A friend, who was quite depressed earlier, told me she wanted to take the Vipassana 10-day course. Yet, due to her schedule, it’s impossible for her to take 10 days off from work. She wanted to find a way to solve her problems and was expecting Vipassana would give her the solution.
I then explained [...]
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Vipassana & Other Meditation Techniques
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Meditation, vipassana on June 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Nepal Trekking vs Vipassana 10-day Course
Posted in Nepal, Vipassana Meditation, tagged 10-day course, Nepal, trekking, vipassana on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I found many similarities between my experience of the ABC trekking trip and the Vipassana 10-day course in Hong Kong .
Duration
Both the Vipassana course and the ABC trekking trip were 10 days long. Interestingly, in both of them, every day went by very slowly, so slowly that I didn’t just count the [...]
My Experience with Vipassana Meditation
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Many friends are curious about my 10-day meditation experience. Some of them even worried that I would become a nun after these 10 days.
10 days of meditation? What do you do besides meditation? Just sit and meditate the whole day? And you can’t talk at all in these 10 days? Not even during lunch or [...]
Vipassana Meditation Course – Links & Resources
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Online Websites
International Homepage http://www.dhamma.org/
Information of Vipassana in other languages is available and the links can be found at the bottom of this site
While this site looks very plain, there is much information explaining the technique and origin of Vipassana meditation, as well as the 10-day course, different course locations, background of S.N. Goenka, etc.
Hong [...]
Vipassana Meditation Course – My Suggestion
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s better to go in the winter than spring or summer. There are many mosquitoes in the area where the center locates. I took the course in January, so it’s fine. But many students, including me, got mosquito bites on the few days when the weather wasn’t very cold. So, I guess it would be [...]
Vipassana Meditation Course – Interesting Facts & Trivia
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is mainly for the UM folks!! Michigan Ann Arbor has a course location too. Since the zip code is 48105, I am guessing that it is located somewhere near the campus (let’s make it a reunion activity?! Yes, I am just kidding. I ain’t that silly… haha)http://www.mi.us.dhamma.org/
Beside the regular courses, there are also courses [...]
Vipassana Meditation Course – To Bring List
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Compare to other course locations, the one in Hong Kong, Sheung Shui is very small. While the site is kept clean and tidy, it provides nothing but the very basic – a bed and hot water for drink and for shower. Hence, pack your luggage as if you are going to a 10-day camping!
Here [...]
Vipassana Meditation Course – Terminology
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are many other Buddhism terms in Pali mentioned in the discourse, but this short list is a good one to start with, sufficient to understand the discourse given by S.N. Goenka.
Vipassana 內觀
Sankhara 習性反應 (行)
Dhamma 法
Sila 戒
Samadhi 定
Panna 慧
Anicca 無常
Dukkha 苦
Anatta 無我
Kalapa 原子粒子
Parami 波羅蜜 (福慧資糧)
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Day 11 (Check-out Day)
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Like the past 10 days, the morning bell rang at 4 am. After the 2-hour morning meditation, breakfast and final discourse, all students helped clean up the center, said their goodbyes, and started leaving. Dad and Yik came to pick me up around 8:30 and I was just soooo happy when I saw them!
The course [...]
Day 10 (Freedom of Speech)
Posted in Vipassana Meditation, tagged Vipassana Meditation on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Noble Silence ended at 11 am today. Everyone was so happy and kept blabbing and blabbing for the whole day. It felt funny how we had stayed together for 10 days, sleeping in the same room together, meditation together, dining together, yet we still hadn’t yet introduced ourselves to each other but until today.
The center [...]
