4.4 - vipassana meditation

vipassana meditation/ insight meditation

- type of meditation

- that involves developing understanding

- of the nature of reality

what type of meditation is vipassana meditation in Therevada Buddhistm

2nd main type of meditation

zazen

- type of meditation in Zen Buddhism

- that involves awareness of the present moment

how are samantha and vipassana similar

both use same technique of concentrating and focusing on specific things in a calm, detached manner

how is vipassana different to samantha (in terms of focus)

- mediator may change their focus between

- a range of diff objects, emotions, experiences etc

how is vipassana diff to samantha (in terms of aim of focusing on object)

- to understand object's true nature

- and how it is characterised by the 3 marks of existence

2 main aims of vipassana

- understand how all things characterised by 3 marks

- develop greater wisdom and awareness abt the world

what is the ultimate aim of vipassana

to achieve enlightenment

what does zazen mean

seated meditation

what does zazen lead to

a deeper understanding of the nature of existence

how do you do zazen

- generally begins with sitting, relaxing + a period of mindfulness of breathing

- meditator then sits with awareness of present moment

- thoughts + experiences come and go

- and meditator returns again and again to present moment

what is zazen a form of

vipassana meditation

what does walking meditation consist of

- walking slowly

- and combining the movement of the feet

- with the in and out of the breath

what type of meditation can walking meditation be

samantha or vipassana

quote about walking meditation

"Your objective is to attain total alertness, heightened sensitivity and a full, unblocked experience of the motion of walking" - Gunarantana (Therevada Buhddist monk)