My Experience with Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana is one of India’s most ancient meditation techniques. It is said to be rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago. It was taught by him as a universal remedy for all human suffering, an Art of Living. The entire path (Dhamma) has nothing to do with any organized religion or sectarianism. Anyone, regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, religious background, or economic situation, is welcome to learn the path of Dhamma. Vipassana literally translates as “seeing things as they really are”. It is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body, and that continuously interconnects and conditions the life of the mind. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that dissolves mental impurity, resulting in a balanced mind ful...