Vipassana Meditation Centre Victoria
Education in Yarra Ranges

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's maximum ancient techniques of meditation. By the fourth day the mind is calmer and more focused, better capable to undertake the practice of Vipassana itself: observing sensations throughout the body, understanding their nature, and developing equanimity by learning not to react to them. There cannot be quiet in the world when people have anger and hatred in their hearts. Only with love and compassion in the heart is world peace attainable. An imperative aspect of the Summit is the effort to diminish sectarian clash and tension. We should all give importance to this aspect of religion and avoid conflict over the external shell of the religions, which is various rites, rituals, festivals and dogmas. Goenka quoted the Emperor Asoka who in one of his Rock Edicts said, One should not dignify only one's own religion and condemn other religions. All persons must be free to profess and succeed their faith. Peace in the world cannot be achieved unless there is quiet within individuals. That is why we must find possible methods to make the heed peaceful and pure. A sage once said, A balanced obey is necessary to balance the unbalanced obey of others. More broadly, a clam society will find a way to live in quiet with its automatic setting. Religion sets us not apart it teaches quiet and purity of heart. But how are we to live peacefully? A negativity in the mind, a mental defilement or impurity, cannot coexist with quiet and harmony. Whenever negativity arises in the mind, just study it, face it. Then, having been warned, we can start observing the respiration, begin observing the sensations, and very quickly we find that the negativity passes away. Whatever it is, breath or sensation, we learn honest to study it without losing our mental balance. The word Vipassana means seeing things as they really are. Therefore, the meditation will suit only those willing to labor seriously and scrutinize the discipline, which is there for the benefit and concern of the mediators and is an integral portion of the meditation practice. They are not primarily for the earnings of the teacher or the course management, nor are they negative expressions of tradition, orthodoxy or blind faith in some organized religion. Acceptance of the Teacher and the Technique. This is not to denounce any other technique or practice, but to offer a fair trial to the technique of Vipassana in its purity. Someone taking the course for the first time may offer a donation on the final day of the course or any time thereafter. The superior thing for such a person is to work with a health professional. People from many religions and no religion have found the meditation course useful and beneficial. Vipassana is an art of living, a way of life.