http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/allen/activity/ Activity feed for Allen. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 3f38c239f8926a2dfa598cb6b0dae140 http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/vipassana-mediitation-center-very-confused/#post-2345 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:53:47 +0000 Irony of ironies! I just read stage 5 of TMI and there sits the integration of the body scan into the practice. Quite a bit different than Goenka’s instructions. Case closed!

]]> 5bbb006ba0d5656ca62df53fbaffa350 http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/vipassana-mediitation-center-very-confused/#post-2337 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:07:40 +0000 The Goenka method emphasises rapidly changing the focus of attention from one body part to another, staying only as long as it takes to recognise a sensation and then to move on to another part. It feels completely different. I think I agree with Neko, at least in my experience TMI is prefereable but its hard to find alot of 10 day free meditation…[Read more]

]]> 9eef14d5351e33f0081952b6d64acca3 http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/vipassana-mediitation-center-very-confused Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:09:16 +0000 I have just completed a 10 day retreat at one of the Goenka centers. The technique taught is to focus ones attention on a scan of all parts of the body, to be aware of sensations in each part and to accept those sensations with equanimity. This is claimed to purify the subconscious mind.
This seems to be to be so different than what I have learned…[Read more]

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