Questions tagged [vipassana]
Vipassanā (Pāli, Vipaśhyanā in Sanskrit, Lhagthong in Tibetan) is a form of insight-meditation and one of the two meditation techniques that supposedly were taught by the Buddha
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Intensifying sensations in Vipassana
When I sit for Vipassana and observe the sensations, they intensify. The sensations get stronger and stronger the more I observe them. After a limit these sensations break my will power to sit and ...
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why i have to resist itching/tingling sensations
what to do with these sensations,these happens all day,why i have to resist to itch i am wondering when i can simply itch that move on.
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Meditation in day to day life
I lost my interest in things,I just do only day to day life.Is it depression?This happened some months back. I think it is related to my vipassana meditation. Now in meditation saw the sadness and ...
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What happens after anger disappears?
I practiced meditation few years ago,had reached a state where experience consepte of "I"was an illusion.when was Illusion of the I disappeared anger disappeared altogether. But I can't meditate ...
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sensations as meditation object
Can sensations be a meditation object like breath? if yes how do I practice meditations with it?
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How a sotapanna person experiences the mind?
What is the difference between lay person and a person who achieves sotapanna?Does sotapanna person experience less thoughts?Would they experience as dukka,happiness,pain like mind states?
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can't i learn Vipassana meditation online?
Is it essential to go SN Goenka centre for 10 days to learn vipassana? can't i learn it online ?
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attention in itching feels like i m unable to focus on anything as my focus is on itch now ):
i am spending some time alone in a day(in solitude),during that alone time and during the rest of the day i am feeling itching and tingling,i can ignore both by just watching it as someone described ...
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How to meditate after become sotapannna?
If someone sees self is an illusion.it disappears with dvesha.is that the state lord buddha said, anatta ?how do you meditate thereafter?
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Problems of a Lay Mediator
Questions:
Is it normal to shy away from your family when it is hard to interact
with them because they are so caught up in defilement and shaming my
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Meditative-self
Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo mentioned that one shouldn't build up a meditative-self while being a meditator.
How can I prevent this from happening, as I have been quite stiff and getting quieter and more ...
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How not to alter breathing in Anapana meditation?
When I practice Anapana meditation,I often get a feel that I tried to alter my breathing instead of observing natural breathing.So,how can I observe natural breath?What are the best tips for this?
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Mahasi Sayadaw Noting Method (mostly as taught by Yuttadhammo Bhikku): Help with mindfulness during daily activities?
I'm having immense troubles with maintaining mindfulness during the day. Is it really as simple as noting whatever is prominent? Do I just need to stick with it?
Generally, I'm confused as to what ...
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How to avoid subtle biases and inclinations to influence phenomena when doing vipassana?
In other words, how do I know if I'm really being objective?
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How are the three marks of existence experienced through Samadhi meditation?
Could dry vipassana & pure one-pointed samadhi type meditations just be different approaches to the same enlightenment?
If one attains the fourth jhana with one pointed concentration does one ...
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Can the body be stuck in a state during practice?
So I've been doing vipassana meditation more regularly after my second 10 day regularly. I try to do 1hr to 1.5 hr per sitting and meditate as much as possible during my commute.
I've been feeling ...
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Is this just a logic or experience about mind(reality)?
While doing self enquiry kind of meditation(also doing vipassana) there is feel of understanding/experience/logic that make myself convinced(but not strongly) that "me" is not the thoughts or the body ...
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Is there a connection between the Hindu and Buddhist Centres of Psychic Energy?
Further to my earlier question --What is the method for "Coupling of the Serenity and Insight Powers" referred to in the Path of Discrimination? -- a fresh question has surfaced based on the ...
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Categories of Dhammanupassana (Satipatthana)
What are the components, the categories (the dhammas)that have to be observed in dhammanupassana (the 4th field of satipatthana)?
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Vipassana retreat while in post acute withdrawal?
It's a hell of state to observe moment by moment. I mean nothing is really life threatening with PAWS so does a retreat somewhere accommodate this condition?
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How to disambiguate between various meditation practices?
From what I understand, different schools of Buddhism teach different subsets of meditation techniques, or different variations of the same techniques. However, many meditation resources don't specify ...
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Satipatthana bhavana versus Vipassana bhavana
Is there a difference in the practice of satipatthana bhavana and vipassana bhavana? Or are both terms synonyms?
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Strong tingling sensation in face that persists +- hour after meditation
I've been meditating for about 8 years.
Recently I did a second vipassana 10 day silent retreat.
A few days in, when focussing on my face, my face got highly sensitive, and a strong tingling was ...
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What is Modern Vipassana?
The more I learn about the modern Vipassana movement the more I feel it promotes an incorrect or inadequate view. But I don't know the movement well so I thought I'd ask what others here think about ...
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What contentment and modesty, what persistence and grasping, toward what, craving, craving holding on what leads to liberation?
What contentment and modesty, what persistence and grasping, toward what, craving, craving holding on what leads to liberation?
Doing, acting, content toward what is skilful, toward what unskilful in ...
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What is breath?
There is a lot of talk on breath, now what is breath? What's the meaning?
Is it form? What of it? Is it an action? Is it a perception? A feeling? How should it be taken, if to be taken, so that it ...
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In how far does involvement in certain undertaking effects one, good or bad?
