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Samatha (Sanskrit: शमथ; Chinese: 止; pinyin: zhǐ), "calm," "serenity," "tranquility of awareness," and vip****anā (Pāli; Sanskrit: विपश्यना; Sinhala: විදර්ශනා)...
- by S.N.Goenka,
Dhammagiri is a
meditation center that
offers courses in
Vipasana (insight meditation) a
technique taught by the
Buddha in India, 2,500 years...
- past 25
years he
practised yoga and meditation. He
often visited the '
Vipasana Kendra' in Igatpuri. At the age of 91, he took to
writing books. His first...
- the
Padma Bhushan in 2012 by the
government of India.
Dhamma Patthana Vipasana Centre,
built on 7.5 acres, has "Aastha
Pugdal Pagoda" with 63 meditation...
- (or maunavrata). In a
similar tradition of
Buddhist meditative method of
Vipasana,
silence is used "as the
process of self-purification by introspection...
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definition of yoga from Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali.
There is also
similarity with
Vipasana, the Zen and
Dzogchen traditions. By
focusing on the pure
awareness substrate...
