Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jagadguru Ramanadacharya Rajasthan Sanskriti University formerly known as Rajasthan Sanskrit University, is a public state university situated in Madau (Bhankrota) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was established by Government of Rajasthan to promote Sanskrit education.
Most senior western Vipassana teachers (Goldstein, Kornfield, Salzberg) studied with Mahasi Sayadaw and his student Sayadaw U Pandita. [34] Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994) ordained already in the fifties, contributing to the interest in Vipassana with his publications. Prominent teacher Bhikkhu Bodhi is a student of Nyanaponika.
It is an underground library set up 16 feet (4.9 m) under ground beneath a temple. [3] This helps keeping library cool even in the humid summer. The bibliotheca consists of 562 glass shelves. the library is being looked after by the villagers and the temple devotees through a trust named Jagdamba Seva Committee.
The Vipassanā-ñāṇas (Pali, Sinhala: Vidarshana-jñāna) or insight knowledges are various stages that a practitioner of Buddhist Vipassanā ("insight", "clear-seeing") meditation is said to pass through on the way to nibbana. [1]
The Founder, Lekhraj Kriplani. The Brahma Kumaris organisation was founded in Hyderabad, Sindh, in northwest India (present-day Pakistan). [5] They were initially known as Om Mandali, as the members would together chant Om before engaging in a spiritual discourse in traditional satsangs (meetings).
Abhidhamma Vipassana; Meditation, Yellowrobe.com; Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin at free centers worldwide; Saddhamma Foundation Information about practicing Vipassana meditation. Practical Guidelines for Vipassanâ by Ayya Khema; Turning to the Source by V.R ...
Acharavadee Wongsakon is a Thai lay Buddhist teacher and former entrepreneur who teaches a form of Vipassana meditation called Techo Vipassana Meditation. She is the founder of the Knowing Buddha Organization, which campaigns against disrespectful uses of Buddha imagery and the general decline of morality in society.
This form of Buddhist meditation is mainly practiced by elite and middle class Indians, and the Vipassana movement has also spread to many other countries in Europe, America and Asia. [119] In November 2008, the construction of the Global Vipassana Pagoda was completed on the outskirts of Mumbai. Ten-day Vipassanā meditation courses are ...