There are three types of Yoga Vipassana, Transcendental Meditation and Hatha Yoga. Today we will mainly talk about Vipassana Meditation.
Vipassana meditation means (vi + pashya + na) which in Pali language means to see which object in a particular way. There are 4 types of Vipassana Meditation (Kayanupasana, Vedanupasana, Chittanupasana) , Dhammanupasana, we will discuss it in detail in the next blog. Today I will explain from where did Vipassana Meditation originated?
About 2500 years ago, Lord Gautam Buddha, who is called the Light of Asia, was born, he spent 29 years of his early days as the son of a king, but when he was roaming in his kingdom, he saw three different thing: an old lady, suck man infected with leprosy, and a dead man. When he saw a dead man, he started deliberating why this man died and he left kingdom and his wife and children and he left his house in search of truth.
Even after doing penance for many years, when he did not get anything, he sat under a tree and promised himself that he would not move from here until he got the answer to his questions, even if he died while doing so. Gautam Buddha saw a beautiful light after a full 48 days and the meditation he got is called Vipassana meditation..
Even after doing penance for many years, when he did not get anything, he sat under a tree and promised himself that he would not move from here until he got the answer to his questions, even if he died while doing so. Gautam Buddha saw a beautiful light after a full 48 days and the meditation he got is called Vipassana meditation..
Why should one do Vipassana?
Vipassana is one of the oldest techniques of meditation, it has been mentioned many times in the Hindu veda and it has also been mentioned many times in the Puranas. This technique disappeared, Gautam Buddha revived it so that people can get rid of their sorrow and pain.
How powerful is Vipassana Meditation, you can find out from here that Emperor Ashoka killed millions of people and many other creatures after the Kalinga War, when a Buddha Monk told him about Vipassana Meditation since then Emperor Ashoka put a ban on jiva violence, he sent 8 monks to different countries so that everyone could know about Vipassana meditation.
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