Yoga The rules of the "journey"

The word Vipassana in piles means "profound vision." This ancient technique of meditation taught by the historical Buddha in India 2,500 years ago, is also known as "the art of living." We must learn to participate in a course of 10 days by a qualified teacher. Participation in the course is subject to acceptance by the organizers, having signed a declaration on their psycho-physical. Throughout the period of withdrawal, students remain within the boundaries of the Center, without contact with the outside world. They shall refrain from reading and writing and withdraw from any religious or other discipline. Followed by an intensive daily program that includes approximately 10 hours of meditation, interspersed by moments of rest. In order to learn properly, there was silence, without communicating in any way with the other participants, if necessary, with the teachers. Learning this method requires much effort, but the practice of Vipassana gives many benefits: the time is changed into the habit of our mind to react with the attraction or repulsion with an attitude of equanimity. 


Teaching is divided into three parts. In the first, participants agree to refrain from any action likely to harm themselves and others. For the duration of the course, observe five moral precepts, which consist nell'astenersi dall'uccidere any living creature, from stealing, from lying, from all sexual activity and use of alcohol and intoxicants. The observance of these moral norms, together with the silence allows the mind to calm down, and therefore makes it able to devote the next task. The second part is to practice for three and a half days, Anapana meditation, a technique that allows to develop a focused mind, directing its attention on the continuous flow of breath that enters and leaves the nostrils. 

On the fourth day, the mind is calmer and more concentrated. It is then ready to learn the third part of the technique, which is the observation of the physical sensations that are present in the body, experience and understanding of their impermanent nature, and the gradual development of a balanced mind. This practice leads to direct experience of some universal truth, like everything impermanent, suffering associated with this reality, and the inconsistent nature of his ego. The implement these truths, through the experience, start a process of purification of the mind. Students receive regular instruction several times a day and the daily journey is explained in the discourse evening, registered, the master SN Goenka. For the first nine days there was complete silence, in the tenth it takes to speak, so riabituandosi gradually to a normal life. In the tenth day we learn the meditation of Place (ie the goodwill toward all.) The course ends in the morning dell'undicesimo day.