What do you think about the Vipassana “body scanning“ meditation technique? As you may know, it involves observing the sensations of the body, while scanning up and down and through the body. Does it (like you’ve written about breath meditation) also ultimately translate into an awareness (however indirect or unconscious) of death, of the impermanence of the body? A different route to arrive at the same awareness? The main difference I discern is that it elicits or “brings out” more negative emotion (irritation) than breath meditation. In his 10 day course, S.N. Goenka said that the impermanence that the technique teaches has to do with the impermanent nature of the sensations while scanning, which is supposed to show something about the impermanence of “Kalapas” or microparticles that make up the universe. He didn’t say anything about an indirect or peripheral awareness of death, that I can remember.

'It's all impermanent' 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Just listening and following along to this video is a significant part of the practice of vipassana.

So grateful to Banthe for these eye openers

This video is very insightful regarding negative feelings and how they are cravings that aren’t our own. We’ve assimilated these feelings which aren’t ours and held onto them. Abandon craving and be free.

Brilliant teaching Ajahn. 🙏🏽

Thank you, Bhante. I have learned a lot from this. 🙏🙏🙏

Great guidelines. Is the arising of existential dread on account of enduring this kind of questioning a sign of right effort/'direction' of practice?

The choices that you make, how does it fit into the 5 aggregates? Is it sankhara?