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GUIDELINES FOR PRACTISING VIPASSANA MEDITATION The following information is for the benefit of those who have compl...
09/02/2026

GUIDELINES FOR PRACTISING VIPASSANA MEDITATION

The following information is for the benefit of those who have completed a 10-day course with S. N. Goenka or one of his authorised assistant teachers.

Others wishing to learn the technique of Vipassana are advised to join such a course:

https://www.dhamma.org/en/courses/search

A Vipassana course is truly valuable if it makes a change in your life, and a change will come only if you keep practising the technique daily. The following outline of what you have learned is offered with best wishes for your continued success in meditation.

OUTLINE OF THE PRACTICE

SILA
In daily life this is practised by following the Five Precepts:

1. to abstain from killing any living being;
2. to abstain from stealing;
3. to abstain from sexual misconduct;
4. to abstain from wrong speech;
5. to abstain from all intoxicants.

MEDITATION
The minimum needed to maintain the practice:

one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening;

five minutes while lying in bed before you fall asleep and after you wake up;

if possible, sitting once a week for one hour with other meditators practising this technique of Vipassana;

a 10-day course or self-course once a year;

and other free time for meditation.

HOW TO MEDITATE DAILY

ANAPANA
Practise this if the mind is dull or agitated, if it is difficult to feel sensations or not to react to them. You can begin with Anapana and then switch to Vipassana, or if needed, continue observing the breath for the entire hour. To practise Anapana, keep the attention in the area below the nostrils and above the upper lip. Remain aware of each breath as it enters or leaves. If the mind is very dull or agitated, breathe deliberately and slightly harder for some time. Otherwise the breathing should be natural.

VIPASSANA
Move your attention systematically from head to feet and feet to head, observing in order each and every part of the body by feeling all the sensations that you come across. Observe objectively

28/01/2026

Ācariya Satya Narayan Goenka ~ With blessings and mettā

📜 Mudita

When you see other people progressing, becoming happier, if your mind is not pure, you will generate jealousy towards these people:

"Why did they get this, and not I? I’m a more deserving person.

Why are they given such a position of power, or status? Why not I ?

Why have they earned so much money? Why not I?"

This kind of jealousy is the manifestation of an impure mind.

As your mind becomes pure by the practice of Vipassana and your metta gets stronger, you will feel happy when seeing others happy.

You will think, "All around there is misery. Look,at least one person is happy. May he be happy and contented. May he progress in Dhamma, progress in worldly ways".

This is mudita, sympathetic happiness. It will come.

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uthetgyi webusayadaw SayagyiUBaKhin sngoenka sila samadhi pana metta

Through countless eons and endless time, may every moment of purity from Vipassana and Mettā practice go for the liberation of all beings

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Words of Dhamma

Here, O, Monks, a disciple lets his mind pervade one quarter of the world with thoughts of unselfish joy, and so the second, and so the third, and so the fourth. And thus the whole wide world, above, below, around, everywhere and equally, he continues to pervade with a heart of unselfish joy, abundant, grown great, measureless, without hostility or ill-will.

The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy ~ The Wheel Publication No. 170

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📌Footnote

The four "abodes of Brahma"(brahmavihāra):

(1) loving-kindness or goodwill (mettā)
(2) compassion (karuna)
(3) sympathetic joy over another's success (mudita)
(4) equanimity (upekkha)

The four qualities of a pure mind:

mettā—selfless love
karunā—compassion
muditā—sympathetic joy
upekkhā—equanimity

Mudita is a Pali word meaning sympathetic or vicarious joy—taking genuine delight in the happiness, success, or good fortune of others, the opposite of envy.

08/01/2026

True love is one-way traffic — it doesn’t wait to be returned.
No passion to possess, no hunger to be fulfilled, just pure love.
It gives without calculation, stays without conditions,
chooses understanding over control, silence over drama.
It wants nothing, yet offers everything.
Calm, steady, and selfless — love that exists simply to love.

Goenkaji: "Develop purity in yourself if you wish to encourage others to follow the path of purity. ... Discover real pe...
28/12/2025

Goenkaji:
"Develop purity in yourself if you wish to encourage others to follow the path of purity. ... Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others."

