VIPASSANASANGHA THERAVADA BUDDHISM VIPASSANA MEDITATION RETREATS

Vipassana meditation retreats

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Walking meditation video

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Right step - Left step	Right step - Left step
Lifting - Putting	Lifting - Putting
Lifting - Forwarding - Putting	Lifting - Forwarding - Putting

Sitting meditation video

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Sitting	Sitting

The retreats are in silence and it is requested :

- to get up at 4 am and to practise till 9 pm, alternating sitting and walking meditations and to be mindful from moment to moment from morning till evening.

- to commit oneself to observe rigorously the eight following precepts for the entire duration of the retreat :

to abstain from killing any living creature
to abstain from taking what is not given
to abstain from all sexual activity
to abstain from talking; to keep noble silence
to abstain from all intoxicants (alcohol, drugs) and from smoking
to abstain from eating solid food after midday and thus no meal in the evening (meals around 6 am and 11 am)
to abstain from sensual entertainment (reading, listening to the radio, playing musical instruments, massage, yoga…) and bodily decoration (jewels, perfume)
to abstain from using too confortable sits and beds