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Vipassanā Fellowship meditation from the Theravāda tradition for the spiritual development of people of all faiths and
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Always be Calm, Quiet, Alert and Attentive and have an Equanimity
Mind with a Clear Understanding that Everything is Changing - that is
Vipassana (Insight) Meditation that brings Eternal Bliss as a Final
Goal.
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29 September - 5 October
In this first week we begin to practice Mindfulness of Breathing, an
ancient technique that is found in several spiritual traditions. It
forms a solid foundation in meditative concentration and can result in
increased levels of calm and tranquillity.
Welcome (Video) Page
Saturday - Mindfulness of Breathing Book
Audio Player - Mindfulness of Breathing Page
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Using the Daily Contemplation Page
Contemplation - Day 1 Page
Sunday - The Breath and the Sections Book
Contemplation - Day 2 Page
Monday - No Need For Knots Book
On Mindfulness of Breathing (Video) Page
Contemplation - Day 3 Page
Tuesday - Preferences and Habits Book
Contemplation - Day 4 Page
Wednesday - Ordinary Breath, Closely Felt Book
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Contemplation - Day 5 Page
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Thursday - Results and Time Book
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Friday - Distractions and Development Book
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Contemplation - Day 7 Page
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Chant Workshop 1 (optional) Page
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6 October - 12 October
This week we continue our practice of Mindfulness of Breathing; look at
how to deal constructively with the hindrances that arise; and begin to
explore the ethical precepts.
Saturday - Tension and Tiredness Book
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Contemplation - Day 8 Page
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Sunday - Hindrances to Meditation Book
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Contemplation - Day 9 Page
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Monday - Ill-will, Sloth & Torpor Book
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Contemplation - Day 10 Page
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Tuesday - Restlessness, Worry & Doubt Book
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Contemplation - Day 11 Page
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Wednesday - Precepts in Meditation Training Book
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Contemplation - Day 12 Page
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Thursday - First Precept Book
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Contemplation - Day 13 Page
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Friday - Second Precept Book
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Contemplation - Day 14 Page
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Chant Workshop 2 (optional) Page
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13 October - 19 October
This week we begin to explore the first of the Sublime Abode practices -
Mettā or Lovingkindness Meditation. If you are able to meditate for
more than one sitting each day, please work with Mettā in one session
and Mindfulness of Breathing in the other.
Moving to the Second Practice (Video) Page
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Saturday - The Boundless States Book
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Contemplation - Day 15 Page
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Sunday - Mettā: Lovingkindness Meditation Book
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Contemplation - Day 16 Page
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Monday - The Discourse on Mettā Book
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Contemplation - Day 17 Page
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Tuesday - Expectations, Strengths, Cultivation Book
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Contemplation - Day 18 Page
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Wednesday - Connection and Extension Book
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Contemplation - Day 19 Page
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Thursday - Unconditional and Whole-hearted Book
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Contemplation - Day 20 Page
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Friday - The Third Precept Book
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Contemplation - Day 21 Page
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Chant Workshop 3 (optional) Page
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20 October - 26 October
In this fourth week we continue to focus mainly on Mettā
(lovingkindness) Meditation. This is the foundation for the other 3
“sublime abode” practices. If you are able to meditate for more than one
sitting each day, please work with Mettā in one session and Mindfulness
of Breathing in the other.
Saturday - Phrases and Images Book
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Contemplation - Day 22 Page
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Sunday - Sections and Subjects Book
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Contemplation - Day 23 Page
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Monday - Benefactor and Friend Book
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Contemplation - Day 24 Page
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Tuesday - Neutral and Difficult Book
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Contemplation - Day 25 Page
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Wednesday - All Sentient Beings Book
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Contemplation - Day 26 Page
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Thursday - When There’s No Mettā Book
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Contemplation - Day 27 Page
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Friday - The Fourth Precept Book
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Contemplation - Day 28 Page
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Chant Workshop 4 (optional) Page
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27 October - 2 November
For our fifth week we introduce Karuna Meditation, the cultivation of
compassion, and begin to explore one of the central teachings of the
tradition: the Four Noble Truths.
Saturday - Karuna: Compassion Meditation Book
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Contemplation - Day 29 Page
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Sunday - Empathy not Pity Book
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Contemplation - Day 30 Page
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Monday - Recognition, Response, Capacity Book
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Contemplation - Day 31 Page
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Tuesday - Four Noble Truths Book
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On Lovingkindness and Compassion (Video) Page
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Contemplation - Day 32 Page
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Wednesday - The Truth of Dukkha Book
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Contemplation - Day 33 Page
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Thursday - Dukkha’s Origin Book
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Friday - Extinction of Dukkha Book
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Contemplation - Day 35 Page
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Chant Workshop 5 (optional) Page
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3 November - 9 November
In this sixth week we explore Appreciative Joy meditation. If you are
sitting twice each day, then please pick a complementary technique from
those we have already met for your other session. Work steadily and
gently to establish your regular sittings. We’ll also briefly outline
the final brahmavihara practice (for use beyond the course) and conclude
our look at the precepts.
