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# Vipassana Meditation



* [Vipassana Meditation](https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index) As taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin

  > The technique of Vipassana Meditation is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results. There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit.

* [What is Vipassana?](https://www.vridhamma.org/What-is-Vipassana) Vipassana Reserch Institute

  > The technique of Vipassana is a simple, practical way to achieve real peace of mind and to lead a happy, useful life. Vipassana means "to see things as they really are". It is a logical process of mental purification through self-observation.    



## Origins

* [Satya Narayan Goenka](https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/about/goenka) was the foremost lay teacher of Vipassana meditation of our time. [...]

  > Over a period of almost 45 years, Mr. Goenka and the teachers appointed by him taught hundreds of thousands of people in courses in India and other countries, East and West. Today, meditation centers established under his guidance are operating in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia

* [The Ancient Roots of the U Ba Khin Vipassanā Meditation](https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/ancientroots.pdf) ANĀLAYO

  > In spite of this paucity of records from Burma, however, there is evidence that this meditation practice reaches far back into the history of Indian Buddhism.



### which branch of buddhism does vipassana meditation derive from?

Vipassana meditation has its roots in the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. The term "Vipassana" is a Pali word that means "clear seeing" or "insight." In the context of Buddhist meditation, Vipassana refers to a form of meditation that aims to develop clear insight into the nature of reality.



Key points about Vipassana meditation within the Theravada tradition:



1. **Theravada Influence:** The practice of mindfulness and insight meditation is not exclusive to Theravada. However, the systematic and structured approach of Vipassana, as commonly taught in contemporary settings, has its foundation in the Theravada tradition. 



2. **Focus on Insight:** Vipassana meditation is a form of insight meditation that involves observing the present moment with mindfulness and awareness. Practitioners systematically examine the sensations, thoughts, and feelings that arise in their experience to gain insight into the impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self nature of phenomena.



3. **Connection to Satipatthana Sutta:** The practice of Vipassana is often linked to the Satipatthana Sutta, a discourse in the Pali Canon that outlines the foundations of mindfulness. The Satipatthana Sutta provides guidance on mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and mental phenomena, which are central to Vipassana practice.



## Goenka's 10 Day Course Material

* [Gem Set in Gold a manual of pariyatti containing the Pali and Hindi chanting from a ten-day course of Vipassana Meditation](https://tejash.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Gem-Set-in-Gold.pdf) by S. N. Goenka

  > As a teacher, Goenkaji has always given primary importance to paμipatti, the practical aspect, because it is only the experience of truth through systematic self-introspection that can purify the mind and relieve suffering. This is the gem of the Dhamma. Hand in hand with the practice of meditation, however, is the theoretical foundation, like the protective golden setting for a valuable gem. The firm foundation of pariyatti provides the necessary guidance and inspiration for practitioners to take, and keep taking, proper steps on the Path

* [The-Discourse-Summaries](https://archive.org/stream/6.-the-discourse-summaries-english-dana-0-1/6.-The-Discourse-Summaries-English-Dana_0%20%281%29_djvu.txt)

  > The eleven discourses provide a broad overview of the teaching of the Buddha. The approach to this subject, however, is not scholarly or analytical. Instead the teaching is presented in the way that it uníolds to a meditator: as a dynamic, coherent whole. All its different íacets are seen to reveal an underlying unity: the experience of meditation. This experience is the inner fire that gives true life and brilliance to the jewel of the Dhamma. 

  > 

  > Without this experience one cannot grasp the full signiíicance of what is said in the discourses, or indeed of the teaching of the Buddha. But this does not mean that there is no place for an intellectual appreciation of the teaching. Intellectual understanding is valuable as  a support to meditative practice, even though meditation itselí is a process that goes beyond the limits of the intellect.



## Original Teachings of Gotama

* [Satipatthana Sutta MN 10](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN10.html) Dhamma Talks

  - The monk remains focused on the body in & of itself—ardent, alert, and mindful—subduing greed and distress with reference to the world.

  - One remains focused on the phenomenon of origination with regard to the body, on the phenomenon of passing away with regard to the body, or on the phenomenon of origination & passing away with regard to the body.

  - Or his mindfulness that ‘There is a body’ is maintained (simply) to the extent of knowledge & recollection. And he remains independent, unsustained by [not clinging to] anything in the world.

  - Thus he regards it [this mode of perception] as empty of whatever is not there. Whatever remains, he discerns as present: “There is this.”

