Can't live without, definitely need once a year a 10 days retreat to reset myself, and also doing Service, which is part of it ❤ I wish anyone would give Vipassana a chance, the World would be such a better place to live ☺️
Vipassana literally saved my life. I am 43 years old and just now living. For me, it brought reality to life and acceptance of all that is. You have to experience it for yourself to know what you don’t know you need to know. Much love ❤
@@tina.singh27 be encouraged, the classes are filled all around the world months in advance. They are giving it a chance. One must be ready for it. It only takes a few living from equanimity to balance out the chaos of those who are not. Perhaps settle into the Joy that is. This will increase the likelihood of others coming to know what you know.🙏🏻💕✨
Vipassana is deeply transformative work. And Eckharts teachings supplement it and vice versa. Eckharts teachings are what I’d like to call Modern Day Dhamma talks. We can listen and become inspired, gaining intellectual wisdom, but ultimately we must go within and practice to gain experiential wisdom.
@@TacoRancher Eckhart talks about S. N. Goenkas Curses. The technic is more than 2000 years old. but i listen that various by tradition and teachers. The Vipassana-Curses of S.N. Goenka are deep and added with 2 more important mediations like anapanna and metta. But this is not all. In this 10 day you have important dhamma-rules and dhamma-listen. This are essential to practice on right way. I think if you looking for deepest change, take the 10-Day-Curses by S. N. Goenka. I think that John Kabat-Zinn is also a good teacher and work maybe different.
Vipassana is way more than bringing your attention into your body. It's the practice of mindfulness with the goal of seeing clearly whatever arises and whatever ceases. So, it's about bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions, seeing, smelling and so on.
Vipassana actually means ‘insight’ and many people refer to it as Goenkaji’s method of meditation…which is very good. The Buddha actually gave different objects of meditation to different people depending on their characters. Other teachers also teach Vipassana meditation with different objects. Goenkaji on his 10 day and then longer courses uses body sensations as an object of mindfulness. Also very important are the keeping of ethical precepts. The vast majority of people who do these retreats gain enormous and life changing benefits and continued practice leads to a much more peaceful and less reactive life. Goenka also uses breath meditation and yes breathing meditation was practiced before the Buddha’s time. Breath meditation is used to concentrate the mind on one object and suppresses thinking, whereas Vipassana looks at whatever arises in the body or mind in the present moment and acceptance rather than reacting to whatever arises is what eventually brings peace of mind.
I saw Eckhart in person a few months ago. His presence is just wonderful. He could just sit on the stage for two hours in silence, and he would still impart the teaching. Perhaps even more.
When they said she was becoming distant, she was learning to trust herself. When they said she was losing touch, she was finding her inner voice. When they said she was being stubborn, she was asserting her boundaries. When they said she was aloof, she was finding solitude and serenity. When they said she was being unrealistic, she was dreaming bigger. When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening. When they said that she was isolating, she was healing. When they said she was acting funny, she was growing. When they said that she had changed, she was evolving. When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within.
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a White has no superiority over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a White except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood." Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
I have found Vipassana meditation was most helpful to me, giving a good sense of “grounding” and something to “hold on to” if you struggle to maintain focus on breath. Feeling the breath in the body first, and later moving to breath meditation. That’s what worked for me.
I read Eckhart books 15 years ago the first time. I've been reading them since then continuously. I deeply understand him and love his teaching! I was practicing his teaching, but not much success in my daily life. My presence is very very slowly improved. Because Eckhart does't give us method how to gain more presence in our daily life, last year went to a vipassana 10 day course. The course was very challenging but wort it! Since then I meditating 2 hour a day ,which is a self observation in strong awareness. My presence and self awareness in the daily life is dramatically improving. I am really grateful for this method and still love reading and hearing Eckhart
Several years ago I had the honor and privilege to attend a 10 day vipassana meditation course in Australia. It completely shifted my entire being. It was tremendously challenging, but I was determined to know my inner self, and I found it incredibly life-changing. It is not for everyone, but it was definitely beneficial to me. I am grateful for them, but also grateful for the other teachers and countless other options for knowing oneself as consciousness🙏🏻💕🌻
you are realy free to spend money after a curse. 5 years i give nothing back to the organisation but spread dhamma. this year was my first service and now i have money to spend little money.
@@leminsc8 of course, you give what you can and what you feel. A year after my first 10 day course, I volunteered in the kitchen. That was a beautiful experience as well. Learning how to send loved the world in silence in and of itself is a gift.🙏🏻💕🌻
@@justmadeit2 I will attempt to share with you the challenges, but they are very personal, meaning everyone’s challenges are different. The Mind was full of noise, and one of the challenges was focusing on the course amidst the noise in the head. There were also physical challenges. Sitting for long periods of time and ignoring the discomfort until it passes. There are lots of solutions to finding a sitting position and as a perfectionist, I struggled for a few days to find the right position for my body to be comfortable. I also find it hard to hold to the vow of silence at first. I held great determination to succeeded, and after a few days, it was no longer difficult, and I am very grateful for the course. Not everyone will experience the same benefits, but for me, it was life-changing. They provided delicious vegetarian meals, and felt completely safe and supported. A year later, I volunteered to serve during a course, and that also was incredibly beneficial and challenging in different ways. The challenges are what brought about the benefits. Learned to welcome the challenges.🙏🏻✨
@@justmadeit2 sitting for long periods was hard at first. They had many cushions and different items to help make it more comfortable. The first two days they encouraged you to find a position and stick with it. The other challenges were mental. The focus required took great determination, but it paid off wonderfully. Everyone will be challenged in different ways. Taking the vow of silence was challenging for me. My children were positive that I would be sent home for not keeping quiet.🤣 but I keep quiet but the noise in my head got louder until the third day and then it dropped out and it was beautiful. As I progressed through the course, on the day that we actually started the Vos technique I had a very profound experience that was incredibly painful, but it was all in the mind. I stuck through it, and the pain to fill my body, but I continued with the practice, and suddenly at one point the pain just dissolved and that is when I believe I integrated my mind, body and spirit. Most people will give up as soon as the pain gets too difficult, but I knew the pain wasn’t real, it was an illusion in the mind, so I stayed with it, I let go of any fear of harm, and sure enough I was blessed beyond belief. Everyone will have a completely unique experience, I believe
I’m worried about going because of my chronic pain and being able to sit for extended periods of time. How did you make it work? Would appreciate if you could share
Eckhart brings me to Vipassana! You and Vipassana change my life. Vipassana is my favorite tool to go very deep since i was 25 years old with 3 retreats and many day-retreats. Retreats can you transform deeper as day meditation. As example, much good things come in to my life and with much harmony. Another example, many years after practice i automaticity awake if i lay in my bed close eye and fall in sleepy thinking. Vipassana is for Free. If you're searching for truth and you're sure to work well, you should tray Vipassana retreat.