Saturday - Mudita: Appreciative Joy Meditation Book
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Contemplation - Day 36 Page
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Sunday - Recognising Joy and Sorrow Book
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On Appreciative Joy (Video) Page
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Contemplation - Day 37 Page
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Monday - Envy and Fairness Book
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Tuesday - Fifth Precept Book
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Wednesday - Eight Precepts Book
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Thursday - Introducing Equanimity Book
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Friday - The Practice of Equanimity Meditation Book
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Contemplation - Day 42 Page
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Chant Workshop 6 (optional) Page
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10 November - 16 November
We begin our first vipassanā meditation practice and will be working
with vipassanā for the rest of the course. If you are sitting twice each
day please use one session for vipassanā and the other for one of the
samatha methods we have been using thus far. If meditating once each day
please always focus on the current technique.
Saturday - Vipassanā: the U Ba Khin Method Book
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Audio Player - Vipassanā U Ba Khin Style Page
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Contemplation - Day 43 Page
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Sunday - A Different Approach Book
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Introducing Insight (Video) Page
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Monday - Pace and Observation Book
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Tuesday - Honest Experience Book
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Wednesday - Just What Is Present Book
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Thursday - Theoretical Background Book
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Friday - Impermanence As The Key Book
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Chant Workshop 7 (optional) Page
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17 November - 23 November
We continue, in this eighth week, with the U Ba Khin vipassanā practice
and consider our identity, its transience and the spiritual faculties
that we each can utilize.
Saturday - Effort and the Fixed View Book
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Contemplation - Day 50 Page
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Sunday - Fleeting Life and Death Book
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Monday - Transience Book
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Tuesday - Darts and Mustard Seeds Book
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Wednesday - Grief, Attended to Book
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Thursday - Five Spiritual Faculties (1) Book
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Contemplation - Day 55 Page
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Friday - Five Spiritual Faculties (2) Book
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Contemplation - Day 56 Page
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Chant Workshop 8 (optional) Page
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24 November - 30 November
In this ninth week we begin Choiceless Awareness - a form of vipassanā
meditation that is fluid and unstructured, freeing us to explore all
kinds of sensory phenomena. We also explore the Noble Eightfold Path
which is an approach to life that brings freedom from suffering and
ultimately aids liberation.
Saturday - Vipassanā: Choiceless Awareness Book
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Contemplation - Day 57 Page
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Sunday - Structure and Freedom Book
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Beginning Choiceless Awareness (Video) Page
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Monday - Physical and Mental Connection Book
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Tuesday - Open, Attentive, Receptive Book
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Wednesday - Noble Path: Understanding, Thought Book
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Contemplation - Day 61 Page
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Thursday - Noble Path: Speech, Action, Livelihood Book
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Friday - Noble Path: Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration Book
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Contemplation - Day 63 Page
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Chant Workshop 9 (optional) Page
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1 December - 7 December
In our final week we continue with Choiceless Awareness as our vipassanā
practice, explore The Perfections, and begin to think about building a
sustainable practice beyond the course.
Saturday - The Perfections (1) Book
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Contemplation - Day 64 Page
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Sunday - The Perfections (2) Book
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Monday - Preparation and Walking Book
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Tuesday - Mindful Activity Book
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Wednesday - Building Sustainable Practice Book
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Thursday - Markers and Retreats Book
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Friday - Friends and The Raft Book
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Daily Contemplations Page
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Buddha
Translator’s note: This discourse reports the way the Buddha passed away, giving four verses uttered by those who witnessed the event. It is interesting to note that the verses ascribed to heavenly beings make general comments on how the nature of all beings — even a Buddha — is to pass away, whereas the verses ascribed to the monks comment specifically on the Buddha’s display of mental mastery immediately prior to the moment of his total Unbinding.
On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Kusinara in Upavattana, the Sal Tree Grove of the Mallans, on the occasion of his total Unbinding. Then the Blessed One addressed the monks, “I exhort you, monks: All fabrications are subject to decay. Bring about completion by being heedful.” Those were the Tathagata’s last words.
Then the Blessed One entered the first jhana. Emerging from that he entered the second jhana. Emerging from that, he entered the third… the fourth jhana… the dimension of the infinitude of space… the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness… the dimension of nothingness… the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. Emerging from that, he entered the cessation of perception & feeling.
Then emerging from the cessation of perception & feeling, he entered the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. Emerging from that, he entered the dimension of nothingness… the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness… the dimension of the infinitude of space… the fourth jhana… the third… the second… the first jhana. Emerging from the first jhana he entered the second… the third… the fourth jhana. Emerging from the fourth jhana, he immediately was totally Unbound.
When the Blessed One was totally Unbound, simultaneously with the total Unbinding, Sahampati Brahma uttered this verse:
All beings — all — in the world, will cast off the bodily heap in the world where a Teacher like this without peer in the world the Tathagata, with strength attained, the Rightly Self-Awakened One, has been totally Unbound.
When the Blessed One was totally Unbound, simultaneously with the total Unbinding, Sakka, ruler of the gods, uttered this verse:
How inconstant are compounded things! Their nature: to arise & pass away. They disband as they are arising. Their total stilling is bliss.
When the Blessed One was totally Unbound, simultaneously with the total Unbinding, Ven. Ananda uttered this verse:
It was awe-inspiring. It was hair-raising when, displaying the foremost accomplishment in all things, the Rightly Self-Awakened One was totally Unbound.
When the Blessed One was totally Unbound, simultaneously with the total Unbinding, Ven. Anuruddha uttered this verse:
He had no in-&-out breathing, the one who was Such, the firm-minded one, imperturbable & bent on peace: the sage completing his span. With heart unbowed he endured the pain. Like a flame’s unbinding was the liberation of awareness.