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Dhamma Joti is one of the first Vipassana meditation centres in Myanmar, founded by S.N Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Kin in accordance with the teaching of Ledi Sayadaw. The centre is situated on an area about 12 acres contributed by the venerable Bhaddanta Sobhita of Wingabar Yele Monastery.
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
The Vipassanā-ñāṇas (Pali, Sinhala: Vidarshana-jñāna) or insight knowledges are various stages that a practitioner of Buddhist Vipassanā ("insight", "clear-seeing") meditation is said to pass through on the way to nibbana. [1]
However the new restrictions meant that foreigners could only get a seven-day visas to Burma. In order to meditate longer, some foreign students had to make a series of back-to-back seven-day trips into Rangoon, flying back and forth to Bangkok or Calcutta. This was not only expensive, but also affected the students’ progress in meditation.
The Visuddhimagga concerns kasina meditation. [3] According to American scholar-monk Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu , "the text then tries to fit all other meditation methods into the mold of kasina practice, so that they too give rise to countersigns, but even by its own admission, breath meditation does not fit well into the mold."
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]
At the International Meditation Center in Rangoon Mr Coleman sat a 10-day Vipassanā course with Sayagyi U Ba Khin. In his book he says about the experience, "My enthusiasm to learn let me down. I spent a good part of my time analyzing, speculating, making copious notes, and in my zeal I’m afraid I missed the whole object of the exercise."
The following is the schedule for an average day at Plum Village (Làng Mai): 5:00 am: Rise; 6:00 am: Sitting and walking meditation; 7:00 am: Breakfast; 9:00 am: Dharma Talk / Class / Presentation / Mindful work period; 11:30 am: Walking meditation; 12:30 pm: Lunch; 1:30 pm: Rest; 3:00 pm: Service (working) meditation; 6:00 pm: Optional dinner