[BEGINNER] Vipassana (meaning "clear seeing" or "insight") is the form of Buddhist meditation that focuses on developing direct insight into the nature of reality — specifically into the Three Characteristics of Existence: impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anatta). Unlike Samatha (tranquility) meditation which focuses on developing concentration and calm, Vipassana uses concentration as a tool for observing reality as it actually is, rather than as we conceptualize or want
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