INTRODUCTION OF VIPASSANA

  1. Everybody seeks peace & harmony because we lack peace.
  1. Experience Agitation & distributes agitation.
  1. One has to live in Society always generate negativity.
  1. Investigate the negativity. Find things are happening which I do not like, wanted things do not happened. I create tension – Process of reaction & tying knots, Makes the entire mental & physical so tense & full of negativity.
  1. Way to solve - develops power, everything keep on happening as I want but this is not possible.
  1. If some unwanted happens one should divert his attention, start counting, one, two, three it works.
  1. Then people still went further in search, Divert attention is running away from problems observe & face the problem. It becomes to loose its strength.
  1. Allow to manifests on physical & vocal & create more problems.
  1. But it is really Practical when anger arises it overpowers so quickly & we react, later we cry & repent, begging pardon. All this pardoning do not help.
  1. However enlightened one found a real solution when there is defilement, two things arise at physical level.
    1. One is that the breath looses normal rhythm.
    1. Some biochemical reaction starts – some sensations
  1. Thus by observing the respiration or sensation, I am observing mental defilement. I am facing the reality as it is.
  1. This way technique helps in two aspects, outside & inside.
  1. Now I learnt to observe the abstract negativity when it arises. A pure mind is always full of love. Compassion for failings sufferings of others, full of Joy at others success & happiness full of equanimity in the face of any situation.
  1. One becomes peaceful within & distributes happiness to others.
  1. This is what Buddha taught, the art of living. He never established any religion.
  1. Out of ignorance one keeps reacting in a way which is harmful to oneself & to others. And one does not react, one is capable of real action. Action proceeding from balanced  & equanimous mind.
  1. Direct experience of reality within one’s own self. This technique of self observation is what is called VIPASSANA MEDITATION To look, To see with open eyes in ordinary way But VIPASSANA is to observe things as they really are, not as they seem to be.
  1. Three steps to the training – One must abstain from any action physical or vocal which disturbs the peace & harmony of others.
  1. Code of morality is the essential first step of the practice.

Second step is to develop some mastery over the mind. Training to remain fixed on single object, the breath, This is not breathing exercise one has to observe the natural respiration.

  1.  These two steps are very essential in themselves but they will lead to self repression unless one takes the third step, purifying the mind from defilement by developing insight into one’s own nature, this really is VIPASSANA expiring one own really through systematic & observing of ever changing mind/matter phenomenon.
  1. This is the culmination of the teaching of Buddha : self purification through self observation .
  1. This can be practised by one & all. It is Universal, The remedy must also be universal VIPASSANA is such a remedy . No one will object to a code of living which respect peace & harmony. No. one will object by developing control over mind & developing insight  into one’s own inner realty. It is a universal path. It is not cult or dogma.. It is not blind faith. Practice & you will short coming out other problem.

 

BENEFITS OF METTA 

  1. Sleeps happily & at once.
  1. He awakes with on equally loving heart.
  1. Not have bad dreams & have only pleasant dreams.
  1. Becomes dear to all human being as he coves others, others also love him.
  1. He is dear to non-human beings Animals are also attracted to him.
  1. He becomes immune from poison.
  1. Invisible deities protect him because of the power of his metta.
  1. Metta leads to quick mental concentration.
  1. Metta tends to beautify one’s facial expression (At the time if anger, blood flow is twice or thrice)
  1. He dies peacefully as he has no thoughts of  Hatred .
  1. As he dies peacefully, he will subsequently be born in a blissful state he will be born in a brahman realm.