Although there is no cost involved, the organization relies on donations. For me, there is no amount of money that can be given, although I offered all that I could out of gratitude. It is priceless, but you give dharma out of appreciation, and that helps the organization continue to offer it’s beautiful teaching🙏🏻💕
@@inspired2rv661 there are very likely to be costs. These are worn by ancient meditators. Everyone gives what they want and can, and if it's not money then dhamma-service. Important is that you are free to give! 5 years i give nothing back, but i will spread dhamma into the life of other. this year was my first service and i spend money because i have now.
That was a genuinely honest response from Eckhart. Because I totally agree. When I was in the retreat I saw some glimpse of what eckhardt was teaching you. The difference is is on the emphasis of the meditation and doing it for a prolonged amount of time
Vipassana is a fantastic meditation technique. Very scientific and more you do more you understand your self. It is clearly the law of nature how the body and mind function. It changed my life completely. ❤❤
The Vipassana retreat was one of the great experiences on my spiritual journey . 10 day in silence sure helped me a lot after a busy life as a business owner it helped me turn inward. Thought me how to be with self. Highly recommended. 🙏
Vipassana is the best thing that ever happened to me as well. I did my first 10 Day Sit in Sept 2018. Yesterday I did a 1 Day sit on New Years Day 2025. Wow - I will definitely be doing Vipassana for the rest of my life. Nothing else has brought me closer to self love, inner peace and full acceptance of what is. ✨✨
If I may share with you what helps me during the vipassana retreats . Do the best you can at every moment, no jugment, what is done is done, be in the here and now. When it s not easy, it may help to remember that everything is impermanent and when it s more peaceful, it s also anicca. Be there, accept what comes and continue to work with the technique. It works! « Be happy »😊
To know this mind/body phenomenon fully is to know reality fully. Which washes away ego, delusion, suffering. I feel so lucky that I was able to recieve this teaching. ❤ to all beings
Around a thousand years ago Imam Muhammad Al Ghazali told story of a man walking in the jungle. A roaring lion ran towards him and the man ran as fast as he could to escape from it. He noticed a well in front of him and he jumped inside hoping to escape from the lion. As he was falling inside the well, he grabbed onto the rope and saved himself. The man was so relieved but when he looked down he saw a big snake at the bottom of the well. It had its jaws wide open ready to swallow him up. The man then looked up and saw two mice nibbling at the rope. A black mouse and a white were both chewing into the rope. The scary lion was still prowling outside the well. The man's heart was pounding as he wondered how he could escape from this. Then he noticed a honeycomb in front of him which had delicious honey dripping from it. He stuck his finger into the honey and put it inside his mouth. It was delicious and for a moment he forgot about the lion, the snake and the two mice chewing at the rope. Imam Ghazali explained that the lion is like the angel of death which is always looming above us. The snake was like his grave which all humans will face. The black mouse and white mouse were like the day and night which are always nibbling at our life (the rope). The honey was like this dunya (this temporal world) which with its momentary sweetness makes us forget the death and the eternal life.
Vipassana, in my experience, is a good meditation to work with my Ego. You put your attention with your breath and, suddenly, some aspects interfere. For example, you feel relaxed and fear of something knocks at the door
The teachings of the Buddha are to go beyond suffering via the 8 fold Noble Path. It takes a lot of effort but most of us are very conditioned by much more than we know. Those who are open and ready will meet the teachers that can help them. I would encourage anyone who is open to it and doesn’t think they already know to do one of these courses or any other Buddhist retreat with a good teacher.
The Vipassana meditation uses this language in any perceived difficult situation or perceived grasping of a pleasant situation. Identify or perceive situation and say to oneself, "This is not me. This is not mine. This is not myself. This is impermanent. This is unsatisfactory/stressful. This is not myself."
That's my meditation, breath awareness. Gets you out of thinking and into present time, and you can do it anytime, anywhere. I've read about many variations of breath awareness, like being aware of the gap between inbreath/outbreath, outbreath/inbreath.
My teacher, a cave dweller from the age of 4 in the Himalayas taught us to specifically concentrate on the bridge between the two nostrils, and to listen to the sound that the breath makes on the inhalation and exhalation. Further, you could mentally recite the the word “so” on the inhalation, and “ham” on the exhalation. “so-ham” means “I AM.” And, at the same time, you can listen to the inner vibrations already occurring within you, the inner sounds, constant unbroken, I struck inner sounds/vibrations. Because, your whole being vibrates from within, from the subtle sounds/vibrations, to the grossest level, the body. This is watching the entire process of creation. This system is a primordial natural, authentic meditation, predating Buddhism, extending back to the ancient rishis of the Vedic/Upanishadic era. It is a beautiful and profound practice. You realize that you are a breathing being, a thinking being, but you are AWARENESS watching all unfold.
I love Eckhart and I love Vipassana. Have done nine 10 day retreats and will shortly do a 20 day retreat. Eckhart and his teachings truly began the journey into the interior around 15yrs ago. Shortly after integrating Eckhart’s teachings I did my first 10 day retreat 15 yrs ago and have done one 10 day retreat every year. If someone wants to truly experience the length and breadth of Presence and the inner body as well as of the pain-body, then do a 10 day sitting and follow the instructions methodically. I promise you the far shore 🙏🏽
Having grace of being able to sit for few 10 days course really a Life changing experience compared to other Meditation. •guided, well structured overall •Takes you in Real DEEP •Transferrable to daily life •Free accomodation, food and facilities. Private room with shower, bed, meditation seat etc •like a vacation over a week but this can benefit you, your lineages and others around you •Ground you in Equanimity, harmony and peace. Helps with ASCENSION! I highly Recommend This Technique and method of going about the meditation overall. No phones, no talking, fully focused inward towards Innerstanding and Inner connection with highest truth.
Vipassana is life changing. It's once in a lifetime experience and yes it is for everyone except if you have some serious mental health issues which would make it harder to focus
goenka was...is a true realised master ...vipassana is the most valuable path in this world it leads to an experience beyond mind and matter past consciousness (vinnana) which is actually still within the field of mind and matter .it leads a practitioner directly out of the 31 lokas to nibbana. may we all attain nibbana
Yes indeed it is powerful and also very very difficult for a know it all like me. A lot of my mental stuff/addictions began to manifest as excruciating pain especially in the hips. (I was only 30) About half way through the course you are encouraged to remain in the same position for the whole hour without moving. I can't explain how I suffered with this but ultimately I decided I didn't care if I died I wasn't moving. This experience has stayed with me poignantly much similar to the lysergic acid stories or near death experiences I've heard described. I could witness the pain, merely as something which was happening, if you could even say that. Much like the scene in the matrix where he sees everything in code. I was looking at information and a choice whether to react or not. As if I was in the control room of consciousness looking out into the factory line.
I don’t think you will ever understand Vipassana meditation until you have experience it on a 10 day course. I have released more “ unknown” complexes with the 5 retreats than any form of therapy. It’s a tremendous thought out process of coming off craving and aversion.Of course the speaker hasn’t experienced this. It’s far from easy. Bringing up the pain body to “ burn” it off with awarness ( equanimity) takes guts and determination. The aim being to accept all sensations “ as they are” in that moment and not how you want them to be. From my experience mental work can only take you so far. You have to work with the body.
