Let me begin by thanking you. The fact that anybody reached your video is testimony enough that it was what they like me now needed at that time. Being a vipasana brother I would request you to make the same video with audio instructions maybe 30 sec at the start of each 5 min gong. That would address most of our friends concern and I also feel it would be beneficial to me too. So if possible do consider it. Thx again for being thoughtful enough to Do this much also. Shows how much progress you have made.
Dear (Calm is a superpower) Dhamma brother, thank you for your kind comment and words. Love your RUclips name : ). Indeed, as pointed out 2,500 years ago, _The highest welfare is a mind that is unshaken by life's vicissitudes_ This is my favorite Dhamma quote. Regarding your request about adding audio instructions, please forgive me for being reluctant. Two reasons: (1) I feel that by doing so it could become a copyright violation. Already one of my earlier videos which had Goenkaji's chantings at the opening and closing was removed by RUclips at a copyright violation and resulted in a strike against my channel. (2) I feel I may be moving into guide or instructor territory, and I 100% don't want to do that. I want to remain a serious practitioner. Trust you will understand my thinking Two Suggestions: (1) Write to the higher ups you know in the organization making a similar request. I did this before I made my video. I did not get a response, so I ended up making this video using only my memory. (2) Do what I did; just record the instructions yourself - _any smart phone is good enough_ - with suitable 5-minute gaps. And use along with the video. Thank you again for reaching out. METTA
Thank you very much. Brilliant indeed. Precisely what this old and ancient student has been looking for. I have benefitted from your kindness. Respectably yours.
In gratitude I'll share a video that came to me today. ruclips.net/video/q2zdr4t49BE/видео.html It explains some neurosience behind the vipassana that we're doing.
I have already undergone tendaysvipasana course now I am doing daily morning 45minutes evening 45minutes.every Sunday I attend on line meditation course conducted by Nikku from Greece my query was when you were meditations the mind will deviate then you have to bring back to our breadth where is the question of start again the description in the video is very fine andguides us to do correctly and patiently thanks lot
@@easwaramurthynatarajan6997 thank you for your comment. I'm grateful that you find the video useful. Very good to note that you are keeping up daily practice, and attending weekly online sessions. I have to constantly remind myself that (1) If I don't keep up my daily practice, then I begin to lose everything, and (2) the purpose of keeping up the practice is to keep breaking the habits of craving and aversion. METTA. Please consider watching this video I posted few days ago: Two Paths - A Vipassana meditator’s thoughts on how ancient teachings can forestall today’s dangers. ruclips.net/video/eNDMk98vP54/видео.html
Alas, : ) for me, I have a relentlessly wandering mind. So when I snap out of a reverie, and I've forget where I was before drifting away, I briefly open my eyes and reset to whatever I see on the screen. Rather than starting from the head to toes, part-by-part, again and again and again. I mention this in the video description. As always, thank you for your comment. Hope I've sort of addressed it. : ) METTA
As I recall, yes. First there are Anapana instructions. After 1/3rd course there are Vipassana instructions. There is also a ~20-minutes discourse. METTA
Ellery Hart. Thank you for your message and inquiry. 1. Regarding " _Only Silence throughout. No voice of Goenka_ ", I had made an earlier video with Goenkaji's opening chanting, closing Metta. This video was removed by RUclips for copyright violation. That is why it is not available on my channel anymore. 2. Regarding " _You are expected to read the meditation instructions_ ", these are not intended to be instructions. They are intended to be reminders to me, as to where to continue. Alas, I have a relentlessly wandering mind. When I snap out of a reverie, I've often forgotten where I was before drifting away. So I briefly open my eyes and reset to whatever I see on the screen. Rather than starting from the head to toes, part-by-part, again and again and again. Hope this helps. METTA
Instructions not needed. I think at first we have to keep in mind what to do in every five minutes. Bell is just a reminder where your journey reached. Appriciabke.
I cannot understand the contents of this video kindly explain Where is the video description sir why should we open our eyes when the mind drift away the bell remind us to bring back us to the breadth .kindly explain
Easwaramurthy Natarajan: Thank you for your comment and query. This video is not intended as a training video or a guide. It is a potential aid for current Vipassana meditators. Nothing more. It may help some. For others it may not. As I mentioned in the video description: _I made this video, primarily as a meditation aid for myself, _*_to address my specific challenges and issues._*_ I'm happy to share my work, with the hope that it may be helpful to other "Old Students" too. Note: _*_If you are not an old student-with any power of persuasion I may possess-I urge you, prior to trying out any of the below, first take a 10-day Vipassana meditation course._*_ This way you will give your self the best chance for long-term-success._ METTA
Rashid Kapadia ji Vri is doing well for vipassana. I think. We should follow only. Pujya Gurujis words are sufficient. We should just experience these all . Then after that think of others including oneself. I think this type of work is a unaware step toward dilution of this vidhya , technique... Please don't take it otherwise. Think seriously.
