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Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना, Sanskrit) means insight into the impermanent nature, or anicca, of mind and body. Vipassana is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation, attributed to Gautama Buddha. It is a way of self-transformation through self-observation and introspection. In English, vipassanā meditation is referred to simply as "insight meditation". In a broader sense, vipassanā has been used as one of two poles for the categorization of types of Buddhist meditation,... full article at wikipedia
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