Writing with experience, not philosophically, Vipassana is not about being in present moment and looking at body sensations only. It is about reprogramming your subconsious mind with equanimity towards every sensation. Those who has practiced it will know it clearly. You remain equanimous towards every sensation whether it is good or bad . You are not allowed to crave or abort any sensation. Yes, Vipassana is not for everybody who are not ready to accept every darker side of themselves because in retreat every darker and shadow part of a being comes in light and it is really very uncomfortable but on the baseline it is for everybody.
I agree with you completely. It's a very difficult course, one of the hardest things I've ever done, and going forward I will take every opportunity that I can to sit Vipassana and be with other students. I always knew the darkness and the shadows were buried inside, where I had shoved them( in order to survive) and I had many struggles with my mind during my first course. It was enlightening, to say the least.
“Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
I've have now been into the technique for 38 years. In the 10 day retreats (I done 14 of them) meditators can go very deep. At home, this is generally not the case. Over time, the sensations grow stronger until they can almost become one's 'default' if we're not focused on something else.
Eckhart’s spiritual content is more based on intellectual knowledge whereas Vipassana is the ultimate truth experienced within your body. Both compliment each other but Eckhart seemed a bit competitive about it lol
Though beginner vipassana retreats teach body awareness, I would not limit vipassana technique to body. Once you can maintain focus on breath and body, you can work with thoughts and emotions.
The highest form of meditation is the Light & Sound Meditation. Also called GuanYin Meditation. Taught by Buddha , Christ, Mohamed , baba Sawang sing, and al the Enlightened masters and prophets. . In our time, This Meditation is taught by Master Ching Hai.
What if I say that: what we experience is God experiencing itself, having fun through the experience... Too bad that because of the duality (good and bad) necessary for the human earthly experience, we do suffer also the "bad" part of it (e.g. tooth ache) and no matter how you remind yourself and become aware that it is just an illusion, that pain does hurt badly. Doesn't it?
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Watchingthought IS the action of the ego. Its thinking ABOUT parts or functions of your body. This THINKING is dissociated from the reality of the body sensing , the body breathing etc Dont think about it Realise you are it…. Be in the sensation of existing in all the ways the body exists
@user-, In buddhism, there is vipassana bhavana & samadhi bhavana. In the west, the former is mindfulness (insight). The latter is TM? One-pointedness (concentration on a mantra, "serenity meditation."). The later can have a "field of work" that isn't a word. In buddhism, there are 40 objects of meditation. Look into the jhanas. There are four jhanas (absorption), each with factors. IMO, serenity meditation seems mechanical and forced compared to vipassana, mindfulness, insight meditation. I think there's a lot to be gained ffrom mindfulness. Serenity or concentration (samadhi) meditation seems more prone "seeking" than observing.
Funny. The question is about "the thought watching" method of Vipassana, while ET is talking about the sensation based form of Vipassana. Two different things actually.
I really like Eckhart, he's has a lot to offer. I wish though, he would include more emphasis on the balance between the now and the physical reality we live in. To ignore the form is to do so at one's own peril. If living in form were not important, we would most likely not do it at all. I'm not trying to be cynical, but Humans are facing an existential threat from themselves and have been for eons. I see that his teachings provide a gateway to this understanding, but it may simply be too late. I know it's not the end, but it's a shame to see such suffering and blind hate. It's almost as if physical existence was designed to self destruct. I hope I'm wrong.
_"I hope I'm wrong."_ We're entering an epoch that that's hard to know what is right or wrong. It's not like Ford's Model-Ts changing society. We're facing super-intelligent computers; the prospect of "offloading" yourself to live eternally in a quantum state. How would anyone know for sure that's not "evolution" to a higher life form? Or, mass extinction? (Something's _going to_ happen. It's going to be big that way. But, it's impossible to know if it will be big bad? or big good? There's no middle ground, and you can't know. It's going to be a leap of faith/hope.). So, with that worst-case (and, IMO, the only case), what if you're wrong? You can't stop it. You can't prove one way or the other. All you can do is use (experience, be present) what could be one of the last remaining _authentic_ conscious lives. Why be entangled with what you can't control? Experience every moment you have. Observe.
A long time ago, I read that meditating for hours on end can negatively affect the brain. That might have been in regard to transcendental meditation. Anyone?
I've known Tibetan Buddhist Monks, High Lamas, Recap hates meditate for hours upon hours at a time, every single day, still, to answer Jr question, I do not know. I have noticed, and I believe die to so much sitting, many get to where they can only walk a few steps. The body has to move.
@@dmrd222 I've gone on several vipassana retreats in the U.S. The longest we usually sit for any given meditation is 45min-1hr. Usually we alternate between seated (or standing, if we prefer) meditation, followed by walking meditations, with breaks throughout the day for meals/rest/ dharma talks. I am sure it varies from place to place but I've never sat for hours at a time. It is a long day, starting by around 6:30am and ending around 8pm, but we don't sit the whole time. Also, some retreats incorporate mindful movement/yoga once a day.
I would say individuating from thought (or the thinker). You're right that it's breath, touch, hearing. But, attending to those sensations _individuates_ reality from the confabulating, story-telling mind which typically obscures those authentic experiences in the moment.
Cittanupassana...watching the mind. One of the 4 Satipatthana as mentioned in the Satipatthana Sutta. Vedananupassana (as you point out) is also one of the 4 Satipatthana. You must know the kilesa (mental defilement) in your mind. Knowing sensations alone is not enough to free your mind from its bondage. You also must be aware of your thoughts and emotions regarding these vedana. And so on...
Vipassana however is the practice of observing everything happening without judgement - seeing everything as just happening, and not assigning the events as “good” or “bad”. Its the practice of seeing things just as they are, and not making anything personal in any way. Vipassana leads you on the path to enlightenment, not Samatha, because it does not involve attachments. (2/2)
IMO, you can't get rid of it. Just don't be consumed by it. From a psychological perspective, you need the ego to plan for your retirement, brush your teeth (to avoid consequences), learn from past mistakes, etc. The problem is when you're completely _identified with_ this ability to "choose & expect." It becomes like a movie. You know a movie is 1 frame at a time. They do it fast enough that it's believable. They play dramatic music and you become triggered into more identification with the "experience." The ego can takeover that way. You just want to _know_ that you're doing it, when you're doing it more (and less). It's the "middle way" in buddhism. You don't want to be in a catatonic state contemplating every moment for itself. But, you don't want to lose the moment to the grand story that you tend to seek (like when you sit down and watch a movie and become engaged with it as if you're a voyeur.).
I would probably go crazy because I just came back from schizophrenia after forcing myself to be back to the matrix. I went too deep into my mind that I saw reality as fluid and there was no anchor like I was just in a dream and it feels like I died. Maybe it only works for ordinary people and not for people who are by nature self-reflective.
