Vipassana Explained 

Now that's spot on!!

Thank you! Keep exploring 🙂🙏

Amazingg, so glad to hear =) keep up the good work!

Thanks for the wonderful feedback!!

Hope this clarifies some of your questions!

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Glad it was helpful! If you'd like to find out more you can always check out my Vipassana-related blog posts @ canyouzen.com/category/vipassana/

@@canyouzen sir i want to ask you one thing that when vipassana make past experiences and emotions to resurface and then when they resurface and we observe, will they permanently go from subconcious mind??

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You’re welcome ☺️ hope it helps!

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Maybe it should 🙂 thanks for the feedback!

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Thank you 🙂 hope it helped!!

Thank you Sam, much appreciated!!

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Hi Laura, yes it is difficult to pinpoint the exact history of the technique. Tradition meant that it was historically passed down from teacher to pupil through actual physical teaching rather than through written means. This makes it hard to track. You can always refer back to the Satipatthana Sutta, which is what we base the technique on, but even this has many different versions and interpretations. What we do know is that the body scan is one type of practice that can be used to achieve insight into the three characteristics of experience - impermanence, egolessness and unsatisfactoriness. The Budhha taught many ways to achieve this insight - this is one of them. And it fits quite well with what is written in the Satipatthana Sutta. In the end, you will have to discover this from your own experience =)

@@canyouzen Thank you for this, and anyway while speculating on it is fun mind play, time is better spent on the cushion experiencing it myself isnt it heheh ;-)

You're welcome 🙏 If you haven't done either for a while I would focus on Anapana until your mind is firmly established. My response to your other comment is also appropriate here too in case you haven't seen it: Practice Anapana whenever you feel your mind is agitated or that you are 'struggling', and move on to Vipassana whenever you feel the mind is sufficiently calm to practice. This is part of the process of learning about yourself and how you, as an individual respond to the meditation. Storms will come. Sometimes you may need to practice Anapana for a full hour, or over multiple days. Sometimes you may need to switch back and forth every 10 minutes. You are your own master and only you will know what is right. Keep learning about yourself. Keep your practice fluid, flexible, without any pre-conceptions, and just keep going. This way you will succeed 😊🙏

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Great question Gazonkie. You don't need to purposefully aim to increase your perception of the sensations within your body. This will come naturally with time as you increase your concentration, but it should not be your goal. The goal of your practice should simply be to observe whatever sensations appear for you at this moment (or lack of sensations) and accept that this is a temporary experience. It is not necessary to feel sensations inside the body. Our sensations are just a tool we use to experience impermanence. Don't 'try' to feel certain sensations on particular parts of the body. Just accept where ever you're at and stay equanimous with whatever is happening. That's your only task. If anything else, I would recommend going back to Anapana for a while =) it's extremely helpful! Good luck on your journey! 🙏🙂

Do not look for the sensations, they are not in our control, they comes naturally. The focus/concentration from top to bottom and bottom to top in order is the key 🔑

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Thank you Joao 🙂 I think I might have to give that a go!

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Emotions are just a construct - they are made up of physical (sensation) and mental (thought) components. Every emotion has a sensation attached. Observe this and over time, it will eventually subside and pass away (even maybe after an initial increase).

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Hi Kitty great question! It definitely helps, especially when you are overwhelmed by emotion. This kind of meditation helps soften any resistances you might have to the present moment and accept whatever is happening. After you feel more balanced, I would come back to observing the raw breath, exactly as it is. Hope this helps!