Vipassana meditation was already known in India about 2,500 years ago. The syllable „vi“ in Pali means clear or manifold, „passana“ means to see. Vipassana is therefore often translated as insight. Vipassana meditation is therefore about spiritual development, about gaining clear insight into the true nature of things.
In order to understand and deepen the practice method, it is necessary to realise that body and mind are impermanent, that suffering is all pervading and that there is not such a thing as the autonomous, independent self.
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