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

"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. 

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

Why people should do Vipassana meditation

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.  

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- Shamatha practices
- Vipassana (insight) meditation
- Zen meditation

Kinds of Buddhist Meditation Practices 

Pandita , S. (2020, September 8). What Is Vipassana Meditation and How Do You Practice It? Lion's Roar. https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-vipassana-insight-meditation/. 

What is vipassana meditation 

Kinds of Buddhist meditation practices for the development of a relaxed, stable, and clear mind. Shamatha involves the stages of meditation proposed by Kamalashila in the eighth century. The stages start with a mind, which cannot focus for more than a few seconds (stage 1), culminating in a state of stability and vividness which can be sustained for hours (stage 9). Excitation and laxity are seen as imbalances and their effects are reduced during the progress in these stages. 

Shamatha Practices

Vipassana (insight) meditation

Zen meditation, or zazen, is a form of meditation that usually takes place while seated. It involves gaining insight into the nature of their existence by allowing awareness of  the immediate, uninterpreted experience of the present moment and then letting those thoughts and feelings go.  


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