My friend and I are thinking about doing a Vipassana retreat next year.
Does anyone know or have any advice on how to find a serious centre? We’re open to do it anywhere in the world.
How would you prepare for such retreat?
Also, if you know anyone who have done a Vipassana retreat, please let me know. I would like to get more information.
#meditation
How stable are you emotionally?
I think I’m pretty strong but I’ve also understood Vipassana is something on a whole new level
Riddled with self hate - so I am not a good example.
When I tried going to a Goenka retreat, I was rejected due to my emotional fragility.
Few years later on my first retreat, a sunday-to-friday almost-a-week retreat, I suffered quite a bit. Being alone with no distractions to numb me down, all those internal demons surfaced from the subconscious………
I was lucky to have a very small student/teacher ratio (2/1) and that I already knew the teacher and he knew me.
I want to go again when I find the opportunity and the strength. Meanwhile I practice daily at home.
Someone is asking for advice on meditation retreat.
#vippasana #mindfulness #retreat #buddhism #meditation
Thank you! 🫂 The only person I know who have done it is nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m but too scared to ask someone like him for advice even tho I truly believe he would give great advice. Also didn’t wanna bother him.
Thankful for you posting this ☺️
Hello, I have been to Vipassana retreats several times. I would be happy to answer any questions you have about it. And I will say it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. 👍
Hi,
Incredible!
Thank you! I will def have lots of questions
This website has a global index of legit Vipassana centers. As far as I am aware all legitimate centers should not charge any fees upfront and you will be free to offer a donation of your choosing after the 10 day course ends.
Just to repeat they should not charge you for your place to sleep, nor for food, nor anything else.
Good luck ✨
Thank you! Looked into this site. Looking good so far.
Can I ask you where you did your Vipassana retreat & your experience from it?
Hey 👋 planning on typing some thoughts about it for you tomorrow
Awesome! Thanks 🫂
Hi nostr:npub1gsyvqrq7jdvvqkk3rklz6wsaft9cc2md6cuxun3a48s5hvrd7s4sgeqd9m I wrote my thoughts here
nostr:note1yd0axfj0x8ucd3kdlaewkgm49a273fnuza23c9csavzaex6v5c2q7xatm6
Actually, Vipashana meditation can be done anywhere, as long as the wisdom of impermanence is ripe in the practitioner's heart. if you are willing and ready to say goodbye to all the luxuries in life and realize that you may die the next minute, and you're happy to embrace death as a process of continuum of your micro consciousness merging into the infinite macro consciousness, and practice dharma with every breath you take, any place is good. the state of the mind is the key to Vipashana, as one can go and do the pilgrimage to Bodhgaya without the realization of impermanence, and go back to living a toxic life after Ghaya, and the cycle is not broken, time not well spent
in Burma though, there are temples where one can live the life of a mendicant monk for a period of time. I knew of a billionaire that went to a temple there, lived the life of a monk, joined the monkhood in begging for alms, meditated with them, lived among the monks for a couple of months, realizing how fresh it felt to have absolutely nothing to your name, not even tissue paper, a dime or the next meal, as in he realized he can leave his human body anytime, without a baggage, cleansed his aura and meditated on his sins, etc. Vipashana comes naturally when the wisdom of impermanence permeates the person's very being, and when that happens, any place is a blissful paradise. when the warrior is ready, no battle cannot be won
Thank you! 🫂
