Three months ago I packed my bags after finishing one year of long-term-service at Dhamma Sobhana, the Swedish Vipassana Centre of S.N. Goenka. There was a lot of excitement and anticipation after having worked diligently for so long, to know what would happen when I was to put Dhamma to the test by living in [...]
The simple answer is proper practice of Vipassana. Such an answer is most probably not very enlightening and might even come off as a dirty marketing trick. 
I have read quite a few books on Dhamma, heard audio talks and also have had various discussions with Vipassana practitioners. All of these phenomena have served [...]
“There is no fire like lust”…
…this is how one of the verses of the Dhammapada begins and this is what I thought when I had been tortured by lust for weeks.
One usually has to do some kind of work for living. I can not say that I have enjoyed most of the jobs/work I have done in the past – in many cases it was a struggle and the constant mantra in the head: “this will be over soon” or having misleading expectations regarding the [...]
My name is Jaak and I would like to share a little bit of my experiences regarding getting to the point where daily practice becomes an essential part of one’s life. I remember taking my first 10 day course quite well. The excitement and curiosity before actually doing it. The image that I am well [...]
Here is an inspiring video about the construction of the Global Vipassana Pagoda in Mumbai, India. It also includes a brief summary of the history of Vipassana Meditation.
Here is an inspiring 15 minutes video with interviews of Vipassana Meditators. It was filmed during the yearly European Trustee and Dhamma Servers Meeting (ETDM). This year it was hosted by the Italian centre Dhamma Atala. This video will be part of a DVD also containing an interview with Goenkaji, all subtitled in several different languages. May all beings [...]
http://www.prison.dhamma.org/
“Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows along like a song; but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.” - Ella Wheeler Wilcox How many times don’t things go totally wrong in our lives?! So many ups and downs. We have the ups. We like them. [...]
I came upon this story just when I had started to serve long term here at Dhamma Sobhana in Sweden. It had a powerful impact on me as I realized the absolute truth that we are all dominated by the laws of nature. If we know the laws of nature and follow them we will [...]