| One the oldest techniques of meditation, | | | | Vipassana meditation is totally non-sectarian and |
| Vipassana was discovered by Buddha about 2500 | | | | non-religious by all means and is equally beneficial |
| years ago. At that time he used to live in the | | | | for people of all ages including children and elders. |
| northern part of India. Buddha helped millions of | | | | During the time of Buddha millions of people |
| people to come out of their miseries by teaching | | | | practiced it in north India. It also spread to |
| them this wonderful technique. Meaning of the | | | | different parts of Asia including China, Sri Lanka |
| word Vipassana is to "see things as they are." | | | | and South East Asia. It continued in the tradition |
| It is one of the most fundamental techniques as it | | | | of Buddha for about 500 years but was lost after |
| eradicates the suffering by eradicating the cause | | | | that in all parts of the world including India. But for |
| of the suffering which lies in the deepest parts of | | | | all these 25 centuries it was preserved in its pure |
| the mind. It focuses on the deep and continuous | | | | form by a line of teacher in Burma, present day |
| mind-body interactions where the life of the body | | | | Myanmar. It was reintroduced to India again after |
| i.e. sensations, become and condition the life of | | | | 2000 years where hundreds and thousands of |
| the mind. We are conditioned in such a way that | | | | people have again started practising it as it is very |
| we react with aversions whenever we experience | | | | effective in reducing suffering and helping people in |
| negative sensations and react with craving | | | | getting out of the miseries of the daily life. Since |
| whenever we experience positive sensations. It | | | | then it has been readily and continuously spreading |
| seems obvious but this is what drives the | | | | to all parts of the world. |
| unfinishing cycle of misery and unhappiness. | | | | |