MEDITATION GUIDELINES

THE PRACTICE
Vipassana or insight meditation is, above all, an experiential practice, based on the systematic and balanced development of a precise and focused awareness. By observing one's moment-to- moment mind/body processes from a place of investigative attention, insight insight arise into the true nature of life and experiences. through the wisdom acquried by using insight meditation one is able to live move freely and relate to the world around with less clingging, fear and confusion. Thus one's life becomes increasingly directed by consideration, compassion and clarity.
1. Mental Nothig
. This is technique of repeatedly 'naming' or 'labelling' with the pirpose of directign the attention to the mind /body phenomen in order to understand their true nature correctly.
. The guiding principle inVipassna practice is to observe whatever arises at ht moment of its occurrence - by nothing the present, one lives in the present.
. Note attentively and precisely. Superficial noting may make the mind more distracted. When the concentration is weak, the tendency to skip over thigs canbe checked by using the dveice of 'labelling'. The actual saying of the words taht constitute the'lable' is not really necessary, but it is helpful in the beginnging. Do persist with the labelling until the nothing becomes fluent, and drop it only if it become too cumbersome, then it had outlived its usefulness.