1 hour evening vipassana meditation. Meditate with me.
Brooke Brodack offers a full one-hour evening Vipassana meditation session, creating a space for viewers to practice alongside her. The session incorporates traditional Dhamma teachings woven throughout the silent sitting, including guidance on practicing Dhamma diligently, remaining alert and attentive, and not wasting this precious time in heedlessness.
Throughout the meditation, key Vipassana concepts emerge: the importance of equanimity toward all sensations -- neither craving pleasant ones nor generating aversion toward unpleasant ones. The teaching emphasizes anicca (impermanence) and the constant arising and passing of sensations. Viewers are guided to work with their breath when the mind becomes agitated, transitioning from slightly hard breathing to natural breathing as the mind calms, and then moving to awareness of bodily sensations. The session closes with the reminder that "you have to fight out your own liberation" -- a core Vipassana principle that each person must do their own inner work. To learn this technique firsthand, Brooke recommends visiting dhamma.org for a free 10-day retreat.
Key Topics
- Full one-hour Vipassana meditation session for evening practice
- Core Vipassana teachings: anicca (impermanence), equanimity, and working with sensations
- The technique of transitioning from breath awareness to sensation awareness
- Fighting out your own liberation -- the personal nature of meditation practice
- Free 10-day Vipassana retreats available at dhamma.org
Notable Moments
- [1:37] "This is the proper time to practice Dhamma. Don't waste it."
- [6:26] "May wisdom arise every moment, from moment to moment"
- [11:38] "Never have preference for the one, nor prejudice against the other"
- [12:18] Teaching on anicca: "arising, passing, arising, passing"
- [29:06] Guidance on working with hard breathing, then transitioning to soft natural breathing
- [30:12] "You have to fight out your own liberation. You have to fight out your own battle."