The beginnings of TWIM -Retreat with Antra Berger Day 2

Day 2 May 10, 2024 MN 119, MN 128
Antra Berger explains some of the background of where TWIM got started by Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi.
She references MN 119 and then MN 128 to talk about the distractions and how to use the 6Rs to eliminate them.
Antra Berger is a senior student of Bhante since the late 90's and she and her husband Mark have arranged many retreats in California for TWIM students. This is her first chance to lead a retreat.
Where: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
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[@johnandrewmunroe]

This is wonderful! At around 21:41 Antra says "he did not have greed and hatred anymore because he was a bodhisatta at that time so those taints had been overcome and extinguished" but he still had doubt, sloth and torpor, fear, elation, etc.. Does this mean the Bodhisatta was an Anagami at that stage? Would that mean future Buddhas are Anagamis when they make their aspiration and receive a prediction of success as a future Buddha?

[@DhammasukhaOrg]

No- the fetters are all there - Its a little bit of a misinterpretation. A Buddha finds the way after many Aeons - They have not attained anything yet. Just knowledge to a worldly degree.

[@mariodelrisco2403]

Excellent! Sadhu sadhu sadhu