Welcome to the meditation forum at vipassanaforum.net.
The site has been home to a changing community of meditation practitioners since October 2007. We don't want to be the largest online meditation forum - something different. We are serious about our practice and are lay practitioners. Some of us are beginners, some with much experience, some Buddhist, some not.
We all learn from one another and offer a helping hand. No one is the teacher and we are all the teacher. It's a place where we discuss our practice and views of meditation and Buddhism - as well as many related topics.
Website costs
A few small fees have accrued recently and we also want to buy a new Skype premium account to facilitate group meditation sessions. The total is around $125 and so we are open to donations.
We are open to new members again.
May the Dhamma flourish - so that all beings awaken to the true nature of reality,
A beginners guide to how to meditate and why it works. Here is a good place to start if you never tried or are wanting to really learn how to meditate.
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A basic understanding of meditation is that it:
firstly calms our body and mind through slowing down our habituated reactions and then;
allows us to develop insight to undo those habits and instead:
respond to life in a natural un-conditioned manner ...
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Shamatha/Calm abiding instructions and notes.
There are many forms of meditation. Some involve mantra or repeated word forms, some staring at an outside object such as a candle, some involve directing your awareness in a formulated manner.
Meditation of calm abiding is quite different to these other forms of meditation. The practice is designed to bring your body and mind into full harmony, to quieten the mind naturally over time, through repeated practice and not using any kind of force, and to improve and deepen your level of concentration.
It is the gate through which you gain the solid basis of a calm, stable, concentrated bodymind able to further investigate the reality in which you live (internally and externally).
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