Vipassana Teachers Throughout the Ages Vipassana is one of India’s most ancient meditation techniques. It was rediscovered 2500 years ago by Gotama the Buddha, and is the essence of what he practiced and taught during his forty-five year ministry.

In the United States, the approach has been dubbed the American Vipassana movement or Insight Meditation Movement. This includes institutions like the Insight Meditation Society and contemporary American Buddhist teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach, Gil Fronsdal, Sharon Salzberg, Ruth Denison, Shinzen Young, and Jack Kornfield.

2014年2月14日 · Our beloved Principal Teacher of Vipassana, Acariya Satya Narayan Goenka, wished a descendant of the original Bodhi Tree to be planted and give inspiration at the Global Vipassana Foundation. Accordingly, a request for a sapling of the tree at …

The Vipassana students of Goenkaji and his Assistant Teachers owe a great debt of gratitude to the Chain of Teachers who, from Gotama the Buddha, have preserved this invaluable jewel of Dhamma in its pristine purity from generation to generation.

Over the years, he studied and became adept in a broad range of meditation practices, including concentration practice. Now, he focuses his attention, commitment and all of his energies on teaching Vipassana Meditation (Insight Meditation) to both monastic and lay persons.

The Venerable Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo was the abbott and head vipassana meditation teacher of Northern Thailand and one of the most respected teachers in Thailand. His meditation method has become widespread throughout the world, especially in Northern Thailand.

Honored Teachers in the Vipassana Lineage These honored Therava da teachers transformed meditation from something done only by the monastics into a valuable practice for all and spread the tradition throughout the world.

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living.