I also am diagnosed schizophrenic. And have similar experience myself. I have dissociative disorder where you feel like you are a ghost, very little sense of being 'real'. However, I have persevered with vipassana despite everything and I've found that underlying issues include a very deep seated holding onto something, I am very aggressive with myself. Also another deep seated issue is the desire to be good in a judgemental way, this is unhelpful as it prevents ones darker side from unfolding, so you become a bird with one wing. And one needs to stop meditating when one is extremely distressed, like Goenk says equanimity and awareness need to be balanced. . We can go in hoping for a cure for something and that's not what vipassana is for. that's the cut off point between mindfulness and vipassana, vipassana has a moral dimension to it. However, in the practice is England there is a misplaced emphasis on taking it SERIOUSLY. The problem with this is that europeans, especially northern europeans are fantastically too serious already. The caveat to take things seriously is for working class Indians, who in general are very uninhibited and did not have formal education so were impossible to get to sit still or be quiet let alone be silent. I knew that something in the practice was good but couldnt work out why it was not working for me. That was until I sat with Indian teachers. The experience was diametrically opposite to those courses sat with european teachers. When ever anyone asked about stuff outside of the direct relation to the technique up would go the 2 hands like warding off evil spirits and people were told, "that's not for me to get involved with, just about the technique." Very strict and formal, like an interview for the civil service or the military. Then I sat a course with Indian teachers, man and his wife and they also brought their mum and dad with them. WOW!What a difference. They smiled the whole time, they were asking people how they were doing and how their family was. Totally relaxed and informal, like you were just round their house as a friend. I never used to go and ask questions cos I like to work things out myself but they were so nice you just had to go up and ask something. I had no issues at all on that course. I'll always appreciate the Goenka tradition as it was the place I first encountered Meditation but there is a definite mistake in their English centres about not discerning what the problem is that so many students have horrible experiences. It is because the teachers are too inhibited and strict for europeans. The teachings need to be the opposite for euro's. We need to be told chill out this is going to be rewarding fun, what's the point in doing it otherwise? Also they actually broke their sila with me which is quite ironic, As someone mentioned above, sometimes you are told you are not stable enough to sit a course in the English centre.. I was told this. I've sat about 10 10 courses, and had problems on 2 of them. But I had sat 3 courses with no issues at all, even served for a couple of months. Then out of the blue when I applied to sit a course I got a reply saying that as I had had mental health issues in the past I was not suitable person to sit. I was gob smacked. That was about 6 years ago. However, recently online I was viewing dhamma talks by various teachers and came across one with Goenkaji where he was asked a direct question as to whether Vipassana was ok for people with mental health issues? I thought "ah, here we are" and was quite taken aback when he said absolutely. YEs. In the interview he says maybe they need someone to be with them, some health worker maybe, if they re very bad but absolutely yes good for mental health issues people. This means that whoever was involved in the decision to stop me from attending, broke their sila's by speaking untruths. So obviously something is amiss at the English centres. I dont know how is their other european centres but English has issues. However, I have gone to other traditions and learned much more about Buddha's teachings and dhamma than I would have learned had I stayed. So things work out in mysterious ways. .Amaravati and the ajahn Chah tradition is much more relaxed, if you find you have issues that Goenka tradition finds it is unable to handle. Which is quite funny really, when the tradition is about not getting disturbed by events, haha. I think myself that Buddha was probably a very funny person and a delight to be round and that is what I try to be myself. nd that those who take things seriously to the degree the martial military Empirical forces wish us to, are the ones mistaken in their view best wishes Sandy
Vipassana is 100% buddhist practice. The fact that mr Goenka stripped this practice out of Buddhism does not make Vipassana not Buddhist. It is the same kind of highjacking that happened with Yoga.
Giving feedback about vipassana when he hasn’t practice it thoroughly is very silly… how would he know the full benefit of this practice when he has never embraced it, and then giving cheeky smiles with some of the comments is not a good character of a wise spiritual teacher…
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Can't live without, definitely need once a year a 10 days retreat to reset myself, and also doing Service, which is part of it ❤
I wish anyone would give Vipassana a chance, the World would be such a better place to live ☺️
Vipassana literally saved my life. I am 43 years old and just now living. For me, it brought reality to life and acceptance of all that is. You have to experience it for yourself to know what you don’t know you need to know. Much love ❤
Your comment convinced me before he said a word.
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing, I’m 28, going to my first vipassana 10 day meditation retreat later in July
Thanks for Sharing your experience!
Are you practicing on a Daily Basis!? What’s your Routine!? If i may ask ;)
@@bobby8630… how was it, dear Bobby…?
Thank you!
"Vipassana definitely takes your attention away from thinking so you connect with being" very well said
Vipassana meditation is the best thing that ever happened to me. It's not for everyone, but for me is absolutely the best .
Me too!!
I want to try it! Seems amazing!
I wish anyone would give Vipassana a chance, the World would be such a better place to live ❤
@@tina.singh27 be encouraged, the classes are filled all around the world months in advance. They are giving it a chance. One must be ready for it. It only takes a few living from equanimity to balance out the chaos of those who are not. Perhaps settle into the Joy that is. This will increase the likelihood of others coming to know what you know.🙏🏻💕✨
@inspired2rv661 yeah I know, it gets more and more successful and that's wonderful 🙏🏼 will be joining a course next month again ☺️
Vipassana is deeply transformative work. And Eckharts teachings supplement it and vice versa. Eckharts teachings are what I’d like to call Modern Day Dhamma talks. We can listen and become inspired, gaining intellectual wisdom, but ultimately we must go within and practice to gain experiential wisdom.
Is Vipassana essentially the ancient version of what John Kabat-Zinn teaches ?
@@TacoRancher He teaches more than vipassana/mindfulness. But, vipassana/mindfulness is a large part of what he teaches (or a basis of).
@@markfuller right - I just meant, is Vipassana, at its essence or generally, the kind of meditation form that John Kabat-Zinn teaches primarily
@@TacoRancher Eckhart talks about S. N. Goenkas Curses. The technic is more than 2000 years old. but i listen that various by tradition and teachers. The Vipassana-Curses of S.N. Goenka are deep and added with 2 more important mediations like anapanna and metta. But this is not all. In this 10 day you have important dhamma-rules and dhamma-listen. This are essential to practice on right way. I think if you looking for deepest change, take the 10-Day-Curses by S. N. Goenka. I think that John Kabat-Zinn is also a good teacher and work maybe different.
Eckhart book, a new earth is basically a full Dhamma talk. I actually thought he must have done Vipassana at some point.
Vipassana is way more than bringing your attention into your body. It's the practice of mindfulness with the goal of seeing clearly whatever arises and whatever ceases. So, it's about bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions, seeing, smelling and so on.
Vipassana actually means ‘insight’ and many people refer to it as Goenkaji’s method of meditation…which is very good. The Buddha actually gave different objects of meditation to different people depending on their characters. Other teachers also teach Vipassana meditation with different objects. Goenkaji on his 10 day and then longer courses uses body sensations as an object of mindfulness. Also very important are the keeping of ethical precepts. The vast majority of people who do these retreats gain enormous and life changing benefits and continued practice leads to a much more peaceful and less reactive life. Goenka also uses breath meditation and yes breathing meditation was practiced before the Buddha’s time. Breath meditation is used to concentrate the mind on one object and suppresses thinking, whereas Vipassana looks at whatever arises in the body or mind in the present moment and acceptance rather than reacting to whatever arises is what eventually brings peace of mind.