"The best way of encouraging people to come to this path is to give them a good example. Let them see that here is somebody on the path of Vipassana, living so peacefully, with love, compassion and goodwill for others. Your example will be beneficial to you because you are progressing on the path by living such a life; at the same time, so many others will be attracted to the Dhamma. Have compassion, and remember your dual responsibility: “I must progress on the path and also encourage others to come to the path and progress on it."

Source:
~ Chronicles of Dhamma

Sab Ka Mangal ho..🙏😊🪷✨ Be happy
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18/11/2025

“Peace begins when you stop reacting and start observing.” teaching of S N Goenka ji

Attachment leads to suffering #
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Attachment leads to suffering #

When two oceans of compassion meet ❤️ Guruji with Dalai Lama ji ❤️
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When two oceans of compassion meet ❤️ Guruji with Dalai Lama ji
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Ācariya Satya Narayan Goenka ~ With blessings and mettā📜 We should remember the words of Buddha:“Phuṭṭhassa lokadhamm...
20/07/2025

Ācariya Satya Narayan Goenka ~ With blessings and mettā

📜 We should remember the words of Buddha:

“Phuṭṭhassa lokadhammehi
cittaṃ yassa na kampati;
asokaṃ virajaṃ khemaṃ, etaṃ maṅgalamuttamaṃ.”

When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one’s mind is unshaken,
sorrowless, stainless, secure—this is the highest welfare.

The meaning of this is everyone experiences eight kinds of Loka-Dhamma (worldly conditions) during their lifetime.

What eight Loka-Dhammas? These eight worldly vicissitudes (lokadhammā) are: lābha (profit) and alābha (loss), yaso (fame) and ayaso (ill repute), pasaṃsā (praise) and nindā (criticism), sukha (pleasure) and dukkha (pain).

However, these do not affect those who are walking the path taught by the Buddha, because their minds remain calm and unwavering even in the face of these Loka-Dhammas. They do not lament, meaning they do not allow sorrow to arise on their minds. Defilements of anger, hatred and aversion do not pollute their minds; they remain devoid of these. Their minds are also free of worrisome thoughts laden with fear and insecurity.

So the removal of sorrows and defilements, and being secure in one’s future owing to one’s own good kamma; this is the highest blessing.

Because of the Dhamma, and the wisdom gained from it due to Vipassana, our determination to walk on the path should strengthen. Dhamma will definitely help everyone in the family over there. Dwell in Dhamma so that its light endures and spreads.

Protect the Dhamma and Dhamma is bound to protect you - in this lies the welfare of everyone.

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Through countless eons and endless time, may every moment of purity from Vipassana and Metta practice go for the liberation of all beings

Ācariya Satya Narayan Goenka ~ Words of Devotion📜True Dhamma“Vipassana students should always remember: If ever for som...
06/06/2025

Ācariya Satya Narayan Goenka ~ Words of Devotion

📜True Dhamma

“Vipassana students should always remember: If ever for some reason one gets involved with some tradition, then he should be careful not to forget the pure Dhamma. If one is constantly aware of anicca at the top of the head, then all these traditions will be taken care of. Never get involved with any tradition, but if you have to, then never lose sight of Vipassana. If you are with Vipassana in all your activities, then Dhamma will remain in its pure form, it will benefit everyone.”

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Through countless eons and endless time, may every moment of purity from Vipassana and Metta practice go for the liberation of all beings

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Words of Dhamma

Sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti,
sabbarasaṃ dhammaraso jināti;
Sabbaratiṃ dhammarati jināti,
taṇhakkhayo sabbadukkhaṃ jināti

The gift of the Dhamma surpasses every gift, the
taste of the Dhamma supasses every taste; delight in
the Dhamma surpasses every delight; the eradication
of craving overcomes all suffering.

Dhammapada - 354

Questions & Answers(Annual meeting: Dhamma Giri,India March 4, 1990)Q.: Please explain why we have painful sensations du...
28/05/2025

Questions & Answers

(Annual meeting: Dhamma Giri,
India March 4, 1990)

Q.: Please explain why we have painful sensations during meditation.

Goenkaji: Sensations can be of different types and have different causes. If you are not accustomed to sit cross-legged for a long time you may experience painful sensations when you start to sit purely because of the sitting posture; or there may be painful sensations because of thefood you have taken; or a painful sensation may be due to
the atmosphere around you; if it is very hot, for example, a lot of heat may be felt in the body. There can be many
reasons for painful sensations.

