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Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana is one of India's most ancient meditation techniques. It is a universal, scientific way of creating peace and harmony within oneself.

I do not wish to convert people from one organized religion to another; I have no interest in any of these organized religions. My interest is in Dhamma-the Truth, the teachings of all Enlightened Ones. If at all there is any conversion, it should be from misery to happiness, from defilement to purity, from bondage to liberation, from ignorance to enlightenment. Like my teacher, I am interested in this type of conversion which is possible only by the practice of Sila, Samadhi and Panna.

S. N. Goenka
Introduction

The technique of Vipassana is a simple, practical way to achieve real peace of mind and to lead a happy, useful life. Vipassana means "to see things as they really are"; it is a logical process of mental purification through self-observation.

From time to time, we all experience agitation, frustration and disharmony. When we suffer, we do not keep our misery limited to ourselves; instead, we keep distributing it to others. Certainly this is not a proper way to live. How, then, can we live peacefully?

  How can we remain harmonious ourselves, and maintain peace and harmony around us?

Vipassana enables us to experience peace and harmony: it purifies the mind, freeing it from suffering and the deep-seated causes of suffering. The practice leads step-by-step to the highest spiritual goal of full liberation from all mental defilement.
 
 
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