Effortless English - Vipassana Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and definitions from the Effortless English lesson on Vipassana.

stabbing

to push a knife into something

kidneys

part of body that cleans the blood

unavoidable

can't get away from, can't avoid

scanned

to look at quickly

searing

burning

flesh

skin (& muscle)

numb

without feeling, can- not feel pain

ache

a "dull" pain

panic

strong fear and confusion

butterflies in my stomach

nervous, worried

gulped

swallowed

sensations

(physical) feelings

advisors

teachers

flee

run away from, run from, avoid

dispassionately

without emotion

delved into

go (deeply) into

drained away

went away, left slowly

heaved

moved suddenly

exhaled

breathed out

wash through

go (completely through)

crept

came slowly (present tense- to creep)

intense

strong, powerful

vibration

shaking

escape

get away from

broke through

made a big improvement (or change)

Vipassana meditation

a kind of mental training

insight

understanding

consists of

includes

systematic observation

careful & organized looking

variants

variations, kinds

methods

ways of doing something

transformations

big changes, deep and longterm changes

participants

people who join, people who participate

theory

(research) ideas

philosophy

ideas about how to live, life values

unique aspect

special part, special feature

donation

money given to help someone, money give to a charity

voluntary

by choice

coercion

force, persuasion

sense

feeling

centered

balanced, calm

initially

at first

meditate

to focus the mind

got out of the practice

stopped practicing, stopped doing

as a result

therefore

volatile

changing a lot and changing quickly, chaotic

unstable

not firm, not the same, not consistent

gotten

idiomatic. "got", made me…