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Vipassanā ( Pāli) or vipaśyanā (; guān; , lhaktong; Wyl. lhag mthong) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the Three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of non-self. Presectarian Buddhism emphasized the practice of Dhyana, but early in the history of Buddhism Vipassanā gained a prominent place in the teachings.
Vipassanā meditation has been reintroduced in the Theravada-tradition by Ledi Sayadaw and Mogok Sayadaw and popularized by Mahasi Sayadaw, S. N. Goenka, and the Vipassana movement, in which mindfulness of breathing and of thoughts, feelings and actions are being used to gain insight into the true nature of reality. Due to the popularity of Vipassanā-meditation, the mindfulness of breathing has gained further popularity in the west as mindfulness.
Usage examples of "vipassana".
Engler, trained in both Buddhist vipassana (mindfulness) meditation and Western psychotherapy (and who works as a practicing therapist), made a much more useful theoretical bridge: "You have to be somebody before you can be nobody.
The difference in spelling comes from the fact that vipassana belongs to Hinayana Buddhism, whose texts were written in Pali a language which is derived from Sanskrit.
Similarly 'sy' becomes 'ss', and the Sanskrit word vipashyana (discerning or penetrating vision, becomes vipassana in Pali.
Her method is similar in many ways to the practice of vipassana meditation.
I had an opportunity to participate in a ten-day silent vipassana retreat with the compassionate, patient teacher Jack Kornfield, at his Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California.