user16964: 1) It is said that doing the technique that Mahasi  Sayadaw talks about we can attain awakening. If you know anything about this technique how is it to be done and can it take us to Nibbana.
2) Question number 2:  could you describe the sathipathanas and Jhanas and how I should train them. Especially when I hear about Jhanas on youtube it seems something mystical that we normal people cannot attain. Thank you Dhamma brothers.

user295: The way to develop Satipattana and Jhana is described below:

When, bhikshu, this samadhi has been cultivated, well cultivated by you, then you should train yourself thus:
“I will dwell exertive, clearly aware, mindful,
observing [contemplating] < body | feeling | mind | dhamma > the in the < body | feeling | mind | dhamma >,
removing covetousness and displeasure [discontent] in regard to the world.”
Thus, bhikshu, you should train yourself.
When, bhikshu, this samadhi has been cultivated, well cultivated by you, then, you, bhikshu,
THE 1ST DHYANA:
should cultivate this samadhi with initial application, with sustained application;
should cultivate this samadhi without initial application, with only sustained application;
THE 2ND DHYANA:
should cultivate this samadhi without initial application, without sustained application;
should cultivate this samadhi with zest;
THE 3RD DHYANA:
should cultivate this samadhi zest-free;
should cultivate this samadhi attended by comfort;
THE 4TH DHYANA:
should cultivate this samadhi attended by equanimity.

Saṅkhitta (Desita) Dhamma Sutta
Jhana is not that difficult if you have the proper guidance.
For Mahaisi method see this answer.

user14789: if you really want to know about Mahasi, or more generally about Mahasi Sayadaw, Pa Auk Sayadaw and SN Goenka, then skip all the middlemen who copy him, especially all the people who love to claim to be part of the  pragmatic dhamma, like the westerners, and read directly his book
https://wisdomexperience.org/academy/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/07/Manual-of-Insight-for-Course.pdf
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/mahasi/index.html
and of course, since Mahasi copies the abidhamma of the theravadan and the Visuddhimagga, while claiming it is the dhamma taught by the buddha, you can go directly to reading those
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf
and for the abidhamma, bikku bodhi talks about it each year
https://www.youtube.com/user/DharmaRealmLive/search?query=Bodhi
In fact the 16 knowledges that those puthujjanas have created are expended from from the 9 knowledges of the  commentary, officially it is in the Sutta Pitaka,  called Paṭisambhidāmagga
The major problem of the people who invented insight mediation is that they claim that knowing anicca, anatta and all that brings what they invented and called ''bhaya-nana'', whereas the buddha claims that knowing anicca and all that brings viraga, ie nibanna.
Their mistake is that they fail to understand dukkha and so fail to understand anatta. According to those people,

things vibrate
when something vibrates, it means it is anicca
when something vibrates,it is not pleasant, ie it is dukkha
when something vibrates, it cannot be the self, so it is anatta

Those puthujjanas derive anatta and dukkha from anicca, but they never connect anatta with dukkha.
Whereas, according to the buddha, what is anicca is dukkha, what is dukkha is anatta. 

16964: <p>1) It is said that doing the technique that Mahasi  Sayadaw talks about we can attain awakening. If you know anything about this technique how is it to be done and can it take us to Nibbana.</p>

<p>2) Question number 2:  could you describe the sathipathanas and Jhanas and how I should train them. Especially when I hear about Jhanas on youtube it seems something mystical that we normal people cannot attain. Thank you Dhamma brothers.</p>
 295: <p>The way to develop Satipattana and Jhana is described below:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>When, bhikshu, this samadhi has been cultivated, well cultivated by you, then you should train yourself thus:</p>
<p>“I will dwell <em><strong>exertive, clearly aware, mindful</strong></em>,</p>
<p><em>observing [contemplating]</em> <strong>&lt; body | feeling | mind | dhamma &gt;</strong> the in the <strong>&lt; body | feeling | mind | dhamma &gt;</strong>,</p>
<p><em>removing <strong>covetousness</strong> and <strong>displeasure</strong> [discontent] in regard to the world.</em>”</p>
<p>Thus, bhikshu, you should train yourself.</p>
<p>When, bhikshu, this samadhi has been cultivated, well cultivated by you, then, you, bhikshu,</p>
<p><strong>THE 1ST DHYANA:</strong></p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <em><strong>with</strong></em> <strong>initial application</strong>, <em><strong>with</strong></em> <strong>sustained application</strong>;</p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <em><strong>without</strong></em> <strong>initial application</strong>, <em><strong>with only</strong></em> <strong>sustained application</strong>;</p>
<p><strong>THE 2ND DHYANA:</strong></p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <em><strong>without</strong></em> <strong>initial application</strong>, <em><strong>without</strong></em> <strong>sustained application</strong>;</p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <em><strong>with</strong></em> <strong>zest</strong>;</p>
<p><strong>THE 3RD DHYANA:</strong></p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <em><strong>zest-free</strong></em>;</p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <strong>attended by comfort</strong>;</p>
<p><strong>THE 4TH DHYANA:</strong></p>
<p>should cultivate this samadhi <strong>attended by equanimity</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/46.6-Sankhitta-Desita-Dhamma-S-a8.63-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Saṅkhitta (Desita) Dhamma Sutta</a></p>
<p>Jhana is not that difficult if you have the proper guidance.</p>
<p>For Mahaisi method see <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/34867/295">this</a> answer.</p>
 14789: <p>if you really want to know about Mahasi, or more generally about Mahasi Sayadaw, Pa Auk Sayadaw and SN Goenka, then skip all the middlemen who copy him, especially all the people who love to claim to be part of the  pragmatic dhamma, like the westerners, and read directly his book</p>

<p><a href="https://wisdomexperience.org/academy/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/07/Manual-of-Insight-for-Course.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://wisdomexperience.org/academy/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/07/Manual-of-Insight-for-Course.pdf</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/mahasi/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/mahasi/index.html</a></p>

<p>and of course, since Mahasi copies the abidhamma of the theravadan and the Visuddhimagga, while claiming it is the dhamma taught by the buddha, you can go directly to reading those
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf</a></p>

<p>and for the abidhamma, bikku bodhi talks about it each year</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DharmaRealmLive/search?query=Bodhi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/user/DharmaRealmLive/search?query=Bodhi</a></p>

<p>In fact the 16 knowledges that those puthujjanas have created are expended from from the 9 knowledges of the  commentary, officially it is in the Sutta Pitaka,  called Paṭisambhidāmagga</p>

<p>The major problem of the people who invented insight mediation is that they claim that knowing anicca, anatta and all that brings what they invented and called ''bhaya-nana'', whereas the buddha claims that knowing anicca and all that brings viraga, ie nibanna.</p>

<p>Their mistake is that they fail to understand dukkha and so fail to understand anatta. According to those people,</p>

<ul>
<li>things vibrate</li>
<li>when something vibrates, it means it is anicca</li>
<li>when something vibrates,it is not pleasant, ie it is dukkha</li>
<li>when something vibrates, it cannot be the self, so it is anatta</li>
</ul>

<p>Those puthujjanas derive anatta and dukkha from anicca, but they never connect anatta with dukkha.
Whereas, according to the buddha, what is anicca is dukkha, what is dukkha is anatta. </p>
