There are three steps to the training which is given in vipassana meditation:
A. The Technique of Vipassana Meditation:
Code of discipline to be followed:
Noble silence (no communication even through gestures or eye contact).
No reading / no writing.
No intoxicants.
No contact whatsoever between males and females.
Follow the meditation technique and other instructions in toto.
Part I: Aana-pana sati.
Step-1: Awareness of inhalation and exhalation of breath in the triangular area covering the part above the upper lip, the entrance of the nostrils, inside the nostrils till the ridge at the forehead. (Let thoughts come up and go. Come back to breath observation every time one strays away. A few deep breaths if one is not able to observe one’s breath)
Step-2: Awareness of sensations in the triangular area at the time of inhalation and exhalation.
Step-3: Awareness of sensations only in the part above the upper lip and at the entrance of the nostrils. (To hold breath for a few moments if one is not able to experience the sensations).
Part II: Vipassana (“special seeing or seeing into the nature of reality or insight”).
Step-1: Move one’s attention from the top of the head to the toes of the feet moving through each part of the body in a systematic manner such that no part is left …show more content…
Samatha is a focusing, pacifying, and calming meditation common to many traditions in the world, notably yoga. The use of samatha as necessary stage in the Buddhist practice has been a matter of debate in the development of the Vipassana Movement, which popularized mindfulness as a means to reach insight. According to the contemporary Theravada orthodoxy, samatha is used as a preparation for vipassanā, pacifying the mind and strengthening the concentration in order to allow the work of insight, which leads to
A. The Technique of Vipassana Meditation:
Code of discipline to be followed:
Noble silence (no communication even through gestures or eye contact).
No reading / no writing.
No intoxicants.
No contact whatsoever between males and females.
Follow the meditation technique and other instructions in toto.
Part I: Aana-pana sati.
Step-1: Awareness of inhalation and exhalation of breath in the triangular area covering the part above the upper lip, the entrance of the nostrils, inside the nostrils till the ridge at the forehead. (Let thoughts come up and go. Come back to breath observation every time one strays away. A few deep breaths if one is not able to observe one’s breath)
Step-2: Awareness of sensations in the triangular area at the time of inhalation and exhalation.
Step-3: Awareness of sensations only in the part above the upper lip and at the entrance of the nostrils. (To hold breath for a few moments if one is not able to experience the sensations).
Part II: Vipassana (“special seeing or seeing into the nature of reality or insight”).
Step-1: Move one’s attention from the top of the head to the toes of the feet moving through each part of the body in a systematic manner such that no part is left …show more content…
Samatha is a focusing, pacifying, and calming meditation common to many traditions in the world, notably yoga. The use of samatha as necessary stage in the Buddhist practice has been a matter of debate in the development of the Vipassana Movement, which popularized mindfulness as a means to reach insight. According to the contemporary Theravada orthodoxy, samatha is used as a preparation for vipassanā, pacifying the mind and strengthening the concentration in order to allow the work of insight, which leads to