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[1] [2] It has been conducting Vipassana meditation courses since October 1993. [3] The courses include 10 days for new students, and 3 days, 7 days and Sunday group sitting for old students. [ 4 ]
Within the first decade of its establishment there were many prominent individuals who took meditation courses at the IMC, including Sao Shwe Thaik (the first president of the Union of Burma), [note 4] U Lun Baw (Deputy Prime Minister of Burma), U San Nyun (Minister for Marine & Transport of Burma), [note 5] U Bo Byi (Supreme Court Judge of ...
Shinzen Young Teaching at Harvard, 2012. Shinzen Young (真善, Shinzen) is an American meditation teacher. He leads residential and remote meditation retreats for students interested in learning the Vipassana (insight) tradition of Buddhism.
Vipassana is being taught in Jail 4 of Tihar Prisons to inmates in two ten day courses every month around the year since 1994 onwards. This program was said to have dramatically changed the behavior of inmates and jailers alike. Inmates who completed the ten-day course were less violent and had a lower recidivism rate than
An inaugural one-day meditation course was held at the pagoda on 21 December 2008, with Goenka in attendance as the teacher. Ten-day vipassana meditation courses are held free of charge at the Dhamma Pattana meditation center that is part of the Global Vipassana Pagoda complex.
The teachings at Spirit Rock focus on the practice of vipassanā meditation as taught in the Theravada tradition, emphasizing mindfulness and lovingkindness. Practices focus on training and quieting the mind, [4] the cultivation of lovingkindness and compassion, the teachings of the Buddha as found in the Pāli Canon, and on incorporating mindfulness and the Dharma into daily life. [15]
Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after his top minister’s surprise resignation following a clash on how to handle the president-elect’s looming tariffs.
In May 1950, Om Mandali moved to Mount Abu in Rajasthan, India, and renamed itself as Brahma Kumaris (BK) World Spiritual University. In 1952, a more structured form of teaching was offered to the public through a seven-lesson course. [20] Brahma Kumaris began an international expansion programme from the mid-1950s. [21]