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Vipassana & coping with tragedy of the lost plane

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:33 am
by SamKR
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/fli ... ?hpt=hp_t1
He said he has drawn strength from his recent experience with Vipassana, an ancient technique of meditation in India. Vipassana means to see things as they really are.

The essential message of transience and impermanence has lent perspective, he said. The practice of being in the "present," however difficult, he said, has helped him manage "the menace of an overworked imagination."

Re: Vipassana & coping with tragedy of the lost plane

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:06 am
by Ben
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Re: Vipassana & coping with tragedy of the lost plane

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:27 pm
by waterchan
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Re: Vipassana & coping with tragedy of the lost plane

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:10 pm
by Ananda26
SamKR wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/fli ... ?hpt=hp_t1
He said he has drawn strength from his recent experience with Vipassana, an ancient technique of meditation in India. Vipassana means to see things as they really are.

The essential message of transience and impermanence has lent perspective, he said. The practice of being in the "present," however difficult, he said, has helped him manage "the menace of an overworked imagination."
All formations are impermanent.

Form is impermanent, feeling is impermanent, perception is impermanent, formations are impermanent, consciousness is impermanent.

Seeing the 5 aggregates as impermanent, with insight, is helpful.