Vipassana Brings Peace
Vipassana Brings Peace
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Whenever we experience agitation, frustration and disharmony, we tend to look for their causes outside of ourselves. We even blame ourselves. In either case, there is a lack of objectivity. Whenever we become unhappy, we spread our unhappiness to the environment and to others.
The Buddha observed this phenomenon objectively. In the process, he discovered a technique that brought peace and harmony to its practitioners. The technique, Vipassana, is based on truth as revealed to oneself and, thus, free from any dependence on others’ biases.
The essence of the Buddha’s teaching, Vipassana has been promoted by S N Goenka, who learnt it from his teacher Sayagyi U Ba Khin. The Buddha’s insight was that it was difficult to objectively observe the mind, centre of feelings, in an abstract manner. But he discovered that changes in the mind manifested themselves in the body, in
-VALLABH BHANSHALI Whenever we experience agitation, frustration and disharmony, we tend to look for their causes outside of ourselves. We even blame ourselves. In either case, there is a lack of objectivity. Whenever we become.