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01Practicing_Vipassana.pdfPracticing Vipassana Meditation6241 viewsMany people all over the world are now practicing the Buddhist meditation known as Vipassana or Insight Meditation. Western psychotherapies have taken it up as ‘mindfulness’ as well as ordinary people who have found it beneficial in coping with the stresses and strains of modern life. While many are increasingly taking time out to attend retreats in Vipassana meditation centres. So this series of text will take you the basic practice.
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01_sitting_in_stillness.pdf01 Sitting in Stilness10969 viewsPatrick Kearney
Introducing meditation practice, the concepts of serenity and insight, and the cultivation of stillness.
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02_contemplating_movement.pdf02 Contemplating Movement6051 viewsPatrick Kearney
Contemplating movement. Here we explore the nature of distraction and its relationship to the fact of change. This brings us to insight meditation, and incorporating movement into the practice. We begin walking meditation, and introduce the standing posture.
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03_mahatanhasankhaya.pdf03 Dependent Arising: Nature of Consciousness3947 viewsContinuing to examine the nature of consciousness and related themes, such as its relationship to identity and insight.
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03_seeing_the_elements.pdf03 Perceiving Impermanence5578 viewsPatrick Kearney
Perceiving impermanence. Discusses the centrality of the concept of impermanence (aniccata) to the Buddha's approach to insight, and explore the elements of earth, water, fire and air.
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04breath.mp3Mindfulness of Breath3939 viewsMindfulness of Breath gives instructions for mindfulness of breath, as is it experienced as movement in the abdomen. This is a foundation Insight meditation practice. In some cases individuals who are very conscious of their breathing, such as those with panic disorder, initially find this practice difficult. If this is the case they are recommended to bring attention to something other than the breath until it becomes more comfortable.
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04_anapanasati_sutta.pdfThe Anapanasati Sutta4583 viewsThe Anapanasati Sutta is not an easy read, although the language itself is quite simple. But its structure is complex and dense, and this complexity raises serious questions about interpretation. The complexity of the structure creates ambiguity. Even the orthodox commentary sees certain passages as capable of different but simultaneous readings, referring to either serenity or insight practice depending on what approach to the practice the practitioner is taking.
We can see how Thich Nhat Hanh can take liberties with the text, but he does so to make the practice explained within it more accessible to ordinary lay people. Are we to assume that this was not the intention of the original compilers? Or can we see the complexity of the sutta as evidence of an attempt to create a discourse that different communities of practitioners could, quite legitimately, read in different ways? In any event, if we are to make sense of this sutta, and extract from it what it has to offer in terms of guidance on the practice, we need to read the structure of the text. It is not just the surface words that convey meaning, but the underlying networks that link the words.
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04_cultivating_love.pdf04 Cultivating the Sublime States5313 viewsPatrick Kearney
Cultivating the sublime states of love, compassion, joy and equanimity. This is an example of a serenity practice which also has implications for insight.
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06_seeing_&_understanding.pdf06 Dependent Arising: Applying to Insight Meditation3422 viewsApplying Dependent Arising to Insight meditation.
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06_the_mahasi_method.pdf06 Introducing the Mahasi Method6299 viewsPatrick Kearney
This is an introduction to the method of insight meditation developed by Mahasi Sayadaw of Myanmar which sums up our introduction to serenity and insight by examining a particular approach to insight meditation.
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