Vipassana meditation retreat on Sat. June 30

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Vipassana Meditation Retreat with The Venerable Nanda this Saturday

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Friends, Interfaith Paths to Peace invites you to take part in a one-day Vipassana Meditation Retreat this coming Saturday led by The Venerable Nanda, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk. The retreat is free but donations are welcome. Please plan to join The Venerable Nanda on Saturday, June 30 from 9:30 am to 4 pm at Louisville's Baha'i Center.  The Center is located at  3808 Bardstown Road (next to the Ratterman Funderal Home). To reserve your spot please call (502) 650-0812  or email embilipitiye@yahoo.com Here is a personal invitation from The Venerable Nanda: "We would like to invite kindly to you and your family, friends to participate for this great event. This would be a great opportunity to learn and practice Vippassana and Zen meditation techniques. Also, discuss about the problems related to family and self - and practicing as well get answers for that. There would be video presentation and exercises related to teaching. This would be a friendly gathering open for all." About Vipassana Meditation Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना, Sanskrit) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the nature of reality. A regular practitioner of Vipassana is known as a Vipassi (vipasya).      Vipassana is one of Asia's most ancient techniques ofmeditation, attributed to Gautama Buddha. It is a way of self-transformation through self-observation andintrospection. In English, vipassanā meditation is often referred to simply as "insight meditation". In the Theravadin context, this entails insight into the three marks of existence. In Mahayana contexts, it entails insight into what is variously described as sunyata, dharmata, the inseparability of appearance andemptiness, clarity and emptiness, or bliss andemptiness. In a broader sense, vipassanā has been used as one of two poles for the categorization of types of Buddhistmeditation, the other being samatha (Pāli) or śamatha (Sanskrit). Samatha is a focusing, pacifying and calmingmeditation, common to many traditions in the world, notably yoga. It is used as a preparation for vipassanā, pacifying the mind and strengthening the concentration in order to allow the work of insight. This dichotomy is also sometimes discussed as "stopping and seeing." In Buddhist practice it is said that, while samatha can calm the mind, only insight can reveal how the mind was disturbed to start with, which leads to prajñā (Pāli: paññā, wisdom) and jñāna (Pāli: ñāṇa, knowledge) and thus understanding, preventing it from being disturbed again. The term is also used to refer to the Buddhist vipassanamovement (modeled after Theravāda Buddhism meditationpractices), which employs vipassanā and ānāpānameditation as its primary techniques and places emphasis on the teachings of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. The primary initial subject of investigation in that style ofmeditation is sensation and feeling (Skt: Vedanā).