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Vipassana Course

Name: Vipassana Course
Price: 2994 PHP

This Vipassana course gives you a complete, structured path from your very first breath observation to advanced insight practice. You'll learn the exact techniques taught in ten-day retreats, understand the science behind them, and build a daily practice that holds up in real life. If you're serious about working with your own mind, this is where you start.

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What you will learn:

You'll learn Anapana breath concentration and systematic body scanning, the two core techniques that form the backbone of Vipassana practice. The course explains how sankharas — deeply rooted mental conditioning — form and how equanimous observation dissolves them over time. You'll study the principle of anicca, impermanence, as a direct experience rather than a concept. Metta Bhavana loving-kindness practice is covered as a complement to insight work. Supplementary material connects the practice to neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, and trauma-sensitive guidelines. By the end, you'll have the knowledge and tools to maintain a consistent, self-directed practice long after the course is complete.

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Course content

8 Chapters • 38 LessonsDuration between 4 and 360 hours (you decide)

Chapter 1See details

Foundations of Vipassana Practice

Lesson 1 • Preparing Mind and Body
Address practical and psychological preparation before beginning intensive practice. Proper preparation minimizes obstacles and supports sustained engagement.
Lesson 2 • The Role of Sila in Practice
Introduce ethical conduct as the essential foundation for stable meditation. Students understand how moral discipline reduces mental agitation and supports concentration.
Lesson 3 • Core Philosophy and Worldview
Examine the three characteristics of existence: impermanence, suffering, and non-self. These principles form the conceptual lens through which all Vipassana insight arises.
Lesson 4 • Structure of a Vipassana Course
Outline the format, schedule, and rules of a standard ten-day retreat. Familiarity with the structure reduces resistance and prepares students for immersive practice.
Lesson 5 • Origins and Historical Context
Trace Vipassana from its roots in early Buddhist tradition through its modern revival. This context anchors the practice in a lineage that informs its methodology.

Chapter 2See details

Anapana: Developing Concentration

Lesson 1 • Introduction to Anapana Meditation
Define Anapana as the observation of natural breath without control or manipulation. This technique serves as the entry point for all subsequent Vipassana work.
Lesson 2 • Narrowing the Field of Attention
Guide students to progressively restrict awareness to a smaller area below the nostrils. Narrowing sharpens concentration and prepares the mind for sensation-level observation.
Lesson 3 • Transitioning from Anapana to Vipassana
Mark the shift from breath observation to body-sensation scanning as a deliberate transition. Students understand why concentration must precede insight practice.
Lesson 4 • Deepening Samadhi
Explore the progressive stages of concentration leading to a collected, unified mind. Samadhi provides the mental instrument needed for clear Vipassana insight.
Lesson 5 • Working with Distraction
Identify common distractions including thoughts, emotions, and physical discomfort. Students learn to return attention to the breath without judgment or frustration.

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Core Vipassana Technique: Body Scanning

Lesson 1 • Understanding Bodily Sensations
Distinguish between gross, subtle, and flow sensations experienced during scanning. Accurate categorization enables precise, non-reactive observation throughout the body.
Lesson 2 • Systematic Top-to-Bottom Scanning
Practice moving awareness methodically from the crown of the head to the feet. Systematic coverage ensures no area is habitually avoided or over-attended.
Lesson 3 • Handling Difficult Sensations
Develop strategies for working with intense pain, numbness, or emotional release during scanning. Students learn to distinguish productive discomfort from harmful physical strain.
Lesson 4 • Maintaining Continuity of Practice
Establish habits that sustain scanning awareness across multiple daily sittings. Continuity accelerates the deepening of insight and prevents regression between sessions.
Lesson 5 • Observing Without Reaction
Cultivate equanimity by observing pleasant and unpleasant sensations without craving or aversion. This non-reactive stance is the mechanism through which deep conditioning is released.

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Impermanence and the Law of Anicca

Lesson 1 • Anicca Beyond the Cushion
Apply the insight of impermanence to thoughts, relationships, and life circumstances. Students begin integrating Vipassana wisdom into everyday perception.
Lesson 2 • Gross Sensations and Dissolution
Track the transformation of gross, solid sensations into subtle vibrations through sustained observation. This dissolution process demonstrates anicca at the physical level.
Lesson 3 • Equanimity Toward Change
Train the mind to remain balanced as sensations arise and pass without preference. Equanimity toward anicca prevents the reinforcement of reactive mental patterns.
Lesson 4 • Anicca as Direct Experience
Move beyond conceptual understanding to observe impermanence in real-time sensation changes. Direct experience of anicca is the cornerstone of Vipassana insight.

