The meaning of the word ‘Vipassana’ is insight – to perceive things as they really are, without a veil, without any facade, in their absolute true nature. Practicing Vipassana involves a practical and scientific examination and observation of the self that results in complete purification of the mind and achievement of the highest possible happiness. […]
Category Archives: Happiness Mantra
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Aug
Aug
Free yourself from attachment.
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Aug
Aug
If you cannot quieten yourself, what will you ever learn? How will you become free?
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Jun
Jun
Silence cannot make a master out of a fool. This is a strange statement from a Buddha, because silence has been praised so much but the Buddha says the truth as it is. He does not care about the tradition.
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May
May
Death overtakes the man who, giddy and distracted by the world, cares only for his flock and his children. Death fetches him away as a flood carries off a sleeping village.
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May
May
Look within—the rising and the falling. What happiness! How sweet to be free. Buddha brings a totally new vision of meditation to the world.
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Apr
Apr
A woman listening to Jesus is moved to exclaim: “Happy is the womb that carried you and the breasts that nursed you!” Jewish women hoped to be the mother of a prophet, particularly of the Messiah. So this woman might think that Mary can be especially happy as the mother of such a teacher. Yet […]
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Mar
Mar
Human happiness comes in different shapes and sizes, like candies at the store. American Psychologist Martin Seligman proposes that there are three types of happiness, the kind derived from a Pleasant Life, an Engaged Life, and a Meaningful Life. Let’s see what he means by each one of these. a. Pleasant Life Pleasant life is […]
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Feb
Feb
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.
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Jan
Jan
To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing—straighten yourself