Vipassana meditation.

Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique –

such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind, body or a particular
object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and
achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation is practiced in numerous ways in different religious
traditions. 
Buddhist meditation techniques
I will discuss are two types of meditation technique:-
(a) Samatha meditation and (b) Vipassana meditation
(a) Samathta meditation:-calming and serenity
Here the mental defilements and afflictions are only suppressed and
temporarily inhabited, they are not completely eradicated completely,
these happiness or bliss are also lost when you come out of mediation
these only to prove the universal characteristic of impermanence
(anicca) and instability (anatta)in the existence you develop craving and
clinging to these state.

(b)Vipassana meditation
Pali word “vipassana” is made up of two parts vi-means variously, in
ways passana means to carefully watch, observe, be mindful, be aware,
guard, to look into and understand things as they really are.

Special kind of insight meditation discovered by Buddha after all his

efforts fails cognize realized and find the means to end all suffering .this
insight meditation is bequeathed to posterity by the Buddha in his most
famous discourse called the mahasatipatthana. The discourse of the
sitting up mindfulness sutta no ..22 of digha nikaya or 10 of majjhima
nikaya .sati (sanskrit-smriti ) has the meaning of mindfulness and
awareness attention observation , vigilance-to watch, to see, and to
observe

This is an ancient technique of meditation re-

discover by Lord Gautama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was
taught by him as universal remedy for universal ills. tradition of
practicing vipassana flourish and spread its fragrances many parts of
the world .as the time passes tradition of practice vipassana handed
down due to unbroken chain of teacher fortunately it is saved in
Burma (Myanmar).Indian origin person reverend. S.N Goenka learned
this meditation and returned India and start teaching those who want
to learn. He founded many dhamma centre to learn and practice
vipassana in our day to day life .

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Vipassana meditation and its types:-
1. Anapanasati-mindfulness of in birth and out birth

2. Mindfulness of meditation to practiced at every moment of making

life

3. Contemplation sensation/feelings

4. Contemplation of the mind or mental states to be practice at every

moment of life

5. Insight meditation on the mental contents.

6. Stabilization meditation

A. the seven limbs of enlightenment

B. the four noble truths

7. Analytical meditation

8. Purification of view

a. Examination of mind body complex

b. Who am I? What am I?

c. Examination of self or or atman, vinnana.

9. Purification by overcoming doubt.

and 10. Reality of meditation

Sati pattana:- sattipattana sutta says that mindfulness is the only way
for:-

a. The practice of right path

 b. The destruction of the defilement corruption of mind

c. The overcoming of sorrow and lamentation.

d. The direct experience of nibbana

sattipattana:- sati means mindfulness, awareness, attentiveness and

patthans means establishment, foundation, basis, subject. therefore,
sattipatthan means the foundation of mindfulness or the chief objects
of mindfulness.

1. Mindfulness sitting;-
a. The body (kayanupassana)

b. The feeling (vedananupassana)

c. The mind or mental states ( cittanupassana)

d. The mental contents (dhammaupasana)

These are foundations on which mindfulness should be established and

watched and watched.

The four noble truth and noble eightfold path:-

The four noble truths:-
. 1. The truth of suffering

2. The truth of cause of suffering

3. The truth of the end suffering end and

4. The truth of the path that leads end of suffering

 The noble eightfold path -
1. Morality (sila)

2. Right speech ( samma vaca)

3. Right action (samma kammanta)

4. Right livelihood (samma ajiva)

5. Right effort (samma vayama)

6. Right mindfulness ( samma sati)

7 .Right concentration (samma Samadhi)

8. Right view or wisdom (samma dhristi)

Lets understand the meaning of upasanna means to contemplate

(think intently and at length and meditate), watchful attention,
awareness, mindfulness, continuously from moment to moment.

Right mindfulness:-
1. Kayanupassana-contemplation of body

a. Mindfulness of breathing (anapana-sati)

b. Mindfulness of body postures

c. Mindfulness of all bodily moments

d. Reflection on repulsiveness of the body

e .Reflection on the material elements of the body

f. Nine cemetery contemplations

2. Vedananupassana:-contemplation of the feelings.

3. Cittanupasana:-contemplation of the mind or mental state.

4. Dhammanupassana:-contemplation of the mental objects or mental

contents

a. The five hindrance (nivarana)

b. The five aggregates of grasping

c. The six internal and six external senses bases

d. The seven limbs or factors of enlightenment

Right effort:-
a. The endeavor to remove unwholesome or evil thoughts when they
arise.

b. The endeavor to prevent the arising of any unwholesome or evil

thoughts and ensure that they do not arise at all.

c. The endeavor to develop the arising of wholesome good thoughts

d. The endeavor to nurture and promote wholesome good thought that

have already arisen.

