Some time back Ryan talked about one of the most important concepts in spiritual world – Faith. Perhaps this is one of the most profound concepts in my life and I had difficult time digesting this concept. I still remember, my first Vipassana course which metamorphosed my concept of faith. I am an Engineer by …
Category: Personal Experiences
It Really Does Supress The Ego
One thing I have definitely observed is that if I miss a sitting, my ego grows larger, more sensitive, and more powerful. I get jealous of other people being the centre of attention for too long. I get sensitive about whether or not people like me. I feel like I need to make mention of …
Conflict Resolution for Meditators
If conflict acts as an opportunity and anger as a catalyst, what happens when the catalyst no longer arises? …and the opportunity no longer makes sense? This past year has been an unusual one; not ONCE have I felt anger towards an individual! Where I used to experience anger or annoyance, I now get curious. …
Moments of Satori – experiencing one’s true nature
by Sankit Mali from India What would you do if your bike stops at the traffic signal and then refuses to start again? Why all of sudden people in the lane want to show that they have those irritating horns? How would you react if the situation persists and you end up spending thirty minutes …
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Spreading My Wings
I've been here before. Everything seems good; life is settling down. My meditations don't have painful gross sensations, but I can't really feel the subtle sensations either. I know it will just take a few days for my mind to settle. I know a new set of challenges awaits me at a deeper level of …
Father Knows Best…I guess
The Buddha’s PhD dissertation; what subject was it on? From what I understand, he didn’t write at all. Nor did Jesus. Nor did Socrates. But these three men are all considered wise. How to reconcile the wisdoms of the ages with the scientific method? This is a question that has troubled me recently. Many of …
Warm People
My practice is making me more aware that sharing warmth doesn't always come naturally for me, and when I meet a warm person I'm kind of in awe. Just like the accumulation of impurity, I’m hyper-aware of all the purity that may have touched a person, and fascinated to ponder it's source… was it their parents? Schooling? Community? I’d like …
Sharing the news
“Speak of Zen only after the third request.” So say the Zen masters regarding telling others about the wonders of Zen meditation. In the Vipassana world, there’s no clear rule such as suggested by the ‘third request,’ but there is a similar feeling that it’s best to be circumspect about sharing your experience – a …
Subtle Intimacy
Before being introduced to Vipassana life was about feeling the best and strongest positive sensations I could. I liked the sugar in a banana so upgraded to a candy bar and eventually was eating triple chocolate brownie blast ice cream. I like the adrenaline of jumping off a swing set so I upgraded to cliff jumping and …
Money and Sex
written by Sanjeev Prasher from Amritsar, India I observe that vipassana students generally shy away from discussing or accepting the truth about these two things- 'Money and Sex'. I have been practicing vipassana for the last 10 years and observe that our interest decreases in sex as we make progress on this path. It also …
Living Vipassana 