Practical Vipassana Meditation Exercises

by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

Talk given to his disciples on their induction into Vipassana Mediation at Sasana Yeikhta Meditation Center, Yangon, Myanmar

Translated from the Myanmar language by U Nyi Nyi

Original Publisher : The Buddhasasanuggaha Association, Yangon, Myanmar

Dhamma dana distribution : Tathagata Meditation Center, San Jose, California

22 pages

Vipassana (Insight Meditation)

Understand correctly the nature of the psycho-physical phenomena taking place in the body

(a) rupa : material qualities

(b) nama : acts of consciousness or awareness

(c) breathing : vayodhatu (the element of motion)

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Yogi should behave as if he were a weak invalid

Noting (at all times)

Physical object of attention and the mental act of noting occur as a pair

Realize all phenomena are anicca, dukkha, and anatta

Experience