Dhamma Vibhaja Q&A 6 November 2023 (13:15-13:56)
Sayadaw: If the Buddha didn’t teach nāma-rūpa, nobody would know nāma-rūpa, there is no way for sure.
Yogi: Even though there were many meditation teachers before the Buddha, but they didn’t understand this.
Sayadaw: Vipassana practice had vanished; they only knew samatha meditation which used a conceptual object. Nobody knew or understood reality; if nobody had heard about it, how could they possibly understand this truth.