Carlos e Perez: Thank you for your comment and query. Much appreciated. It has been asked before. Brief Answer My mind wanders relentlessly. There were many times when entire 60-minutes sittings were lost to my wandering mind. This was unacceptable and unsustainable. I made this video to bring my mind back to meditation every five minutes. I also found that to be systematic and complete, I required reminders of the instructions. When my mind wanders, and I hear the gong, I start-again at the current instructions. I glimpse at them very briefly and then close my eyes and continue. This approach helps me. Without these instructions, I was restarting every time with part-by-part top-to-bottom. And not having a systematic and thorough sitting. Hope this provides an adequate explanation. METTA Also, Here's a "Copy & Paste" response to a similar earlier comment. This video is not intended as a training video or a guide. It is a potential aid for current Vipassana meditators. Nothing more. It may help some. For others it may not. As I mentioned in the video description: _I made this video, primarily as a meditation aid for myself, to address my specific challenges and issues. I'm happy to share my work, with the hope that it may be helpful to other "Old Students" too._ *Note: If you are not an old student-with any power of persuasion I may possess-I urge you, prior to trying out any of the below, first take a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. This way you will give your self the best chance for long-term-success.* Above response is offered with my best wishes for your meditation success. METTA
Thank you Subhash Gupta for your comment and observation. If I've understood correctly: At the end of an hour, the gong sounds three times. This singles to me that one hour is over. Hope this helps. METTA
Hello Chirag1id. Thanks for your question. I think you are asking me why I have not completed a long course or satipatthana course. If I've understood correctly, here's my answer One must finish minimum 3 x 10 day courses before being accepted to Satipatthana. After I completed 3 courses, I wanted to complete the Satipatthana course, but these are conducted only once a year. So I applied for the March 2020 course. And was accepted. Unfortunately it was cancelled due to Coronavirus. Meanwhile after completing 3 10 day courses, I continued to apply for 10 day courses, and was fortunately able to attend two more in 2019. Regarding 20 days long course, the requirements are * Must have sat at least five 10-Day courses with Goenkaji or one of his assistant teachers. * Must have sat at least one Satipatthana Sutta Course. * Must have served at least one 10-Day course. * Maintenance of daily practice of two hours per day for at least 2 years. After I complete the Satipatthana course, probably 2021, I will apply for a 20 day long course. You must also be a long term student and practitioner. Am I right? METTA
@@RashidKapadia thanks for the reply.. my first Vipassana course was in 2015 since then I'm practicing this technique and have done 2 more courses and several 1 day courses at pagoga.. but for applying sattipatthana I must have practice it regularly 2 hours which i don't.. but in future I'm hopeful to do so.. metta to all
Hi. I liked your first upload of gong meditation with opening and closing chants. I cannot seem to find it now. Can you please share that link? Thanks a lot.
@@templepanchgavya: Thank you for your comment-question. Unfortunately that video was removed by RUclips (& considered a copyright strike) on June 18, 2020. Here's part of the message I received: QUOTE. Due to a copyright takedown notice that we received, we had to take down your video from RUclips: Video title: Vipassana Meditation. One-Hour Home-Sit with GONG at 5-minutes intervals. Dec 18, 2019 . Video url: ruclips.net/video/JmnlEIoFbME/видео.html Takedown issued by: Vipassana Research Institute. UNQUOTE. I have communicated with VRI about this. If they respond and give me permission to put it up again, I happily will. METTA
By choice, the only sound in this video is the gong. One gong sound every five minutes. And three continuous gong sounds after 60-minutes--to indicate that an hour has been completed. No opening chanting or closing metta. Side note: in an earlier similar video, I had opened with a short Goenkaji chanting and closed with a short Goenkaji metta segment. That video was removed by RUclips for copyright violation and resulted a RUclips copyright strike against my RUclips channel.
Gratitude just gratitude... metta... May all be happy 🙏
Let me begin by thanking you. The fact that anybody reached your video is testimony enough that it was what they like me now needed at that time. Being a vipasana brother I would request you to make the same video with audio instructions maybe 30 sec at the start of each 5 min gong. That would address most of our friends concern and I also feel it would be beneficial to me too. So if possible do consider it. Thx again for being thoughtful enough to Do this much also. Shows how much progress you have made.
Dear (Calm is a superpower) Dhamma brother, thank you for your kind comment and words.
Love your RUclips name : ). Indeed, as pointed out 2,500 years ago, _The highest welfare is a mind that is unshaken by life's vicissitudes_ This is my favorite Dhamma quote.
Regarding your request about adding audio instructions, please forgive me for being reluctant.
