vipassana meditation

• Meditation


  The practice of calming and focusing the mind on spiritual ideas.
• Vipassana

  Insight.
• Vipassana Mediation

  Insight meditation.
• Three Marks of Existence

  Anatta, Anicca, Dukkha. Often focused on in Vipassana Meditation.
• Foci of Vipassana Meditation


  Changing focus on different objects, emotions and experiences.
• Zazen

  Seated meditation.
• Seated meditation

  Part of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Sitting, relaxing, mindful breathing. Become aware of present moment and keep returning to present moment as other thoughts come and go. Leads to a deeper understanding of the nature of existence.
• Walking mediation

  Walking slowly, combining the movement of the feet with the in and out of breath.
• Henepola Gunarantana - - Walking meditation

  "Your objective is to attain total alertness, heightened sensitivity and a full, unblocked experience of the motion of walking."Henepola Gunarantana.
• Anicca


  Impermanence.
• Nibbana

  A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.
• Enlightenment

  Realisation of the truth, release from samsara.