"Vipassana" means insight in Sanskrit. It is the media of teaching by Buddha. Because Buddha attain the experience of truth by meditation, what Buddha taught people will also be meditation. 

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Vipassana meditation is a form of Buddhist meditation that involves continued close attention to sensations and mental events with the intention of gaining insight to the true nature of existence/ reality.  

Vipassana (insight) meditation

Hart, W. (2011). The art of living: Vipassana meditation as taught by SN Goenka. Pariyatti.

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka

It has been supported by mutliple studies that MBI's such as Mindfulness Meditations and Vipassana Meditation help those involved in the justice system reduce stress, anger, substance use and improve emotional regulations.

Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Incarcerated Individuals

Through Vipassana Meditation females, especially non-buddhists, reported experiencing reactions to gender discrimination as well as  increased femininity, despite VM being a non-gendered practice.

Vipassana Meditation and Gender

Preliminary studies have shown that practitioner’s of VM have a lower density of occipital slow sleep spindles and experienced a reorganization of memory consolidation during sleep.

Vipassana Meditation and Sleep Regulation

Definition of Vipassana

Participants are asked to stay in an isolated, secluded place for 9-10 days to avoid contact with others. The basic physical needs are provided by a helper. Participants follow code of morality which includes abstinence and celibacy, and they are required to be silent except for asking for help and instruction.

Practice of Vipassana Meditation

To search for truth:

1.Truth of reality and suffering

2.Truth of mind and happiness

Principle of Vipassana Meditation

1. Self-liberation

2. Truth about happiness

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