Two reasons:
(1) I feel that by doing so it could become a copyright violation. Already one of my earlier videos which had Goenkaji's chantings at the opening and closing was removed by RUclips at a copyright violation and resulted in a strike against my channel.
(2) I feel I may be moving into guide or instructor territory, and I 100% don't want to do that. I want to remain a serious practitioner.
Trust you will understand my thinking
Two Suggestions:
(1) Write to the higher ups you know in the organization making a similar request. I did this before I made my video. I did not get a response, so I ended up making this video using only my memory.
(2) Do what I did; just record the instructions yourself - _any smart phone is good enough_ - with suitable 5-minute gaps. And use along with the video.
Thank you again for reaching out. METTA
Thank you very much. Brilliant indeed. Precisely what this old and ancient student has been looking for. I have benefitted from your kindness. Respectably yours.
Very inspiring! My thanks & gratitude!
Really helpfull your reminder tips list, gratitude
This is a good one.
Thanks.
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In gratitude I'll share a video that came to me today.
ruclips.net/video/q2zdr4t49BE/видео.html
It explains some neurosience behind the vipassana that we're doing.
Gratitude. I benefitted from this. I had the same issue as you.
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... ! Thank You ...
I thank you very much for having kind enough to reply my query
I have already undergone tendaysvipasana course now I am doing daily morning 45minutes evening 45minutes.every Sunday I attend on line meditation course conducted by Nikku from Greece my query was when you were meditations the mind will deviate then you have to bring back to our breadth where is the question of start again the description in the video is very fine andguides us to do correctly and patiently thanks lot
@@easwaramurthynatarajan6997 thank you for your comment. I'm grateful that you find the video useful. Very good to note that you are keeping up daily practice, and attending weekly online sessions. I have to constantly remind myself that (1) If I don't keep up my daily practice, then I begin to lose everything, and (2) the purpose of keeping up the practice is to keep breaking the habits of craving and aversion. METTA.
Please consider watching this video I posted few days ago: Two Paths - A Vipassana meditator’s thoughts on how ancient teachings can forestall today’s dangers. ruclips.net/video/eNDMk98vP54/видео.html
If you should have your eyes closed, how would you see what's on the screen?
What is the purpose?
Alas, : ) for me, I have a relentlessly wandering mind. So when I snap out of a reverie, and I've forget where I was before drifting away, I briefly open my eyes and reset to whatever I see on the screen. Rather than starting from the head to toes, part-by-part, again and again and again.
I mention this in the video description.
As always, thank you for your comment. Hope I've sort of addressed it. : )
METTA
@@RashidKapadia 👀 are not supposed to open and body not supposed to move
Good analogy though
I will read it when not meditating
May all be happy ☺️
@@Isheel you are 100% correct. : ).
Unfortunately for me, I'm not quite there yet.
So this serves as my reminder to _Start Again. Start Again_
METTA
Thank you
Sr
Is the audio instructions for body scanning given in one day course of Vipassana for old students?
As I recall, yes. First there are Anapana instructions. After 1/3rd course there are Vipassana instructions. There is also a ~20-minutes discourse. METTA
Just a gong. Only Silence throughout. No voice of Goenka. You are expected to read the meditation instructions. 😯😴
Ellery Hart. Thank you for your message and inquiry.
1. Regarding " _Only Silence throughout. No voice of Goenka_ ", I had made an earlier video with Goenkaji's opening chanting, closing Metta. This video was removed by RUclips for copyright violation. That is why it is not available on my channel anymore.
2. Regarding " _You are expected to read the meditation instructions_ ", these are not intended to be instructions. They are intended to be reminders to me, as to where to continue. Alas, I have a relentlessly wandering mind. When I snap out of a reverie, I've often forgotten where I was before drifting away. So I briefly open my eyes and reset to whatever I see on the screen. Rather than starting from the head to toes, part-by-part, again and again and again.
Hope this helps. METTA
Instructions not needed. I think at first we have to keep in mind what to do in every five minutes. Bell is just a reminder where your journey reached. Appriciabke.
उत्तम
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Thanks for the work. I was looking for something like that for myself too.
: ) Start again ... Start again ... Start again : ) METTA
I cannot understand the contents of this video kindly explain
Where is the video description sir why should we open our eyes when the mind drift away the bell remind us to bring back us to the breadth .kindly explain
Easwaramurthy Natarajan: Thank you for your comment and query.
This video is not intended as a training video or a guide. It is a potential aid for current Vipassana meditators. Nothing more. It may help some. For others it may not.
As I mentioned in the video description:
_I made this video, primarily as a meditation aid for myself, _*_to address my specific challenges and issues._*_ I'm happy to share my work, with the hope that it may be helpful to other "Old Students" too. Note: _*_If you are not an old student-with any power of persuasion I may possess-I urge you, prior to trying out any of the below, first take a 10-day Vipassana meditation course._*_ This way you will give your self the best chance for long-term-success._
METTA
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Rashid Kapadia ji
Vri is doing well for vipassana. I think. We should follow only.