Eckhart looks amazing. He is well into his 70’s…..over 75……lifestyle and a clean mind helps.
I saw Eckhart in person a few months ago. His presence is just wonderful. He could just sit on the stage for two hours in silence, and he would still impart the teaching. Perhaps even more.
I found my path, the path of Dhamma, through Vipassana. I will be eternally grateful. May all beings be free, at peace, and happy! Mettā
When they said she was becoming distant, she was learning to trust herself.
When they said she was losing touch, she was finding her inner voice.
When they said she was being stubborn, she was asserting her boundaries.
When they said she was aloof, she was finding solitude and serenity. When they said she was being unrealistic, she was dreaming bigger.
When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening.
When they said that she was isolating, she was healing.
When they said she was acting funny, she was growing.
When they said that she had changed, she was evolving.
When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within.
The Others ?
Wow ❤
Wow… so true Thank you 🥰💖💖
@@EliasVampmoney Yes. The Others. Which are the various voices of the egoic mind.
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a White has no superiority over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a White except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood."
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
I have found Vipassana meditation was most helpful to me, giving a good sense of “grounding” and something to “hold on to” if you struggle to maintain focus on breath. Feeling the breath in the body first, and later moving to breath meditation. That’s what worked for me.
THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT practice I’ve ever done.
I read Eckhart books 15 years ago the first time. I've been reading them since then continuously. I deeply understand him and love his teaching! I was practicing his teaching, but not much success in my daily life. My presence is very very slowly improved. Because Eckhart does't give us method how to gain more presence in our daily life, last year went to a vipassana 10 day course. The course was very challenging but wort it! Since then I meditating 2 hour a day ,which is a self observation in strong awareness. My presence and self awareness in the daily life is dramatically improving. I am really grateful for this method and still love reading and hearing Eckhart
Several years ago I had the honor and privilege to attend a 10 day vipassana meditation course in Australia. It completely shifted my entire being. It was tremendously challenging, but I was determined to know my inner self, and I found it incredibly life-changing. It is not for everyone, but it was definitely beneficial to me. I am grateful for them, but also grateful for the other teachers and countless other options for knowing oneself as consciousness🙏🏻💕🌻
you are realy free to spend money after a curse. 5 years i give nothing back to the organisation but spread dhamma. this year was my first service and now i have money to spend little money.
@@leminsc8 of course, you give what you can and what you feel.
A year after my first 10 day course, I volunteered in the kitchen. That was a beautiful experience as well. Learning how to send loved the world in silence in and of itself is a gift.🙏🏻💕🌻
Can you explain how it was challenging? Thanks
@@justmadeit2 I will attempt to share with you the challenges, but they are very personal, meaning everyone’s challenges are different. The Mind was full of noise, and one of the challenges was focusing on the course amidst the noise in the head. There were also physical challenges. Sitting for long periods of time and ignoring the discomfort until it passes. There are lots of solutions to finding a sitting position and as a perfectionist, I struggled for a few days to find the right position for my body to be comfortable.
I also find it hard to hold to the vow of silence at first. I held great determination to succeeded, and after a few days, it was no longer difficult, and I am very grateful for the course. Not everyone will experience the same benefits, but for me, it was life-changing.
They provided delicious vegetarian meals, and felt completely safe and supported.
A year later, I volunteered to serve during a course, and that also was incredibly beneficial and challenging in different ways.
The challenges are what brought about the benefits. Learned to welcome the challenges.🙏🏻✨
@@justmadeit2 sitting for long periods was hard at first. They had many cushions and different items to help make it more comfortable. The first two days they encouraged you to find a position and stick with it.
The other challenges were mental. The focus required took great determination, but it paid off wonderfully. Everyone will be challenged in different ways.
Taking the vow of silence was challenging for me. My children were positive that I would be sent home for not keeping quiet.🤣 but I keep quiet but the noise in my head got louder until the third day and then it dropped out and it was beautiful.
As I progressed through the course, on the day that we actually started the Vos technique I had a very profound experience that was incredibly painful, but it was all in the mind. I stuck through it, and the pain to fill my body, but I continued with the practice, and suddenly at one point the pain just dissolved and that is when I believe I integrated my mind, body and spirit.
Most people will give up as soon as the pain gets too difficult, but I knew the pain wasn’t real, it was an illusion in the mind, so I stayed with it, I let go of any fear of harm, and sure enough I was blessed beyond belief.
Everyone will have a completely unique experience, I believe
This type of meditation helped me with my anxiety and pain tremendously when I was suffering with lower back pain for a year or so.
I’m worried about going because of my chronic pain and being able to sit for extended periods of time. How did you make it work? Would appreciate if you could share
Eckhart brings me to Vipassana! You and Vipassana change my life.
Vipassana is my favorite tool to go very deep since i was 25 years old with 3 retreats and many day-retreats. Retreats can you transform deeper as day meditation. As example, much good things come in to my life and with much harmony. Another example, many years after practice i automaticity awake if i lay in my bed close eye and fall in sleepy thinking. Vipassana is for Free. If you're searching for truth and you're sure to work well, you should tray Vipassana retreat.
Although there is no cost involved, the organization relies on donations. For me, there is no amount of money that can be given, although I offered all that I could out of gratitude. It is priceless, but you give dharma out of appreciation, and that helps the organization continue to offer it’s beautiful teaching🙏🏻💕
@@inspired2rv661 there are very likely to be costs. These are worn by ancient meditators. Everyone gives what they want and can, and if it's not money then dhamma-service. Important is that you are free to give! 5 years i give nothing back, but i will spread dhamma into the life of other. this year was my first service and i spend money because i have now.
I am going to the 10 day retreat in a fortnight thanks for this information
@@msmanager2775 let us know how it was :)
We have all heard the term "Stand Up Comic". Well Eckhart is a "Sit Down Comic" 😊 It is known as 'Sacred Humour' 🙏❤
I adore the dry sense of humour 😅
Like your humor 😂 " sit down comic"😅
That was a genuinely honest response from Eckhart. Because I totally agree. When I was in the retreat I saw some glimpse of what eckhardt was teaching you. The difference is is on the emphasis of the meditation and doing it for a prolonged amount of time
Vipassana is a fantastic meditation technique. Very scientific and more you do more you understand your self. It is clearly the law of nature how the body and mind function. It changed my life completely. ❤❤
The Vipassana retreat was one of the great experiences on my spiritual journey . 10 day in silence sure helped me a lot after a busy life as a business owner it helped me turn inward. Thought me how to be with self. Highly recommended. 🙏
Thank you Eckhart for the Presence that shines through in all that you say.🙏
Vipassana is the best thing that ever happened to me as well. I did my first 10 Day Sit in Sept 2018.
