Bio

[color=\"brown\"] [b] Vipassana Meditation: [/b] The Practice of Vipassana (Thien Minh Sat) was conducted in Sping 2010 (May 30 2010) taught by The Venerable Sayadawgyi U Pandita at Nhu Lai Thien Vien (Tathagata Meditation Center) in San Jose. Vipassana meditation chiefly comes from the tradition of Theravada Buddhism. The word \"Vipassana\" is composed of two parts: \"Vi\" which means\"in various ways\" and \"passana\" which means \"seeing\". So Vipassana means seeing in various ways. The ultimate purpose of Vipassana is to eradicate mental impurities from your mind altogether. Before that stage, there are benefits of tranquility peace of mind and the ability to accept things as they come. Vipassana helps you to see things as they truly are, not as they appear to be. Things appear to be permanent, desirable and substanstial, but actually they are not. When you practice Vipassana meditation you will see for yourself the arising and disappearing of mental and physical phenomena. And you will have a clearer comprehension of what is going in your mind and body. You will be able to accept things as they come to you with less agitation and deal with situations in a more positive way. Vipassana meditation is for the cure of diseases of the mind in the form of mental defilements like greed, hatred delusion, etc. We all have these mental diseases almost all the time. In order to at least control them we need Vipassana meditation. So Vipassana is for all people. Since mental impurities are almost all of the time. There is no fixed time for the practice of Vipassana. Morning, during the day, before bed ... anytime is the time for Vipassana. And Vipassana may be practice at any age.[/color] [color=\"darkblue\"] [u][b]SPECIAL NOTES:[/b][/u] Dear friends: The Biography of the Venerable Sayadawgyi U Pandita can be found [/color] [link=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Pandita\"][color=\"brown\"]in here[/color][/link] The English Version of His Dharma\'s talk (Special Vipassana Meditation Retreat 2010 from May 30 2010 to June 30 2010) in San Jose,can be found [link=\"http://www.tathagata.org/node/30\"][color=\"brown\"]in here[/color][/link] Other information can also be found in: [link=\"http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/160/?page=1\"][color=\"red\"]Dharmaseed[/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.dhammadownload.com/Sayadaw-UPanDiTa-wma-english.htm\"][color=\"brown\"]Dharma[/color][/link] [link=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasi_Sayadaw\"] [color=\"brown\"]The Venerable Sayadaw Mahasi: The Venerable Sayadawgyi U Pandita\'s Teacher[/color][/link] [color=\"blue\"] [b]Noble Students of The Venerable Sayadaw Mahasi:[/b] Sayadawgyi U Pandita Anagarika Munindra Joseph Goldstein Rodney Smith Sharon Salzberg G. V. Desani Achan Sobin S. Namto[1] [/color] ****** [color=\"Green\"] [b]OTHER WEBSITES:[/b][/color] [link=\"http://www.musicwebtown.com/vongtuong\"][color=\"brown\"]The Buddhist Sutta Music_Truong ca Kinh Pho Mon_Musician Vo Ta Han Pho Nhat and Group Singers[/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oazI_zsrlko&NR=1\"][color=\"red\"]Great Compassionate Heart Dharani - 5 Repetitions by LilaSakura [/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p8ICB--Cms&feature=related\"][color=\"blue\"]Great Compassion Mantra aka Maha Karuna Mantra aka Da Bei Zhou (Tibetan Version)[/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWrIjqD39LM&feature=related\"][color=\"blue\"]Namo Amitabha Buddha song by Beryllin [/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wimgume2hPk&feature=related\"][color=\"blue\"]PHAT A DI DA by Bimenito99 [/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ts8UYG8b8g&feature=related\"][color=\"blue\"]Namo Amituofo - Pure Land (1 Mala - 108 Repetitions)by Lila Sakura[/color][/link] [link=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDXwkcq7QTQ&feature=related\"][color=\"brown\"] Mantra of Avalokiteshvara, Om Mani Padme Hum, Prajna-paramita Hrdaya (Tibetan Version) by M3TTA1[/color][/link] [link=\"http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/70879576/987948998/name/Hoa%20SALA%20Loi%20cuoi%20Phat%20day.pps\"][color=\"brown\"]Sala Flower & The Buddha\'s last teachings - Vietnamese version[/color][/link]