Pujya Gurujis words are sufficient. We should just experience these all .
Then after that think of others including oneself.
I think this type of work is a unaware step toward dilution of this vidhya , technique...
Please don't take it otherwise. Think seriously.
What's the point of this if there's no audio? how are we supposed to meditate and focused on looking at a screen??
Carlos e Perez:
Thank you for your comment and query. Much appreciated. It has been asked before.
Brief Answer
My mind wanders relentlessly. There were many times when entire 60-minutes sittings were lost to my wandering mind. This was unacceptable and unsustainable. I made this video to bring my mind back to meditation every five minutes. I also found that to be systematic and complete, I required reminders of the instructions. When my mind wanders, and I hear the gong, I start-again at the current instructions. I glimpse at them very briefly and then close my eyes and continue. This approach helps me. Without these instructions, I was restarting every time with part-by-part top-to-bottom. And not having a systematic and thorough sitting.
Hope this provides an adequate explanation. METTA
Also,
Here's a "Copy & Paste" response to a similar earlier comment.
This video is not intended as a training video or a guide. It is a potential aid for current Vipassana meditators. Nothing more. It may help some. For others it may not.
As I mentioned in the video description:
_I made this video, primarily as a meditation aid for myself, to address my specific challenges and issues. I'm happy to share my work, with the hope that it may be helpful to other "Old Students" too._ *Note: If you are not an old student-with any power of persuasion I may possess-I urge you, prior to trying out any of the below, first take a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. This way you will give your self the best chance for long-term-success.*
Above response is offered with my best wishes for your meditation success.
METTA
एक घंटा/समय कब समाप्त हो गया है यह इसमें पता नहीं चलता !
Thank you Subhash Gupta for your comment and observation.
If I've understood correctly: At the end of an hour, the gong sounds three times. This singles to me that one hour is over. Hope this helps. METTA
This would be nice if the timing was accurate but it's not and a better sounding gong.
Why not long course sir or sattipatthana?
Hello Chirag1id.
Thanks for your question. I think you are asking me why I have not completed a long course or satipatthana course. If I've understood correctly, here's my answer
One must finish minimum 3 x 10 day courses before being accepted to Satipatthana. After I completed 3 courses, I wanted to complete the Satipatthana course, but these are conducted only once a year. So I applied for the March 2020 course. And was accepted. Unfortunately it was cancelled due to Coronavirus. Meanwhile after completing 3 10 day courses, I continued to apply for 10 day courses, and was fortunately able to attend two more in 2019.
Regarding 20 days long course, the requirements are
* Must have sat at least five 10-Day courses with Goenkaji or one of his assistant teachers.
* Must have sat at least one Satipatthana Sutta Course.
* Must have served at least one 10-Day course.
* Maintenance of daily practice of two hours per day for at least 2 years.
After I complete the Satipatthana course, probably 2021, I will apply for a 20 day long course.
You must also be a long term student and practitioner. Am I right?
METTA
@@RashidKapadia thanks for the reply.. my first Vipassana course was in 2015 since then I'm practicing this technique and have done 2 more courses and several 1 day courses at pagoga.. but for applying sattipatthana I must have practice it regularly 2 hours which i don't.. but in future I'm hopeful to do so.. metta to all
Hi. I liked your first upload of gong meditation with opening and closing chants. I cannot seem to find it now. Can you please share that link? Thanks a lot.
@@templepanchgavya: Thank you for your comment-question. Unfortunately that video was removed by RUclips (& considered a copyright strike) on June 18, 2020.
Here's part of the message I received:
QUOTE.
Due to a copyright takedown notice that we received, we had to take down your video from RUclips:
Video title: Vipassana Meditation. One-Hour Home-Sit with GONG at 5-minutes intervals. Dec 18, 2019 .
Video url: ruclips.net/video/JmnlEIoFbME/видео.html
Takedown issued by: Vipassana Research Institute.
UNQUOTE.
I have communicated with VRI about this. If they respond and give me permission to put it up again, I happily will.
METTA
This does not have any sound by purpose?
By choice, the only sound in this video is the gong. One gong sound every five minutes. And three continuous gong sounds after 60-minutes--to indicate that an hour has been completed. No opening chanting or closing metta.
Side note: in an earlier similar video, I had opened with a short Goenkaji chanting and closed with a short Goenkaji metta segment. That video was removed by RUclips for copyright violation and resulted a RUclips copyright strike against my RUclips channel.
Where is the sound?
What is this non-sense?
Bandar kya jaane adhrak ka swad
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