Yesterday I did a 1 Day sit on New Years Day 2025. Wow - I will definitely be doing Vipassana for the rest of my life. Nothing else has brought me closer to self love, inner peace and full acceptance of what is. ✨✨
What a great timing! I have my second 10 day course starting on Monday! Thrilled and scared at the same time :D
It’s going to be great😃
good luck.. just came out of my 6th 5 days ago
If I may share with you what helps me during the vipassana retreats . Do the best you can at every moment, no jugment, what is done is done, be in the here and now. When it s not easy, it may help to remember that everything is impermanent and when it s more peaceful, it s also anicca. Be there, accept what comes and continue to work with the technique. It works! « Be happy »😊
To know this mind/body phenomenon fully is to know reality fully. Which washes away ego, delusion, suffering. I feel so lucky that I was able to recieve this teaching. ❤ to all beings
You truly are filling your soul contract. The deep teachings you e brought to me are rich and unmeasurable ❤
Around a thousand years ago Imam Muhammad Al Ghazali told story of a man walking in the jungle. A roaring lion ran towards him and the man ran as fast as he could to escape from it. He noticed a well in front of him and he jumped inside hoping to escape from the lion. As he was falling inside the well, he grabbed onto the rope and saved himself. The man was so relieved but when he looked down he saw a big snake at the bottom of the well. It had its jaws wide open ready to swallow him up. The man then looked up and saw two mice nibbling at the rope. A black mouse and a white were both chewing into the rope. The scary lion was still prowling outside the well. The man's heart was pounding as he wondered how he could escape from this. Then he noticed a honeycomb in front of him which had delicious honey dripping from it. He stuck his finger into the honey and put it inside his mouth. It was delicious and for a moment he forgot about the lion, the snake and the two mice chewing at the rope. Imam Ghazali explained that the lion is like the angel of death which is always looming above us. The snake was like his grave which all humans will face. The black mouse and white mouse were like the day and night which are always nibbling at our life (the rope). The honey was like this dunya (this temporal world) which with its momentary sweetness makes us forget the death and the eternal life.
Vippasana is the best Meditation ❤❤❤it saved my life in .y young age when was in deep depression...🎉🎉🎉
Vipassana, in my experience, is a good meditation to work with my Ego. You put your attention with your breath and, suddenly, some aspects interfere. For example, you feel relaxed and fear of something knocks at the door
The teachings of the Buddha are to go beyond suffering via the 8 fold Noble Path. It takes a lot of effort but most of us are very conditioned by much more than we know. Those who are open and ready will meet the teachers that can help them. I would encourage anyone who is open to it and doesn’t think they already know to do one of these courses or any other Buddhist retreat with a good teacher.
The Vipassana meditation uses this language in any perceived difficult situation or perceived grasping of a pleasant situation. Identify or perceive situation and say to oneself, "This is not me.
This is not mine.
This is not myself.
This is impermanent. This is unsatisfactory/stressful. This is not myself."
Being expansive and unfettered in the present moment is my quest. Thank you so much for your guidance.
Listen Durga Gayatri mantra
Read autobiography of yogi by yoganandaji is the best way to gain awareness
Inner temple of God
You already are those things. Just remove anything that blocks your knowing it. Fear and judgment can be the biggest blocks. 💕🙏🏻🌻
Thank you for reminding me of this truth. Sometimes I forget and lose my way.
That's my meditation, breath awareness. Gets you out of thinking and into present time, and you can do it anytime, anywhere. I've read about many variations of breath awareness, like being aware of the gap between inbreath/outbreath, outbreath/inbreath.
My teacher, a cave dweller from the age of 4 in the Himalayas taught us to specifically concentrate on the bridge between the two nostrils, and to listen to the sound that the breath makes on the inhalation and exhalation. Further, you could mentally recite the the word “so” on the inhalation, and “ham” on the exhalation. “so-ham” means “I AM.”
And, at the same time, you can listen to the inner vibrations already occurring within you, the inner sounds, constant unbroken, I struck inner sounds/vibrations.
Because, your whole being vibrates from within, from the subtle sounds/vibrations, to the grossest level, the body.
This is watching the entire process of creation.
This system is a primordial natural, authentic meditation, predating Buddhism, extending back to the ancient rishis of the Vedic/Upanishadic era.
It is a beautiful and profound practice.
You realize that you are a breathing being, a thinking being, but you are AWARENESS watching all unfold.
I love Eckhart and I love Vipassana. Have done nine 10 day retreats and will shortly do a 20 day retreat.
Eckhart and his teachings truly began the journey into the interior around 15yrs ago.
Shortly after integrating Eckhart’s teachings I did my first 10 day retreat 15 yrs ago and have done one 10 day retreat every year.
If someone wants to truly experience the length and breadth of Presence and the inner body as well as of the pain-body, then do a 10 day sitting and follow the instructions methodically.
I promise you the far shore 🙏🏽
Having grace of being able to sit for few 10 days course really a Life changing experience compared to other Meditation.
•guided, well structured overall
•Takes you in Real DEEP
•Transferrable to daily life
•Free accomodation, food and facilities. Private room with shower, bed, meditation seat etc
•like a vacation over a week but this can benefit you, your lineages and others around you
•Ground you in Equanimity, harmony and peace. Helps with ASCENSION!
I highly Recommend This Technique and method of going about the meditation overall. No phones, no talking, fully focused inward towards Innerstanding and Inner connection with highest truth.
Vipassana is life changing. It's once in a lifetime experience and yes it is for everyone except if you have some serious mental health issues which would make it harder to focus
Thanks for sharing Eckhart and for the reminders💜
why would a person do nothing but simp on the internet xD
I done Vipassana s 9 meditation retreat its changed my life ❤
Vipassana is sensation watching... and its for everyone ... if you are scared start with Anapana ❤
Vipassana changed my life. The end of suffering.
Eckhart Tolle,Teal Swan Gabor Mate and Brahma Kumari, one of the favorite humans who help as heal today for free(my opinion)❤
Thank you Eckhart.✨🧘✨
goenka was...is a true realised master ...vipassana is the most valuable path in this world it leads to an experience beyond mind and matter past consciousness (vinnana) which is actually still within the field of mind and matter .it leads a practitioner directly out of the 31 lokas to nibbana. may we all attain nibbana
Wonderful, kind, knowledgeable, humble man.
This may be just what I need, as I am forever lost in dissociation. Many thanks. ❤
I can relate to feeling that I am not an "integrated" person, lost on the path.
Yes indeed it is powerful and also very very difficult for a know it all like me. A lot of my mental stuff/addictions began to manifest as excruciating pain especially in the hips. (I was only 30) About half way through the course you are encouraged to remain in the same position for the whole hour without moving. I can't explain how I suffered with this but ultimately I decided I didn't care if I died I wasn't moving. This experience has stayed with me poignantly much similar to the lysergic acid stories or near death experiences I've heard described. I could witness the pain, merely as something which was happening, if you could even say that. Much like the scene in the matrix where he sees everything in code. I was looking at information and a choice whether to react or not. As if I was in the control room of consciousness looking out into the factory line.
