Vipassana

=Vipassana Meditation As Taught by Ven. S.N.Goenka=

Vipassana is the great path of meditation as taught by Gautam Buddha. The word Vipassana is mentioned everywhere in the original language of Buddha in Pali Tipitaka as Vipassana, Vipashyana, passati etc. The word Vipassana probably originates from the name of the first Buddha, The Great Vipassi Buddha who , as described by Gautam Buddha , happened to understand first the path of freedom from worldly bonds (Nirvana /Nibbana /Moksha /Salvation) 93 aeons ago, after that the path was again revived many times by subsequent Buddhas.

The word meditation in Buddhism refers to observing within self without any thoughts & without any indulgence. It is a method of self introspection of inner phenomenon such as breath & sensations and their relation with the emotions, keeping away every thinking, as well as remaining equanimous without generating likes or dislikes to any phenomenon inner or worldly leading to release from their attachments/bonds which enslave. And then afterwards opening to way to understanding of higher spirituality by attaining various(total 9) Trance states leading to Enlightenment.

The following .PDF files describes the Vipassana Meditation as taught by Ven. S.N.Goenka, the great teacher & founder of Vipassana Research Institute which conducts Vipassanna meditation in many meditation centres around the world (free ; running on donations). Its meditation website is www.dhamma.org