Insight Meditation Practice
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A Insight Meditation Practice is a buddhist meditation practice that develops direct experiential understanding of the true nature of reality through systematic observation techniques.
- AKA: Vipassana Practice, Vipassana Meditation, Buddhist Insight Meditation, Insight Awareness Practice.
- Context:
- It can typically involve Sensation Observation of physical phenomena and mental phenomena.
- It can typically develop Three Marks Understanding including impermanence, suffering, and non-self.
- It can typically follow Satipatthana Framework for mindfulness foundations.
- It can often lead to Stream Entry Achievement through progressive insight stages.
- It can often require Sustained Attention Practice on present moment experience.
- It can often integrate Samatha Practice for concentration development.
- It can often produce Deconstructive Effects on conceptual constructions.
- It can range from being a Noting Practice to being a Open Awareness Practice, depending on its attention technique.
- It can range from being a Body Scan Practice to being a Mind Object Practice, depending on its observation focus.
- It can range from being a Retreat Intensive Practice to being a Daily Life Practice, depending on its practice context.
- It can range from being a Traditional Theravada Practice to being a Secular Mindfulness Practice, depending on its religious framework.
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- Examples:
- Mahasi Sayadaw Method, emphasizing mental noting technique.
- S.N. Goenka Technique, focusing on body sensation scanning.
- U Ba Khin Tradition, combining concentration with insight development.
- Thai Forest Tradition Practice, integrating samatha and vipassana.
- Insight Meditation Society Method, adapting for western practitioners.
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- Counter-Examples:
- Concentration Meditation, which focuses on single-pointed attention.
- Loving-Kindness Meditation, which cultivates emotional qualitys.
- Visualization Practice, which uses mental imagery construction.
- See: Buddhist Meditation, The Noble Eightfold Path, Mindfulness Practice, Theravada Buddhism, Meditation Retreat, Stream Entry, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Samatha-Vipassana, Buddhist Psychology, Contemplative Practice.