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SAYATGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST OF MASSACHUSSETS, INC

Designed for iPad

    • 4.8 • 156 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

This is the official DhammaOrg iOS mobile App for Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, an Art of Living. Vipassana is the process of self-purification by self-observation. One begins by observing the natural breath to concentrate the mind. Then, with a sharpened awareness, one proceeds to observe the changing nature of body and mind and experiences the universal truths of impermanence, suffering and egolessness. This truth-realization by direct experience results in mental purification.

Courses
The technique of Vipassana Meditation is taught at 10-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results. There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit.

Locations
Courses are given in numerous Meditation Centers and at Non-Center course locations. Each location has its own schedule of courses. In most cases, an application for admission to these courses can be completed online using this App. There are numerous Centers currently in operation and more in development around the world, including Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Features of this App
- Learn more about Vipassana Meditation.
- Find locations near you that offer Vipassana Meditation courses from a complete worldwide listing or map of over 300 locations spread across 80+ countries.
- Locate Vipassana Meditation courses using search criteria such as dates, regions, and instruction languages.
- Apply and register to attend a Vipassana Meditation course.
- Download or listen online to audio resources in different languages, including 10-Day Discourses and instructions for Mini- Ānāpāna meditation.
- Stream videos in different languages, including 10-Day Discourses, Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka, Documentaries about Vipassana for adults and children, Vipassana for business executives and Vipassana in prisons, and a Mini-Ānāpāna Introduction and Practice.
- Support for creating and maintaining individual user account
- Pre-fill course application forms with profile information from user account
- Sync user account with updated information provided on application forms

Old Students
- One hour group sitting recordings in 25+ different languages.
- Play group sitting recordings with an option to log your daily sittings. All logged data is only stored locally on your device.
- Turn on group sitting counter to join and see how many Old Students are currently meditating.
- Find information about group sittings and other events hosted near you or hosted online.
- Additional audio resources, including discourses for Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, 1/2/3-day, and 7-day teenager courses; Morning Chantings and Dohas for 10-day courses; Special Chantings; Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka; Pāḷi Training; and Gong Sounds.
- Additional video resources, including Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta Discourses, Benefits of Dhamma Service, Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka for Old Students and Dhamma Servers, and Special Chantings in the Gem Set in Gold.
- A wealth of written resources including the Old Student Guide, Course Formalities and Pāḷi Passages, Group Sittings Chantings, the 10-Day Discourse Summaries, Glossary of Pāḷi Terms, FAQs about doing a Self Course, information about the Chain of Teachers in this Tradition, information about Dhamma Service, and Dāna.
- Administer standard or customized self courses

What’s New

Version 3.3.9

Stability improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
156 Ratings

156 Ratings

BurgerShack ,

Valuable support for your practice

This app has everything you need: daily reminders, a variety of recordings, including long instructions, discourses, links to virtual sits around the world, links to centers and course registration, downloadable recordings of talks by Goenka-ji, etc. There is even a 10-15 minute Anapana recording to play for your curious family or roommates.

One of the most useful features for me is the logbook, which tracks every sit you do through this app, including duration. It's very encouraging to see consistent progress. Do note that virtual sits open in Zoom and therefore are not logged by the program.

I really appreciate the thoughtful design of this app and how quickly the team updated it for covid-times. It is lean and elegant yet highly customizable. There are no distracting graphics and no social component, either - fantastic. Just sit.

One thing I would love to see is some sort of widget to keep my practice at the forefront of my mind every time I use my phone.

For now, I keep it on my home screen to keep my practice high priority. It is the most important app in my library.

Much metta to the developers and to all my dhamma family! May you grow in your practice. May you be happy, peaceful, and liberated!

6-Strings ,

About time!

This app makes so much sense in our current technological world. Downloads have been offered for a long time but an app puts all the important things in one place. And (drum roll!) it actually works! Thanks so much for providing this kind of vipassana support. With version 1 so stable and functional, it's a well-received and often used. I'm using it on an iPad 2 without any problems. Great thinking to make a black background while the audio player plays. Keeps the room dark while meditating! : )

rpanwala ,

Everything a serious practitioner needs.

Great effort.

A suggestion: Could you please consider adding a custom timer in the next update? Sometimes I may have less than an hour on hand and it would be great to set a timer that could ring at the preset time & get me out of my meditation. This way I can continue to log all my sessions in one place. Thank you for your consideration.

App Privacy

The developer, SAYATGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST OF MASSACHUSSETS, INC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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