are the entirety of the Noble Eightfold Path
03:39:48 CLAIM: The 6Rs are identical to Right Effort
03:46:06 CLAIM: Muditā is identical with Pīti, specifically the awakening factor of Pīti
03:50:13 CLAIM: The Seven Factors of Awakening are in need of revision
03:52:11 CLAIM: The point of the practice is to appreciate the things around you; delighting in food is consistent with the path
04:00:05 CLAIM: A student having a hint of joy arise has attained jhāna
04:05:34 CLAIM: Mindfulness is mindfulness of mind's attention moving from one object to another
04:14:11 CLAIM: Forgiveness meditation is something the Buddha taught and a necessary adjunct to the Brahmavihārās
04:18:20 CLAIM: Ekaggatā means tranquility
04:21:18 CLAIM: Āsava means distraction
04:23:56 CLAIM: The Pāli word Sammā means “harmonious” or “effective”
04:28:39 CLAIM: Right View should be “Harmonious Perspective”
04:31:29 CLAIM: Right Resolve should be “Harmonious Imaging”
04:35:13 CLAIM: Right Speech should be “Harmonious Communication”
04:36:33 CLAIM: Right Action should be “Harmonious Movement”
04:39:52 CLAIM: Right Livelihood should be “Harmonious Lifestyle”
04:41:41 CLAIM: Right Effort should be “Harmonious Practice”
04:44:06 CLAIM: Right Mindfulness should be “Harmonious Observation”
04:49:12 CLAIM: Right Concentration should be “Harmonious Collectedness”
04:54:24 CLAIM: The Brahmavihārās and the jhānas are the same practice
05:02:36 CLAIM: TWIM teaches from the suttas
05:10:12 Coda
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