This is an except from a talk by American Monk Bhante Vimalaramsi on the higher jhanas. In this discussion as he reads the Sutta he relates a story about Dipa Ma when he asked her why she sat so long in her meditation.
Bhante Vimalaramsi is an American who is teaching Buddhism differently than most teachers today-directly from the Suttas. When one practices as the Buddha taught, without leaving anything out, progress is very fast and deep.
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