* [Anapanasati Sutta MN 118](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.html#toc_1) Dhamma Talks

  > “[1] Breathing in long, he discerns, ‘I am breathing in long’; or breathing out long, he discerns, ‘I am breathing out long.’ [2] Or breathing in short, he discerns, ‘I am breathing in short’; or breathing out short, he discerns, ‘I am breathing out short.’ [3] He trains himself, ‘I will breathe in sensitive to the entire body.’2 He trains himself, ‘I will breathe out sensitive to the entire body.’ [4] He trains himself, ‘I will breathe in calming bodily fabrication.’3 He trains himself, ‘I will breathe out calming bodily fabrication.’

* [Kayagata-sati Sutta MN 119](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN119.html) Dhamma Talks

  > “And further, when walking, the monk discerns, ‘I am walking.’ When standing, he discerns, ‘I am standing.’ When sitting, he discerns, ‘I am sitting.’ When lying down, he discerns, ‘I am lying down.’ Or however his body is disposed, that is how he discerns it. And as he remains thus heedful, ardent, & resolute, any memories & resolves related to the household life are abandoned, and with their abandoning his mind gathers & settles inwardly, grows unified & concentrated. This is how a monk develops mindfulness immersed in the body. 



### Pali Canon

* [The Origin of the Pali Canon](http://www.palicanon.org/) 

  > The authentic teachings of Gotama the Buddha have been preserved and handed down to us and are to be found in the Tipiṭaka. The Pāli word, 'Tipiṭaka', literally means 'the three baskets' (ti=three + piṭaka=collections of scriptures). All of the Buddha's teachings were divided into three parts.

  > 1. The first part is known as the Vinaya Piṭaka and it contains all the rules which Buddha laid down for monks and nuns.

  > 2. The second part is called the Suttaṅta Piṭaka and it contains the Discourses.

  > 3. The third part is known as the Abhidhamma Piṭaka and comprises the psycho-ethical teachings of the Buddha.

* [Sutta Pitaka - The Basket of Suttas](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sutta.html) Access to Insight

  - [Dīgha Nikāya](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/index.html) 

    > The "Long" Discourses (Pali digha = "long") consists of 34 suttas, including the longest ones in the Canon. The subject matter of these suttas ranges widely, from colorful folkloric accounts of the beings inhabiting the deva worlds (DN 20) to down-to-earth practical meditation instructions (DN 22), and everything in between. Recent scholarship suggests that a distinguishing trait of the Digha Nikaya may be that it was "intended for the purpose of propaganda, to attract converts to the new religion." [1]

  - [Majjhima Nikāya](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/index.html)

    > The "Middle-length" Discourses (Pali majjhima = "middle") consists of 152 suttas of varying length. These range from some of the most profound and difficult suttas in the Canon (e.g., MN 1) to engaging stories full of human pathos and drama that illustrate important principles of the law of kamma (e.g., MN 57, MN 86).

  - [Saṃyutta Nikāya](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/index.html)

    > The "Grouped" Discourses (Pali samyutta = "group" or "collection") consists of 2,889 relatively short suttas grouped together by theme into 56 samyuttas.

  - [Aṅguttara Nikāya](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/index.html)

    > The "Further-factored" Discourses (Pali anga = "factor" + uttara = "beyond," "further") consists of several thousand short suttas, grouped together into eleven nipatas according to the number of items of Dhamma covered in each sutta. For example, the Eka-nipata ("Book of the Ones") contains suttas about a single item of Dhamma; the Duka-nipata ("Book of the Twos") contains suttas dealing with two items of Dhamma, and so on.

  - [Khuddaka Nikaya](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/index.html)

    > The "Division of Short Books" (Pali khudda = "smaller," "lesser"), consisting of fifteen books (eighteen in the Burmese edition)



## Resources

* [Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana Discussion](https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewforum.php?f=44) Dhamma Wheel forum of Theravāda Buddhism

* [Pure Dhamma Forum](https://puredhamma.net/forums/) A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings

* [r/Buddhism](https://www.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/) A reddit for all kinds of Buddhist teachings

* [r/streamentry](https://www.reddit.com/r/streamentry/) 

  > A place for discussion related to the practice of meditation and other techniques aimed at developing concentration, increasing the power of conscious awareness, and producing insight leading to awakening. Those here understand Awakening to be a practical and attainable goal that can be approached via many paths. Although this goal is explained most thoroughly in the Buddhist traditions, it can be understood in entirely secular, non-religious terms.