Another reason for these sensations is your accumulated saṅkhāras from the past. When you meditate properly, the
power of the anicca-saññā [awareness of impermanence]vibrations is so strong that all the impurities inside are shaken and come up on the surface in a great upheaval. Initially the gross saṅkhāras surface, and only when they are completely eradicated can one reach the stage of sotāpanna.

It’s like sweeping a floor: The first time, large pieces of debris are removed, the next sweeping will pick up the smaller particles, and the third sweeping will clear away finer dust. When you sweep with a small brush still finer dust will be removed and, finally, when you wash the floor the dust removed is still finer.

Similarly, in Vipassana yo work moving from the gross to the subtle, to the subtlest. This is the law of nature.

Q.: Sectarianism seems to be another form of casteism. How should we safeguard against these evils?

Goenkaji: To me, sectarianism is worse than casteism. Discrimination on the basis of caste is a poison, but is
limited only to India; sectarianism has now become universal. Everywhere people are obsessed with their own
sect and feel, “My sect is the best!” For them their sect has become Dhamma.The Dhamma is the law of nature. It is universal, it can’t belong to a particular sect. If one generates negativity in the mind one is bound to become miserable; one may call oneself Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, or Muslim. # #

🕰️Opening the doors of VipassanaLedi Sayadaw was a visionary. A belief had prevailed for centuries that 2500 years after...
10/01/2025

🕰️Opening the doors of Vipassana

Ledi Sayadaw was a visionary. A belief had prevailed for centuries that 2500 years after Lord Buddha, the Vipassana technique of pure Dhamma would arise again, return to India, and from there spread throughout the world. He realized that this important event would take place within the next hundred years.

Understanding that this prediction could not be fulfilled only by Bhikkhus, he opened the doors of Vipassana, which had been restricted only to Bhikkhus for centuries, for householders as well.

At the time of the Buddha, members of all four groups-Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis, as well as male and female householders-used to be enlightened Dhamma teachers. But as time passed, the technique remained confined only to Bhikkhus.

It is due to the benevolence of Ledi Sayadaw that he removed the restriction and taught the technique to householders. He established a lay farmer named Saya Thetgyi as a teacher so that he could impart the technique to many people. Had he not done so, how could we have received this technique? How could so many other householders have received it?

The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw was perhaps the most outstanding Bhikkhu of his age. All who have come into contact with the path of Dhamma in recent years owe a great debt of gratitude to this scholarly, saintly monk who was instrumental in re-enlivening the traditional practice of Vipassanā, making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike. In addition to this most important aspect of his teaching his concise, clear and extensive scholarly work served to clarify the experiential aspect of Dhamma.

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Venerable Ledi Sayādaw and His Teaching 📜Choose the Right Path One must know two paths clearly with insight and choose w...
16/12/2024

Venerable Ledi Sayādaw and His Teaching 📜Choose the Right Path One must know two paths clearly with insight and choose wisely. A person needs to examine his or her own character very thoroughly. One must avoid blaming others’ shameless, immoral, or bad conduct until the end of one’s life. A wise person must use this precious human life to attain liberation, morality, and restraint. Then one will achieve nibbāna in successive higher abodes, either in this dispensation or in Metteyya Buddha’s. By any means, final liberation must be won during the time of Metteyya Buddha, and the mind must be set on this resolutely. One must not allow one’s mind to be polluted by the misbehaviour of others. To attain the ultimate goal under Metteyya Buddha, one must practise generosity, morality, and meditation. Then one will surely encounter his dispensation and then win liberation. No one must miss this final chance. Two fundamental virtues must be cultivated now by striving with the four right efforts to one’s utmost. These two virtues are wisdom and good conduct. 1) What is wisdom? It means insight into the characteristics of impermanence (aniccānupassanā-ñāna), unsatisfactoriness (dukkhānupassanā-ñāna), and not-self (anattānupassanā-ñāna). 2) What is good conduct? For the laity it means eight precepts with right livelihood as the eighth, and the attainment of the characteristics of a good man . http://www.vridhamma.org/ http://www.vridhamma.org/VRI-Introduction

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