Vimalaramsi, Bhante

Bhante Vimalaramsi has practiced meditation for more than 40 years and is a well-known meditation teacher interested in going back to the earliest Buddhist Suttas. During the last 10 years, at the encouragement of an elder monk, he dedicated himself to "direct experience through study of the suttas and meditation practice." What caused this change in direction was meeting a Sri Lankan Senior monk named Bhante Punnaji in Malaysia who pointed out this way for him. His advice given was to 'study the suttas directly and to let go of relying on commentary'. Specifically he said, 'Read only the sutt...