Chapter 5See details

Sankharas: Conditioning and Liberation

Lesson 1 • The Mechanism of Dissolution
Explain how equanimous observation of sensations erodes the charge held in sankharas. Students understand the causal link between non-reaction and mental purification.
Lesson 2 • What Are Sankharas?
Define sankharas as deeply rooted mental formations shaped by past reactions. Understanding their origin clarifies why surface-level behavior change is insufficient for liberation.
Lesson 3 • How Sankharas Surface in Practice
Identify the physical and emotional manifestations of sankharas during meditation. Recognizing these patterns allows practitioners to observe rather than react to them.
Lesson 4 • Working with Strong Sankharas
Develop resilience when powerful conditioning surfaces as overwhelming sensation or emotion. Students learn to maintain equanimity without suppression or indulgence.
Lesson 5 • Progress Toward Mental Freedom
Recognize the gradual lightening of the mind as sankharas are dissolved over sustained practice. Students develop realistic expectations for the pace and nature of liberation.

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Metta Bhavana: Loving-Kindness Practice

Lesson 1 • Metta and Emotional Healing
Explore how consistent Metta practice softens residual anger, grief, and self-criticism. Students recognize Metta as a practical tool for emotional integration alongside insight.
Lesson 2 • The Metta Instruction
Guide students through the formal Metta phrases and the mental posture of unconditional goodwill. Correct instruction prevents Metta from becoming a sentimental or forced exercise.
Lesson 3 • Integrating Metta into Daily Life
Apply loving-kindness as an ongoing orientation in relationships and social interactions. Students develop a daily Metta habit that sustains the compassionate dimension of practice.
Lesson 4 • Purpose and Place of Metta
Explain why Metta Bhavana follows Vipassana rather than preceding it. The purified mind developed through insight makes loving-kindness radiation more genuine and powerful.

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Integration: Bringing Practice into Daily Life

Lesson 1 • Navigating Relationships with Vipassana
Apply non-reactivity and compassion to interpersonal conflicts and emotional dynamics. Students learn to observe relational patterns without projecting or suppressing.
Lesson 2 • Establishing a Home Practice
Design a consistent twice-daily sitting schedule that mirrors retreat discipline at home. Regularity is the single most important factor in sustaining post-retreat progress.
Lesson 3 • Applying Equanimity Under Stress
Use the equanimity trained in retreat to respond rather than react to daily stressors. Students develop a pause-and-observe reflex that interrupts automatic reactive behavior.
Lesson 4 • Sustaining Long-Term Commitment
Address the common obstacles to maintaining practice over months and years. Students build accountability structures and motivational clarity to prevent practice decay.
Lesson 5 • Mindfulness in Daily Activities
Extend moment-to-moment awareness to eating, walking, working, and communicating. Continuous mindfulness transforms ordinary activities into informal meditation practice.

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Advanced Practice and Deepening Insight

Lesson 1 • Service and the Dhamma Path
Explore the role of volunteer service within the Vipassana tradition as a practice in itself. Students understand how selfless service reinforces non-attachment and compassion.
Lesson 2 • Insight Knowledges in Practice
Map the classical stages of insight that arise through sustained Vipassana practice. Familiarity with these stages prevents confusion and supports continued equanimity.
Lesson 3 • Refined Sensation Awareness
Develop sensitivity to increasingly subtle sensations including micro-vibrations and energetic flows. Refined awareness accelerates the dissolution of deep conditioning layers.
Lesson 4 • Self-Directed Practice Development
Build the skills needed to guide one's own practice without constant teacher instruction. Self-direction is essential for practitioners who have completed multiple retreats.
Lesson 5 • Long Retreats and Intensive Practice
Prepare students for extended retreats of twenty days or longer and their unique demands. Longer retreats accelerate progress but require specific physical and psychological readiness.

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Philosophy student: drawn to experiential verification of ideas about mind and self.
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