Vipassana bhavana

Vipassana bhavana, the development of the higher vision, is a method of Méditation discovered by the Bouddha. It consists with simply paying attention to reality.

Vipassana bhavana is practiced generally sitted, but, while going or lengthened also upright, and supposes a total implication in practice, just like in Samatha bhavana. To look at the things such as they are implies to discover its Pensée S, Sensation S, emotion S, Réaction S, to explore its Conscience by developing the equanimity. Little by little, with the practice, the glance is done more sincere and precise and makes it possible to uncover the illusion which the life is permanent, pleasant and controllable. The awakening that our lived is in perpetual change, is painful and is not subjected to our will leads to a detachment of this world and the realization of the Nirvāna, or nibbana to preserve the faded word.

Vipassana is practiced in the Bouddhisme Theravada, Mahayana and tantrayana. To note that the Zen recommends the practice of Zazen.

Various associations claim to be the heiresses of the practice vipassana of the Buddha. Subject them to the test of the practice to be able to carry your own judgment.

Vipassana in the theravada

The practice of vipassana is central in Buddhism theravada.

Eighteen inspections

These eighteen practices are known as " to overcome by the substitution of the inverse" , because, for example, the contemplation of impermanency dissipates the erroneous design eternalist.

  1. Contemplation of impermanency;

  2. Contemplation of the suffering;
  3. Contemplation of the impersonnality;
  4. Contemplation of the aversion;
  5. Contemplation of the detachment;
  6. Contemplation of the extinction;
  7. Contemplation of the renouncement;
  8. Contemplation of the decline;
  9. Contemplation of disappearance;
  10. Contemplation of the transformation;
  11. Contemplation of inconditionné;
  12. Contemplation of the state to be without desire;
  13. Contemplation of the Vacuity;
  14. Contemplation of the highest intelligence concerning the phenomena;
  15. Contemplation of knowledge and vision in agreement with reality;
  16. Contemplation of misery;
  17. Contemplation of considered contemplation;
  18. Contemplation of the action to be diverted.

Stages

The traditional description theravadin of the practice of Vipassana describes some stades.
Upatissa, in the Vimutti-Vagga , takes as a starting point the Ratha-vinita Sutta to describe 7 stages of the practice. Buddhaghosa resumes this work and describes Seven purities: the discipline, concentration, followed by five stages of knowledge, marking an evolution in practice, since the application of the precepts until the attack of the nirvana.

Sayadaw U Pandita describes as for him the evolution of the practice of vipassana through four vipassana jhanas .

Stains

Ten stains, vipassananūpakkilesa:
  1. effulgence, appearance of light, obhasa;
  2. knowledge, chick;
  3. joy, piti;
  4. peace, passadhi;
  5. wellbeing, Sukha;
  6. determination, adhimokkha;
  7. energy or enthusiasm, paggaha;
  8. the warning or establishment, upatthana;
  9. imperturbability - or equanimity -, Upekkha;
  10. pleasure or enocre the subtle desire, nikanti.

In the mahâyâna

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References

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External bonds

  • Vipassana such as sign S.N. Goenka (French Texts) obsolete bond to see: http://www.french.dhamma.org/art.html; http://www.french.dhamma.org/vipassa.html
  • Ratha-vinita Sutta
  • Vipassana Fellowship (English site)

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