Through regular practice of Vipassana, one starts benefiting on various fronts. Reduced stress, better concentration and steadiness, greater ability to take decisions and give up habits such as smoking and drinking, improvement in health, etc are commonly experienced. Health improves because it is a reflection of the mind, and as the mind becomes purer, wonderful results have been seen in a large number of cases.
At a philosophical level, the whole karmic cycle starts becoming clearer in terms of one’s life experiences. One moment of experience of the fire will teach far more than a million year discourse on it. Thus, Vipassana seeks to bring about a change from within by operating at the root of the mind. Vipassana is taught absolutely free (too valuable to be priced) in 55 languages at more than 150 centres in India and 90 other countries of the world. The tradition is maintained by the donations.
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