You said this very well. The experience was indeed powerful and still is in many ways.
Thanks a lot of liberty
I love Vipassana
I wish there were more men like you in this world. Your mom missed the mark on that one💕💕💕
Every thought you have is subtley or not so subtely connected to your sensations.Think about that.
I don’t think you will ever understand Vipassana meditation until you have experience it on a 10 day course. I have released more “ unknown” complexes with the 5 retreats than any form of therapy. It’s a tremendous thought out process of coming off craving and aversion.Of course the speaker hasn’t experienced this. It’s far from easy. Bringing up the pain body to “ burn” it off with awarness ( equanimity) takes guts and determination. The aim being to accept all sensations “ as they are” in that moment and not how you want them to be. From my experience mental work can only take you so far. You have to work with the body.
Writing with experience, not philosophically, Vipassana is not about being in present moment and looking at body sensations only. It is about reprogramming your subconsious mind with equanimity towards every sensation. Those who has practiced it will know it clearly. You remain equanimous towards every sensation whether it is good or bad . You are not allowed to crave or abort any sensation. Yes, Vipassana is not for everybody who are not ready to accept every darker side of themselves because in retreat every darker and shadow part of a being comes in light and it is really very uncomfortable but on the baseline it is for everybody.
I agree with you completely. It's a very difficult course, one of the hardest things I've ever done, and going forward I will take every opportunity that I can to sit Vipassana and be with other students. I always knew the darkness and the shadows were buried inside, where I had shoved them( in order to survive) and I had many struggles with my mind during my first course. It was enlightening, to say the least.
Namaste brothers and sisters
Love your teachings . Thank you…
“Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Namaste ji
Namaskaram
We are responding to craving and aversion sensation. Vipassana will give a samyak drishti to life and how to live life . Bhavatu sabba mangalam
Presence 🙏🏽
he has very little presense,you are easily fooled
just in case someone didn’t know what he said @ 2:31, he said, “breath-meditation may even precede the Buddha, nobody really knows.”
there were many Buddhas even before Gautama Buddha so in that reference what Ecart said is true.
I've have now been into the technique for 38 years. In the 10 day retreats (I done 14 of them) meditators can go very deep. At home, this is generally not the case. Over time, the sensations grow stronger until they can almost become one's 'default' if we're not focused on something else.
Thanks a ton
🌼Danke 🌼🙏
Eckhart’s spiritual content is more based on intellectual knowledge whereas Vipassana is the ultimate truth experienced within your body. Both compliment each other but Eckhart seemed a bit competitive about it lol
true
Thanks a lot of energy
You are great
Just like magic I love how ET's hair gets darker with age :))
Though beginner vipassana retreats teach body awareness, I would not limit vipassana technique to body. Once you can maintain focus on breath and body, you can work with thoughts and emotions.
Agreed. The mind is an extremely important, even essential part of this technique.
The highest form of meditation is the Light & Sound Meditation. Also called GuanYin Meditation. Taught by Buddha , Christ, Mohamed , baba Sawang sing, and al the Enlightened masters and prophets.
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In our time, This Meditation is taught by Master Ching Hai.
What if I say that: what we experience is God experiencing itself, having fun through the experience... Too bad that because of the duality (good and bad) necessary for the human earthly experience, we do suffer also the "bad" part of it (e.g. tooth ache) and no matter how you remind yourself and become aware that it is just an illusion, that pain does hurt badly. Doesn't it?
Vipassana allowed me to associate with my body (opposite of disassociation)
I love these tips so much!
So grateful 💓🙏
Jay guru Deva
Thanks a lot more
Beautiful video ❤
Hola buen día, que la Paz Sea.
Por favor en dónde puedo encontrar material en español. No hablo inglés.
Gracias
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@@jackiec.232 gracias 😀
It’s the most effective method without nonsense guru’s or other manipulation.
Best thing to deal with ypur own traumas and 9issues. It saved me from myself
Watchingthought IS the action of the ego. Its thinking ABOUT parts or functions of your body. This THINKING is dissociated from the reality of the body sensing , the body breathing etc
Dont think about it
Realise you are it…. Be in the sensation of existing in all the ways the body exists
It can be seen in the maha satipatthana sutta.
Good explanation
Jay Divine presence
Kalyanmitra S N Goenka rightly said that it is very difficult to come out from philosophy believe.
Eckhart can you say some thing for mantra meditation please
He has given , search in this chennel , one pointedness or something
@@okie9540 thanks a lot
@@okie9540 I will check
@user-, In buddhism, there is vipassana bhavana & samadhi bhavana. In the west, the former is mindfulness (insight). The latter is TM? One-pointedness (concentration on a mantra, "serenity meditation."). The later can have a "field of work" that isn't a word. In buddhism, there are 40 objects of meditation. Look into the jhanas. There are four jhanas (absorption), each with factors.
IMO, serenity meditation seems mechanical and forced compared to vipassana, mindfulness, insight meditation. I think there's a lot to be gained ffrom mindfulness. Serenity or concentration (samadhi) meditation seems more prone "seeking" than observing.
Funny. The question is about "the thought watching" method of Vipassana, while ET is talking about the sensation based form of Vipassana. Two different things actually.
The world is divided between those that think they are God and those who know they aren’t.
Meditation is spending time alone with one's natural breathing
I really like Eckhart, he's has a lot to offer. I wish though, he would include more emphasis on the balance between the now and the physical reality we live in. To ignore the form is to do so at one's own peril. If living in form were not important, we would most likely not do it at all. I'm not trying to be cynical, but Humans are facing an existential threat from themselves and have been for eons. I see that his teachings provide a gateway to this understanding, but it may simply be too late. I know it's not the end, but it's a shame to see such suffering and blind hate. It's almost as if physical existence was designed to self destruct. I hope I'm wrong.
_"I hope I'm wrong."_ We're entering an epoch that that's hard to know what is right or wrong. It's not like Ford's Model-Ts changing society. We're facing super-intelligent computers; the prospect of "offloading" yourself to live eternally in a quantum state. How would anyone know for sure that's not "evolution" to a higher life form? Or, mass extinction? (Something's _going to_ happen. It's going to be big that way. But, it's impossible to know if it will be big bad? or big good? There's no middle ground, and you can't know. It's going to be a leap of faith/hope.).
So, with that worst-case (and, IMO, the only case), what if you're wrong? You can't stop it. You can't prove one way or the other. All you can do is use (experience, be present) what could be one of the last remaining _authentic_ conscious lives. Why be entangled with what you can't control? Experience every moment you have. Observe.
A long time ago, I read that meditating for hours on end can negatively affect the brain. That might have been in regard to transcendental meditation. Anyone?
I've known Tibetan Buddhist Monks, High Lamas, Recap hates meditate for hours upon hours at a time, every single day, still, to answer Jr question, I do not know. I have noticed, and I believe die to so much sitting, many get to where they can only walk a few steps. The body has to move.
