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The essentials, in order

1What is Vipassana?
2The Buddha and the origins of Vipassana
3How Vipassana survived
4The three trainings: sīla, samādhi and paññā
5The four foundations of mindfulness
6Impermanence, suffering and non-self
7Samatha and vipassanā: calm and insight
8The 10-day course, day by day
9Before your first course
10Keeping up the practice at home

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Goenka (U Ba Khin)
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Thai Forest
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Practices

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Noting
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Centres in Nepal

Dhamma ShringaBudhanilkantha (Muhan Pokhari), Kathmandu
International Buddhist Meditation CenterBuddhanagar (Sankhamul), Kathmandu
Dhamma TarāiParwanipur, near Birgunj
Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation CenterWest Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Rupandehi
Dhamma JananīLumbini (East Monastic Zone), Rupandehi
Dhamma BirāṭaItahari, Sunsari
Dhamma CitavanaBharatpur, Chitwan
Dhamma SurakhettaKatkuwa, Birendranagar, Surkhet

All 22 in Nepal

Other countries

India144
Myanmar28
United States21
Thailand18
Australia11
Sri Lanka9
United Kingdom7
Canada5
Brazil4
France3

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Pa-Auk
Sunlun
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Thai Forest

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The essentials

1. What is Vipassana?
2. The Buddha and the origins of Vipassana
3. How Vipassana survived
4. The three trainings: sīla, samādhi and paññā
5. The four foundations of mindfulness
6. Impermanence, suffering and non-self

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Vipassana Nepalविपश्यना नेपाल

An independent guide to Vipassana meditation: what it is, how it is taught, who taught it, and where to learn it.

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The essentials

What is Vipassana?
The Buddha and the origins of Vipassana
How Vipassana survived
The three trainings: sīla, samādhi and paññā
The four foundations of mindfulness
Impermanence, suffering and non-self
Samatha and vipassanā: calm and insight

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South America · 2 centres

Vipassana centres in Argentina

2 Vipassana centres in Argentina, in S. N. Goenka's tradition. Where each one is, what it teaches and how to apply.

S. N. Goenka's Vipassana (Sayagyi U Ba Khin tradition)

How this tradition teaches

Dhamma Sukhada
Brandsen, Buenos Aires Province · Vipassana Meditation Center - Dhamma Sukhadā
Goenka (U Ba Khin)
Dhamma Viriya
Capilla del Monte, Córdoba · Vipassana Meditation Center - Dhamma Viriya
Goenka (U Ba Khin)

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Elsewhere in South America

Brazil4
Chile1
Colombia2
Peru1
Venezuela1