Vipassana Dhamma Information in English

1.  A balanced mind is necessary to balance the mind of others.  2.  The Dhamma can stand the test of those who are anxious to do so. They can know for themselves what the benefits are 3.  Just as the light of a candle has the power to dispel darkness in a room, so also the light developed in one man can help dispel the darkness in several others. 4.  The world is facing serious problems. It is just the right time for everyone to take toVipassana Meditation and learn how to find a deep pool of quiet in the midst of all that is happening today. 5.  To Imagine that good can be done by the means of evil is an illusion, a nightmare. 6.  Dhamma eradicates suffering and gives happiness. Who gives this happiness? It is not the Buddha but the Dhamma, the knowledge of anicca within the body, which gives this happiness. That is why you must meditate and be aware of anicca continually. 7.   The more one is attached to self, the greater is the suffering. 8.    Only those who take to meditation wit

(Public Talk 3, Part 2) (14 October 1951) by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin In 1951, when Sayagyi was the Accountant General of Burma, he  was requested by a religious study group to lecture on Teachings of  the Buddha. The study group was headed by the information officer  and the economic and finance officer of the Special Technical and  Economic Division of the U.S. Government. Sayagyi presented a  series of three lectures in Rangoon at the Methodist Church, Signal  Pagoda Road. The following is abridged. (the ending part) My dear Dhamma brothers and sisters! In the teaching of the Buddha we differentiate between  loka-dhatu and dhamma-dhatu. By dhatu is meant the natureelements or forces. Loka-dhatu is therefore matter (with  its nature-elements) within the range of the physical plane.  Dhamma-dhatu, however, comprises mind, mental properties  and some aspects of nature-elements which are not in the  physical but in the mental plane. Modern science deals with  what we call loka-dhat

(George Poland is a senior assistant teacher and a medical doctor practicing in Quebec, Canada.) The purpose of Vipassana meditation is to liberate the mind, not to cure physical disease. Nevertheless, meditation shares a common goal with the practice of medicine: the alleviation of suffering. In medicine there are many ways of approaching this goal, each with its own system of treatment. The basic procedure, however, remains the same: we must discover the cause of the suffering and eradicate this cause. Then suffering will naturally come to an end. In treating acute illness, a doctor usually tries to strike at the root cause of the malady in order to restore the patient to health. At the same time, various methods may be used to reduce the patient’s suffering. While the process of healing is going on, for example, a patient with a throat infection may be given antibiotics to eradicate the invading bacteria, as well as painkillers to reduce discomfort. However, patients suffering from

There are seven bojjhangas (factors of enlightenment) that have to be developed to reach the final goal of full liberation. 1. sati (awareness); 2. dhamma-vicaya (investigation of Dhamma); 3. viriya (effort); 4. pīti (rapture); 5. passaddhi (tranquillity); 6. samādhi (concentration, absorption) 7. upekkhā (equanimity).  1) The first bojjhanga is sati, awareness. Without it, further steps on the path cannot be taken. Sati, the objective observation of reality, is the most important factor because it must be continuously present from moment to moment with every other factor.  2) Dhamma-vicaya is the second bojjhanga. The word caya or cayana means “to integrate.” Apparent, consolidated, integrated, illusionary truth creates delusion and confusion resulting in wrong decisions and actions. Vicaya or vicayana means to divide, dissect, disintegrate, separate, which is what Vipassana intends you to do. Initially dhamma-vicaya is intellectual. The body is analyzed as just four elements, with no

(The Sanskrit word Dharma (which is spelled Dhamma in the Pāli language) originally meant “the law of nature” or “the truth.” In today’s India, unfortunately, the word has lost its original meaning, and is mistakenly used to refer to “sect” or “sectarianism.” Using this theme as an introduction, in this below discourse, Goenkaji explains that Vipassana meditation teaches how to live a life of pure Dharma—a life full of peace, harmony and goodwill for others) What is Dharma? In the last 1500 to 2000 years, to its great misfortune, India lost the true meaning of the word ‘dharma.’ How indeed could one live according to its tenets when its very meaning was lost! To make matters worse many types of support, one could say crutches, were added to it. Various communities created their own respective dharma; hence there came about Buddhist dharma, Jain dharma, Hindu dharma, Christian dharma and so on. These sectarian terms were the crutches attached to Dharma, though it does not need any suppo