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Topic: Vipassana

SubscriberWrites: My response to Dilip Mandal’s flee from Vipassana in just 4 days

Vipassana is an ancient knowledge system of meditation, mindfulness & awareness of theinner self, revived and popularized by Buddha to an extent that it has become synonymouswith Buddhism.

Dilip Mandal misunderstood the spirit of Vipassana. He rejected it without testing

Mandal quit after 4 days to attend to unfinished business due to Independence Day. When applying one commits for all 10 days. By leaving early he wasted one precious seat.

Why I fled Vipassana in just 4 days — Dilip Mandal

On day 4, we started moving our attention to our entire body, part by part, from top to bottom. On day five, I exited the camp.

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