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Vipassana/Insight meditation is classed as a "deconstructive" form of meditation by Buddhist scholar and scientist Cortland Dahl and coauthors. [25] Psychology researchers differ as to whether an association exists between unpleasant meditation-related experiences and deconstructive meditation types; a recent study noted that their sample size ...
It argues that the development of strong samatha can be disadvantageous, [39] a stance for which the Vipassana Movement has been criticised, especially in Sri Lanka. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The "New Burmese Method" was developed by U Nārada (1868–1955), and popularised by Mahasi Sayadaw (1904–1982) and Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994).
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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.
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a 1997 documentary about the introduction of S. N. Goenka's 10-day Vipassana classes at Tihar Jail in 1993 by then Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi. Bedi had her guards trained in Vipassana first, and then she had Goenka give his initial class to 1,000 prisoners.
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).
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has launched a new web portal to allow voters to cancel their registration online. The site - cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov - lets voters who are moving ...
Saṅkhāra (Pali; संखार; Sanskrit: संस्कार or saṃskāra) is a term figuring prominently in Buddhism.The word means 'formations' [1] or 'that which has been put together' and 'that which puts together'.