The techniques for overcoming unwholesome evil thoughts:-

1. Dwelling and concentrating an idea of opposite nature –reflecting
upon date the causes that led to the arising of the passion or
unwholesome thoughts and the forgetting them in the retrospective
process.
2. Reflecting upon the possible evil effects of the possible passions
simply avoiding and ignoring the more becoming wholly in attentive to
them, being firmly established and that all will pass away in their
natural course. 3. Applying mental strength and force to
overcome.

The seven limbs of enlightenment:-

1. Mindfulness (sati)

2. Investigation of the nature of dhamas of mental contents, analyzing

and distinguishing wholesome. (dhammnicaya)

3. Energy/ vigour (viriya)

4. Rapture joy (piti)

5. Tranquility (passadhi)

6 . Concentration (Samadhi)

7. Emotions ( dhammas) from unwholesome emotions.

Mindfulness at every moment:-

The yogi, who is well-versed in Buddhist Vipassana practice, remain

alert and watchful at every moment establishing his mindfulness on the
modification taking place in his body, his sensations, his mental
contents and emotions. combining rightfulness and Buddha wisdom,
whatever he sees ,he just sees knowing its effects leaves it as that and
does not allow it to enter further into mind. Whatever he hear, he just
hears and leave it at that, whatever he smell, he just smell and leave it
at that. Whatever he tastes, he just tastes and leaves at that. Whatever
he touches , he just touches and leaves it that and whatever thought
arises ,he just notices and leaves it as that.

Unwholesome mental factors- greed

1. Greed-

a. Excessive desire for food, gluttony

b. Excessive desire for wealth, power, position or authority.

c. Excessive desire for sense pleasures.

2. Lust 3.stinginess/meanness 4.drunknenness 5.luxury 6.pride or

conceit

7. Inflated self-esteem 8.excitement surprise and 9. concealment ,vices.

Unwholesome mental factors:-hatred

1. Wrath 2.Resentment 3. Spite 4 Envy jealously 5.cruelty 6.
Vengeance 7.Slander

Unwholesome mental factors (delusion)

1. Delusion / ignorance 2 .Afflictive doubt 3.Afflictive views 4.Lack of
confidence 5.Sloth 6.Foregetfulness 7.Lack of attention
Wholesome mental factor:-

faith or confidence ,shame, conscience, consideration for others, non-

attachment, non-hate(including kindness and loving),non-
carefulness(including compassion over the grief of others),non
delusion(including
wisdom),heedfulness(mindfulness),prudence,vigour/viriya,altruistic
joy ,pliancy, self-sacrificing and 9. Upekkha (equanimity)

Concentrating on an idea of opposite nature

1. practice loving kindness to get rid of ill-will 2.practise sympathy to
get rid of- apathy

3. Practice compassion to get rid of cruelty.

4. Practice on looking on equanimity to get rid of resentment.

5. Practice contemplation of the foulness of the body to get rid of lust

6. Practice contemplation of impermanence of conceit of “I am”

Poison and antidote:-

a. Ill-will--------loving kindness

b. Anger--------patience and tolerance

c. Lustful desire----------foulness of the body

d. Envy/jealously------------altruistic joy.

e. Over eating and gluttony--------------- -meditation on middle path and

moderation.

f. Craving for sensual pleasures------------reflect on the fact that they are

only a prelude to pain and suffering.

g. Craving for excessive wealth---------------the three basic factor of

existence.

h. Craving for fame, power, and position-----------the three basic factor

of existence.
i. Excessive love of luxury, pride, etc. -------------------- middle path.

j. Sloth and torpor--------------------element of effort, exertion.

k. Restlessness and worry----------------tranquility.

l. Unwholesome---------------------exactly opposite of wholesome.

Meditation for the transformation of the

mind:-
“Equalizing oneself with all other living beings”

“Exchanging oneself with all other living being”

“Merging in the totality of existence without any sense of self”

Inter connectedness one in all:-

Every sentient being on earth loves life and longs for happiness.

All try to avoid suffering. In this aspiration and endeavor we all are
equal.

This is the divine right granted by nature to each one of us and to all
living creatures.

No one has any right to trample upon this divine right of others.

NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMA SAMBUDDHASSA.

Thankyou