Absolutely agree ! Love your answer 🤍

In your childhood? Wow!! I didn’t know children could participate.

thank you! that’s why I’ve prepared this video, as I was very confused at the beginning to hear the word “Vipasaana” and to see two different things.

Definitely! But for now I’m going to Vipassana in a monastery in Chiang Mai (it’s a forest monastery that was built in 13th century 😍)

But meditation retreats are good entry, but we have to move from there on and stay with monks in a monastery outside from meditation retreats when we can see how for example calling vipassana retreat is something that sound very off from what we can find in suttas.

thank you for your input! it was really useful 😊

Also, when I went to my first 10 day retreat in Hawaii we did have dinner daily as well…

@@1monarara yeah, I think there are no written rules. Every monastery/organization decides. The most important that the principle behind is the same :)

@@devankmittal8311 Nice to know that! My friends who did Goenka have never mentioned it to me. You must’ve did it many times to remember all the details :)

@@IKIYOGA No, actually I've been to vipassana 10 days course only thrice as a student and only once as a volunteer/sewak. But I know that almost everyone tends to skip this part as it is not that much emphasized upon, even the instructions are given only once and never again(old students are instructed on day 1 to start this from day 4, new students are instructed on day 7 to start this from day 8. He also says that these instructions are for very serious students, serious about meditation). Also even assistant teachers never ask about this in their regular questioning sessions (in questioning sessions, assistant teachers call students in groups to sit near him/her and then they ask questions like 'are you getting sufficient sleep' or 'were you able to follow today's instructions' etc and they also meditate together for 5-10 minutes). But in advanced courses like 7 day satipattana suta course and 20 days, 30 days etc these instructions are very very much emphasized upon.... Please search on youtube 'vipassana day 7' and watch from 2:12 till 10:33 (link - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5qkqq2FlrjKmYE.html) here he gives these instructions to 10 day students. I just noticed that what he says in hindi is quite different than what he says in English and it has less feelings behind it (maybe because english isn't his first language) and also the instructions are more detailed and clear in hindi. but never the less, the essence or gist is similar/same.

Thank you! yes, these two vipassanas are just based on 2 different types of meditation. That’s all. This doesn’t mean one is good and another is bad. It’s just different. Actually, I went to a Thai Forest monastery two days ago and I discovered another way of meditation they practice there, that is like a mix of Goenka and Mahasi Sayadaw teachings. Unfortunately, currently they don’t have a teacher, so I couldn’t learn much. I don’t claim I am an expert in Vipassana, I am just very curious to learn about it and share everything that I discover.

thank you for watching 😌

yeah

I talk from my experience and experience of my friends

I went go Doi Suthep Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. You can check out overview of the centre and their method here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZyBhc93rL6dpoU.htmlsi=VVVNrrKXu5xSQ106

@@IKIYOGA Thank You. This really helps. BTW, great job at the video

​@@IKIYOGAI did Doi Suthep before. The touching points they teach is not from Mahasi. I became a monk at Mahasi Meditation Center in Myanmar before.

@@rmglabog wow I would be really interested to hear your story. They position themselves as Mahasi Sayadaw meditation centre, at least it’s written on their website. Could you tell me where you became a monk and how was it?

@@IKIYOGAi became monk at the meditation center founded by Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw in Yangon. It is customary for men in Asia to become monk for a few months. So, I spent my time there. I would say the most comprehensive teachings on Vipassana is with Sayadaw Pa Auk. But most lay people can't do it. It takes years of practice. The "mahasi" tradition is the most widely used throughout Thailand. It's the one they use even at Mahachulalongkorn University, the Buddhist University in Thailand. So, Thai practice is usually "Mahasi" based. The founding meditation master at Doi Suthep did in fact study with Mahasi Sayadaw. But the practice they have is also integrated the Northern Thai style. I did 3 sittings with Goenka. For me, it's the most recommended for lay people. The Mahasi and orher traditions require study of Buddhist scriptures which for many lay people may take a long time. At any rate, all these teachings are not contradictory. It's just that different people have different temperament and different capability. As lay people, we don't have whole day reading scriptures and meditating, so we have approaches like Goenka, which is more user-friendly.

Thank you for your comment! My friends who had zero experience with meditation want there. Some of them didn’t enjoy it at all, they said it was too strict, too militar approach. I would definitely do it later in my life to see the difference 😊

You really should do a Goenka course. It's not as strict as you point out. You are not observed all the time. You are free to meditate in your room if you prefer. You are only required to be in the hall for 3 sessions a day as well as at the discourse each evening. The separation of male and female is a good idea in my opinion. And of course if you really want or need to leave, then you can leave. Also anything less than 10 days, isn't really giving a proper chance to experience the method. Blessings from Australia. 🙏

@@jimig6442 good point! I definitely need to try out both. The experience that you had is way more flexible than my friends had. Thank you very much for your input 🙂‍↕️

Yes Vipassana is very strict if you straggle with Vipassana then you can try iner Engineering teach by Sadhguru Isha foundation. Shambhavi Mahamudra is awesome. You have to give only 21 minute in a day. You will blast with peace try it.

@@sanjoychhetri984 it’s indeed a good solution, especially for us millennials, how want to have it all and don’t have time for anything at the end. I love Sadhuru’s lectures but I’ve practiced only his 15-min meditation. Could you provide us with a link to this 21 day course please?

yes, it's on my list! thank you very much for sharing your experience:)

I find it funny when participants ignorantly think goenka doesn’t speak about buddhism. I used to think the same before. It’s understandable because majority of participants are coming from other backgrounds and never do a research. He tries to get a gesture of having nothing in common with buddhism because he knows majority of their participants are either agnostic or atheist westerners and they hate religions. He knows his audience… Literally every term and topic that Goenka says during those 10days videos are buddhist concepts. Moreover, have you ever thought of knowing the meaning of all those chantings? He is sending respect towards spirits and deities of all directions in buddhist spiritual planes.. There is more to say, but I just wanted to give a clue. With meta

I did this video based on the experience of 2 close friends of mine: one did a Goenka vipasaana in Spain and he said it was a great experience yet he would not do it again; and another one did it twice: once in Germany, and another time in Switzerland and she will go again and again. They both told me it was hard and not for everyone, and also they provided me with details I shared. Anyways, yes Goenka is on my list. But tomorrow I’m going to do Mahasi Sayadaw Vipassana again as I am in Thailand and I want to hear teachings from a buddhist monk.

@@IKIYOGA I’ve never done a Mahasi course but I know they practice differently so when you sit a Goenkagyi course make sure you don’t mix the techniques it’s very important to keep them separate partly because of respect to the 2 different teachers but you don’t want to get confused on the course and not understand the benefits each has to offer. Mahasi used noting to concentrate the mind and in doing so uses the conscious mind, like hearing hearing or thinking thinking these are products of the conscious mind, whereas Goenkagyi uses the breath with is connected to the conscious and subconscious mind, so straight away you are working with the subconscious mind, so it’s very important to follow Goenkagyis instruction to the letter and go as deep as possible.. All the best wishes to you

@@damianv8200 some misinformation here. I never had the whole hidden emotional baggage of my subconscious come to surface and revealed to me better than the times I joined mahasi style retreats. I have heard the similar results from some of my friends whom joined also. Nevertheless, I had some good results from goenka retreats as well which I used to do in the past. Both traditions are fine. It is a matter of taste and preference.