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Mindfulness meditation is one of the ancient meditation techniques. Long lost to humanity, it was rediscovered by Gotama the Buddha more than 2565 years ago. The word Vipassana means seeing things as they really are. It is the process of self-purification by self-observation. One begins by observing the natural breath to concentrate the mind. With a sharpened awareness, one proceeds to observe the changing nature of body and mind and experiences the universal truths of impermanence, suffering, and egolessness. This truth-realization by direct experience is the process of purification. The entire path (Dhamma) is a universal remedy for universal problems and has nothing to do with any organized religion or sectarianism. For this reason, it can be freely practiced by everyone, at any time, in any place, without conflict due to race, community, or religion, and will prove equally beneficial to one and all.

What Mindfulness meditation is:
    🔹 It is a technique that will eradicate suffering.
    🔹 It is a method of mental purification which allows one to face life’s tensions and problems in a calm, balanced way.
    🔹 It is an art of living that one can use to make positive contributions to society.

Mindfulness meditation aims at the highest spiritual goals of total liberation and full enlightenment. In addition, as a by-product of mental purification, many psychosomatic diseases are eradicated. In fact, meditation eliminates the three causes of all unhappiness: craving, aversion, and ignorance. With continued practice, the meditation releases the tensions developed in everyday life, opening the knots tied by the old habit of reacting in an unbalanced way to pleasant and unpleasant situations.