In how far does one take part on skilfull or unskilfull undertaking?
In how far does one receives the fruits of good or bad actions by means of getting involved by toughts, signs and deeds, by ...
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What does 'all the phenomena related to the senses are “not real”' mean?
Upasaka Angus asked on another place:
What do you mean that all the phenomena related to the senses are "not real"?
So what does a statement '"all the phenomena related to the senses are "not real ...
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Goenkas vipassana
I focus now on bigger area from top of the nose to upper lip.When I watch breath my focus goes from upper lip to nasal passage but could not return to upper lip that is my tiny spot of focus .It gets ...
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How can watching be non-doing?
In Vipassana meditation ,it is emphasized that one should not force the mind to concentrate on certain object or force anything to happen in particular.Its kind of letting things unfold and just ...
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What lasts longer: the Cheesburger or a perception of it?
What lasts longer: the Cheesburger or a perception of it?
What's more real? Where to put into de-veloping?
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Goenka's vipassana
I can not focus in upper lip: my focus goes in to nostril. I can now watch breath in nostril, but can not stay focussed on upper lip and watch breath. I focus on entire nose and not on upper lip, and ...
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Why not becoming disillusioned toward mind?
An argument why a question "mind vs. matter" will not be given free points on:
That’s why, when it comes to this mind, an uneducated ordinary person is unable to become disillusioned, dispassionate,...
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Are Samatha and Vipassana mentioned in the Pali Canon as different styles/techniques of meditation?
I've seen in a lot of discussions that there are two kinds of meditation methods with different but complementary goals: meditation for establishing tranquility (samatha) and meditation for ...
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Integration of Body and Mind
Upon asking about over-watching Youtube, I wondered if this activity was detrimental because it was merely sensory without much cognition. Buddhism usually promotes seemingly either attention (...
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Samatha vs Vipassana. What are the mechanics?
So correct me if im wrong samatha and vipassna are the goals of all forms of meditation. Anapanasati can be either for the goal of samatha or vipassana (or both). Vipassana is very cognitive, ...
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How many types of Buddhism exists in this world?
many times, I stumbled to start to dig something towards teaching of Buddha and at some point want to make focus on Buddhism. During my journey of looking bird eye of view, I passed through Vipassana, ...
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Law of attraction to reach enlightenment?
This may be a crazy question. But just out of curiosity when we do law of attraction method they say that we can attract money, success or something.
Can we attract enlightenment like that???
So in ...
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Wholesome is absence of passion?
A person told here, that wholesome (kusala) means absence of passion (desire, will..., raga, lobha, chanda...).
Is that right? If, why. Is it wrong? If, why?
No need to have passion to answer the ...
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Vipassanā Without Samatha?
I have heard it stated that vipassana can be practiced without samatha. Since samatha leads us to the early jhana factors of vitarka and vicara, how is it possible to do vipassana with wandering ...
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Review of this “Bhaddekaratta Sutta - Liberation teachings on an ideal seclusion”, and/or info about the author?
(Note that this is surely an experimental "question" for the usual use, although not different, just the purpose and circumstances)
Today the Sangha of the eight directions was given, aside of other ...
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How to approach motivation for work during Vipassana?
My career involves lot of self-learning, and self-motivation. I like my work, which is a reason why my work doesn't feel like work. However, I am finding it hard to incorporate Vipassana into my work. ...
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Is the act of moving, eating, doing, and living craving itself? [duplicate]
I've been practicing Vipassana and reading "The Art of Living" by S.N Goenka.
My questions is, I have obligations. When I wake up in the morning I have a thought to go to the bathroom and brush my ...
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Did Ledi Sayadaw teach that Vipassanā should be practised by observing bodily sensations with equanimity?
A very short summary of the Vipassanā technique taught by S.N. Goenka would be: "observe your bodily sensations with equanimity". The role of physical bodily sensations is the key aspect of the ...
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Recommendation for Suttas
I have been practising Vipassana for quite a while (2 and half years). Now, I want to also dwell into the teachings of Buddha as presented in Suttas and apply those teaching in my everday life. I have ...
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Scattered mind while doing Body Scanning in Vipassana
I have been practicing Vipassana under the tradition of S.N Goenka for the last 2 and half year. When I scan my body and observe different sensations, I find that my mind is not clear and It's not ...
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Is there a objective book on how vipassana of U. Mahasi and S.N. Goenka works?
I have been practicing Vipassana in S.N. Goenka's lineage for two years. I have read some of Mahasi's and Webu's Sayadaw writings as well. The biggest hindrance I've thus come across is Doubt. Every ...
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Moderation in meditation for lay people
Vipassana-style meditation has been adapted to treat patients to prevent recurrence of depression and anxiety through MBCT, and to treat chronic pain and stress through MBSR. More info on this can ...
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About the compatibility between meditation methods, guides, trainings and teachers, and other questions regarding Samadhi
Being acquainted with Buddhism (although in a pretty shallow and intellectual fashion) since a few years now, I've just realized that I had almost no experience in meditation at all. It was only ...
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Can Vipassana dissolve psychosis?
I did 2 10 day Goenka Vipassana courses. And years later developed adult onset psychosis,
I have not maintained Vipassana practice. Just had a physical and it appears that otherwise I’m relatively ...
