Vipassana – The way of the Buddha T

Vipassana – The way of the Buddha The world of todays life is ruled and dictated and run by technology. Its become mechanical like machine and hence no relaxation and peace to mind. Hence all are resorting to SPAs and yoga, meditation and other means to relax themselves to get prepared for next week’s hectic schedule. I would say that , be whatever the relaxing methods one follows like going to relax onto woods, admiring beauty/nature in the hill slopes etc , watching movies in televisions will not give any sense of relaxation at all Relaxation is INSIDE not OUTSIDE True relaxation can happen only in NO MIND state and full AWARENESS and AWAKENED state – nothing less than this. One such meditation technic that leads to the realms of No mind is Vipassana . It is believed that this is supposedly taught by Lord Shiva to His consort Parvathi and believed to be one of the 112 meditation technics Lord Shiva taught to his wife. Procedure for doing this : Sit in Vajrasana posture on a Yoga mat comfortably and relaxed Just observe and keep on observing yr thoughts continuously – no wonder whatever it thinks and wherever it wanders Practice this for 15 mins What happens is , over a period of time, mind instead of wandering , comes slowly under control as it is being watched by somebody Benefits : Increased awareness of thoughts Afer a long period of time, we develop sense of “ equanimity” – treat the dualities the same – no joy – no worries – both the same , victory and defeat both treated the same. Dropping of dualities and the rising of ONENESS ( this is hailed as something great in vallalars suththa sanmargam ) Separate ourselves from the body consciousness and observe our own body as a different identity It is believed that Lord Buddha had practiced this technic and favored also. In Tamil Nadu, it is said that this was practiced by Abirami Bhattar of Thirukkadaiyur. This technic will take the practitioner to some higher levels in consciousness definitely , though not to the levels of deathlessness and triple deathless bodies etc This meditation has won wide appreciation amongst the beginners in US – it is said BG Venkatesh