• commentaries describe samatha and vipassanā as two separate techniques, taking samatha to mean concentration-meditation, and vipassanā as a practice to gain insight...
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  • The Vipassanā movement refers to a branch of modern Burmese Theravāda Buddhism that promotes "bare insight" (sukha-Vipassana) meditation practice to develop...
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  • The Vipassanā-ñāṇas (Pali, Sinhala: Vidarshana-jñāna) or insight knowledges are various stages that a practitioner of Buddhist Vipassanā ("insight", "clear-seeing")...
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    the Global Vipassana Pagoda Motif on Global Vipassana Pagoda Meditators seated inside the Global Pagoda dome Satipatthana Sutta Vipassanā Ledi Sayadaw...
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    ang ka; 30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma to an Indian business family, he moved to India...
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    John Earl Coleman (26 March 1930 – 22 November 2012) was a teacher of Vipassanā (insight) meditation, a form of meditation in Theravada Buddhism. He was...
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  • for best documentary at Crested Butte Reel Fest Satipatthana Sutta Vipassanā Vipassana Movement The Dhamma Brothers (2007) Holden, Stephen (8 July 2005)...
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    Paṇḍitābhivaṁsa; 28 July 1921 – 16 April 2016) was one of the foremost masters of Vipassanā. He trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Myanmar. A successor...
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  • being specifically vipassanā-paññā ("insight wisdom"), meaning insight knowledge endowed with virtue. Buddhaghosa defines vipassanā-paññā as “knowing in...
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    has been the Burmese Vipassana movement, especially the "New Burmese Method" or "Vipassanā School" approach to samatha and vipassanā developed by Mingun...
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  • ayatanas, the Four Noble Truths, dependent origination, and the practise of Vipassanā (insight) through the development of wisdom. It emphasizes different forms...
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    Dhamma to all levels of society and reviving the traditional practice of Vipassanā meditation, making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike...
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  • notes that the contemporary Vipassana movement interprets the Satipatthana Sutta as "describing a pure form of insight (vipassanā) meditation" for which samatha...
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  • another chapter, "The Most Important Movie of Life From Vipassanā Point of View", he mentioned Vipassanā as a director of life that can guide people to achieve...
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    surgery, he stayed at I.M.C. in Burma, teaching Vipassana. Ba Khin became a notable teacher of vipassanā meditation. After his death, some of his students...
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    meditation (vipassanā) to Western lay practitioners. Catherine, Shaila. Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhanā and Vipassanā, Boston:...
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  • of the Union of Burma) to promote the practice of Theravāda Buddhist vipassanā meditation. The first International Meditation Centre was opened in Rangoon...
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    Meditation Mantras Kammaṭṭhāna Recollection Smarana Anapanasati Samatha-vipassanā (Vipassana movement) Shikantaza Zazen Tukdam Koan Ganana Mandala Tonglen Tantra...
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    days of meditation known as Vipassanā taught by followers of S. N. Goenka. In November 2018, Dorsey went on a birthday Vipassanā meditation trip to Myanmar...
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  • (618–907) Taoist masters based upon the Tiantai Buddhist practice of Vipassanā "insight" or "wisdom" meditation. Cun 存 (lit. "exist; be present; survive")...
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  • following compounds: samatha-bhāvanā, meaning the development of tranquility. vipassanā-bhāvanā, meaning the development of insight. The word bhavana is sometimes...
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    Snyder, David N. (2006) "The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists—explained". Vipassana Foundation, list 605 p. 429. von Hinüber (2008), pp. 198–206. Witzel,...
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    Mogok Sayadaw (Burmese: မိုးကုတ်ဆရာတော်), was a renowned bhikkhu and vipassanā meditation master of Theravada Buddhism. He was born Maung Hla Baw to...
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    together, Kiara. He can also speak Gujarati fluently.Rohit is also an avid Vipassana practitioner and has shared his personal views during one of his interviews...
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    are mutually supportive: samatha (Pāli; Sanskrit: śamatha; "calm") and vipassanā (Sanskrit: vipaśyanā, insight). The Buddha compares these mental qualities...
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    metres with a lotus pond at the foot of the dome. There is also a proposed Vipassanā (meditation) Hall at the memorial with a seating capacity for 13,000 people...
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  • Vipassana Meditation Centre is a Buddhist centre in Singapore set up in 1993 to propagate and perpetuating Theravada Buddhism and provide opportunity...
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  • through the modern Buddhist vipassana movement, modeled after Theravāda Buddhism meditation practices, which employs vipassanā and ānāpāna meditation as...
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    indispensable for yoga practice in Buddhism: samatha (calm, stability) and vipassanā (insight, clear seeing). Samatha is a stable, relaxed mind, associated...
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    founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of hatha yoga, Vipassanā and appreciation of the teachings of Soto Zen and Advaita Vedanta led...
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