@@oneseeker2 Yes, perhaps monks, etc., because that is their lifestyle, but I'm talking about meditative retreats for the average person.
@@dmrd222 I've gone on several vipassana retreats in the U.S. The longest we usually sit for any given meditation is 45min-1hr. Usually we alternate between seated (or standing, if we prefer) meditation, followed by walking meditations, with breaks throughout the day for meals/rest/ dharma talks. I am sure it varies from place to place but I've never sat for hours at a time. It is a long day, starting by around 6:30am and ending around 8pm, but we don't sit the whole time. Also, some retreats incorporate mindful movement/yoga once a day.
Vipassana is not thought watching 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Vipassana is directing attention to sensations present in your body
I would say individuating from thought (or the thinker). You're right that it's breath, touch, hearing. But, attending to those sensations _individuates_ reality from the confabulating, story-telling mind which typically obscures those authentic experiences in the moment.
Cittanupassana...watching the mind. One of the 4 Satipatthana as mentioned in the Satipatthana Sutta. Vedananupassana (as you point out) is also one of the 4 Satipatthana. You must know the kilesa (mental defilement) in your mind. Knowing sensations alone is not enough to free your mind from its bondage. You also must be aware of your thoughts and emotions regarding these vedana. And so on...
Stop hitting yourself
Vipassana is watching anything inside u....need not be only breath....its process of watching....not what you are watching...
Vipassana however is the practice of observing everything happening without judgement - seeing everything as just happening, and not assigning the events as “good” or “bad”. Its the practice of seeing things just as they are, and not making anything personal in any way. Vipassana leads you on the path to enlightenment, not Samatha, because it does not involve attachments. (2/2)
How to get rid of the ego ?
IMO, you can't get rid of it. Just don't be consumed by it. From a psychological perspective, you need the ego to plan for your retirement, brush your teeth (to avoid consequences), learn from past mistakes, etc. The problem is when you're completely _identified with_ this ability to "choose & expect." It becomes like a movie. You know a movie is 1 frame at a time. They do it fast enough that it's believable. They play dramatic music and you become triggered into more identification with the "experience." The ego can takeover that way. You just want to _know_ that you're doing it, when you're doing it more (and less). It's the "middle way" in buddhism. You don't want to be in a catatonic state contemplating every moment for itself. But, you don't want to lose the moment to the grand story that you tend to seek (like when you sit down and watch a movie and become engaged with it as if you're a voyeur.).
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Oh guru jai hind I bow to you and your lotus feet
I would probably go crazy because I just came back from schizophrenia after forcing myself to be back to the matrix.
I went too deep into my mind that I saw reality as fluid and there was no anchor like I was just in a dream and it feels like I died.
Maybe it only works for ordinary people and not for people who are by nature self-reflective.
What is the goal/ aim to achieve with Vipassana Meditation?
@dellwright1407 Tranquility due to detachment? Insights due to observation?
I also am diagnosed schizophrenic. And have similar experience myself. I have dissociative disorder where you feel like you are a ghost, very little sense of being 'real'. However, I have persevered with vipassana despite everything and I've found that underlying issues include a very deep seated holding onto something, I am very aggressive with myself. Also another deep seated issue is the desire to be good in a judgemental way, this is unhelpful as it prevents ones darker side from unfolding, so you become a bird with one wing. And one needs to stop meditating when one is extremely distressed, like Goenk says equanimity and awareness need to be balanced.
. We can go in hoping for a cure for something and that's not what vipassana is for. that's the cut off point between mindfulness and vipassana, vipassana has a moral dimension to it.
However, in the practice is England there is a misplaced emphasis on taking it SERIOUSLY. The problem with this is that europeans, especially northern europeans are fantastically too serious already. The caveat to take things seriously is for working class Indians, who in general are very uninhibited and did not have formal education so were impossible to get to sit still or be quiet let alone be silent. I knew that something in the practice was good but couldnt work out why it was not working for me. That was until I sat with Indian teachers. The experience was diametrically opposite to those courses sat with european teachers. When ever anyone asked about stuff outside of the direct relation to the technique up would go the 2 hands like warding off evil spirits and people were told, "that's not for me to get involved with, just about the technique." Very strict and formal, like an interview for the civil service or the military. Then I sat a course with Indian teachers, man and his wife and they also brought their mum and dad with them. WOW!What a difference. They smiled the whole time, they were asking people how they were doing and how their family was. Totally relaxed and informal, like you were just round their house as a friend. I never used to go and ask questions cos I like to work things out myself but they were so nice you just had to go up and ask something. I had no issues at all on that course. I'll always appreciate the Goenka tradition as it was the place I first encountered Meditation but there is a definite mistake in their English centres about not discerning what the problem is that so many students have horrible experiences. It is because the teachers are too inhibited and strict for europeans. The teachings need to be the opposite for euro's. We need to be told chill out this is going to be rewarding fun, what's the point in doing it otherwise? Also they actually broke their sila with me which is quite ironic, As someone mentioned above, sometimes you are told you are not stable enough to sit a course in the English centre.. I was told this. I've sat about 10 10 courses, and had problems on 2 of them. But I had sat 3 courses with no issues at all, even served for a couple of months. Then out of the blue when I applied to sit a course I got a reply saying that as I had had mental health issues in the past I was not suitable person to sit. I was gob smacked. That was about 6 years ago. However, recently online I was viewing dhamma talks by various teachers and came across one with Goenkaji where he was asked a direct question as to whether Vipassana was ok for people with mental health issues? I thought "ah, here we are" and was quite taken aback when he said absolutely. YEs. In the interview he says maybe they need someone to be with them, some health worker maybe, if they re very bad but absolutely yes good for mental health issues people. This means that whoever was involved in the decision to stop me from attending, broke their sila's by speaking untruths. So obviously something is amiss at the English centres. I dont know how is their other european centres but English has issues.
However, I have gone to other traditions and learned much more about Buddha's teachings and dhamma than I would have learned had I stayed. So things work out in mysterious ways. .Amaravati and the ajahn Chah tradition is much more relaxed, if you find you have issues that Goenka tradition finds it is unable to handle. Which is quite funny really, when the tradition is about not getting disturbed by events, haha. I think myself that Buddha was probably a very funny person and a delight to be round and that is what I try to be myself. nd that those who take things seriously to the degree the martial military Empirical forces wish us to, are the ones mistaken in their view best wishes Sandy
Offcourse Annapana(breath) was also a teaching body teached alongside vipassana, but main technique was vipassana
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Vipassana is 100% buddhist practice. The fact that mr Goenka stripped this practice out of Buddhism does not make Vipassana not Buddhist. It is the same kind of highjacking that happened with Yoga.
Giving feedback about vipassana when he hasn’t practice it thoroughly is very silly… how would he know the full benefit of this practice when he has never embraced it, and then giving cheeky smiles with some of the comments is not a good character of a wise spiritual teacher…
I thought Eckhart was influenced by Vipassana.
The amount of commercials, their length, exceeds the ledge of the video itself, no, I will never subscribe to such a model that demeans and abusizes its users and has such a predatory nature.