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• The Hide and Seeker

  

  For most of my life I’ve been living as a survivor, trying to take care of myself, heal myself and seeking to get what I could from life. Only over the last... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Companionship And Truth

  Two things that I’ve discovered are necessary for long-term happiness are living with companionship and truth. The tricky part is you can’t always have both. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Foggy Path

  Trusting dhamma is tricky because sometimes it’s illogical. Many times life has presented me with a foggy path meaning that I can’t see clearly what’s ahead of... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Accountability

  When considering an untrained mind, the idea of accountability is confusing. If a person isn’t in control of their own mind how can we hold them accountable... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Just Being Me

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  Posted on 20 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Role Modelling A Healthy Lifestyle

  Before I was introduced to Vipassana, I considered myself a leader. After practicing Vipassana for sometime, I realized how confused I was and just tried to be ... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• A Transition

  I’ve held onto Vipassana like a compass I was afraid to drop. I had experienced the ebbs and flows of trying to maintain a practice and I knew how easily I coul... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Awareness and Equanimity (Anicca/Impermanence)

  Written by Dipanshu Mansingka from Hyderabad, IndiaIn 1998 I did a 30 day course, about 2 years before that I had done a 20 day course. After that I did not... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Blog Economics

  This blog has been a wonderful tool to help me grow in Dhamma. With a limited Vipassana community and so many thoughts and questions, I needed a place to expres... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• My Research Experience

  

  Written by Dipanshu Mansingka from Hyderabad, India about his experience as a research subject for a study about Vipassana that has been blessed by S.N.... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT

• Connecting Vipassana To Societal Challenges

  I just watched the informative documentary “Food, Inc.” which explains some real consequences of large corporations taking over the American food industry. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Way to Ultimate Calm by Webu Sayadaw

  Webu Sayadaw was believed to be an arahant. He taught basics of meditation practice always laying emphasis on practice rather than teaching theoretical aspects. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Kiran Bedi

  Written by Dipanshu Mansingka from Hyderabad, IndiaWhile serving course in 1996 at Tihar, I came across an inmate in his late sixties. He was extradited from... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Love Myself, Love My Family, Then Worry About Everything Else

  Two hours a day seems like a huge investment until you consider why you’re doing it. We, as a society, spend so much time trying to solve issues like gun... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Dying to See You Smile

  Sweetheart wipe away your tears Here I’ll share with you all my fearsI’ve been seeking and I have found While the World went round and roundThis Mystery, this... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Attachment To Desire

  A second post by Dipanshu Mansingka from Hyderabad, IndiaAs a student one is getting 4th rank in the class every time. While studying in the class one day this... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Very Slow, Very Steady

  Three years into my Vipassana journey I’m needing to accept just how slow the process of changing the habit pattern of the mind is. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reader’s Personal Story

  This post is from a guest writer named Dipanshu Mansingka living in Hyderabad, India:My mother took me to Dhammagiri when I was 9 years old studying in 3rd... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Responsibilities Of A Householder

  Until recently I thought that there was a continuous gradient between the lifestyles of various householders and a monk. I thought that as you progressed on... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Sensations and Morality

  The acumen that we use to withdraw the mind from consuming passion, greed and hatred/delusion, is the same as the acumen that helps you ‘watch’ sensations... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY